Thread: Solution: N900 Charging from dumb power sources *UPDATED*
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2010-01-13 , 20:32
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Originally Posted by devbike View Post
Found this while cruising the ThinkGeek clearance sale:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/clearance/b43f/

That could be a solution for those (like myself) that already have a kit of portable USB batteries and universal (pre-standard) charging cables. < $10 is a nice price point, too
I looked at that too, but when I emailed the manufacturer (Boxwave) to find out if it was a standard extension cable with the data pins shorted I got some crazy answer that it has "a special circuit within the adapter" that "alters the signals coming out of the charger". Since there are no "signals" coming out of the charger, I suspect he had no idea what he was talking about. Has anybody tried this and can verify that it works?
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