Will USB port charge an iPhone?
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I bought a small 120V converter that can be plugged into the accy socket that never loses power to charge all my electronics up.
Amazon sells them for around 20-30$ and the best part is, is that you never have to buy a seperate car charger for any of your electrical devices, again!!
I just use the wall charger that comes with every electronic device.
Works on laptops, cellphones, iPads, electric razors, vibrators, anything that plugs into a wall socket as long as it doesn't draw too much power.
I charge my Segway with it also.
Well worth the investment.
I carry one on my Harley when I go motorcycle camping too, for all the reasons listed above.
(I skip the vibrator, tho)
Amazon sells them for around 20-30$ and the best part is, is that you never have to buy a seperate car charger for any of your electrical devices, again!!
I just use the wall charger that comes with every electronic device.
Works on laptops, cellphones, iPads, electric razors, vibrators, anything that plugs into a wall socket as long as it doesn't draw too much power.
I charge my Segway with it also.
Well worth the investment.
I carry one on my Harley when I go motorcycle camping too, for all the reasons listed above.
(I skip the vibrator, tho)
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I added a USB port and wired it to the cig port so it has power all the time. I'm also installing a inverter and it has a USB port, but I'm wanting it for the 120v plug.
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I noticed that when I was streaming music via Bluetooth and had voice GPS...my phone never charged up at .5 Amp...it was about the same as when I started driving 90 minutes earlier, so I got the 1 Amp plug instead. Also, the USB port in our trucks isn't 1 Amp...I didn't put a multimeter to it, but I bet it's no more than .5 Amp.
Example:
iPhone chargers are 1 Amp
iPad chargers are 2 Amp
I would like to get another 120v inverter with a USB port then hardwire it into my truck. I've had good success with these too.
Last edited by GunnarzF150; 01-12-2013 at 09:24 PM.
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I found this thread with a search engine because I'm having a weird problem. The Sync USB port will charge my wife's dumb candybar phone, but not my iPhone 4S. The iPhone doesn't even put up the "charging" graphic indicating that something is TRYING to charge it. The port will play the music on my iPhone just fine. It's not the cable, because I've tried two different cables, both of which work fine to charge the iPhone from a computer USB port or a wall-outlet USB charger. But it doesn't look like anyone else is seeing this problem, so I give up. I can and will buy a cigarette-lighter adapter at Monoprice for $1.50 to do the job, but I can't understand why I can't use the otherwise perfectly good Sync port that comes with the truck.
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Found the problem
Looks like I was wrong. The problem WAS the cable -- in fact, every one of the cheap Chinese cables I had bought at 99¢ each to spread around where I would be likely to need one (like in the truck). The cables aren't BAD -- they work fine to charge the iPhone from a transformer or computer USB, they work fine for backup/sync/disk access from a computer, and they work fine for playing tunes on the truck's sound system -- but they won't charge an iPhone from the Sync port.
Today I hooked my iPhone to the Sync port with the genuine Apple cable that came with the phone. It went to charging mode immediately. It also immediately suggested I download the free app for Microsoft Sync ports, which I did.
The conclusion can't be avoided that the genuine Apple cable must contain some extra conductors that the third-party cables don't, and the Sync port needs them for proper operation. My suggestion to anyone who is having the same problem is to try a genuine Apple cable and see if that solves it.
Today I hooked my iPhone to the Sync port with the genuine Apple cable that came with the phone. It went to charging mode immediately. It also immediately suggested I download the free app for Microsoft Sync ports, which I did.
The conclusion can't be avoided that the genuine Apple cable must contain some extra conductors that the third-party cables don't, and the Sync port needs them for proper operation. My suggestion to anyone who is having the same problem is to try a genuine Apple cable and see if that solves it.
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Charge phone while engine's off?
If I charge my iPhone thru the Sync USB port while the engine's off and the key's out, will it affect the truck battery?
(Is there a better way to charge my iPhone in the truck?)
Thanks!
(Is there a better way to charge my iPhone in the truck?)
Thanks!
Last edited by Prairie F150; 07-29-2015 at 04:24 PM. Reason: Correction