I'm only able to get the USB to charge my iPhone w/AC power was plugged in. Thought it said it can charge off the battery alone. Am I wrong?
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I just checked the instructions that came with the unit. It states that you can charge USB devices on AC or battery power but in order to save battery life the unit will cease charging external devices if being played on a high volume setting during battery operation. Hope that helps. ;)
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It's supposed to charge on battery alone as far as I know Dino. You should contact Soundfreaq about this situation. I hope they can resolve it for you. Unfortunately I have not yet used it to charge my android devices so I am not familiar with this feature.
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The volume range goes from 0-30 (ie the number of times the front light will blink from lowest volume to highest). At volume level 20 and below I was able to get a charge with no AC.
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I was able to get a charge to my iPad while on battery power alone. I think I remember reading though that if the battery starts getting low the unit will discontinue charging via USB in an effort to conserve battery life.
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The product is a battery itself and will charge the iPhone without needing a plug provided it has been previously charged itself. I carry mine around with me and recharge it after use or evey few weeks to keep it ready when needed.
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You can charge via USB with its microUSB port. What I prefer to do is to use an Apple iPhone charger to trickle charge it slowly, or the larger, 2 amp iPad charger when I predict I'll need it sooner rather than later. Hope this answer helps.
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You have to use the USB they give you, it'll charge the iPhone first & then the backup battery. But, I just charge them both ts night while in sleeping since this lasts the whole day
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You can take the iPhone out and charge it, but the charging of the battery and the case is done with one charger at the same time. I never use the Apple charger anymore.
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To clarify for my experience:1.) I did not get any wall charger. 2.) And you cannot use your iphone cable when the iphone and case are together. There is only one port - a microusb port. 3.) As far as I can tell, the charger charges first before the iphone gets to recharge itself. Which is rather annoying.
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You'll need your own cable. It has two female usb plugs (like a wall adapter or on your computer) and one female micro usb to charge. If you're using an iPhone 5 cable you'll also need a different cable or adapter to charge the unit once you've drained it.
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There's a USB port to plug in the iPhone adaptor. The cord that comes with it is to charge the device itself.
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I got this to charge my iphone. I put a pair of fresh batteries in and it charged it for about 30 mins. and i can't charge the batteries it came with because the plug is not made for the US. my advice is to look for a power bank, or if you want to look for something that will be effective if the power goes out for a longer time a solar charger. there are a few under $20 just search "solar charger usb" and make sure it says power bank or external battery as well
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I forgot to comment on the doc. You can't without an adapter. I have a thin incase and I have to take the bottom off to charge it. You will either need an adapter (which I haven't found for the lightning connector?) or use the secondary USB charged on the back. Kind of a pain.
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Yes...the built in cable you see in the photo is micro-USB which is for Android (very convenient since you don't have to carry a cable with you). For iPhone, you would plug in your separate iPhone charging cable into USB port on the top of the external battery. I have charged both types of devices and it works like a champ.
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Yes, the power pass through will charge your iPhone. Works great and you will need a mini USB which plugs into the side.
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You can power/charge it from a usb connection. I was using an old iPhone charger.
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Scott is wrong you can charge this with a wall charger as long as the wall charger puts out enough amps, i.e. my iPad charger allows me to charge it but the smaller iPhone does not. hope this helps. I know you posted this a while ago and you probably already know the answer.
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It comes with a standard usb connection. You would have to buy an adapter that goes from usb to the same type of plug that you use to recharge your phone. The reason that I am not specifying the adapter is that different iphones have different chargers. If you can get the correct adapter, it should work. If you are looking for it to connect to your iphone right out of the box, the answer is without a doubt no because the iphone does not have a usb port.
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it just cannot be charged. It always keep out of power. When I charged it the lights blink all the time. But no power in it and I cannot use it to charge my iphone.
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The USB is output only, not input. You can use that port for charging devices with an already charged battery. For instance, I charged my iPhone during a power outage. Pretty handy, but it doesn't work the other way.