Motorola Charger

[cttransnb]

I have look at the Motorola Chargers and it is the same USB b mini as the HTC can you use this charger for the HTC as I an not sore of the Volts
Thanks
Chris

[mikealder]

it will work fine with that charger cable, same (5V) - Mike

[Philip]

It will work (my Orbit is plugged into the charger from my Motorola L2 as I type), but it's not just down to the voltage.

Both HTC and Motorola wire the mini USB in non standard ways - hence the HTC Artemis (and Hermes) also uses the mini USB for headphones, and the Motorola has a peculiarity that it will not charge from a cable plugged in to a laptop's USB port, but only from a mains powered adaptor. One of the pins (can't remember which one) is used to indicate whether the cable is being used for "charging" or "syncing".

So just because 2 devices both use mini USB at 5V does not necessarily mean that they can be charged from each other's chargers. I was originally thrilled to think that I could just bring a single charger on business trips to recharge my Artemis, L2 and BlackBerry. Then I found out that it's not quite so simple :-(

[cttransnb]

My big interest is the Energizer come out with Energi To Go with Mini USB instant cell phone charger this is good for emergences so if it works Motorola I hob it can work for my HTC

http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=581663&N=200281&An=browse

Thanks all for the input
Chris

[RalphLauren]

I have look at the Motorola Chargers and it is the same USB b mini as the HTC can you use this charger for the HTC as I an not sore of the Volts
Thanks
Chris

This is my experience based on the years of practice and not on the theoretical "brainwork".

I have HTC P3300 and I even never unpack the wall charger and USB sync cable. I used to have Motorola MPx200 years ago (think it was 2003), since than I changed a couple of devices (Motorola MPx200->BlueAngel->Magician->Motorola A780->HTC P3300), but what stay unchanged is my wall charger. Yes it is charger of my old MPX200, it was plugged once to the mains plug in 2003 and never have been taken out, and all devices what I had after MPx200 were charged by this charger.

The same I can say about my car charger. It's traced back to 2003 and it's original Motorola MPx200 car charger(I think it's standard Motorola car charger for all miniUSB phones). Works flawlessly. I was recently in trip from Amsterdam to Milan and back and from Amsterdam to Malmo and back using the TomTom on P3300 and of course it was permanently charged by my "old" Motorola car charger. No problem at all.

In my business trips I use the Universal World charger which has usb port and I use USB-miniUSB absolutely unbranded cable to charge my all "mini USB" devices including P3300 and Motorola BT stereo headset.

Concerning the sync cable, it's even more dramatic because I use USB cable of my Sony CyberShot camera. And again, all devices what I used to have and what I have now, synchronize and charge with no problem with this cable.

Ok, it's my experience:-) Maybe I'm just a lucky dog , but I certainly prefer to stay like this :-)

[AD10]

I have been charging my Artemis with my V3 charger and my V3 with the Artemis data cable for sometime now.

[AD10]

I have been charging my Artemis with my V3 charger and my V3 with the Artemis data cable for sometime now.


PLUS + I have also been able to sync using the V3 data cable too :eek:

[phsnake]

i never experienced any problems using motorola charger or data cable with PDA (Universal & Artemis) and vice versa. Btw i use charger from moto bt HT820 for artemis as well.

only one prob. is moto charger has only 0.5A, so pda charges longer, or not(universal - higher power consum.) no prob with arte. HTC charger is 2A instead of 0.5A. BTW no prob to use 2A charger instead of 0.5A device "eats" only what it needs and is capable of, and maybe charges more quickly

[victoradjei]

So far only XDA Atom by Quanta has been a problem when it comes to charging it with other chargers :mad: However the activesync works with all mini usb cables. I also use my Canon camera cable for syncing sometimes :p

[fildel]

This is my experience based on the years of practice and not on the theoretical "brainwork".

I have HTC P3300 and I even never unpack the wall charger and USB sync cable. I used to have Motorola MPx200 years ago (think it was 2003), since than I changed a couple of devices (Motorola MPx200->BlueAngel->Magician->Motorola A780->HTC P3300), but what stay unchanged is my wall charger. Yes it is charger of my old MPX200, it was plugged once to the mains plug in 2003 and never have been taken out, and all devices what I had after MPx200 were charged by this charger.

The same I can say about my car charger. It's traced back to 2003 and it's original Motorola MPx200 car charger(I think it's standard Motorola car charger for all miniUSB phones). Works flawlessly. I was recently in trip from Amsterdam to Milan and back and from Amsterdam to Malmo and back using the TomTom on P3300 and of course it was permanently charged by my "old" Motorola car charger. No problem at all.

In my business trips I use the Universal World charger which has usb port and I use USB-miniUSB absolutely unbranded cable to charge my all "mini USB" devices including P3300 and Motorola BT stereo headset.

Concerning the sync cable, it's even more dramatic because I use USB cable of my Sony CyberShot camera. And again, all devices what I used to have and what I have now, synchronize and charge with no problem with this cable.

Ok, it's my experience:-) Maybe I'm just a lucky dog , but I certainly prefer to stay like this :-)


Confirmed
Motorola V3i charger - Motorola genuine car charger - Sony Mini DV usb cable - All O.K.

[bryanbellis]

On the same theme, does anyoine know if the Orbit mains charger will work happily with an iPod? I have the Orbit, kid has the iPod, and we're about to go away. I'd like to just take the Orbit lead to charge both and save on buying an iPod charge lead. They're both mini USB. Thoughts?

[phsnake]

I use HTC & Motorola Charger for following: Artemis, Universal, MPx200, Motorola Btooth Stereo - which one is the nearest, I use moto for Artemis and vice versa.

[TheOnly1]

Actually mini USB chargers are mostly compatible with different devices. With the notable exception of the Blackberry devices. They seem to wire the connector in a different way and a Blackberry won't charge with a generic mini USB charger :( This is the only exception I've seen so far (MPX200, Qtek S110, Qtej 9100, Holux GPS, Artemis and Blackberry 8700v tested). I still use my Motorola car charger for my Artemis btw :)

[RalphLauren]

Actually mini USB chargers are mostly compatible with different devices. With the notable exception of the Blackberry devices. They seem to wire the connector in a different way and a Blackberry won't charge with a generic mini USB charger :( This is the only exception I've seen so far (MPX200, Qtek S110, Qtej 9100, Holux GPS, Artemis and Blackberry 8700v tested). I still use my Motorola car charger for my Artemis btw :)

From my experience, T-Mobile SDA also would not charge from Motorola mains charge, but Mororola MPx200 did it very good from SDA charger.
But it's already history :-) I would surprise very much if I see the person with the first T-Mobile SDA in his hands ;-)

[TangerineTractor]

Cut open your USB lead, and connect just the red and black wires, they're the 5v+ (red) and - (black) lines - if the rest aren't conencted, all the devices will assume it's just plugged into a charger (of course yo can't use it for syncing or anything...)

This is also useful for car use - but any cheapo phone charger (5v) and connect a mini usb cable using the red and black...

[g00chy]

krazr,and orbit charge fine with each other

even took the p**s and used a m8s tom tom charger to charge my orbit hehehe. worked a treat.