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Where do you guys buy the original car chargers? I tried looking online but so far, all that I have found are the generic car chargers. Even some shops that had pictures of the original car chargers only sold generic ones.
Any idea where I can get an original charger or if you have one for sale? Also what is the price that I can expect to pay for an original car charger?
I bought a proper O2 car charger from an O2 shop here in the UK for £15 at the weekend. Works well.
I might sell it if I find a solution involving a dual USB car adapter that works with the synch/charge cable and can simultaneously charge my TomTom...
Seems bizarre that you're in Singapore, near to HongKong where most of the eBay sellers of chargers and adapters are based, and yet you can't get what you want locally.
SiliconS said:
I bought a proper O2 car charger from an O2 shop here in the UK for £15 at the weekend. Works well.
I might sell it if I find a solution involving a dual USB car adapter that works with the synch/charge cable and can simultaneously charge my TomTom...
Seems bizarre that you're in Singapore, near to HongKong where most of the eBay sellers of chargers and adapters are based, and yet you can't get what you want locally.
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Thanks for the heads up. problem is that the the chargers for sale are those third party ones which I do not want.
vapor said:
Thanks for the heads up. problem is that the the chargers for sale are those third party ones which I do not want.
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The one I bought is a genuine O2 one. It has a natty blue LED light in the shape of the O2 logo as well.
SiliconS said:
The one I bought is a genuine O2 one. It has a natty blue LED light in the shape of the O2 logo as well.
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Whats the difference between a $35 O2 Exec Car charger and a $5 Charger available from eBay. Both of them work and charge the O2 XDA Exec. Does the O2 Exec charger charge the Universal faster than the other non-official charger?
nuclear said:
Whats the difference between a $35 O2 Exec Car charger and a $5 Charger available from eBay. Both of them work and charge the O2 XDA Exec. Does the O2 Exec charger charge the Universal faster than the other non-official charger?
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I've got no experience of other chargers, so I can't answer your question. There are many people on this forum saying they've got problems with cheapo eBay chargers though.
My Exec charges more slowly from my PC's USB port than it does with the mains charger, so I guess it does drain a lot of current if the screen is on while charging. Cheap car chargers may not provide enough current.
nuclear said:
Whats the difference between a $35 O2 Exec Car charger and a $5 Charger available from eBay. Both of them work and charge the O2 XDA Exec. Does the O2 Exec charger charge the Universal faster than the other non-official charger?
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Most ebay car chargers are not able to charge the phone when it is running navigational problems. it just does not charge it at all. the phone needs to be turned off before you can charge it.
vapor said:
Most ebay car chargers are not able to charge the phone when it is running navigational problems. it just does not charge it at all. the phone needs to be turned off before you can charge it.
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Ah thanks. I might go for the O2 Car charger then. I think then the Car charer -> AC charger is much better. You know plugging in your AC charger into a Car charger outlet. Car charger adapters. Yes thats what they are called. I am sure thats a better choice and will work! ^^ Also a nice anti-shock car stand for the HTC Universal will be nice right? I saw some good ones on eBay. Show me something better if you see any? Also show me whats the best on eBay,... I am unable to decide... too much variety... I would usually go for the most expensive one but I like more features and durability ^^.. thanks vapor
I found a car adapter with dual USB outlets that the advertiser claims can supply 2 amps, which must be enough to power + charge the Exec and charge the TomTom. Am trying also to find a cable to charge TomTom from a USB port and then my life will be complete.
vapor, if I get these things and they work, I'm happy to post you my O2 car charger at cost. I'll let you know in the new year.
SiliconS said:
I found a car adapter with dual USB outlets that the advertiser claims can supply 2 amps, which must be enough to power + charge the Exec and charge the TomTom. Am trying also to find a cable to charge TomTom from a USB port and then my life will be complete.
vapor, if I get these things and they work, I'm happy to post you my O2 car charger at cost. I'll let you know in the new year.
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That'd be great buddy. Do let me know the costs yeah?
So I'm wanting to get the Anker replacement for my SG2 and was interested in getting the pack of two with the charger.
However, I see that its presently unavailable at Amazon.co.uk:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-1900m...B-F1A2GBU/dp/B0058SJ5Q4/ref=/ref=cm_cd_f_pb_t
From what I understand Laptopmate is the only seller of Anker in the UK. They have a storefront with Amazon.co.uk and ebay.co.uk. On ebay.co.uk, they are not offering the pack of 2 batteries with the charger.
Does anyone know any other source where I could get the pack of 2 batteries with the charger in the UK?
If I were to buy it from the states and get the two pin charger, would there be any issues in terms of charging / voltage etc (obviously would use something like a travel adaptor to deal with the two pins over the three pins).
Thanks
7dayshop are selling original Samsung batteries for £9.69, or clones for £4.09.
browngeek said:
So I'm wanting to get the Anker replacement for my SG2 and was interested in getting the pack of two with the charger.
However, I see that its presently unavailable at Amazon.co.uk:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-1900m...B-F1A2GBU/dp/B0058SJ5Q4/ref=/ref=cm_cd_f_pb_t
From what I understand Laptopmate is the only seller of Anker in the UK. They have a storefront with Amazon.co.uk and ebay.co.uk. On ebay.co.uk, they are not offering the pack of 2 batteries with the charger.
Does anyone know any other source where I could get the pack of 2 batteries with the charger in the UK?
If I were to buy it from the states and get the two pin charger, would there be any issues in terms of charging / voltage etc (obviously would use something like a travel adaptor to deal with the two pins over the three pins).
Thanks
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I know that there have been some issues of people charging the Anker batteries in other chargers. I have seen on more than one occasion a picture of the battery catching fire while charging. I have never had this problem as I buy from laptopmate on eBay. The Anker batteries do last longer than OEM, I can confirm that. I don't see a reason that converting the power would cause a problem though. The charger (probably) has a fail safe in it to prevent this from being a problem. I would, however, use a converter and not just something to switch from US style to European style plugs. Also, I would hang out pretty close to it the first 4 or 5 times you charge any battery in it to make sure it doesn't smell funny or get extremely hot, thus starting a fire.
was so strange been looking for these on ebay, noticed they have a supplier of just the bats in the uk but the 2x and charger is only usa based. Sent them a message to see if they have a supplier in the uk if not I'll probably import.
From what Ive come to understand is the cases of exploding batteries is because of the cheap ass black charger that you can get with the bats
xstarbuckx said:
was so strange been looking for these on ebay, noticed they have a supplier of just the bats in the uk but the 2x and charger is only usa based. Sent them a message to see if they have a supplier in the uk if not I'll probably import.
From what Ive come to understand is the cases of exploding batteries is because of the cheap ass black charger that you can get with the bats
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The supplier for Ebay and Amazon seem to be the same company, Laptopmate. For some reason they have UK chargers for Anker batteries used by other phones, but not for the SG2.
Laptopmate seem to be the Anker supplier in both the US and the UK. I have emailed them on ETA for the UK chargers for the SG2, but they have not emailed back. However from Ebay it seems they will ship the US charger to the UK.
In any case, for me, I've found that via Amazon.com they will ship the US chargers to Hong Kong (which is where I live). I ideally wanted the UK chargers, because HK uses the same power supplies as the UK.
The whole freaking irony is that all of these batteries and chargers are made just across the border from where I live, but I haven't found a single supplier for Anker batteries in HK.
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From what Ive come to understand is the cases of exploding batteries is because of the cheap ass black charger that you can get with the bats
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Nope, it's generally been poor manufacturing techniques (for the batteries), resulting in fragments of metal in the lithium gel.
cowbutt said:
Nope, it's generally been poor manufacturing techniques (for the batteries), resulting in fragments of metal in the lithium gel.
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Could you show us a source please as getting a lil worrid if I should order them
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xstarbuckx said:
Could you show us a source please as getting a lil worrid if I should order them
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http://www.google.co.uk/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=exploding+batteries+metal+fragments
thats just a google search for exploding batteries metal fragments not specifically anker. going from just that search you could say official sgs2 bats could exploded
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thats just a google search for exploding batteries metal fragments not specifically anker. going from just that search you could say official sgs2 bats could exploded
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I didn't think you were referring to Anker batteries specifically when you wrote:
From what Ive come to understand is the cases of exploding batteries is because of the cheap ass black charger that you can get with the bats
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rather than talking about Lithium Ion batteries in general. It sounds as though you've heard of specific recent problems with Anker batteries, though. I hadn't. But if I had, that'd doubly put me off as a) that was a problem a few years ago, but all the big players seem to have got their house in order and b) official Samsung batteries are about the same price these days (£9.79 for Samsung, US$15.99 for Anker).
Oh i see sorry about the mix up.
The anker batteries can be brought with a cheap ass charger which is black and is believed to have caused a few ankers to go bang or a white anker charger that seems to be safe
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OK so I got the batteries shipped with Amazon to HK.
They have now arrived and am presently using one of them after charging it overnight (can't comment on battery life just yet!)
Do have a couple of quick questions though, which I think have been answered, but want to double check:
- Can I charge the Anker batteries via standard mains charger (I think previously people have done this but they say the charge is a lot slower than usual).
- I have another third party battery charger which plugs into the micro usb of my mains charger, can I use this with the Anker batteries (I think the answer will be the same as above).
- Can I charge my standard Samsung battery with the Anker charger?
- Has anyone used the dual charging function of the Anker charger where you are able to charge the battery and the phone via usb at the same time?
If you didn't already have a spare one lying around, where did you guys buy your wall chargers. I was looking at this one from Monoprice and was just wondering if they're are better or even cheaper options.
http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=108&cp_id=10851&cs_id=1085101&p_id=8857&seq=1&format=2
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How do I know if my wall is discharged
hey everyone! so I lost my original charger with quite good usb cable and now all chargers I have at home they charge max 800 mah (according to app "galaxy charging current")
anyone can suggest which charger to buy even if its not original but charges with good currency.
I looked up but are those from 6$ to 10$ worth buying? they say its original note 2 and OEM and stuff but is it true?
I would just buy a good third part charger and USB cable from companies like Anker and even Amazon Basics.
Hi there.
I have bought two Chinese wireless charger, I tested with Samsung and all of them works fine. But on my two lg G3 it just start and stop, I have about 5 wall charger with 2a and only the wall charger from Samsung works after trying a few times, is this normal in this machine. Thanks
no name chargers are an eternal lottery. I advise you to pay extra and buy a reputable one
I think best qi chargers for g3 is with 2-3 charging coils. So I heard.
not necessarily, quality is not quantity