Related
I haven't seen anybody mention this yet here on the forum, so I went ahead and bought one and tried it myself.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0047AALS0/ref=asc_df_B0047AALS09152658?smid=A1AUCPBF2P18HS&tag=googlecouk06-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22218&creativeASIN=B0047AALS0
This is a USB Y cable. Two USB type A plugs to increase charge capacity from 500mA to 1A.
I use Siyah kernel with STweaks to change USB charge capacity from 500mA to 900mA, I am currently looking for a way to increase this to the full 1A.
Only £3.99 from Amazon. Tested using CurrentWidget. Charging now at 900mA.
danieljamie said:
I haven't seen anybody mention this yet here on the forum, so I went ahead and bought one and tried it myself.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0047AAL...de=asn&creative=22218&creativeASIN=B0047AALS0
This is a USB Y cable. Two USB type A plugs to increase charge capacity from 500mA to 1A.
I use Siyah kernel with STweaks to change USB charge capacity from 500mA to 900mA, I am currently looking for a way to increase this to the full 1A.
Only £3.99 from Amazon. Tested using CurrentWidget. Charging now at 900mA.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can't you just buy a 1mA output charger. I have chargers that will fully charger my phone in about 1hr and 30min.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium
smark72 said:
Can't you just buy a 1mA output charger. I have chargers that will fully charger my phone in about 1hr and 30min.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's designed for PC's and Laptops which only output 500mA on their USB ports.
Would work really well with the KiDiGi Cover-mate Dual Desktop Cradle, too bad it is a tad to expensive seeing that it is just a cable
Hey i have this cable which came with my 2.5 HDD external case. In some places i need to connect both cables to power the HDD so you think it will work same with S3? Also will it not damage it?
Exactly what I was looking for
danieljamie said:
I haven't seen anybody mention this yet here on the forum, so I went ahead and bought one and tried it myself.
This is a USB Y cable. Two USB type A plugs to increase charge capacity from 500mA to 1A.
I use Siyah kernel with STweaks to change USB charge capacity from 500mA to 900mA, I am currently looking for a way to increase this to the full 1A.
Only £3.99 from Amazon. Tested using CurrentWidget. Charging now at 900mA.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
this was exactly what I was looking for.. Thanks a lot.. I also has Siyah kernel, and many USB 2 ports available at work, and like to keep my AC charger at home.
This cable won't give you 1A. I guess the second USB plug has no data connection (how could it? ) and without a registered USB device a USB port gives only a few mA of power.
It does work with 2.5" harddrives that need more power than one USB port can deliver. Why shouldn't it work with the s3?
But why would you need that when you are charging your phone at work? It's not like you're in a hurry. It can sit there all day.
And I wouldn't try to charge it with 1A or more just to save a little time. The charger you get with the s3 an the s3 itself are made for 900mA. That's why the kernel is limited to 900mA aswell. You might damage your phone by charging it with a higher current. Sure, there is a safety margin build in but going to the limit seldom is a good idea.
weisselstone said:
This cable won't give you 1A. I guess the second USB plug has no data connection (how could it? ) and without a registered USB device a USB port gives only a few mA of power.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This was correctly answered back in August (above). What does data have anything to do with current? It simply has 2 plugs so that it can draw more current (mA).
shamez23 said:
It does work with 2.5" harddrives that need more power than one USB port can deliver. Why shouldn't it work with the s3?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This.
shamez23 said:
But why would you need that when you are charging your phone at work? It's not like you're in a hurry. It can sit there all day.
And I wouldn't try to charge it with 1A or more just to save a little time. The charger you get with the s3 an the s3 itself are made for 900mA. That's why the kernel is limited to 900mA aswell. You might damage your phone by charging it with a higher current. Sure, there is a safety margin build in but going to the limit seldom is a good idea.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No, you can't damage it that way. Electronic devices DRAW current, which means that they only take as much as they are able to. You can plug your phone into a 5A charger and it wouldn't damage it. Too much voltage WILL fry it though.
Are you sure about that?
I've read more than once on tech sites that for example the 2A charger of the iPad will charge other devices that come with weaker chargers faster but that they advice against doing that on a regular basis.
I do use industrial Li-ion batteries (18650) on several other devices and the charger I use for those has a switch with witch I can decide if I want to charge them at 500mA or at 1000mA. Reading in forums that specialize on devices that use those batteries and that have users that seem to know quite a bit about batteries and do extensive testing with sophisticated equipment, the general opinion is, that using lower Amps will prolong the lifetime of your batteries and that too high currents can potentially damage them as of course will overcharging them.
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/ultra_fast_chargers
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries
I don't know much about battery technology so I might be wrong. I always had problems to wrap my head around anything that has to do with electricity and electronics in general and have to use analogies to understand and explain how things work in that area. Those analogies don't always apply completely.
The one I have in this case is the following:
I decide how much I can eat. I can eat at a normal pace until I'm full but I can also stuff myself and eat a lot more than I would normally do in a short period of time. I know that the later is a bad idea and won't do me much good but it is possible.
If you are correct with what you said, batteries could draw a higher current than what the original charger is delivering, up to their limit but that could still be too much and harm them.
I don't know. Now I'm confused.
shamez23 said:
Are you sure about that?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You have a point. I guess it depends on how well the charging circuitry (in the phone) is designed.
The battery itself won't limit the voltage/current (*). It's the charging circuitry that does this. For instance, if you connect the battery directly to a power supply and give it too much juice, it WILL damage the battery. Similarly, if the charging circuitry supplies too much to the battery, then this could also happen. However, it SHOULD be designed with appropriate tolerances and safety margins in mind. Therefore, it depends on how much you trust the hardware.
In that way, I guess charging at 500 mA would be considered safer. That being said, I'm happy plugging my phone into the wall charger every night, whether it's 900 mA or 1A.
(*) I know that Lithium batteries usually have built-in circuitry for safety measures, so they MIGHT have something that limits voltage/current, but I'm not sure.
900mA should be save. After all that's what Samsung gave us.
It's just that some people tweak their kernels to 1.25mA or even more. That's quite a bit higher than the specs and probably close to the safety margin.
It won't even charge your batterie faster that way. At least not when you talk about fully charging it. It will get faster to about 80% charge but after that it will take just so much longer to get to 100% that in the end it takes the same amount of time.
I'll stick to the original Samsung charger or the charger of my old HD2 that I have lying around. Makes me feel safer.
here is my setup in the car and i can't get the note to charge - well, it does say its charging but at best it will maintain my charge level it never actually charges
dedicated charger into my fuse box
note hooked up with mhl to my pioneer appradio 2
gps running, mhl running, bluetooth running. i use a screen off app to totally black out the screen.
now, this setup with my gs3 worked perfectly it would charge the gs3 like crazy as fast as a wall charger it seemed. with the note it will never increase in charge but at best maintain or slowly use charge. the power it is getting cannot keep up with all the tasks its doing.
now, i know this phone is a beast...but can anyone think of anything for me to try or buy to get this charging no matter what? i figure it may take custom kernals or something like that to finally get it done.
that being said - if you are using an android phone you absolutely must check out the pioneer appradio 2 with the appradio liberator app. you hook the phone up via mhl and with the app have full touchscreen control and mirroring of your phone on the 7inch touchscrreen radio display its pretty awesome.
I know the wall charger is a 2A rated charger....which is built for tablets. Perhaps attempt to locate a travel charger rated as such. I'm no scientist, or electritian so I cannot attest this will work, but just thought I would throw it out there
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda app-developers app
Jcossack88 said:
I know the wall charger is a 2A rated charger....which is built for tablets. Perhaps attempt to locate a travel charger rated as such. I'm no scientist, or electritian so I cannot attest this will work, but just thought I would throw it out there
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
my chargers i the car claim to be 2a but doesn't seem to make a difference. hell, the one charger would chage an ipad in the past
most samsung tablets need an adapter to "trick" fast charging mode on non-samsumg chargers. otherwise it'll just trickle charge. i've not tried any yet but seems i may have to since the gnote2 is gonna need the same juice as my gn101. kinda what i expected since they're pretty much the same specs.
here's a thread to make your own adapter:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=845844
page 9 has a few links buy your own. just put .com in place of .co.uk on the ebay links.
here one for $3. ships from china so it may take a few weeks.
the stock AC charger supplied with the note 2 is 2A. I also have a 2A car charger. I cannot get the note to charge at any rate higher than 1A. Yes, i do know the trick to get the phone to go into fast charge mode. I have a feeling that 1A is the most we are going to get. Yes, if you have a ton of stuff running all at once you are going to use more than 1A and end up with a dead battery after a while. It does suck. My previous phone (Epic) would not charge beyond .5A. It died while on my car charger ALL the time. Hopefully this one wont die quite as often.
JD
JudasD said:
the stock AC charger supplied with the note 2 is 2A. I also have a 2A car charger. I cannot get the note to charge at any rate higher than 1A. Yes, i do know the trick to get the phone to go into fast charge mode. I have a feeling that 1A is the most we are going to get. Yes, if you have a ton of stuff running all at once you are going to use more than 1A and end up with a dead battery after a while. It does suck. My previous phone (Epic) would not charge beyond .5A. It died while on my car charger ALL the time. Hopefully this one wont die quite as often.
JD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
have you actually tried the trick or the item in the link posted above? if so no use in me ordering it
knives of ice said:
have you actually tried the trick or the item in the link posted above? if so no use in me ordering it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've just ordered 3 of the $3 ones from deal extreme. it'll be a while before I can test it on a gn2. I'll try them on my gn10.1 as soon as they come in.
madsquabbles said:
I've just ordered 3 of the $3 ones from deal extreme. it'll be a while before I can test it on a gn2. I'll try them on my gn10.1 as soon as they come in.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I ordered one from a usa seller on eBay hopefully I'll have it next week
This seems like it'd be very easy to do yourself with an old mUSB cable.
ffolkes said:
This seems like it'd be very easy to do yourself with an old mUSB cable.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yeah maybe but the part is a couple dollars alot less time and frustration to buy
ffolkes said:
This seems like it'd be very easy to do yourself with an old mUSB cable.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yep, looks really easy. i just wont' be able to make it as pretty
knives of ice said:
have you actually tried the trick or the item in the link posted above? if so no use in me ordering it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, the trick i use is to short the two data lines going to the phone NOT towards the charging source. If you do not do this the phone will be in USB mode which will only allow a charging rate of .38A. This seems to be an android/usb standard across almost all vendors. once i short the data lines that is when the phone will go into full charging mode. The highest i can get the phone to go is 1A and this is even with the supplied Samsung 2A charger. I have also tried an iPad charger and it still only produced 1A to the Note II.
The Note II also seems to vary the input current based on how much battery is left. If the Note is very low (i.e. 50%) it will go into 1A. If the battery is high (i.e.95%), the current will bounce around. I have seen it start at .5A, jump to .8A, then to 1A, then right back down to .5A and it will continue there until it reaches 100%.
Bottom line i have not seen anything above 1A
JD
at least one of the adapters on the other thread claims 2A, but i don't think i've seen anyone with those results.
this is a pretty ridiculous problem for samsung to do nothing about is it not? the notion that you can't even charge your note in the car is a bit ridiculous. i wonder if someone makes a kernal with fast charging enabled if we'll be able to get around this
knives of ice said:
this is a pretty ridiculous problem for samsung to do nothing about is it not? the notion that you can't even charge your note in the car is a bit ridiculous. i wonder if someone makes a kernal with fast charging enabled if we'll be able to get around this
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you can charge, just ridiculous slow. i occasionally charge my galaxy note 10.1 on my computer's usb when i'm too lazy to whoop out the charger. i do it a work where i know i won't use it for 8 hours.
madsquabbles said:
you can charge, just ridiculous slow. iccasionally charge my galaxy note 10.1 on my computer's usb when i'm too lazy to whoop out the charger. i do it a work where i know i won't use it for 8 hours.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can't charge if you are intensively using the phone though. it loses charge.
Is there a specific car charger yet for the Note 2? I imagine this issue will be resolved with that charger.
People with the HTC Flyer/Evo View had similar issues. Unless we use HTC proprietary car charger, you lose power while plugged in. Standard usb chargers, charge it very slowly.
Sent from my shooter using xda premium
I am using the PowerGen Dual USB 3.1A 15w High Output Car Charger since it claims to be a 3.1A charger. What I thought was a fast charge was in reality not. Using the Current Widget app (which shows you the mAh) it registers 9882 mA for one of the usb slots and 10005 mAh for the other using the Galaxy Note 1.
TS
twospirits said:
I am using the PowerGen Dual USB 3.1A 15w High Output Car Charger since it claims to be a 3.1A charger. What I thought was a fast charge was in reality not. Using the Current Widget app (which shows you the mAh) it registers 9882 mA for one of the usb slots and 10005 mAh for the other using the Galaxy Note 1.
TS
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
so does that charger actually charge your phone then ?
Yes, just like a regular 1mA wall charger, but not like the 2mA one that comes with the Note 2.
TS
Hey everybody.
I just got my Z3 Compact yesterday and it came with sony's quick charger. That was nice of Sony... Now charging is so quick that it's awesome. <3
However, I plan to get a magnetic charging dock. Perhaps Sony's one or the one by Kosee (search for it on Amazon. I can't post links). I wish to know if there would be any problems if I used the quick charger with the dock? Anybody here with the Kosee dock and using the quick charger with it? I don't want to buy the dock only to get it overheat or something and then become a paperweight in the future. That would be very sad.
Btw, I'm from Canada. Bought the phone right after launch day. My very first, proper, flagship Android phone (I used a Blackberry Curve before). It feels awesome and scary at the same time.
Alayer said:
Hey everybody.
I just got my Z3 Compact yesterday and it came with sony's quick charger. That was nice of Sony... Now charging is so quick that it's awesome. <3
However, I plan to get a magnetic charging dock. Perhaps Sony's one or the one by Kosee (search for it on Amazon. I can't post links). I wish to know if there would be any problems if I used the quick charger with the dock? Anybody here with the Kosee dock and using the quick charger with it? I don't want to buy the dock only to get it overheat or something and then become a paperweight in the future. That would be very sad.
Btw, I'm from Canada. Bought the phone right after launch day. My very first, proper, flagship Android phone (I used a Blackberry Curve before). It feels awesome and scary at the same time.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't see why there would using it with the dock. Essentially the dock is the same as a normal charger, it only allows your phone to sit in a certain position.
Sony Quick charger? do you have a pic & model number, I wasn't aware that Sony have yet bought out a quick charger.
techguyone said:
Sony Quick charger? do you have a pic & model number, I wasn't aware that Sony have yet bought out a quick charger.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/products/accessories/quick-charger-ep881/
hmm its the same as the ep880, one is seperate sale, one is included in the retail box. I was hoping it was something along the lines of the new moto fast charger.
techguyone said:
hmm its the same as the ep880, one is seperate sale, one is included in the retail box. I was hoping it was something along the lines of the new moto fast charger.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What's the Moto fast charger like?
Btw, when the battery level gets higher, the charging slows down. That's normal, right? I never owned a fast charging device, so I wouldn't know.
Is there any long lasting issues using a Quick Charger as opposed to the normal charger?
also 0-100% how log does it take with the quick charger?
I checked Samsung charger 5V/2A. From 0% to 10% - 10 min, 50% after 1 hour, full after 2,5 hours. I'm going to buy HTC fast charger witch is compatible with Qualcomm's fast charging 2.0 and will try it.
[email protected] said:
I checked Samsung charger 5V/2A. From 0% to 10% - 10 min, 50% after 1 hour, full after 2,5 hours. I'm going to buy HTC fast charger witch is compatible with Qualcomm's fast charging 2.0 and will try it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Interesting, the standard Sony charger that comes with the phone only takes around 3 hrs to full charge, saving 30 mins isn't that great, wonder if it can be improved on.
Sony's recommendation is to use the magnetic dock with a wall charger aka EP880/EP881 "quick charger." I regularly charge using a magnetic cable plugged into either a wall charger or USB 3.0 port, and I have not had any issues.
Just a heads up: I've noticed that the lower your battery level is, the faster it charges. As the level gets higher, the charge rate slows down. I've seen my phone go up 1% in 10 seconds (from 4% to 5%). However, when my phone was at 98% it took well over a minute to get to 99%. Maybe the fast charger isn't meant to make your battery fly from 0 to 100% as fast as possible, but to provide a fast (but short) boost when you're close to running out.
I wish I had done proper scientific tests, with apps and timers and stuff. But, I was lazy and chatting on my phone at that time. I can assure you that my above statements are true and not made up to impress people.
Another thing I've learnt: Even the Motorola turbo charger does the same thing. It's even mentioned in their website that the battery level has to be substantially depleted for fast charging. The rate will slow down as battery level goes up.
Yes that's correct, presumably a battery protecting measure, reasoning behind it will be that you may be in a hurry and want to get as much as possible in a short time on a very empty battery, hence the very fast charging at low battery levels.
Sony magnetic
Dsteppa said:
I don't see why there would using it with the dock. Essentially the dock is the same as a normal charger, it only allows your phone to sit in a certain position.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The dock dont use the microUSB port
You only get the benefit of quick charge 2.0 when plugged in to the usb port on the phone. It has to negotiate the connection through data. Using a quick charger in conjunction with the dock will be exactly as fast as a 2 amp non-qc charger.
Wrong. Dk48 and presumably some magnetic cables ARE qc2.0 compatible. Tested on dk48 - negotiated 9v/1A
Quick charge 2.0 is 9v/1a?
So if I buy the original dock with cable i should have fast charging?
Can you please share charging speeds?
I'm struggling to decide if to buy regular wall charger or buy magnetic. Charging cable
Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk
DeaDruiD said:
Wrong. Dk48 and presumably some magnetic cables ARE qc2.0 compatible. Tested on dk48 - negotiated 9v/1A
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
We would gladly enjoy some demo.
There is no way it can negotiate.
I'd like to know too, I've ordered the UCH10 & I use the DK48 dock, hopefully it will
Sorry Think i posted in the wrong thread
nonyhaha said:
We would gladly enjoy some demo.
There is no way it can negotiate.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Seems like they say it should:
https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xper...K48-compatible-with-the-Sony-Fast/td-p/967700
Hello Everyone
I'm little curious
Just wanted to ask that is it safe to use a 2.1A charger on 1.8A phone ?
Because most of the car chargers come with either 1A or 2.1A..
Since our G3's comes with a 1.8A chargers..
Is extra 0.3A too high ?
Will it affect the battery life ?
I was reading some articles but didn't get the answer :silly:
On the other hand I also read that..
Too low current (using a 1Amp charger for a tablet designed to charge with 2 Amp charger) causes less damage, but slows down the charging cycle which may deteriorate the battery charging levels or performance in the long run.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did anyone notice from his/her personal experience ?
So the question is which is safe-er ?
To use 1A or 2.1A charger when 1.8A is not available ?
it's not a problem, cause it s the phone that dictate the charging current ( that is in Ampere and not milliAmpere , 2.1A = 2100mA)
emibale said:
it's not a problem, cause it s the phone that dictate the charging current ( that is in Ampere and not milliAmpere , 2.1A = 2100mA)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ops !
typing mistake :silly:
I have used a range of different ones 0.5, 1, 1.2, 1.5, 1.8, 2.0, 2.1 max, different brands too) for my G3 for the past 6 months, no detectable adverse effect on phone or battery.
omr911 said:
Hello Everyone
So the question is which is safe-er ?
To use 1A or 2.1A charger when 1.8A is not available ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Charger is not a current source, it's voltage one. Meaning voltage will be 5 volts, and current will change depending on load.
The current is dictated by resistance of charger, phone and cable. 2.1 A marking simply means that it won't output more than that regardless of resistance.
And yeah, phones do regulate their charging current, so it's absolutely safe to use any charger.
Plus...if battery dies...it is replaceable.
What about ..
Too much current, like using a 2 Amp charger on a phone which is designed for 0.8 Amp or 1 Amp charging may heat up the battery, may hurt the circuitry or may make it misbehave because of static charge build up.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
omr911 said:
What about ..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
?..
Well, either the quote is more than 3 years old, or the one who wrote this is an idiot.
read:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_charger#Mobile_phone_charger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_supply#AC-to-DC_supply
basically, the charger is an AC-DC converter. Charging current is determined by phone, but it can't exceed the maximum current specified by charger's manufacturer - mainly because trying to draw more current from it will make voltage drop below acceptable level.
Samsung phones have a user-controllable charger chip, which is able to drop the current till voltage stabilizes, etc etc etc. I'm 146% sure that other manufacturers use something like that too.
I ordered the 4gb ram version of Zenfone 2 and it only comes with the "Boostmaster" quick charger that outputs 9v and 2A.
Also, I saw pictures where the visible part of the battery in the phone says "+9v 2A" on it.
I want to know is it safe to use a regular 5v USB charger to charge this phone if I do not want to use the quick charger?
I am not sure since I read through some websites and I am concerned about these quotes:
Too low voltage may do damage. Slightly too low may work AOK or at
reduced current. Too low may damage equipment but not usually. Too low
may damage charger but not usually.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If the voltage is too low, you'll get either nothing, or odd / failure
behavior when the power draw on the system gets high.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'd be more worried about the undervoltage. It may put a strain on the
voltage regulator in your laptop and may also put a strain on your
battery
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So I want to know does the zenfone 2 has a special battery that allows lower voltage? Is its battery really a 9v battery?
I use a 5V charger, but the 2GB Zen has a 5.2V charger. There's nothing wrong with using weaker plugs, though the charge time is roughly 3-4hrs with the one I use.
"I'd Totally Hug You, If That Was Something I Did"
I took the back off and the battery the, it says 5.2 v and 9v on it for input so I guess you can use either one on it
oh, I didn't know it says that on battery, I didn't receive my phone yet, but all the pictures I 've seen on reviews and when I googled the image, all I see on the battery is "Input +9v 2A, 18W"
does the US version have the extra 5.2v printed on the battery?
VietnamTom said:
oh, I didn't know it says that on battery, I didn't receive my phone yet, but all the pictures I 've seen on reviews and when I googled the image, all I see on the battery is "Input +9v 2A, 18W"
does the US version have the extra 5.2v printed on the battery?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes. My 4GB model has both on it.
I've used a non QC charger on it and it worked fine. I mainly have QC's now so I use those when my phone doesn't have qi support. It chargers fine with the following Quick Charge 2.0 chargers: Aukey 10000mah battery pack, Asus boost master, Motorola Turbo, Incipio car charger, Power Partners 30w. I haven't had any issues charging it yet but it does get warm (battery hits 119 °F) using the Asus charger and cable.
Ive used multiple charging blocks that have 1 Amp and each time the charging stops at 77% and stays there overnight. This is kind of dumb I think. Anyone else having this issue when not using the stock charging block? Hmm it actually seems that this is happening on my cords that are 6 feet in length. The short cords are working fine
downshift00 said:
Ive used multiple charging blocks that have 1 Amp and each time the charging stops at 77% and stays there overnight. This is kind of dumb I think. Anyone else having this issue when not using the stock charging block? Hmm it actually seems that this is happening on my cords that are 6 feet in length. The short cords are working fine
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Had issues with long cords before, mostly they would take ages to charge.
I'm using the stock Samsung Note 3/4 charger with no issue and the samsung cable.
It's easier to use than to unpack and find an Aussie adaptor for the ASUS charger....
Please see the following ASUS support page: "Introduction to quick charge"
http://www.asus.com/us/support/Sear...5-480F-AADA-FE49EDD81C01/?keyword=boostmaster
Sincerely,
ASUS_USA
VietnamTom said:
I ordered the 4gb ram version of Zenfone 2 and it only comes with the "Boostmaster" quick charger that outputs 9v and 2A.
Also, I saw pictures where the visible part of the battery in the phone says "+9v 2A" on it.
I want to know is it safe to use a regular 5v USB charger to charge this phone if I do not want to use the quick charger?
I am not sure since I read through some websites and I am concerned about these quotes:
So I want to know does the zenfone 2 has a special battery that allows lower voltage? Is its battery really a 9v battery?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've charged on other charger when I grabbed the wrong one, but it won't do a full charge. I can only get about 75% on standard charger. Plug in the fast charger and it charges right up.
it should be fairly okay else it wouldn't be safe to plug this device into sa normal USB port (5v)