Has anyone tried a Non OEM charger.. in particular the cheap ones from EBay.

I see I can get one for $5 just wnated to get some opinions first

Haven't tried the cheap ebay ones, but my Blackberry ones work great.

Just got a cheap one on e-bay from seller bestcellbuy. Plugged into phone and it started freaking out like buttons were being pressed fast and furious. Probably voltage was wrong?

Also got car charger as a package but leaning toward just throwing both away.

Anybody have any recommendations for aftermarket car charger?

Thanks,

Eric

The ones from Monoprice.com work great! Just make sure you get something 1000mA rather than 500mA. 500mA won't charge the phone.

I spent $15.05 and got two 10' cables, one 6' cable, three wall plugs that accept any male USB cable, and a car charger. SHIPPED! Got here on Monday, and I ordered late Saturday night.

nice

10 chars

yea i wouldnt recommend the cheap ones my droid freaked out too

Yup. One more. This one was actually supposed to be OEM, and does have a big "M" on it, but I think it's for something with a much smaller power appetite than the Droid...

On a similar topic, has anyone tried using a USB cable other than the one that came with the phone?

Hey Zennmaster the ebay USB cable I bought worked fine. Mounted, transfered files ok. I'd guess those are pretty safe because they don't make there own voltage

Ijstylezi- what caused your droid to freak out- a wall charger or car charger? Still on the fence about trying the cheap car charger I got after my home charger experience.

Thanks,

Eric

monoprice.com

You can't beat it in terms of quality AND price

I bought a "HotTips" Car Charger from Office Depot that works great. Just get the Base charger ($12.99) and then get a Razr tip ($3.99) and it works fine. Haven't looked into a home charger since it came with one and I'll either use it or my laptop to charge it but for the car, I needed something else. Glad it uses the same plug as the Razor (microUSB) and not something obscure.

I just bought a wall charger, car charger, and the computer charger from bestcellbuy on ebay. I'll let y'all know how they work. I'm kinda afraid to try them after reading your post...:icon_eek:

After having my LG Dare for 2 years, as well as 4 previous LG phones, I racked up about a dozen chargers(nightstand, car, office, PC, etc.). Decided to give one of 'em a go. Works like a charm. Any of you FORMER LG cultists(guilty), save your coin....they work.

it would be helpful if some of yall posted Links!

Jmed99- tried the car charger from e-bay bestcellbuy and it worked fine and charged the phone. Eric

www.ebay.com

Haha. Classic.

Would you mind listing specifically which one you purchased? (sorry to be a pain!) I would feel more comfortable buying the same one since some one has already verified it works.

Any regular/generic MICRO USB to male USB cable will work from a PC.

The 1000mA car and wall chargers are the ones needed for the Droid.

Aftermarket chargers will normally work fine, but remember that some of the cheapies on eBay (and other places) may not have proper voltage.

I'm using a 1000mA wall wart that has a female USB connector and a generic 6' micro USB cable for overnight charging. During the day, I use the USB cable that came with the phone, attached to my PC.

In the car, I use a generic mini USB charger, with a mini-to-micro USB converter tip.

Spent $4.00 to get the tip -- and older chargers/cables from my BB. I hope this info helps!

Yea, can anybody post the Monoprice links to the cables verified to be working?

I am just a fan of not having to make mistakes/returns if it can be easily avoided by purchasing already verified hardware.

Notice how some people bought some stuff that should have worked, but it didn't?

Telling us about their experience in a concise and specific manner is one of the main, and most important assets of any online technical community.

"I bought some stuff, some worked, some didn't" isn't valuable at all, although I appreciate the heads up that some things don't work, many of us have already come to that resolution in our experimentation with the random plugs we already own.

I am sorry I assumed this would be obvious, but it should be now as evident by the questions that came after mine.

Here I'll show you how it goes:
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Hey guys I was able to use my Official Apple Wall Wart that came with my ipod:


And I purchased these Mini USB to Micro USB adapters from this retailer in HK, free shipping arrived in 7 days to USA and only $2.48 for two of them:
http://cgi.ebay.com/2X-Mini-USB-To-...UK_Mobiles_Accessories_RL?hash=item3ef9eeaa2f

Connected them to my droid with a regular USB-to-Mini-USB cable, charges perfectly.

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