On 13/12/2016 00:30, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
Well, I've never heard of smart chargers that seem to be just usb
chargers. The thing is will the phone charge from a pc usb port? I
suspect not.

If I plug my Samsung Galaxy phone into the computer via USB - say to
transfer something - it shows it is on charge. Don't know how slow that
would be, though.

I had access to an early generation USA import Kindle. It would charge
directly from the USB port on the PC but not from a USB hub connected to
said port. Investigation showed that the hub would only provide 0.4A
and it seems that this prevented the charging circuit in the Kindle
coming to life.

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Chris B (News)