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Accessories htc oem car charger

Does it really have to be OEM? I have a cheap one that I bought off ebay. It's a DC adapter that accepts a USB. I use it to charge my Zune and it works fine.

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justing1319 said:
I'm expecting two DIs so I went to monoprice.com and ordered:
2x Car Charger (Cigarette Lighter) to USB Female Converter
2x 6ft microUSB
2x 3ft microUSB

It cost less than $10 shipped and my wife and i will be able to plug in anywhere we need it.

I did practically the same thing. Can't beat monoprice! I added a few USB wall chargers and a 1.5ft cable for my laptop and it was still only $12. :)
 
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I've actually spent lots of time (maybe too much) trying to find a car charger.

From what I've been able to gather, its not quite as simple a decision as you might think. The question is the charging current. The higher the current the faster the phone can charge. But you shouldn't exceed what the manufacturer recommends... which of course isn't documented.

The USB standard says that USB ports on a computer MUST be able to provide 500ma of power (1/2 AMP) @ 5V. But this isn't much. Many manufacturers, possibly starting with Apple, upped the amperage with their chargers to 1A (1000ma).

Recently Apples iPad needs more current to charge it. It needs 2.1A (2100ma) to charge. New car chargers are just coming on the market that support it.

So the question is how much current can the Incredible handle to charge it up in a car? The supplied AC power adapter outputs 1A so it can handle at least that. I've found references online to an HTC OEM car charger which outputs 2A. So it seems that it should be able to handle 2A. This charger should be able to charge it up to 4x faster than a regular 500ma car charger. But this HTC charger seems hard to find.

I was actually planning on going to the Apple store and picking up an aftermarket Griffin or Incase iPad car charger. Is has a USB port which lets you plug in the cable from the Incredible to charge it. Its relatively expensive, $25, but if I'm charging in the car, I going somewhere and often need it charged up as fast as I can. This charger should work for iPod, iPhone, iPad, my G1 and Incredible.

Edit: I should mention that I am not confident that its ok to use a 2A charger with the Incredible since I can't find documentation anywhere from HTC. I do plan to try it after I get my phone on Thursday.
 
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I use one of these Universal USB Mini Car Charger Adapter, Black

There was a $5 off coupon a while ago, probably wouldn't pay full price.

T-Mobile stores sell mini- to micro-USB adapters (ask for the Razr charger adapter) for about $5. Assuming you have a ton of mini-USB cables for things like digital cameras and old cell phones, it's pretty convenient.
 
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I've actually spent lots of time (maybe too much) trying to find a car charger.

From what I've been able to gather, its not quite as simple a decision as you might think. The question is the charging current. The higher the current the faster the phone can charge. But you shouldn't exceed what the manufacturer recommends... which of course isn't documented.

The USB standard says that USB ports on a computer MUST be able to provide 500ma of power (1/2 AMP) @ 5V. But this isn't much. Many manufacturers, possibly starting with Apple, upped the amperage with their chargers to 1A (1000ma).

Recently Apples iPad needs more current to charge it. It needs 2.1A (2100ma) to charge. New car chargers are just coming on the market that support it.

So the question is how much current can the Incredible handle to charge it up in a car? The supplied AC power adapter outputs 1A so it can handle at least that. I've found references online to an HTC OEM car charger which outputs 2A. So it seems that it should be able to handle 2A. This charger should be able to charge it up to 4x faster than a regular 500ma car charger. But this HTC charger seems hard to find.

I was actually planning on going to the Apple store and picking up an aftermarket Griffin or Incase iPad car charger. Is has a USB port which lets you plug in the cable from the Incredible to charge it. Its relatively expensive, $25, but if I'm charging in the car, I going somewhere and often need it charged up as fast as I can. This charger should work for iPod, iPhone, iPad, my G1 and Incredible.

Edit: I should mention that I am not confident that its ok to use a 2A charger with the Incredible since I can't find documentation anywhere from HTC. I do plan to try it after I get my phone on Thursday.

Good post. It's always a good idea to check the specs of a DC transformer output if that device isn't the one that is specifically designed for that particular product. The problem with car chargers is that very few, if any, have the voltage and current specs listed on them like most wall units do. This makes me think that there's probably not a lot of difference in the current output of car chargers.
 
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I ordered the Monoprice USB Adapter (#3523) and it's dead after one day of use. I guess that's what you get for $1.16.

That's really unusual. I've been using MonoPrice for a couple years so far and haven't had anything I got from there fail me yet. Call them up (They are there on sundays) and they'll probably send you out a new one.
 
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The Monoprice car chargers work fine, but I'm having an issue with the USB wall charger. When I plug the Inc in to charge, the screen and soft buttons become unresponsive. I can turn the screen on and off with the power button, but that's it.

Anyone else having this issue with the wall charger from Monoprice?
 
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