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I have an e815 - works great but battery life sucks. Try to charge in the car, but unlikemy last car every time I turn off the car the 12v's go off. Is there any way around this? I mean have the phone charge while the car is off?
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Originally Posted by dgjk' post='223609' date='Jan 13 2006, 01:47 AM
I have an e815 - works great but battery life sucks. Try to charge in the car, but unlikemy last car every time I turn off the car the 12v's go off. Is there any way around this? I mean have the phone charge while the car is off?
I do not think that you can charge the phone while the car is off.First i would think that this is a function of the charger and not the phone. I recall reading somewhere that moto chargers have a failsafe switch in it that prevents this as to not to cause damage to the battery, however I may be wrong on this point.
Actually, I have an after market charger in my car and I find that even when the car is on and I am enganged in a hands free conversation, the phone states it is charging, but really I am not so sure that it is.
Could be that my after market charger is not that great. The thing I dislike most about Motorala is the charging of the phone. First I dislike the type of connector that goes from the charger to the phone, plug in type with contacts instead of jack type like Samsung. Second, when charging at home or in office with the travel charger, it takes a good 3 hours to recharge the phone. My previous Samsung would charge fully within 1.5 to 2 hours, also the car charger for Samsung was a rapid charger that charged in no time.
I keep a spare travel charger at the office and let my phone charge there when it needs charging.
Aside from charging issue, the phone is pretty good.
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Originally Posted by dgjk' post='223609' date='Jan 13 2006, 01:47 AM
I have an e815 - works great but battery life sucks. Try to charge in the car, but unlikemy last car every time I turn off the car the 12v's go off. Is there any way around this? I mean have the phone charge while the car is off?
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Originally Posted by dgjk' post='223609' date='Jan 13 2006, 01:47 AM
I have an e815 - works great but battery life sucks. Try to charge in the car, but unlikemy last car every time I turn off the car the 12v's go off. Is there any way around this? I mean have the phone charge while the car is off?
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go to the main fuse panel. normally the top row of fuses are `always hot and the lower row is switched. us a fues tap and pull power to you charger. hook it up either direct or thru a 12v scoket[ maybe rewiring the passenger foot plug to the hot wires.
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