Hi all,
I need to buy a charger for my SGS3. I need either a genuine Samsung one, or a safe and compatible micro-usb charger with an extended cable. I don't want to get one on ebay because I don't trust the listings, and Amazon's listings have negative reviews where users talking about their chargers have exploded and flown across the room.
I'm UK based so I don't want to order from other countries due to shipping times/costs.
Helpful inputs will be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
Any charger is compatible heck i even use the apple ipad plug and a OEM Htc cable and it works fine
the phone itself regulates all the charging not the charger itself..
but make sure you buy a Hi quality micro USB cable or else you could short your phone
Thanks for the reply, but where should I buy the product from?
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ExperimentalHDX said:
Thanks for the reply, but where should I buy the product from?
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Amazon is one of the best places and by sorting them by highest rated and with the most reviews makes it easy. Or if you want to keep it easy, buy the Galaxy S4 charger (2.1 A instead of 1.0 A!) off Samsung.com and if you register your device, they give you a 50% of promo code for mobile accessories which makes it about $20.
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Thanks for the info :thumbup:
I've seen one on Amazon, I'll get the link for you guys to judge it.
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Amazon is one of the best places and by sorting them by highest rated and with the most reviews makes it easy. Or if you want to keep it easy, buy the Galaxy S4 charger (2.1 A instead of 1.0 A!) off Samsung.com and if you register your device, they give you a 50% of promo code for mobile accessories which makes it about $20.
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Highest rated + most reviews brought me to this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/GadgetinBox...8&sr=8-3&keywords=micro+usb+charger&tag=0u-21
Thoughts?
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Highest rated + most reviews brought me to this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/GadgetinBox...8&sr=8-3&keywords=micro+usb+charger&tag=0u-21
Thoughts?
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For the price, it wouldn't hurt to buy one but another thing to look out for is number of reviews, which can say a lot of the quality and utility!
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Found this one on Amazon but not sure if they have it on the UK site. I'll edit depending on if they have it or not.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0073FCPSK?vs=1
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Another good option is to check hotels in your area. People leave behind their phone chargers ALL THE TIME: they're not worth driving back for, and often people won't even bother to have them mailed to them. As a result, pretty much every hotel desk has a box of chargers that they hold on to for people who forgot to bring theirs. If you ask nicely, they might let you pick through it and take one. These are often the brandname chargers that came with the phones.
I noticed that the ones with a lot of reviews seem to be the most untrustworthy, I saw a listing with one that had 60 5 star reviews, but it also had 50 1 star reviews that talked about how the charger has literally blown up and flown across the room or stopped working on its second charge. As for local hotels... There aren't any near where I live
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Can't you just go to some big retail surface around your area and get one from there? Any charger with a microusb will work. The only thing i'd look out for is the 1A charging current (like the original) so the phone finishes charging in in about 2h. Just avoid the real obvious crap ones from shady brands and you should be fine. You can just trade it in if it doesn't work properly. I got a bundle from energizer for a bit less than 20€ (around £17). Had a wallsocket charger with 2 usb sockets (1A), a car charger one (with 1A and 2 usbs too), a rather long cord and several ends to plug just about every device i could think of. Obviously microusb included.
What about the same as the one provided in the original box? It should be safe I think.
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I just ordered my TB, I want to know what accessories I should buy to make it the best phone on the market.
charger...
other than that...i dont use anything they gave me. not the car charger, car mount, screen protectors, and now not even the double case..
i recommend a tpu material case (jelly-like yet somewhat hard plastic material, NOT silicone which attracts lint and sticks to things) for $10 or less from amazon/ebay and a cheap screen protector from the same sources.
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go with steinheil ultra crystal sp
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I just ordered my TB, I want to know what accessories
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HTC Extended Battery
If anyone hunting around ebay sees the good stuff if you could throw up some links? I just bought 3 1500mAh batteries for 12.00 including shipping, so even if they dont work Ill have some nice paperweights. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200593732607&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
Has anyone got anything from that company or have any dealing with close batteries
secondary charger, screen protector
Car charger.. the key is to charge it everywhere until they can optimize battery life
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My car chargers always brake, What do you use?
How do u break ur charger? I'm more curious about that lol
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No, Idea after I got my eris I bought the official verizon and like 2 weeks later it just stopped charging, since then I only buy the super cheap ones and I can't really blame them on braking
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HTC Extended Battery
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Agreed 100%. They should've sold it with the extended battery already on it for $299.99 in my opinion, but I'm sure that would have made some people think twice about buying it to begin with.
I always break my car chargers too, so I bought a little car usb charger and plug into that, havent had a problem since and I can charge anything now.
Bump
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Yeah I have a little USB car charger that lets me use my own USB cable. Great since I can swap between my Micro-B cable (for the TB) and another cable such as say the Zune cable.
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Yeah I have a little USB car charger that lets me use my own USB cable. Great since I can swap between my Micro-B cable (for the TB) and another cable such as say the Zune cable.
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Zune? Really?
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Agreed 100%. They should've sold it with the extended battery already on it for $299.99 in my opinion, but I'm sure that would have made some people think twice about buying it to begin with.
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They should have just thrown it in for free..
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Zune? Really?
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zune is better than ipod
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Is there anything similar to http://www.spigen.com/cell-phone/samsung/galaxy-s3/sgp-portable-mobile-battery-kuel-f60q-series.html
It is basically like a brick that you can plug in your usb and chrages your phone from the 6000mAh battery inside of the brick.
Was wondering if there is anything similar to this but a much cheaper price?
There any loads of options available. Check around Google (not trying to be a smart one), just too many to list)
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8400mah, 10,000mah, 12,000mah, more..
I usually see a couple on eBay for around $20
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Tylt Power plant $59.99 5200mah sprint sells them works very well and pretty decent price considering you have a year warranty through sprint and 14 days to return I got this and a ten dollar pack of zagg screen wipes to get the twenty percent off of both
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I bought this 5200mAh one when Amazon had that twofer with the 7100mAh one for $55. Sleek, smaller than a car garage door opener and has a laser pointer and flashlight built in too. Even now $34 is a pretty good price. Can't post links yet so search Amazon for: New Trent iTorch IMP52D 5200mAh External Battery Charger. I've had it for almost a week now and it's really handy to carry around.
I just bought the Trent iCarrier and got the iMirror for free as part of a promo on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...eASIN=B003ZBZ64Q&linkCode=as2&tag=dickadam-20
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I just bought the Trent iCarrier and got the iMirror for free as part of a promo on Amazon.
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what else do you get for free by clicking your referral link?
Although completely useless for my life, I really want one of those things. I will have no use for it...still want one.
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Tylt Power plant $59.99 5200mah sprint sells them works very well and pretty decent price considering you have a year warranty through sprint and 14 days to return I got this and a ten dollar pack of zagg screen wipes to get the twenty percent off of both
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I have a charger at home, car, and office and have a huge power problem. For that price I would rather buy two oem samsung batteries as spares.. Which I'm about to do right now..
With my sgs2 I had 3 batteries.. I always have a battery problem..
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Just found this on Ebay: http://www.ebay.nl/itm/Original-OEM...ltDomain_3&hash=item3cca7e925e#ht_2718wt_1397
Unfortunately this does not charge your phone. And I have my doubts with this being the real deal. Which dual charger, so phone dock and battery dock in one charging both would you guys recommend? I could not find any similar topic with these sorts of products.
Oh and yes, this is a question.
Ive had the 2 anker 2200 mah batteries and charger for a few weeks and I really like it. The ankers last just as long as the OEM battery
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Look for the Kidigi dock. It will charge your phone and a spare battery simultaneously
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hmm I've always wanted to get one of these combo packs (battery and charger) - and this seems like a great deal... though being from Hong Kong I'm a little bit skeptical when it comes to original/genuine items.
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Bought the same thing from Amazon, I love it.
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The thing you need to check is that the NFC function works... An original samsung battery should allow the NFC to work, the OEM batteries don't... If you're looking for a cheap extra battery for just the power you can find them for around $3-$4 Aud on ebay. They work fine but don't have NFC antenna...
And just because it says NFC enabled DOESN'T mean t is...
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The thing you need to check is that the NFC function works... An original samsung battery should allow the NFC to work, the OEM batteries don't... If you're looking for a cheap extra battery for just the power you can find them for around $3-$4 Aud on ebay. They work fine but don't have NFC antenna...
And just because it says NFC enabled DOESN'T mean t is...
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You mean the generics don't. Oem are the Samsung ones lol
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Check out my thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1843896
For now, I would recommend the QCell 2100x2 with Charger since I didnt get to test the Anker and Hyperion yet. Plus the Charger charges the batteries to 100% unlike Hyperion chargers.
Ill post some shots of the Kidigi its awesome no prob from HK. took a bit but thats typical for free ship. Im waiting for an OEM batt w NFC from a domestic seller it was cheap as hell but all his buyers seem happy.
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referring to the first post
The link you provided is the real thing, from what I know, there isn't any fakes of this item from hong kong, these item were on a special offer if you buy a new S3 from a authorised store, and many stores sell them of cheaply without the purchase of the S3.
BG
i say keep waiting for the original samsung 3000mah battery to come out, thats what im doing.
Me too but it is really taking forever
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Here's some shots of the Kidigi charging the spare batt. I'll post some of it charging the phone later.It also allows you to charge the unit with or without a case. The spare batt was not OEM. Didnt really hold a charge and NFC didnt work. Got my $ refunded and said I should keep it. You really cant get around buying it from Samsung. If theres a 3000mah that is the same size as stock that would be great, I wasnt aware of that.
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I have a case that charges my phone when I'm out and about, I just sold my Galaxy S3 so I was thinking of selling the case, out of curiousity I searched eBay to find the price they're sold for as I paid $40 for mine.
Turns out you can get them for as low as $10, Link or as high as $140 for the exact same item! That's a a 1,400% markup!!! Link
What other outrageous ripoffs have you seen that are interesting and other accessory shoppers should be aware of?
Haha. There's always like this. It just depends how stupid people can be its they bite on it
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1saleaday.com had it the other day for 24.99. Did you like the case?
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1saleaday.com had it the other day for 24.99. Did you like the case?
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Yeah it's amazing. Only supports 500mA (not 1,000 like the phone) so you need to use a different wall to USB plug, or charge with your PC or you will kill it. It can charge your phone from around 50% to 100% with 1 charge, which is amazing because the phone itself has almost 2 days battery. With this case, 2-3 days.
Anyone have any suggestions for one?
The nexus 4 orb works great
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just got this one and so far it seems really good... just using with stock n7 2 power cord... build quality is very good...
have not tested if it trickle charges yet.. will update
http://dx-box.com/nexus-wireless-charger-adapter-pad-for-lg-google-nexus-4-e960.html
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Tylt Vu
I'm a Kickstarter backer and still waiting for mine.
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The nexus 4 orb works great
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+1, I love using my nexus orb to charge my nexus 7.
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I got a no brand name made-in-China qi charger from ebay, and it works great.
just search with this term on ebay and you will find it.
"qi Wireless Charger for Nexus 4 Lumia 920 HTC 8X DNA Samsung Galaxy Note2 S3"
My concerns with the dbox / eBay ones are whether they will last compared to the nexus orb. It's tempting cost wise but I would be concerned the device fails and I have to get another. Did you guys compare at all to the official orb?
As for the official one, for those that own it is it really easy to pull off / on off the dock?
I read about Tylt and looks like a nice charger but I don't think I want to spend $80 on one either
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i noticed the d-box one the tablet slips off a bit so id imagine it would be the same for the official one...
I was reading through the Amazon reviews and it sounds like it can be a common issue and not just isolated to the Nexus 7. Funny that dbox lists it's product with no slip in the label
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My concerns with the dbox / eBay ones are whether they will last compared to the nexus orb. It's tempting cost wise but I would be concerned the device fails and I have to get another. Did you guys compare at all to the official orb?
As for the official one, for those that own it is it really easy to pull off / on off the dock?
I read about Tylt and looks like a nice charger but I don't think I want to spend $80 on one either
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It's easy enough, just set it on the orb so that the orb is roughly in the middle, and wait for the docking sound, assuming you have it turned on. When you want to take the tablet somewhere just lift it and it comes right off the charger. It holds the tablet such that the tablet makes a great nightlight/clock for the nightstand.
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i noticed the d-box one the tablet slips off a bit so id imagine it would be the same for the official one...
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You'd imagine wrong. Imagine that! :silly:
Nokia DT-900 has an indicator LED when charging. The charge plate is about the same width as the N7. So the LED is visible when placed in landscape orientation. Works well for me.
The drawback is the power supply not being USB compatible. One extra thing to pack for travel...
Has anyone see the Kidigi wireless dock for the Nexus 7 yet?
Also wireless charging btw!
http://www.kidigi.com/products_lv2.php?pid=1495
Samsung qi charger
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Joeydez that looks perfect. It's like the original buy with wireless charging. I will look into that one
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Nokia dt-910 is exactly what you're looking for
Has anyone from the UK ordered the DBox orb copy?
The Nokia would work for sure but it seems like I would have to do an international order. Doesn't look like it's sold in the US. I'll have to check thoroughly when I get home
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att sells it and currently has it on sale for $51, there's a thread about it and the dt-900 on here somewhere. my local store had them in stock. online you get an extra 10% of of you buy 2 accessories and 25% if you get 3
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The Nokia would work for sure but it seems like I would have to do an international order. Doesn't look like it's sold in the US. I'll have to check thoroughly when I get home
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You can get the Nokia DT-910 from AT&T and they have it sale priced at $51.75, which is the best price I've seen.
Post above references my post. You can find it here.
http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/accessories/chargers/sku6290330.html#fbid=prSpgpYkYQ7
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You can get the Nokia DT-910 from AT&T and they have it sale priced at $51.75, which is the best price I've seen.
Post above references my post. You can find it here.
http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/accessories/chargers/sku6290330.html#fbid=prSpgpYkYQ7
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Yeah,I got one today at my nearest AT&T store and it works great, even with my nillkin case on it.
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