I plan to buy ouya on Amazon and then ship it to China(yes,I live in China) Here's my question. Ouya has 110 voltage but Chinese voltage is 220V. Do I need to use adapter? Maybe this is stupid question,but I am not sure if ouya would be blow up when I plug it into slot:banghead:
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It runs on 12V dc so you'll probably have to get an adaptor that will take 220V ac down to that. I don't think the one it comes with will do that.
I looked at my adapter and the stock adapter I recieved a AC to DC adapter with
Input: 100-240v` 50/60Hz 0.6A
Output: 12V 1.5A
Looks like my stock power supply supports 220V sources. Don't know if they would vary on power supply models. 12 volt dc power supplies are a dime a dozen, not a serious problem.
I'm in Germany an we also have 220v. Working like a charm.
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I looked up the Chinese wall outlet. This may not support the plugs from the standard North American outlet. The voltages will work but the plugs themselves may not fit. So unless you request the region specific adapter, you will not be able to plug it into the wall. Sorry
The good news is 12 volts is very common, all you need to do is find something with the same plug for the back of the Ouya and amperage rating equal to or greater (preferably equal to) 1.5 amps. If you think you have one that may work (fits but you are unsure about the rating) send me a pm.
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I'm in Germany an we also have 220v. Working like a charm.
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Really? Ouya will work under 220v without any adapter?
Sure. The only thing you might have to use is any form of world travel adapter to be able to plug it into your country's socket. I'll add a photo of the lable. It clearly says input 100 - 240 V.
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I personally use one of these http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XjaHgSHtL.jpg
But any generic psu with the right values and plug will work.
I figured out my wd live TV hub and my external hdd also have the same plug, voltage and polarization. Just one of them is able to deliver a bit more amps but that doesn't matter because it's always a question of how much amps the device will demand and not how much the psu will push through the device (you remember ohms law?)
Funny thing to mention:
You can even run your ouya from the power of your PCs USB port. Therefor you have to make an adapter from USB to DC input. But caution: on high load this might pull more amps than your USB port might bee able to deliver.
This is possible because ouya is internally using a step down module regulating the voltage down to 5volts. So anything between 5-12 Volts should be good so long as polarization is right. But if you don't know what you are doing just stick to original DC adapter
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nchantmnt said:
Sure. The only thing you might have to use is any form of world travel adapter to be able to plug it into your country's socket. I'll add a photo of the lable. It clearly says input 100 - 240 V.
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Thanks. I have already bought one and I have been waiting for my Ouya.
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I've read that some 3rd party cables/chargers only appear as DC due to not having shorted data wires but that doesn't explain what I'm experiencing.
I have an official HTC mains plug and car socket plug and when I use the included USB cable I get full power charging of upto about 800ma with phone on. However, with both, if I use 3rd party cables it still shows as AC but I barely get 3rd of that, say up to about 300 max.
What would be causing this and any tips on a reliable source of official cables in the UK so I can be sure of getting full power when using other chargers etc?
Are you sure the cables are shorted?
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Are you sure the cables are shorted?
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check this i have a few cables usb cables that give AC charging.
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Are you sure the cables are shorted?
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No. But the HTC ones can't be either as they are also data cables yet they still give full power unlike the 3rd party cables, - even though they are plugged into the same plug. It doesn't make any logical sense.
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The official charger unit from HTC have an Hardware different. To charge with full power you need an original one!
There are a few other Provider they do the same. For example Samsung:
mobi-test.de/allgemein/aus-samsungs-trickkiste-nur-original-ladegerate-liefern-volle-leistung/
This is an easy answer. They want you to buy their cable. It's the exact same reason that laptop companies might design a proprietary shaped plug. If it breaks, they want you to buy from them to increase their profit margin.
****ty, but a fact of life.
1) there is NO difference in cabling. You can use any cable with MicroUSB, it makes no difference.
2) the official charger has the data pins shorted, but so do other chargers - for example my Nokia charger (rated up to 5V/1200mA) charges the phone exactly the same as the HTC one. I prefer the nokia charger because it has much thinner cable and doesn't heat up nearly as much as the original charger.
It is possible there are chargers with pins shorted but rated for <1A, they will either withstand it, blow some magic smoke or stop working after a while.
are there any cheap charging cables out there? in white would be perfect!
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1) there is NO difference in cabling. You can use any cable with MicroUSB, it makes no difference.
2) the official charger has the data pins shorted, but so do other chargers - for example my Nokia charger (rated up to 5V/1200mA) charges the phone exactly the same as the HTC one. I prefer the nokia charger because it has much thinner cable and doesn't heat up nearly as much as the original charger.
It is possible there are chargers with pins shorted but rated for <1A, they will either withstand it, blow some magic smoke or stop working after a while.
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HTC modify the Cable to charge with only 500mA, if there is no original One. It doesent matter how much Power the Charger will have. With unofficial Cable it will only use 500mA.
Maybe this effect will only happen on original Kernel.
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hey guys, I'm using my brothers blackberry charger to charge my HOX, the question is, it charges too fast unlike my htc's charger that came with it, unfortunately the htc's charger got busted -.-
so my question is, is it okay If I charge the phone with the blackberry's charger? or should I use PC's USB to charge, that's way too slow btw.
You can even use a 15A charger if you want, the phone will always pull only 1A...
Just make sure the voltage is the same.
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I like blackberry charger. First because its fast and second it has long cablesw
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Which voltage does it has? If it has the same like HTC charger or so you can charge it...
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I picked up a wireless charger the other day and when I used it I noticed my phone was pretty hot after. Hotter than normal USB charging. I went to read the manual that came with it and it said the maximum input voltage was 5v and I was using a wall USB outlet that outputs 1000mA which is about 9v , I know that's bad but would have damaged my phone at all or only my wireless charger??
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I picked up a wireless charger the other day and when I used it I noticed my phone was pretty hot after. Hotter than normal USB charging. I went to read the manual that came with it and it said the maximum input voltage was 5v and I was using a wall USB outlet that outputs 1000mA which is about 9v , I know that's bad but would have damaged my phone at all or only my wireless charger??
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Neither.
A wireless Qi charger will be warmer overall than corded charging, it's nothing to worry about (try playing a graphically intense game for an hour on the Nexus 5, that's heat).
When the charger says it will take 5V input, that is how much it will draw. For example, if an adapter outputs 12V, that's how much it can provide, NOT how much it is forcing in to a device. So the Qi charger is drawing 5V out of the 9V your USB wall charger can provide. The other 4V aren't utilized.
Same concept for example on a desktop computer. If you have a 1000W power supply and your computer is in sleep mode, you power supply is not shoving 1000W forcefully through the computer. So your computer is using like 100W and the remaining is available when needed but not active.
Don't worry, you're all good.
Sorry but that's not correct.
If you have a device which is rated with a voltage of 5V and you connect a power supply with 9V you could damage this device.
The voltage has to be correct. Always!!!
The max current of the power supply can be higher than the rating on the device.
For example your original charger says 5V 1A. You can use a charger with 5V and 3A. Your device will draw only as much current as necessary.
But the voltage always has to be correct.
In case of the qi charger:
If you power the qi charger with 9V instead of 5V you could kill the charger, but not the telephone.
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How did you get 9v? In North America mains outlets provide about 120v and in Europe they output about 230v. That being said, I would think that the ac adapter that came with the charger would reduce the voltage to within the needed range (~5v). I'm no electrical engineer though, so someone correct me if I'm wrong...
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premo15 said:
How did you get 9v? In North America mains outlets provide about 120v and in Europe they output about 230v. That being said, I would think that the ac adapter that came with the charger would reduce the voltage to within the needed range (~5v). I'm no electrical engineer though, so someone correct me if I'm wrong...
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Yeah I think all usb chargers are 5v
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Sorry but that's not correct.
If you have a device which is rated with a voltage of 5V and you connect a power supply with 9V you could damage this device.
The voltage has to be correct. Always!!!
The max current of the power supply can be higher than the rating on the device.
For example your original charger says 5V 1A. You can use a charger with 5V and 3A. Your device will draw only as much current as necessary.
But the voltage always has to be correct.
In case of the qi charger:
If you power the qi charger with 9V instead of 5V you could kill the charger, but not the telephone.
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That's what I meant, my wording was just incorrect. His USB wall adapter was not forcing a higher voltage, but providing more available power if necessary.
Can anyone with a Find7a let me know what the spec of the vooc charger is? They don't seem to sell them separately on the Oppostyle website and I usually like a second charger for work.
Thanks
Have it at home and am in the office (i get your point xD)
But i read in another thread, that it has extra pins for full power charging. Without that extra pins you dont get full speed charging.
4.5 amps instead of the usual 2 you see on the market.
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lexo said:
Have it at home and am in the office (i get your point xD)
But i read in another thread, that it has extra pins for full power charging. Without that extra pins you dont get full speed charging.
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That's annoying. I was hoping it was just a higher amperage. They sell N1 chargers on http://europe.oppostyle.com but not Find 7a ones.
The 4.5 amps are reached by having multiple power lines on hidden extra pins.
So yeah, vooc is proprietary, no way around it.
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But if we are already talking about the charger i have two questions as well.
My overall understand of charging and power tells me, if i plug the vooc charger in another phone it will load with the amperage the other phone accepts. So there should be no damaging - right? I dont feel ready to test it without asking you before that
The other way around, using my old charger with me Find 7 should work fine as well, shouldnt it? Of course with even longer loading time depending on the power of the charger. This night I tried charging my Find with an old charger of my Galaxy Nexus (I think something around 1A which worked well with my Nexus 4). I expected it to load waaay slower. But actually it didnt load at all. I am not absolutely sure at wich perantage i started, but after about 8 hours i got no remarkable change, maybe a few percent. Is there a minimum Amperage needed?
Thanks for your thoughts
You are correct.
The extra voltage is pumped out via additional pins that a normal USB connector doesn't have.
The other way around you can of course charge the find7 using conventional USB chargers, just slower of course.
As for minimum amps... All my other chargers give me 2 amps and that works.
Also charging on my computer via a USB port works great... Those output I think only 500ma...
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If you plugged the VOOC supply into another phone it shouldn't cause electrical damage - but the extra pins on the charger COULD get damaged.
It's more than just the extra pins - the VOOC power supply uses two pins (possibly D+ and D-) to communicate with the phone.
You'll get normal (but fairly rapid, I need to check but I think it's at least 1.5A) charging using a standard MicroUSB charger.
Edit: Can't find the exact settings, but the charger chipset supports settings of 3A, 2A, 1.5A, 1.2A, and some lower settings. Stock is probably 1.5A or 1.2A
That's some good info there so thanks guys.
It still begs the question, how do you get hold of spare or replacement vooc chargers?
Hello,
i wanted to ask if there is any alternative to the Warp Charger PSU. Can i just take any 30W from Amazon or do i need special Requirements?
The output has to be 5V, 6A for warp charge. The normal chargers have quick charge 3 or usb c pd but those standards use higher voltage and less current, so they won't warp charge the phone.
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rauschkugl said:
The output has to be 5V, 6A for warp charge. The normal chargers have quick charge 3 or usb c pd but those standards use higher voltage and less current, so they won't warp charge the phone.
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sad -so there is nothing yet - thanks for the answer
I don't think so. Was searching myself. The phone should still charge pretty fast with the normal pd chargers though.
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An Oppo SuperVOOC charger could - in theory - charge the OP7Pro with 25W (it works by delivering 5V/5A to two smaller batteries simultaneuosly, resulting in a total output of 50W. As our OP7 has only one battery, the maximum should be 25W). But we won't know for sure until somebody tries
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I don't think so. Was searching myself. The phone should still charge pretty fast with the normal pd chargers though.
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Yes I use a pd at night and it's still fast but the warp is 60% faster so it's significant. I mean while I made a pot of coffee and tidied up the kitchen I went from 9% to 60q. 20 or so minutes