what car charger do i buy?

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hi all
i would like to buy car charger for td2 and want to make sure i get the official correct one, i am thinking of getting ''HTC CC100 Mini USB In-Car Charger'' is this the correct one as i have noticed the usb input on td2 is slightly different shape to my old xda orbit usb, any feedback would be usefull if u got car charger for td2
thanks

http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/....aspx?i=179154

Is it really necessary to pay the premium price for a 'genuine' charger?

The device charges from any USB port, so any car charger designed to power mini-USB socket devices should work, should it not?

Any USB charger will do the job.

Originally Posted by tstone78

Any USB charger will do the job.

I found with my 500mA charger, that while navigating for a long time (2 hours), my battery still drains..

The original HTC charger is a 2A charger, that can keep up charging while navigating.

Very interesting find there! I just ordered a Brodit kit for the car and this time round, I went for a active one so I just slot the phone in and it charges.

I will have to find out what current it gives out because I would potentially use navigation especially as I am recently finding the Audi one can be really crap!

On another note, I bought a premium HTC original one - it lasted all of a month and bearing in mind I must have used it 3 times in total...Was shocked!
What I found was that I had to hold it in a certain way to charge however, it was NOT the charger and it was NOT the phone.

For example, the charge worked fine on a Diamond1 but not 2.
For example, the phone worked with USB cables so its not the port.

Let's see how the brodit kit goes!

so can i use my old xda orbit charger and i have an old usb car charger adapter that was for something else so can i just stick in the td2 usb cable into that and charge it, i am just a bit overley concerned as i had to send 1st td2 back as it only held full charge for 45mins and i dont know if i damaged it by using wrong usb charger

I (we) have the HTC CC C100 USB Car Charger.


Nice and beautiful charger. We use it for my HTC TD2 and her HTC S310, earlier I used it for my TyTN II too. In my car there is a passive Brodit holder for my TD2.

Originally Posted by Mr Anderson

Is it really necessary to pay the premium price for a 'genuine' charger?

I've a car of "premium" mark, so there must be a premium charger.

Black-Rose...where does your "premium-mark" have its charger connector? I consider mine to be "premium" too but the location of the cigg. plug is in such a bad location !


OK I have heard from Brodit this morning - very short and straight to the point reply:
Thank you for the mail.
Cigg plugg ca. 800 mAh
Fixed installation 2A


I don't have time to get it done properly in terms of the fixed installation and no doubt it will cost a lot more too for the product. I'll see how the 800mAh goes with navi too...if it's bad, then I'll have to invest in the HTC cable again and hope it works this time.

i use HTC CC C100 as well, which came with my Polaris. it works fine with both my last Nike and Topaz now.