Charging from a computer question.

CTBrian84 said:

To save money right now, I'm tethering with my RAZR, for internet. It is working great, except for one issue.

Whenever it is on the 4G LTE network (which is what I prefer), the phone slowly starts to die throughout the day.

I was wondering if there was a way to charge my phone as fast as it charges when it is plugged into a wall? I know a USB 1.0 and 2.0 port on a computer provides 500mA, and that a wall charger is 1000mA. I thought I had a great idea of buying a USB Y-cable (I can't provide a link since I'm new), thinking it would send twice as much power as a single USB port, but after I got it, and that didn't happen, I contacted tech support through the companies website, and they said that the phone is telling the computer to only allow 500mA, so it is splitting that between the two ports. Is there a way to trick my phone into thinking it is plugged into a wall while still allowing data transfer?

Thanks for any help.

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CTBrian84 said:

I have a RAZR, so a back up battery, or an extended battery isn't an option. (Verizon replaced my thunderbolt with a RAZR, and I bitched many of time about how it wasn't comparable since I always carried a back up battery on me, but they haven't moved an inch.)

I'm currently tethering using EasyTethering, and that has to be plugged directly into the computer. What good apps are there to tether wirelessly? I didn't even think about that before, as an option.

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CTBrian84 said:

Is there a way to trick my phone into thinking it is plugged into a wall while still allowing data transfer?

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