Blackberry in-car charger

bionic_dad

sorry wasnt 100% certain which board to post this on?

I'm trying to get a car charger for my Blackberry but have tried two now and neither work saying you have plugged this device into an insufficient power supply.
I have tried them on three very different cars but no joy.

Can anyone possibly recommend one that might work for me..?

a million thanks in advance

BD

forgotmyname

Get a genuine charger not a 99p special from ebay, Or a 99p special sold for £3.99+ at some places.

My phone draws a lot of power and if you use it in the car with a cheap charger you can still run the battery down and put zero charge into it.
The genuine charger puts out at least 200mA more power.

Have you checked the cars power socket also? And maybe the battery voltage? Just to be sure its the charger and not the car.

in_the_Cotswolds

bionic_dad wrote: »

sorry wasnt 100% certain which board to post this on?

I'm trying to get a car charger for my Blackberry but have tried two now and neither work saying you have plugged this device into an insufficient power supply.
I have tried them on three very different cars but no joy.

Can anyone possibly recommend one that might work for me..?

a million thanks in advance

BD

I had this happen to me even when I used a Blackberry charging cradle so I downloaded this http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/2860/?lang=en It tells you when charging has started and finished and you can set a warning when you need to recharge.

And it's free!!

bionic_dad

forgotmyname wrote: »

Get a genuine charger not a 99p special from ebay, Or a 99p special sold for £3.99+ at some places.

My phone draws a lot of power and if you use it in the car with a cheap charger you can still run the battery down and put zero charge into it.
The genuine charger puts out at least 200mA more power.

Have you checked the cars power socket also? And maybe the battery voltage? Just to be sure its the charger and not the car.

ah thanks forgotmyname i didnt get a supercheap one but it wasnt a RIM branded one either... I tried it on 3 very different cars (one quite new too) thinking the problem is more the phone end of things.
Frustratingly the same charger charged any Android phone i threw at it quite happily !!

bionic_dad

mechanic wrote: »

I had this happen to me even when I used a Blackberry charging cradle so I downloaded this http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/2860/?lang=en It tells you when charging has started and finished and you can set a warning when you need to recharge.

And it's free!!

Mechanic many thanks for that, actually I will have a look at the cradle option too could solve the problem?

thanks

BD