What do I need to allow my phone to gain charge while using GPS in the car?

Dmoralize

Member
Joined
Nov 18, 2009
Messages
167
Reaction score
0
Location
Nazareth, PA
I have whatever car charger they gave me at the Verizon store and i've driven hours while using GPS and it charged the phone full. No problems here. Seems that people are having mixed results though. If you're rooted and overclocked you could try bumping the speed back down to normal too.
 

gsDroid

Member
Joined
Dec 1, 2009
Messages
513
Reaction score
3
Location
Colorado
I bought a Kensington Mini Car Charger from Amazon $10. It outputs 700mA. I can use the gps and still charge the battery slowly. I don't think the 500mA chargers have enough to charge and use the gps.
 

wil20mva

New Member
Joined
Dec 28, 2009
Messages
22
Reaction score
0
I've used a car cig lighter to USB and used the usb cable. It works great. I had the micro USB charger (the one with the expanding/flexible coil) from my BB Storm and found that it doesnt send enough juice. The power drained slowly or stayed at the same levels...
 

takeshi

Silver Member
Joined
Nov 29, 2009
Messages
4,572
Reaction score
0
You can hook up an inverter so that the car's 12v system gets converted to 110 house v and use the wall charger, that should supply enough power to charge while running GPS. Most 5 to 10 amp inverters run between $25 - $100 depending on which brand you go with.
Inverters are inefficient though. I'd highly recommend getting a car charger with a higher mA rating.
 

rjsurfer

Member
Joined
Oct 28, 2009
Messages
233
Reaction score
1
Location
NC
I agree a higher rated car charger is the answer.

Does anyone know of one? and it's output?

Ron W.
 

Big Cam

Member
Joined
Nov 11, 2009
Messages
912
Reaction score
0
Location
Fargo, ND
Sounds like the phone. I have the moto charger that I got on amazon for like $3 and i've gone 5 hours with GPS, streaming music and the battery was full when I was done.
 

kmasum

Member
Joined
Jan 9, 2010
Messages
117
Reaction score
0
I noticed same problem with my droid, it charge sometimes and sometimes it doesn't..
I am using regular cheap car charger which I bought from ebay.
 
Top