One of the things that bugged the heck out of me with my Dell Streak 7 was the fact that, while I had the device plugged into my Mac, I couldn't charge it. It was the biggest downfall of the Streak 7 in my opinion, and it made me really upset.
That was a few months ago, though, when I originally got my Streak. Then, the Honeycomb update rolled out and made the tablet a lot more useful. But one of the ways it did so wasn't very apparent until today, when I plugged my Streak 7 into the USB hub on my desk.
Lo and behold, the thing started charging! At first, I thought it was just a software glitch. But a minute later, the battery (which started out at 45%) shot to 46%, and then a few minutes after that, it was at 47%!
It's not the fastest way to charge the Streak, but I think that even a little bit of extra juice while I'm importing my copy of M83's Hurry Up, We're Dreaming is definitely a good thing.
Interesting finding. Were you as equally put off when you found that your iPad would not charge off your USB port, or would you say your opinion varies with the screen size of a device?
In other words, is there a particular tablet screen size range that you would expect to charge off a USB port and a size, once met or exceeded, that you would then not have an expectation to charge from USB?
this is great news, I will see if it works on DJ’s HD7 R8.
wonder what this does to our poor USB ports on PC? overheat/burnout?
nope not working yet on Djs HD7
Dj says no Tegra 2 can charge via USB. I can imagine why. IT may be a 3rd party charger displaying incorrect battery %. I have a chinese wall charger as a backup and my battery occassionally jumps up a bit.. even when unplugged!!
I think most USB ports would be incapable of providing enough power without doing damage to PC.
my loaner s7 seems to ‘charge’ fine off 500mA ports, its in quotes since 500mA only breaks even at best, hence why HC doesn’t actually say its charging. if you let it sleep while plugged into it, it will actually charge, but it will take a day to trickle charge like that.
1000mA ports are the min for it to register as charging since that’s the min to not take all day to charge
loaner s7.. nice.. will it also charge when powered off?
I don’t have an iPad, nor do I want one. In fact, not being able to charge on some USB ports is one of the many reasons I don’t want one. (I also don’t do much work on iOS; my iPhone is fantastic on the go, but iOS on a tablet just isn’t for me.)
Quando ci sarà aggiornamento per streak5″ Honeycomb?
Il WIFI non mi si connette più.Qualche consiglio?Grazie. E.Pala.
I don’t understand all the sarcasm, I expect more “This does or does not work for me” “good find” or “this always worked” type comments, what was that ipad BS about? Keep it civil, this is not XDA.
At work, we use a hand held scanner that has a usb port on the charging base. Some of the bases will charge my Streak 5, but not all of them. The same exact type of port on all the bases, but not all of them function the same.
Peace