Adaptor to get a full charge from 3rd party chargers

sparkyxda

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No, there is some circuitry in a branded Samsung Tab charger that tells the tab to pull down the full charge. A third party charger will work but very slowly and the tab shows a not charging symbol in the menu bar. This little adaptor in my first post fools the tab into thinking it is connected to an official charger.

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No, there is some circuitry in a branded Samsung Tab charger that tells the tab to pull down the full charge. A third party charger will work but very slowly and the tab shows a not charging symbol in the menu bar. This little adaptor in my first post fools the tab into thinking it is connected to an official charger.

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Well that sucks. And its good to know.

Thanks for the link.
 

sparkyxda

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I ordered a couple from the Amazon DE website a lot cheaper than Amazon UK, if you order more than one, even though you have to pay post and packing.

Nice find i just hope they work.

I don't read German so it was fun placing the order :D

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00...&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463375193&pf_rd_i=301128
Wish I'd bought two at the time. Now I have to pay another lot of postage.

It's charging now from my laptop USB. 5% in 10 mins so much faster than normal.
 

sparkyxda

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I have a couple of these data/charge cable on order, they seem to get a good review, they are cheap at only £1.60 each.

They take about 10-15 days to deliver, so dont buy if your in a hurry.

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/usb-data-cable-for-samsung-p1000-100cm-length-51799

I bought a couple of 3rd party cables too. They seem identical to the original, minus the Samsung logo. You'll still need an adaptor like in my first post of you want to charge fast from usb or 3rd party chargers.


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I dont want to go modding chargers, some are not easy to get into, also some device might not like the mod, it`s easier just plug in an usb adaptor , also+ , I am definitely not going to mod the ports on my notebook :D , when the usb adaptor work on your notebook too.

Hi to all
Read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=845844

I have converted 5 chargers adding those resistrors and all works like the stock one
 

Declan79

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dunno with tabs, but i had an experience with blackberry which oftenly charge with 3rd party charger (for car) which caused ic charging damage. I had mili charger but haven't use it with tabs just because the original travel charger is so simple to carried out with:)
 

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There is no circuitry guys. Its a standard for USB charging where the data lines are shorted. I use my 1A HTC desire charger regularly and it works just fine. Just need to get a good charger.

What I'd like to see is something to let me charge and sync at the same time because often at work battery dies while I'm debugging.

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sparkyxda

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There is no circuitry guys. Its a standard for USB charging where the data lines are shorted. I use my 1A HTC desire charger regularly and it works just fine. Just need to get a good charger.

What I'd like to see is something to let me charge and sync at the same time because often at work battery dies while I'm debugging.

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That's odd. My desire charger shows the Not Charging symbol and takes ages to charge my Tab

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Not Correct, I have been soldering the data lines together on my usb chargers for years to get my Sony mp3 to charge and non of these chargers will give me full charge mode, just trickle, now the usb/usb adaptor works great.

That's odd. My desire charger shows the Not Charging symbol and takes ages to charge my Tab

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Have to agree here! I've several HTC USB chargers, and not one of them will do more than trickle charge my Tab unless I use one of these adaptors.

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Dave