3rd Party Charger Questions

Hello,

I have a Samsung A460 and I have the small Samsung SPH-N400 Sprint PCS
Travel Charger.

I recently purchased a 3rd party car charger from Belkin that I wanted to
use, since it had the same Universal Connector as the Travel charger. As you
all know chargers are EXPENSIVE, so these 3rd party chargers are attractive
since they are cheaper.

According to my trust digital multimeter, here are the specs:

Samsung SPH-N400 Sprint PCS Travel Charger: 5V, 1.25A

Belkin Cellphone Car Charger: 7V, 1.35A

My question is: Will the Belkin hose my Samsung A460?

My last cell phone was hosed with a 3rd party charger (some no-name mulit
charger from an electronics store). The specs were different (same voltage
much less current - 300mA). I was told that this no-name 3rd party charger
DISCHARGED the cellphone battery and also damaged the phone (my old phone
that is).

How can a charger damage the battery? How does battery charging work, and
what are the specs that must be met?

Thanks!

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Third party car chargers are very inexpensive, about $9. Be sure
to get one that specifically mentions your phone as compatible.
I would never connect a charger to my cellphone that outputs more
than the 5V specified by Samsung.

--
John Richards


Xamalek wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a Samsung A460 and I have the small Samsung SPH-N400 Sprint PCS
> Travel Charger.
>
> I recently purchased a 3rd party car charger from Belkin that I wanted to
> use, since it had the same Universal Connector as the Travel charger. As you
> all know chargers are EXPENSIVE, so these 3rd party chargers are attractive
> since they are cheaper.
>
> According to my trust digital multimeter, here are the specs:
>
> Samsung SPH-N400 Sprint PCS Travel Charger: 5V, 1.25A
>
> Belkin Cellphone Car Charger: 7V, 1.35A
>
> My question is: Will the Belkin hose my Samsung A460?
>
> My last cell phone was hosed with a 3rd party charger (some no-name mulit
> charger from an electronics store). The specs were different (same voltage
> much less current - 300mA). I was told that this no-name 3rd party charger
> DISCHARGED the cellphone battery and also damaged the phone (my old phone
> that is).
>
> How can a charger damage the battery? How does battery charging work, and
> what are the specs that must be met?
>
> Thanks!

www.samsungusa.com sells the genuine Samsung charger for $19.99. I
don't think that's so "EXPENSIVE". And get 20% off for registering your
phone, whatever that means.

www.samsungusa.com | Mobile Phones | Accessory Store | SPH-A460
Product ID: TAD077JBEB/STD

--
Frank Harris in San Francisco with an A620

Thanks ... when I go to the Sprint store or Radio Shack they have high
prices there. Thanks for the tips ...


"Frank Harris" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> www.samsungusa.com sells the genuine Samsung charger for $19.99. I
> don't think that's so "EXPENSIVE". And get 20% off for registering your
> phone, whatever that means.
>
> www.samsungusa.com | Mobile Phones | Accessory Store | SPH-A460
> Product ID: TAD077JBEB/STD
>
> --
> Frank Harris in San Francisco with an A620
>

Thanks for the tips.


"John Richards" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Third party car chargers are very inexpensive, about $9. Be sure
> to get one that specifically mentions your phone as compatible.
> I would never connect a charger to my cellphone that outputs more
> than the 5V specified by Samsung.
>
> --
> John Richards
>
>
> Xamalek wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a Samsung A460 and I have the small Samsung SPH-N400 Sprint PCS
> > Travel Charger.
> >
> > I recently purchased a 3rd party car charger from Belkin that I wanted
to
> > use, since it had the same Universal Connector as the Travel charger. As
you
> > all know chargers are EXPENSIVE, so these 3rd party chargers are
attractive
> > since they are cheaper.
> >
> > According to my trust digital multimeter, here are the specs:
> >
> > Samsung SPH-N400 Sprint PCS Travel Charger: 5V, 1.25A
> >
> > Belkin Cellphone Car Charger: 7V, 1.35A
> >
> > My question is: Will the Belkin hose my Samsung A460?
> >
> > My last cell phone was hosed with a 3rd party charger (some no-name
mulit
> > charger from an electronics store). The specs were different (same
voltage
> > much less current - 300mA). I was told that this no-name 3rd party
charger
> > DISCHARGED the cellphone battery and also damaged the phone (my old
phone
> > that is).
> >
> > How can a charger damage the battery? How does battery charging work,
and
> > what are the specs that must be met?
> >
> > Thanks!
>
>

quoting:
> Hello,
>
> I have a Samsung A460 and I have the small Samsung SPH-N400 Sprint
PCS
> Travel Charger.
>
> I recently purchased a 3rd party car charger from Belkin that I
wanted to
> use, since it had the same Universal Connector as the Travel charger.
As you
> all know chargers are EXPENSIVE, so these 3rd party chargers are
attractive
> since they are cheaper.
>
> According to my trust digital multimeter, here are the specs:
>
> Samsung SPH-N400 Sprint PCS Travel Charger: 5V, 1.25A
>
> Belkin Cellphone Car Charger: 7V, 1.35A
>
> My question is: Will the Belkin hose my Samsung A460?
>
> My last cell phone was hosed with a 3rd party charger (some no-name
mulit
> charger from an electronics store). The specs were different (same
voltage
> much less current - 300mA). I was told that this no-name 3rd party
charger
> DISCHARGED the cellphone battery and also damaged the phone (my old
phone
> that is).
>
> How can a charger damage the battery? How does battery charging work,
and
> what are the specs that must be met?
>
> Thanks!


The majority of cell phones have the charging circuitry built into the
phone itself. The "charger" is an ac adapter/power supply. In a way,
this is better because voltage and current tolerances are pretty loose.
You don't have to worry about the voltage being off one or two volts,
or current being a little higher than the OEM one.

How can a "charger" damage a cell phone? Well, if its just totally
defective or wrong. Say if a phone "normally" takes 5v, and some
crappy universal adapter was pumping 12v into your phone, then it could
fry the charging circuitry, or worse the control circuitry in the
battery. How about this - say if the current output of some "super
fast" charger was causing the battery to charge too fast and overheated
to battery.