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Incompatible charger warning

Just wanting to know if anyone else has run into this issue... I bought a USB car charger on Monoprice before getting the Thunderbolt. When I plus it into my phone however, it won't charge and I receive a pop-up warning about incompatible chargers damaging battery. So, what non-OEM charters tend to work best with HTC phones?
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It's hit and miss, but if you get that, don't use the cable/charger. I got that with my INC once when I was using a blackberry micro usb cable to charge. It did horrible and barely charged anything in 30 minutes.

g00s3y said:
It's hit and miss, but if you get that, don't use the cable/charger. I got that with my INC once when I was using a blackberry micro usb cable to charge. It did horrible and barely charged anything in 30 minutes.
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Roger. I'll see if Monoprice will let me return the charger. I ordered two of them, and the other one my wife uses works fine. Thanks!

Veridor said:
So, what non-OEM charters tend to work best with HTC phones?
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I have a microUSB charger from ATT that I've been for a year or two. Works great with my thunderbolt, though slow. No errors or warnings from it.
It definitely doesn't produce enough power to charger while in hotspot mode.

Your gonna want a charger that charges at a rate of 1000ma or 1A, older chargers for non smart phones and even Blackberry, dont put out that much. My blackberry chargers only put out 700ma. It would charge it, but a lot slower.

pmazz850 said:
Your gonna want a charger that charges at a rate of 1000ma or 1A, older chargers for non smart phones and even Blackberry, dont put out that much. My blackberry chargers only put out 700ma. It would charge it, but a lot slower.
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Yeah, the charger I got is rated for that: http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=108&cp_id=10826&cs_id=1082602&p_id=6765&seq=1&format=3#specification
Monoprice is awesome, though. They're sending me a replacement without me having to send mine back first! Must have just been a flaky one...

Veridor said:
Just wanting to know if anyone else has run into this issue... I bought a USB car charger on Monoprice before getting the Thunderbolt. When I plus it into my phone however, it won't charge and I receive a pop-up warning about incompatible chargers damaging battery. So, what non-OEM charters tend to work best with HTC phones?
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I'm using the one I got with my OG droid. besides the annoyingly bright blue motorola led it works like a charm

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HTC Thunderbolt

I have the one i got from VZW and then I have one that is 5.00 one from the flea market that works fine. As others said I guess it's a hit or miss.

Veridor said:
Yeah, the charger I got is rated for that: http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=108&cp_id=10826&cs_id=1082602&p_id=6765&seq=1&format=3#specification
Monoprice is awesome, though. They're sending me a replacement without me having to send mine back first! Must have just been a flaky one...
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Please tell me you at least tried your wife's charger to determine if the one you were using was good or bad

I have the rocketfish charger from best buy that I got with my evo, and it charges my phones so dang fast...
I am pretty happy with it, plus it has a USB connector so I can charge my ipod too!

bmcclure937 said:
Please tell me you at least tried your wife's charger to determine if the one you were using was good or bad
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Yes. ;-)
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On amazon there is the Motorola rapid charger that charges at about 800ma. It's awesome and dirt cheap. Sold on amazon by amazon.
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Thinking on Picking this up.
I want to buy a charger that can connect 2 devcies and to have power to spare. This one has 2 ports. One 2.1a (for bigger devices like ipad,tablet) and the other 1a
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003PU01M4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Cg006 said:
Thinking on Picking this up.
I want to buy a charger that can connect 2 devcies and to have power to spare. This one has 2 ports. One 2.1a (for bigger devices like ipad,tablet) and the other 1a
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003PU01M4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
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Thanks for that link. I have the Kensington single port 1-amp model of that device in my car. Charges everything just fine.

Alternative charger for Wildfire S

Ok, so my original wildfire s charger got damaged during a vacation so i can't use it anymore, need to buy another one. Till i do that can i use an iPad charger? I have an iPad and an iPad charger and i can plug the htc usb cable to it, will it get damaged?
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i think yes

catanzaro27 said:
I have an iPad and an iPad charger and i can plug the htc usb cable to it, will it get damaged?
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I will work with no problems. I have done this many times as I forget my charger at a friends and use thier iPhone, WiMax, Bluetooth chargers.

I used to charge my WFS with philips mp3 charger.It works without any problem
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I charge mine with my dad's LG Optimus One P500 charger if I forget mine.
If you have any of those phones, just twist the phone cable and put it in.
It works vice versa too.

USB is a standard voltage. You will be fine. There's essentially no difference between both the adapters you have.
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USB is 5V and will carge fine anywhere from 500mA (standard computer USB port) to 2-3A (most wall and car chargers). I have only once seen a USB wall charger that violated this, it was 6V and came with a AA battery charger. you'll be fine with the ipad one.

I use a trust and ipod chrager, no problem since now!

any voltage up to 6V should be alright, the phone regulates it down to 5V automatically (though more heat is generated). the problems occur the other way where the charger doesn't have enough voltage (ex. my tablet requires 5.3V to charge normally, on 5.1 it takes a few days, and 5.0 it continues to drain the battery)

catanzaro27 said:
Ok, so my original wildfire s charger got damaged during a vacation so i can't use it anymore, need to buy another one. Till i do that can i use an iPad charger? I have an iPad and an iPad charger and i can plug the htc usb cable to it, will it get damaged?
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if you have 5v and 1Ah you can use it without any damge to battery if it's 1Ah+ it will charge your phone fatser but it will overheat phone. if it 1Ah- it will charge slow and after long using wont charge it till 100%

Chargers are so cheap on e-bay.... I usually get all my accessories there!
EdikNeznanov said:
if you have 5v and 1Ah you can use it without any damge to battery if it's 1Ah+ it will charge your phone fatser but it will overheat phone. if it 1Ah- it will charge slow and after long using wont charge it till 100%
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[Q] Portable Chargers

I got the HTC One X about 3 weeks ago, loving the phone
However, there's something I noticed while using my portable charger. It has a 1A output, but when I'm charging my HTC One X with the 1A output, the Battery Indicator app shows that I'm charging with at USB instead of AC. I tried changing wires, nothing, so I deduce that it's the problem with my portable battery. Didn't have such a problem on my SGS2.
Anyway I was wondering if there is any portable chargers out there that can charge the HOX at AC instead of USB. Charging USB is so slow

lachosa said:
I got the HTC One X about 3 weeks ago, loving the phone
However, there's something I noticed while using my portable charger. It has a 1A output, but when I'm charging my HTC One X with the 1A output, the Battery Indicator app shows that I'm charging with at USB instead of AC. I tried changing wires, nothing, so I deduce that it's the problem with my portable battery. Didn't have such a problem on my SGS2.
Anyway I was wondering if there is any portable chargers out there that can charge the HOX at AC instead of USB. Charging USB is so slow
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On the CoreControl app found in this forum, my portable charger shows up as AC. Its called "sony CP-EL". Although, its output is 1A as well, and it charges at a normal pace for me, not too slow. Hope this helps

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0073F92OK
Got this today and happy to report it charges at full speed. I'm getting about 870ma, which is at least as good as the stock mains charger.
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lachosa said:
I got the HTC One X about 3 weeks ago, loving the phone
However, there's something I noticed while using my portable charger. It has a 1A output, but when I'm charging my HTC One X with the 1A output, the Battery Indicator app shows that I'm charging with at USB instead of AC. I tried changing wires, nothing, so I deduce that it's the problem with my portable battery. Didn't have such a problem on my SGS2.
Anyway I was wondering if there is any portable chargers out there that can charge the HOX at AC instead of USB. Charging USB is so slow
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That's a problem with the usb you are using.
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treebill said:
That's a problem with the usb you are using.
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Can't be... I used the HTC cable that came with the phone, same results.

lachosa said:
Can't be... I used the HTC cable that came with the phone, same results.
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HTC cable is a data cable, could be your charger though I guess there is a "fix" you can do on YouTube to short the USB and force it to a charge cable.
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pretty sure it's my charger

Efficient enough car charger.

Hi guys.
I have a problem finding good car charger for my phone while in car.
I either use sygic sat nav or Google maps but on top of that I stream music either via Google music or di.fm app.
Problem starts when I start streaming. My battery slowly drops down about 1% per 15min. I've tried various car chargers that have either 1amp, 2.1 amp and even dual 3.5amp they don't do the job. Only my HTC 1amp charger manages to hold the charge but it doesn't charge on top of that.
Any ideas and suggestions?
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I bought the car charger from Amazon HERE earlier this year and it has worked out awesome. I usually leave it in my car but also makes a great wall charger for when you need it in a pinch and didnt bring your own. Its 17 (I got free shipping since I have Amazon Prime) and well worth it since I dont think I ever have to buy another car charger again for any device I own. Even charges my tablet.

Genuine Motorola rapid car charger, simply the best. Charges like a wall charger, seriously, phone says it's plugged into AC power
No other charger I have used, has allowed to use Google navigation and still quickly charge my galaxy nexus
Rellikzephyr
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In some roms like Slim ICS you can make the USB charge as fast as a wall charger!

I use a rocketfish 1a charger from bestbuy and it charges while using navigation and streaming.
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I use a 1A HTC charger and never had any issues. Are you sure your cigarette lighter is working properly? It sounds like all of these chargers you've tried are charging at less than 1A.

I think 1 amp is about all it will do. It will have a hard time keeping up if you are using it a lot. I have the htc car charger and it seems to keep up for me but actually getting a decent charge while using it will be hard.
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not all 1a chargers actually charge at 1a. it depends on if the two middle pins are shorted together or not.
this charger is cheap as hell - 3 bucks - and charges at a full 1a. i use it and it works perfectly.
http://www.amazon.com/HTC-T-Mobile-...631519&sr=1-1&keywords=htc+mytouch+3g+charger

I noticed this too, using a Kensington USB charger in the car. On my drive out to Phoenix, I noticed that having Navigation running while plugged in caused the battery to drain.
I also noticed that running Torque sucks the battery down as well. I stopped at a gas station that had a ton of gadgets, so I bought another off-brand USB adapter that stated its output is 1.5A. I also picked up the OEM extended battery at a VZW store while out there. It doesn't drain as fast now, but it does still drain a bit.

Motorola
Absolutely go for the motorola charger. I use it everytime in car, it's a 1A charger, has a nice blue light and can charge your phone even when using navigation.
And on top of that it's also cheap. I bought it in boundle with a motorola wall charger @ 10€.

is it this one guys http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Motorol...846874?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item2a1ea6619a

Make shift cable.
If you're super cheap and/or like to DIY, I was able to get my Galaxy Nexus to recognize any USB charger as AC by cutting a USB extension cable in half. I then soldered/twisted the green and white wires within the USB cable together and then I soldered the red to red and black to black. By putting the modified USB extension in between the charger and a USB to Micro USB cable it will force the phone to recognize the charger as AC instead of USB. I sealed up my adapter with some White and Green heat-shrink tubing I had lying around so it would be easy to identify. Same thing can be done to a USB to Micro-USB cable if you want.

RellikZephyr said:
Genuine Motorola rapid car charger, simply the best. Charges like a wall charger, seriously, phone says it's plugged into AC power
No other charger I have used, has allowed to use Google navigation and still quickly charge my galaxy nexus
Rellikzephyr
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I have the same and can confirm this. Charges fast.
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mroneeyedboh said:
is it this one guys http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Motorol...846874?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item2a1ea6619a
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That's the one. Pours life back into your phone.
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tspderek said:
not all 1a chargers actually charge at 1a. it depends on if the two middle pins are shorted together or not.
this charger is cheap as hell - 3 bucks - and charges at a full 1a. i use it and it works perfectly.
http://www.amazon.com/HTC-T-Mobile-...631519&sr=1-1&keywords=htc+mytouch+3g+charger
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seriously guys. 3 bucks and it's as good as the moto charger. i use it with my nex daily.

I hear you. This thread should have stopped at your post.
FWIW, I added your charger to my amazon wishlist.
tspderek said:
seriously guys. 3 bucks and it's as good as the moto charger. i use it with my nex daily.
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RellikZephyr said:
Genuine Motorola rapid car charger, simply the best. Charges like a wall charger, seriously, phone says it's plugged into AC power
No other charger I have used, has allowed to use Google navigation and still quickly charge my galaxy nexus
Rellikzephyr
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I second this.

I have been using this one for years with apply and now the nexus. IT does fast charge and also comes with usb slot
http://www.amazon.com/AT-Micro-USB-...&qid=1340040798&sr=8-2&keywords=att&t+usb+car

For anyone still interested in the Motorola Rapid Charger, Amazon has it a few bucks cheaper than the ebay ad posted earlier.
http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Vehicle-Adapter-micro-USB-Charger/dp/B000S5Q9CA/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp

tspderek said:
not all 1a chargers actually charge at 1a. it depends on if the two middle pins are shorted together or not.
this charger is cheap as hell - 3 bucks - and charges at a full 1a. i use it and it works perfectly.
http://www.amazon.com/HTC-T-Mobile-...631519&sr=1-1&keywords=htc+mytouch+3g+charger
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Anyone in Canada interested in getting one of these for $5 + CDN shipping? I just picked up 4 of these from my mailbox in the states and am selling 3. PM me if you're game. (BTW, charges my GNex in AC mode) And if you're in Vancouver you can pick it up in person

What are you guys running for car power?

I just ordered a Griffin PowerJolt. I hope I get one of the newer ones that work with ac mode.

I use the USB port in my deck.
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I bought this and it will be the only car charger i will ever need to buy im set for life, and it was like $2, very good quality
http://www.amazon.com/HTC-T-Mobile-...04272&sr=8-1&keywords=htc+mytouch+car+charger :good::good:

I just got one of the low profile Griffin Powerjolts .... I haven't used it for a full charge yet, but it appears to work ok so far.
What is the AC mode you are speaking of?

I don't recall the exact part number, but its the oem HTC kit I got for my One S prior to trading it in. Nothing fancy, but high quality and power, and the S3 doesn't seem to be picky.
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I use the USB port in my deck.
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How do you stop the deck from trying to index the whole phone? That is the problem I've had when trying that in the past. Is their a setting somewhere, or a cable mod that allows charging but no data?

I use the I-GO, bought it at Radio Shack in I think 2004, been able to charge any phone I've had since then all you have to do is buy the little adapter for each phone, just got one for my GSII for 7 bucks after changing from an IPhone.

Using the t mobile branded mini usb chadger that i got with moto razr. I added a mini to micro usb adapter.
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Scosche reVIVE II. It has 2 ports, 1amp and 2.1amp. I usually use the 2.1 amp port and it works great.
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I usually use the Motorola rapid car charger amazon 5 bucks never had any issues, come with long cord and looks nice.
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I was using some cheap usb charger but it was going loose all the time so I purchased Scosche Powerfuze.
It is a bit expensive but top notch product.

mattsternc said:
I just got one of the low profile Griffin Powerjolts .... I haven't used it for a full charge yet, but it appears to work ok so far.
What is the AC mode you are speaking of?
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Some cheapo usb adapters do not charge at full power. They charge as if they are plugged into a computer (500ma)
It is because the factory forgets to short the datapins.

http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Vehi...52677200&sr=1-1&keywords=motorola+car+charger
I use the motorola charger. I had heard good things so I bought one and it seems to work just fine.

BerMM said:
How do you stop the deck from trying to index the whole phone? That is the problem I've had when trying that in the past. Is their a setting somewhere, or a cable mod that allows charging but no data?
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When I plug my phone in its charge only. Only when I go to "USB mode" dose it index the phone.
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I did a lot of research and came up with the following. Been using it for a week now and it charges fast. I did short out the two center usb pins. This is a true 3.1 amp charger. It does not split the power to charge two devices like most 2 amp chargers do. One plug is 1 amp and the other is 2.1 amp.
Mediabridge High Output Dual USB Car Charger For iPad and iPhone (3.1 Amp)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007TV88F2/ref=cm_sw_r_an_am_ap_am_us?ie=UTF8