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Accessories Will a 2 amp car charger fry the Evo?

Hey guys,

I have a small company that makes an app for farmers that uses GPS to detect their time on the fields. We have some farmers running on Viewpad 7 tablets. Their normal household charger for the device has output of 5v and 2 amps. So we found a car charger for their tractor which outputs 5v and 2,1 amps. But after 10-12 hours of running the app (with full screen contrast and active GPS) the battery will run dry.. completely dry.
Do you know why this is? Could it be the USB cable that cannot deliver 2 amps from car charger to device? Or is device using more than 2 amps for screen and GPS?

Help! :(
 
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How long does it take to deplete from full when not plugged in? If it depletes slower when plugged in, the issue is just that the device is using power faster than it's being delivered via the usb cable.

Some auto usb cables simply don't deliver the power they advertise.

Figure out if (using the unplugged/plugged test above) and then decide whether you need to try a cable from a different manufacturer.

I use a Scosche charger that does 5v, 2.1a and charges my iPad2 in the car with no problem. I had a similar product from another brand that was supposed to work the same but didn't.
 
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if you download the battery widget you can see voltage and temperature.
On my 2 amp car chargers I get readings of around 4300mV and a temperature of 86 while not using the phone.
I have a 7.6 volt 1 amp wall plug charger and get a reading very similar.
So the phone only uses the volts and amps it is set at.
 
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