[pct-l] iGO charger and Samsung Android

[Jim Bravo]

Thanks for the feedback Outpost. I sent the iGo back for a refund this
morning. I suspect that all charging control circuits are not designed
equally, certain Apple products and others seem to indicate this, and that
the AA iGo may not be compatible with the Fascinate (a new model).

If I hear that somebody else is charging their Samsung Fascinate
successfully with the iGo AA unit, then I did in fact have a defective unit
and will order another one...I like the concept over carrying an a/c charger
and seeking 110 volt receptacles everywhere!

Jim

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Paul Robison <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I've used the Igo charger with my itouch dozens of times, and perhaps 50
> times with my cell phone...  Never had it fail except once I had the
> batteries in backwards... User error
>
> If you got a bad unit I am sure they will make it right
>
> ~Outpost
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On 2011-02-01, at 10:28 PM, Jim Bravo <jimbravo2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Just tested the iGO powerXtender universal battery charger with my new
> > Android phone, a Samsung Fascinate.
> >
> > I connected the charger with the phone at 15% of charge. After one hour
> of
> > charging (the iGo was warm to the touch and the green light was on) the
> > phone screen showed a message that read "100% charged, disconnect
> > charger". Yessss, that was fast. After disconnecting the charger, the
> > phone's battery symbol showed that no charging had occurred. The phone
> then
> > showed a screen "charge at 12%, connect a charger". Another attempt for a
> > minute or two yielded the same result, and the phone was down to 9%. It's
> > more like a battery discharger for this particular model phone. Anyway,
> just
> > a heads up...
> >
> > Jim
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