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Originally Posted by DavidinCT
Hey all,
Just wondering if anyone has done this and does it work ?
I have a XV6800 and my wife has a Blackberry storm (yea, I tried to get her into a WM device but, she wanted it). Anyway, the sync cables for both phones charge the phones.
I was wondering if I could (or has anyone tried) to use a powered USB hub (not connected to a computer) in a location to charge a few phones/USB devices ? I just hate trying to hide a few power blocks when I can just use one....(maybe save some power too ?)
I tried a old crappy powered one and they did not charge (it's a junk USB 1.0 one I had sitting around). If anyone is doing this, do you know of a cheap hub that will give enough power to charge 2-4 devices over USB ?
Thanks !!!
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I dont have those phones so I dont know if they will charge on a stand alone charger. So my question is, if you had a AC to USB wall adapter and plugged it into the wall with the sync cable. Will your phones charge?
If so, then technically even the powered USB1.1 hub should have worked. Now it is possible that the 1.1 hub's power block did not have sufficient rating to power the 2 devices. Regardless of how cheap the HUB is it should have had atleast a 2000mA adapter. 500mA X 4 ports. With 2 phones that should have allowed 1000mA per phone which is plenty.
If not, then a hub wont work period.