Fasttech QI charger A021527514 $35

[mrg2003]

Ordered 19/2 Arrived 26/2 - 7 days from China / Singapore.

Comes with supplied charger.

Only had it one day.

Takes about twice as long to charge as a normal 2amp pregnant plug.

Looks good

 

[mrg2003]

After 2 weeks use

The charger works quite reliably with a TPC case on. The only problem is efficiency.It still takes twice the time to charge, and sometimes excessively long. Last night the phone was at 26% charge, put on mat, went to bed, after 10 hours was only at 76%. A cable charges it from flat in about 2 hours.

 

[toge64]

where did you buy it from?

 

[TypoCorrecto]

where did you buy it from?

Fast Tech

Waiting for mine now, ordered on March 2nd...

 

[Eiertschik]

AW: Fasttech QI charger A021527514 $35

Bought mine from Fast Tech too:
Charging speed is satisfactory but the battery temperature worries me a little...

The back of the device says:
Input: 5V 2A
Output: 5V 1A
And even apart from that it's pretty obvious, that it takes more time to charge wirelessly.

I'll try keeping the temperature lower by adding some sort of distance piece between charger and phone, maybe even charger and table - the little 'feet' on the charger's back are tiny...

 

[ryan stewart]

Mine also gets much warmer on it than it does on the orb charger from Google/LG. Seems to charge fine though, I just use this one to top the phone off at work because its not secure or reliable enough to trust charging overnight.

 

[Eiertschik]

How much did you pay for the original orb charger?
Google Play Hardware isn't available in my country

 

[ryan stewart]

How much did you pay for the original orb charger?
Google Play Hardware isn't available in my country

Like $70US shipped. Worth every penny to me. It secures the device (I have had no slipping with the 3 Orbs in my house) and charges reliably. To place the phone on it where it wouldn't charge would require it to be placed at a very unstable position that is unnatural.

IT sucks they aren't available but it probably has something to do with regulations in your country on these types of devices. Google probably needs some sort of certification first. Id offer to bootleg one to you but by the time its all said and done it would probably be $100US before it got to you.

 

[Eiertschik]

I don't think it's because of regulations - no Google hardware has ever been available in Austria. It's just a small european country.

I could wait until it's available in Germany - they got all devices so far.

In the meantime I'll keep testing this Fast Tech charger.

The LEDs are enjoyably dim and it works pretty good.
But sometimes when the phone is at 100% already and it receives a message the charger beeps as if the phone has just been placed on it.

I'll keep investigating


Here's two pictures, display at maximum brightness.

 

[dannyling]

ive got one but i cant connect and use it by any other input eg xbox 360 usb or a standard usb socket only uses adapter included ,I've sent 5 email saying this but they don't understand they keep saying check the charger supplied but that's not the problem,it will not work with any other usb powered input

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[Eiertschik]

I also tried using it with another adaptor (5V 1A) - whenever I placed the phone on the charger the right LED that flashes blue when charging turned red and the phone emitted a notification sound.

Using a Samsung Galaxy Note 2's adaptor (5V 2A) works - but only if the phone is placed directly onto the charger - using the adaptor that was shipped with the carger it also works if there's a gap of ~2mm.

Here's another picture of the charger, this time in a well-lit office.

 

[dannyling]

good news and bad news ,good news is they have admitted its doest work on my usb charger or any other one apart ftom a pc or original charger and bad news is there still advertising it as powered from any usb port anywhere

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[dannyling]

Just found the iluv iPad charger from asda works at £9 saves risking the adapter shame I can't use it with my 360

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[Eiertschik]

Could you provide a shop link or something? I can't find anything...


@Topic:
There seem to be multiple discussions regarding this charger: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2074862

 

[dannyling]

http://m.direct.asda.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-ASDA-Site/default/Product-Show?pid=000546056


i tried it works sometimes

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[Eiertschik]

Well, after a few weeks my resumeé is: It works - but only kind of...

- It emits lots of heat. It seems to stop charging at 40°C (red fault LED visible). Definitely not the best way to treat your battery.
- It's unreliable. Sometimes it doesn't start charging, sometimes it stops prematurely.
- It beeps.

So if you just want to use it in your office to keep your phone charged with short and sporadic usage periodes in between it should work, if you and your colleagues can stand the beeping each time you place your phone on the charger.

If you plan to use it as overnight charger or when the battery is rather dry, prepare to face disappointment.

But I guess that's all you can expect from a charger half the price of the original one.

 

[dannyling]

Now I've got a new qi charger air box gonna set it up tonite box looks okay and theyvre even sent UK plug adapter looks good fast tech didn't Send one as far as I could tell they really was not bothered with my problems with there charger if you don't like it post it ,if its faulty its at your expense . fingers crossed with the air box one

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