Anyone have any recommendations? My Nokia one that I've been using on my Nexus One mysteriously no longer works unless I hold it in place at a weird angle (though it works perfectly when plugged into the N1 dock).

I went to Harveys and could only find some branded one which was $40 (haha) but I can see lots of them online for a fraction of the price so just wondering if anyone can recommend a decent .au online place that won't shaft me on price.

I left mine in Brissie so just went to the local computer shop (CentreCom) and bought a micro-USB cable that I plug into the PC.

Yeh I have that, but they seem to charge WAY slower than when I have it plugged into a wall socket.

get a universal jobbie, wall plug with a usb plug in it (like the ipod wall chargers)

then any old cable will do the trick

(something i've done as i have a mix of mini usb and micro usb chargeable devices)

Anyone have any recommendations? My Nokia one that I've been using on my Nexus One mysteriously no longer works unless I hold it in place at a weird angle (though it works perfectly when plugged into the N1 dock). I went to Harveys and could only find some branded one which was $40 (haha) but I can see lots of them online for a fraction of the price so just wondering if anyone can recommend a decent .au online place that won't shaft me on price.

Check you have not bent one of the pins in the phone, It rendered one of my old BB's unable to charge without some serious loving on the cable.

I noticed that Gigabyte are marketing USB ports that can keep charging USB devices when they're off, and also deliver more current than normal (for charging said devices at a higher rate). I assume that means that all the manufacturers will work on (or already have) similar tech.

Just go to dick smith or jaycar & get a 1-2A USB power supply thing. Some of them are even branded as phone chargers & come with an assortment of connectors for sony, apple, motorola etc.

I noticed that Gigabyte are marketing USB ports that can keep charging USB devices when they're off, and also deliver more current than normal (for charging said devices at a higher rate). I assume that means that all the manufacturers will work on (or already have) similar tech.

Asus have had that feature for years, close a jumper and it keeps power to the usb ports even when the computer is off so you can use a usb mouse/keyboard to wake the computer up.

http://www.celltechonline.com/

i work for these guys and they are reasonably priced and have good products.

all the new ac and car adapters are turning into usb so u can just change the cable to iphone, nokia etc without having to have 2+ ac/car adapters.






last edited by Sc00bs at 18:53:56 23/May/11

blah: I have a Gigabyte motherboard that a few years old now (maybe 3 yrs...) that charges my usb connected devices when my computer is turned off.

Yeah same, and that was in the p35 era. Before people cared.

be careful with usb cables - some are charge only, others are charge & data. my charge only cable can charge to full in about an hour. the charge & data cables are a lot slower at charging (4/5 hours full charge)

It doesn't work like that.

The maximum you can draw from a High-speed data port is 900mA, given the PC recognises the device. The typical maximum for a charge-only port is 1.8A. However that assumes your charger and cable are both configured to present the correct D+ and D- voltages to the device you want to charge, for maximum charging current - and these specific voltages are different for different devices and manufacturers.

A charge-only cable may short or isolate the D+ and D- lines - that might be great for some devices that expect that, but for others that expect arbitrary voltages (e.g. iPhone with 2.8V/2.0V on the D+/D lines), you'll actually charge at a pretty damn low rate.

Summary: different devices respond differently to different chargers and cables.