Originally Posted by dalephil22

Will the high rate charge mode whack out the battery life and send it to a quicker death?

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It shouldn't. The hack is a HW one that shorts the data pins so the cable looks like a charging cable the current goes from 400 mA to 600 mA. Well within the supported range. The phone limits the current to ~600mA.

Originally Posted by sfsilicon

It shouldn't. The hack is a HW one that shorts the data pins so the cable looks like a charging cable the current goes from 400 mA to 600 mA. Well within the supported range. The phone limits the current to ~600mA.

Agreed. The only reason there is a limit of 400mA is so you don't draw too much power from your USB and harm your computer. If you use a wall charger, it would charge at the full 600mA & all this is doing is making it so it doesn't get registered as a PC USB device.

bought a $6 one from frys but while it would charge the phones temp. would go up by 30 degrees and became super hot to the touch, needless to say I never used it again. It works great on my sons Ipod Touch though.

as I just posted a bunch of info here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...3&postcount=83

But this works:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.25177
Status: Dedicated charger, not USB device, which is good because...
Widget reading: 1100mah

Basically we need any 1amp charger that is detected as a charger (rather than a USB device) and our phones will pull its max charge of about 1100mah (according to the widget)

If you already have a charger that is detected as a USB device, you can short the data pins (2 middle contacts, use a tiny piece of foil if you want =D) in your USB cable and it will then be detected as a charging device and pull the 1100mah.

I would love it if we could compile a list of chargers (wall chargers, car chargers, and USB chargers) that are detected as car chargers out-of-the-box.

I picked up a Rocketfish flush mount USB car charger. I hate Bestbuy, but was in a pinch and needed one. It works great and I can still close the ash tray cover on my VW.

Originally Posted by bahnburner

I picked up a Rocketfish flush mount USB car charger. I hate Bestbuy, but was in a pinch and needed one. It works great and I can still close the ash tray cover on my VW.

how much was it?
is it detected as a USB device or not?
can you use the current widget mentioned in post #1 and see what number it reports?

Originally Posted by theodork

how much was it?
is it detected as a USB device or not?
can you use the current widget mentioned in post #1 and see what number it reports?

$14.99
Unfortunately it does show up as a USB device.
Max I logged was 863mA but average was between 855 and 860mA.

Originally Posted by bahnburner

$14.99
Unfortunately it does show up as a USB device.
Max I logged was 863mA but average was between 855 and 860mA.

ah too bad, if the thing opens up easily, it might be fairly easy to connect the data pins (inside two pins of the 4 pins in the usb connect) and "convert it" to a dedicated charger.

Baught some cheap charger off ebay for like 5 bucks, made in china, looks like it should cost about 25 cents to make, doesn't work. Charges for 2 mins, then stops charging, then starts again, then stops, then starts then stops, just loops.

Used the costco charger, came with the phone, works good so far. But phone gets warm charging.

Also have a 40 dollar charger, works the best, no problems with it.

Posted this in another thread but this might be more appropriate:

Just use this charger by Samsung it is compatible with all Galaxy S phones according to Samsung and it is cheap $6.69! The widget shows and output of 1095 and these chargers support the Samsung rapid charging. Doesn't trigger the USB connection.

Amazon link for Samsung Charger

Also I found that some of the micro sd data cables will not mount.
Here is a compatible Samsung Branded micro sd data cable that does work with Mac OS and Windows $2.35!

Amazon Samsung Micro SD Cable These are like 30 inches long.


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