Accessories Monoprice car charger

KimchiBoi · May 14, 2010

Hi all, I ordered the monoprice car charger along with the micro usb cable. It was working fine before, but now when I tried to charge it in my car today, I get an error message saying that I should disconnect it right away before I damage the phone because the charger is not compatible with the device. Anyone else see this message and know if it is okay to keep using it or not? This only started happening today and my other micro usb cables work fine when I charge it through the computer.

fortesquieu · May 14, 2010

KimchiBoi said:
Hi all, I ordered the monoprice car charger along with the micro usb cable. It was working fine before, but now when I tried to charge it in my car today, I get an error message saying that I should disconnect it right away before I damage the phone because the charger is not compatible with the device. Anyone else see this message and know if it is okay to keep using it or not? This only started happening today and my other micro usb cables work fine when I charge it through the computer.

wow scary

belash · May 14, 2010

No issues with mine yet.

MikiBee · May 14, 2010

No issues with mine. I got my charger yesterday from monoprice. I ordered one, they sent me 3. Had to double check I didn't get charged for 3. But no problems with it charging yet. I will keep a look out though. Thanks for the head's up.

KimchiBoi · May 14, 2010

Now my phone just died...Won't turn back on. Hopefully its just a battery problem and an exchange will fix?

bgrutter · May 14, 2010

I got the same error while using a car charger I bought for my wife's bb tour. I bought this one from VZW. Never even thought to buy that from monoprice (banging head now).

Anyway, I unplugged it and plugged it back in. Voila, it worked fine with no error message.

So, I guess that means I just kept on keeping on. You'll have to make your own call.

Trooper · May 14, 2010

Glad it worked out for you.

I bought this one the other day. Micro-USB 3-in-1 Charging Power Pack

No problems so far. The only problem I had was that it was difficult to get out of the input in my car. But I think that was due to the layout in my TL.

accohn12 · May 14, 2010

I've had mine for about 3 days now and no problems.

drdoom · May 14, 2010

No problems with mine either. Been using it for two weeks.

jiho0101 · May 29, 2010

Hi. I bought a car charger from monoprice today.

The sticker on the charger shows "MAX: 500mA". I ordered it because others said that monoprice one is 1A (1000mA) .

what about yours? Does it have "1A" sticker on it?

jiho0101 · May 29, 2010

Hi. I bought a car charger from monoprice today.

The sticker on the charger shows "MAX: 500mA". I ordered it because others said that monoprice one is 1A (1000mA) .

what about yours? Does it have "1A" sticker on it?

drdoom · May 29, 2010

Mine have 1A on them.

mjbiren · Jul 8, 2010

I also received a 500ma charger. I ordered this one because I saw in the photo it was 1a. But if u look at the specification tab u see the photo does not match.

I now have the 1a one from them and a cable. I get that warning shortly after plugging it in. I only tried twice.

I saw in another thread that one persons inc apparently did stop working......

I do want to try with the HTC cable and see if that works.

elgaez · Jul 9, 2010

I use this for my car so I can charge other devices too.

https://www.amazon.com/Powerjolt-Du...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1278650182&sr=8-1

dan h · Jul 9, 2010

I got the monoprice charger as well. It worked fine with no problems for about a month. One day when I plugged it in, I noticed that my phone wasn't charging and then I looked at the charger and noticed the red light wasn't on. So I thought no big deal, it must be the fuse and I'll just replace the fuse inside. When I opened it up, there was no fuse. It's a straight soldered connection. I'm no expert in electrical stuff but doesn't this mean that should there be an electrical glitch/overage/problem with the car, the phone being charged will not be protected by the charger lacking the fuse? I soldered it back and used it for a few more days until my brother gave me his fused charger he wasn't using anymore.

On a side note, I also noticed that the micro usb connector is not a perfect fit with the phone. Apparently it doesn't have a small groove on the top and ended up bending the top of the usb connector on the charger.

But at the end of the day. This was like a $1. Got what I paid for but not worth it when you are using it with a $500 phone and the damages can be significantly higher.

rukkus · Jul 9, 2010

we use monoprice car chargers on our nexus 1 and dinc with no issues whatsoever.

jwinstonc · Jul 9, 2010

I have the same setup from monoprice. Mine charges but VERY slowly. I mean it'll charge less than 10% in an hour. I have another USB outlet adapter I may try to see if that helps at all.

Jedi54 · Sep 23, 2010

I bought two of the Monoprice 1000ma chargers and neither one did anything. I tried it on 3 cars and none of them would begin to charge the phone.

For only $1.00 each when QTY 50+ purchased - Car Charger (Cigarette Lighter) to USB Female Converter - Black | Car Charger Accessories

trying to find a suitable replacement. I had a great 2000ma usb to cigarette adapter from Radio Shack but that broke this morning.

ORRY? · Sep 23, 2010

Now, that's unsettling. I just ordered a couple myself along with a couple micro usb cords. I was hoping this pair would be a viable replacement for the Motorola one I got from Amazon being that it is rated at 1A.

Will follow up when I receive mine.

ORRY? · Sep 29, 2010

Just went on a short car ride with the monoprice charger, and I'm disappointed. Just a 10 minute ride with navigation on only just to follow where I went, not navigating to any specific place. Went down from 68% to 65% during the 10 minute car ride.

:Le sigh:

Edit:
Another update on the monoprice charger:

Did another test run, but this time, set my screen brightness to low and turned off auto-sync on an hour-long drive through traffic from NJ to NY to get to an interview. From 46%, it charged up to 48%. Within that hour.

So, the monoprice charger DOES charge the phone, but with the lowest screen brightness and auto-sync off. I had some trouble seeing the screen though, when the skies eased up a bit on the downpour and some sun shone through.

Still disappointed in the Froyo-cap. Would rather not have to disable other functions in order to charge properly.

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