Car charger that charges at wall charger speeds?

JWhipple · Mar 8, 2012

Any car chargers that anyone could point me to that charges as fast as a wall charger?

As it is right now, unless I have my screen off and no apps running it drains faster than the charger can put juice into it...

I'm just using an el-cheap-o aftermarket car charger.

Thanks!

G1ForFun · Mar 8, 2012

JWhipple said:
Any car chargers that anyone could point me to that charges as fast as a wall charger?

As it is right now, unless I have my screen off and no apps running it drains faster than the charger can put juice into it...

I'm just using an el-cheap-o aftermarket car charger.

Thanks!

What I use is a cig to usb plug (cost me 10 bucks at walmart). Then I bring the cord from home that came with my phone and plug that into the USB to cig thingy. Works like a charm, I haven't noticed it charging slower than when at home.

elbarto7 · Mar 8, 2012

JWhipple said:
Any car chargers that anyone could point me to that charges as fast as a wall charger?

As it is right now, unless I have my screen off and no apps running it drains faster than the charger can put juice into it...

I'm just using an el-cheap-o aftermarket car charger.

Thanks!

http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Vehi...Q9CA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331233635&sr=8-1

darll · Mar 8, 2012

i bought one from t-mobile... its about $29 but its worth the price. I get charge speeds btw 850ma and 950ma when on idle

b0ricuaguerrero · Mar 9, 2012

i have the oem cig to usb charger from Samsung i purchased it at best buy with a gift card lol, when i first got my galaxy tablet.

pyraxiate · Mar 10, 2012

Just get any standard microusb charger rated at 1a (or 1000mAh ). I'm betting your elcheapo is .5a (500mAh).

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JWhipple · Mar 26, 2012

I finally got around to ordering that Motorola charger on Amazon - works just how I wanted it to - thanks so much!

jordanishere · Mar 26, 2012

our device requires an official samsung charger to charge at full ac speed. there was an article on the xda front page last week about how to mod your charger to be recognized as official.

Sent from my Galaxy S II

JWhipple · Mar 27, 2012

jordanishere said:
our device requires an official samsung charger to charge at full ac speed. there was an article on the xda front page last week about how to mod your charger to be recognized as official.

Sent from my Galaxy S II

All I know is that now I can run my GPS with the screen on and still move UP in battery - before it would drain faster than the car charger would charge, so, I'm happy with what I have now.

Wareazy · Mar 27, 2012

Actually the problem is that some of the car chargers are not at 1amp output but less .75 or .85. Thats why your not really seeing an increase. The stock charger is at 1amp. I know AllGamer likes to use the Blackberry ones (which i believe are 1.5amps) Correct me if im wrong AllGamer.
So just look for 1 amp car chargers the cable doesnt matter itll hold whatever you attach it to.

Dougshell · Mar 27, 2012

So, no matter wht brand charger you have as long as you connect the two middle pins you will get full charge as long as the charger can put out 1000ma?

I really need a good charger for the car, right now i use a blackberry charger at work an it charges pretty fast. But i need to know how do i find the currect charge rate of a charger. Is there an app for that?

The_Biz · Mar 28, 2012

Get tmobiles car charger. Its faster than any others I've tried.

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Dougshell · Mar 28, 2012

Can it be had on the cheap

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Wareazy · Mar 28, 2012

Here it is ... cheap! $3.49 you dont get cheaper than that! =)

Charger

bobkoure · Apr 4, 2012

As I remember those chargers needed the center pins shorted to be recognized as AC.

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sbug206 · Apr 4, 2012

Wareazy said:
Here it is ... cheap! $3.49 you dont get cheaper than that! =)

This charger doesn't keep up. I have one. It will still drain faster than it charges if you're running a GPS app with the screen on.

Dougshell · Apr 15, 2012

Does anyone have an experience with this charger from MONOPRICE
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p..._id=1082603&p_id=8858&seq=1&format=4#feedback

I need a great car charger and really dont want to spend to much money on it. Furthermore, if I am getting a 1+amp charger, as long as i am using the stock samsung charging cable then it shouldnt matter if the charger itself has D- and D+ shorted right?

Im assuming this is something standard on all usb CHARGING cables as appose to data cables.?

The_Biz · Apr 15, 2012

Dougshell said:
Does anyone have an experience with this charger from MONOPRICE
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p..._id=1082603&p_id=8858&seq=1&format=4#feedback

I need a great car charger and really dont want to spend to much money on it. Furthermore, if I am getting a 1+amp charger, as long as i am using the stock samsung charging cable then it shouldnt matter if the charger itself has D- and D+ shorted right?

Im assuming this is something standard on all usb CHARGING cables as appose to data cables.?

You want a good reliable charger at eBay pricing..... spend the money 1 time and be done with it. You could've already gotten the T-Mobile one and been done with it.

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setzer715 · Apr 15, 2012

For those of you buying the USB 12V Cigarette adapters read this.

Basically if you use a data sync cord with one of those adapters, unless it shorts the 2 data pins together internally (probably not) the phone is going to think it's plugged into a computer and only charge at 500ma (max output for a computer USB port). The write up above explains to short the 2 data cables together (this is done internally with the main AC charger head) back towards the phone so it will charge at 1amp instead of 500ma.

You can buy this cable and just modify it as described. I bought this USB adapter so I could charge 2 things at once.

Dougshell · Apr 15, 2012

Let me get this clear.

All i need to look for when it is charging is AC mode. As long as it says that, it doesnt matter what i have or have not done to the cables, AC mode is AC mode.

The charger i am looking at getting is 2.1 amp (because it has a spare usb port...so 1amp per line) and when i plug it in and it says AC MODE then its good to go right.

I just bought a TMOBILE offical charger that shows AC MODE, so when it MONOPRICE charger arrives i can compare. If it doesnt work its another 5 bucks, if it does i can take the tmo one back.

But again i am just wondering are there any caveats to AC MODE, or is it that once AC mode shows that is all that matters.

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