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Re: FAQ: Why is charging of Motorola phones so slow on the travel
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| John,
Why do you post this "informaiton" week after week after week?
We all have seen it now.
John Navas wrote:
> Q: Why is charging of Motorola phones so slow on the travel charger?
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> A: The standard travel charger packaged by Motorola with many current
> phones puts out insufficient power for fastest possible charging and for
> continuous use while charging.
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> For example, charger SSW-0509 for the V551 puts out only 375 mA. The
> V551 detects this as a slow charger, and thus keeps the external display
> backlight off during charging. Worse, there's not enough current to
> keep up with use of the phone while charging, so while the phone is use,
> the battery will still be discharged even with the phone on the charger.
> With a fast charger the external display backlight is on during
> charging, and the phone can be used while the battery is charging.
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> Motorola makes fast 1500 mA chargers that are compatible with these phones:
> * SPN4716* (where * might be "B" or "C"), also known as
> * NNTN4250 (nominally for Nextel, but also works with non-Nextel phones).
> These chargers are readily available from dealers and on eBay for under
> $15 (plus shipping).
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> (For what it's worth, Motorola probably saved less than $1 in cost by
> packaging slow chargers instead of fast chargers with these phones.)
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| Dave wrote:
> John,
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> Why do you post this "informaiton" week after week after week?
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> We all have seen it now.
Not only that, there are several errors of fact in his "information."
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| John Navas wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:07:31 GMT, Dave <daves1955@verizon.net> wrote in
> <Th5Cg.10595$rd1.5674@trnddc01>:
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> You have, but not others. It's standard practice to post FAQs
> regularly.
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Every week???????????????????
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