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I've searched but can't find any links to this so apologies if asked before.
I've just got tom tom for my w950i and I find on long journeys the w950 battery doesn't last very long. With my bluetooth gps receiver I got a cigarette lighter adaptor that you can plug a USB cable into.
When I tried this with the SE cable the phone will not charge. Is this a limitation of the phone or am i doing something wrong??
Any ideas - I really don't want to have to get a proper in car charger as I only have one cigarette lighter in the car and the USB way would be better as I can just swap the cables over as and when required.
Cheers
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Posted: 2007-07-13 14:26:05
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Not tried it with an SE phone but I used this method to charge my tytn which worked sometimes.
I suspect that the charger/usb bit can not supply enough current for the phone to charge.
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Posted: 2007-07-13 14:49:03
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I was about to suggest that the charging might be software-controlled, i.e. only works from a PC with appropriate drivers installed (my old Motorola RAZR wouldn't charge until you installed their crappy handset manager software!) but then I remembered both my SE phones (K800i and P990i) charge off USB without software.
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Posted: 2007-07-13 15:47:00
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