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Beachboy
Member Since: 09 Dec 2007
Location: berkshire
Posts: 167
 
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Just upgraded to Iphone 3g  but the in car charger used for my 2G phone won't charge the 3G phone. I dont know wether this is an issue with the charger or phone,any recomendations for an incar charger thats compatable .
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 Sun Apr 12 2009 10:58am |
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stapldm
Member Since: 11 Sep 2006
Location: Swine Town
Posts: 2302
 
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it may not be delivering enough current. In order to charge all our gadgets, and yet keep the wiring tidy, i have a 2A 5V adapter powering a mini usb hub. This works for everything except the iPod. If i direct connect the power supply to the ipod its fine, but the current limits in the hub prevent it from working.
There is a help page about this on the apple site which i cant link for you as im on my phone, but get a car charger for your ipod and all should work fine as itll deliver enough juice. Dr. Ian Malcolm:
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
Transgenic tomato anyone?
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| Sun Apr 12 2009 11:55am |
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The Coachman
Member Since: 22 Jun 2008
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 408
 
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Hi Beachboy - I did the same upgrade and both my wired ipod connection and my ciggy car charger worked fine on the new one.
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| Sun Apr 12 2009 12:00pm |
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Beachboy
Member Since: 09 Dec 2007
Location: berkshire
Posts: 167
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Cheers guys will look into that  where did you find the 2a 5v adapter, is it something halfords might have.
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| Sun Apr 12 2009 12:44pm |
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Beachboy
Member Since: 09 Dec 2007
Location: berkshire
Posts: 167
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Does the landrover ACM charge & play music from the Iphone 3G
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| Mon Apr 13 2009 10:08am |
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crews control
Member Since: 18 Mar 2007
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 1975
 
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Apple changed the pins used by the dock connector for charging when the 3G phone was launched. iPod's have always been able to sync data over Firewire or USB cables but when they were first launched you could only use the Firewire connector for charging. Then there was a long period when iPods & iPhones could use either Firewire or USB for charging and would happily accept 12v (Firewire) or 5v (USB). When the latest iPod's and 3G iPhone was launched, they dropped the Firewire charging capability altogether (which uses different pins on the dock connector). Only accepting one voltage reduces the manufacturing costs of all the newer iPod's and iPhones.
Because it was easy and cheap for vehicle chargers to use 12v, many used the Firewire pins for charging. Of course these now won't work as chargers for any of the new iPod's & iPhone 3G's that need 5v USB.
The fact that your old charger doesn't work has probably nothing to do with the current.
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| Mon Apr 13 2009 1:25pm |
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ad15
Member Since: 14 Dec 2008
Location: up that tree
Posts: 4852
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crewscontrol right on the money there,
it's  that they did it but nothing we can do about it, apple also dropped firewire on the new macbooks so all old portable drives etc now rendered useless
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| Mon Apr 13 2009 5:14pm |
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MacLeod 313
Member Since: 18 Apr 2008
Location: away
Posts: 10723
 
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I upgraded my iphone on Saturday to a 3g, and yes the car charger that worked on the old iphone DOES NOT WORK on the 3g 
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| Mon Apr 13 2009 5:20pm |
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grzesiul
Member Since: 11 May 2008
Location: Berks
Posts: 2831
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my turn
I bought cheap car charger for my iphone but can not even insert it into the socket, bloody chinese craaap
please advise what product do you ppl use!
rgds
grzegorz
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| Mon May 04 2009 1:52pm |
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DSL
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Heading here ^^^^ :)
Posts: 24237
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Found same, old charger didn't work. No issues with LR ACM kit, for other car use a cheapo ciggy lighter to USB from Maplin and an old Ipod cable, works a treat & only cost a few pounds!
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| Mon May 04 2009 2:58pm |
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Ent
Member Since: 12 Oct 2007
Location: Gt Eccleston
Posts: 3364
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After buying and then throwing away two cheap 3g chargers I decided to buy one of these XtremeMac iPhone chargers. It will fully charge an iPhone from completely flat to full in 20 minutes without the annoying chime of charging/not charging going off every couple of seconds. I also bought a 2amp 5v PSP Ignite charger for £1.49 which also does the job used inconjunction with your sync cable. Both these items came from fleabay Club Exped trailer
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| Mon May 04 2009 4:45pm |
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