Motorola Mini / Micro USB Rapid Rate Car Charger $3.25 Shipped
 

I was looking for a rapid rate MicroUSB car charger for my Samsung Epic Touch 4G (galaxy s2) and stumbled across this auction. It comes with the micro usb adapter and the price is $3.25 shipped.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI....quantity=1


Easy charging through your vehicle's auxiliary socket
Compatible with all Micro-USB and Mini-USB devices
Durable coil cord
Nextel logo illuminates during charging
Comes with micro-USB adapter plug

Motorola Mini USB Rapid Rate Car Charger /w Micro-USB Adapter $3.25 + Free shipping
 

All4Cellular via EBay has Motorola Mini USB Rapid Rate Car Charger /w Micro-USB Adapter for $3.25 + free shipping. Thanks thadeus

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Even if this is a generic "fake", it will work just fine. No need to spend anything extra.

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"ebayexpert" deleted my warning. Add a rebuttal if you like, please do not delete. Reposted below.

Keep in mind that ebay and Amazon vendors are awash in counterfeit, fake, clone versions of this exact Motorola charger. The genuine Motorola car charger is a great product, the fakes are no better than the awful $1 generic Chinese chargers.

I'd strongly recommend avoiding this and spending a whole $3.14 extra on a guaranteed genuine high-quality Motorola charger. Either that or save $2 and get a generic $1 crap charger.

http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Ve...B000S5Q9CA

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"guaranteed genuine high-quality Motorola"

Yeah, because Motorola only makes guaranteed quality stuff. Monster says the same thing about their cables. Stop trying to scare people.

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No, because this particular Motorola charger is a high quality unit that gets great reviews. The cheap $1 Chinese chargers are largely crap, they introduce noise and have even been known to damage electronics. If the one for sale above is a counterfeit, it probably has the internal electronics of a crappy $1 Chinese charger. Why spend $3 on a counterfeit Motorola with crappy internals when you can get an "authentic" crap Chinese charger at most dollar stores for $1?

Can anyone please confirm whether this charger can do "AC" mode of charging for Android phones with a standard data cable?

I can, partly. This does charge at ac speeds (tested on s2skyrocket, gs3, Gnexus)
BUT
you say "with a standard data cable". The coiled microusb cord can't be removed (no USB port on the charger)

I have one. I've written a thread here on this charger. Nothing is better.
The only -tiny- issue: the center clear lens has an annoying blue glow

Tl;Dr
Unless you use a car dock that very far from the charging port, you want this thing.

Realized my mistake about "standard data cable", soon after my post. By the time, I got back, you corrected it. Thanks.

A good number of folks at xda recommend this as one of the best rapid car chargers. My car has a built in USB port, so I bought this to free up the USB port for music while charging my phone.

perfect, my charger in the car just crapped out on me a couple days ago!

If you Don't mind me asking, what brand was it? How did it die?

i would have to check the brand when i get back to my car. no idea how it died though, light turns on, cable is intact, but does not charge my phone. it's one of those chargers where you can unplug the tip and plug in different adapters for different phones.

i have this charger. it charges faster than the generic ones I've used in the past, but I dont have any figures. the blue light it emits is annoying.

can anyone confirm how this charger does vs the official oem motorola charger?

if you look at the pic of the plug there's a moto logo. it might be the same?

Anyone know if this would charge a Garmin while in use? That would be sweet.

dont trust on this name Motorola cable.

i got this same cable from Amazon for $5 half a year ago. Out of 3, 1 is dead within 2 months. it just doesn't charge anything. no physical damage. some phones can detect it but the screen kept cycling on/off without charging anything. some phones does not detect it at all.

Thanks! Bought two! The $1 generic I had charges like crap. Hopefully this will charge better.

iGo?

I have bought several car chargers in the last year or so including what I think is this one. They have all stopped charging my phone within a few months. I have never bought one of those $25 branded oem charges cuz I am a good slickdealer, but I am starting to think either they all crap out after a few months, or maybe, just maybe, those chargers last longer. Still, I'd rather keep buying these kinds and take my chances I think. Just my 2 cents.

I've got two of these and while 1 has pretty much stopped connecting efficiently (after 4+ years of daily use) I'll happily buy another for $3 to replace the dying 1. Thanks OP.

i would differ, i got the non-nextel branded one off amazon [amazon.com] and it's phenomenal with no issues, truely charges fast in ac mode and has worked with every phone (at least 10 different models over the years) i've tried it with, and my Nexus7...4.5 stars with 2227 reviews on amazon..

you probably got a fake or a dud

in 4 three
already have a couple but always lose or break them
they work way better then the cheap ebay/1SAD chargers

there maybe compatibility issues with these microUSB chargers

my Motorola car charger charges my MOTO Droid just fine but my MyTouch4G and Nexus S refuses to be charged.

Maybe the current it offers goes too high and the newer phones just shut off the charging current for self-protection?

Just bought the data/charge cable for 99 cents on Ebay. They have the car adap. w/ the cable for $2.

I ordered this thinking it was the same as i bought before. Mine was crap! The plug has to be wiggled/propped to charge and it fits extremely loosely with no latching at all. Maybe I just got a bad unit but it went almost straight to the trash.

Buy this one: http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Ve...sb+charger

I have had 2 of those and they are rock solid.

Posted before (now $.50 cheaper): http://slickdeals.net/f/5803530-M...e-Shipping

While the charger most certainly has rapid charging capabilities...Potential buyers BE WARNED, that if you have this connected to a dock or position the tip of the cable at ANY type or form of an angle, you will be plagued by connectivity issues down the road. I've gone through three, all suffering form the same fate.

Anyone know if this will work with the Kindle Fire as an alternative to the expensive Kindle rapid charger. I just got in on the Kindle deal and looking for a cheapish charger and case.

sweet, thanks. Bought one for my wife. I have this exact one in my car and i love it

Same here. Just ordered one to replace my old Motorola micro USB charger.

I used this charger for an year or so before it tripped my car's fuse. What is even weird is that it doesn't trip my Altima and charges phones in it just fine, but it breaks the fuse of Infiniti.

Infinity blames it on the charger because any other chargers work fine with my car. I tried to put the blame on them because this charger works fine in wife's Altima.

Weird

a fake motorola shipped/sold by amazon? i dont think so.

my point is that dont trust the name motorola. it's not that great as people think it is.

Anyone receiving a dud have any luck getting a replacement or refund from the seller?

I'll try one, thanks OP!

Just ordered this for like 5.99 w/Amazon prime two days ago

I'd rather pay twice as much to get it than wait sometimes up to 2 weeks so it can be shipped from Hong Kong or wherever the seller is

Want to get this but the only thing that's turning me away is the micro usb adapter.. I would like one that has micro usb only since the adapter will just be annoying and might even get lost.

This didn't seem to charge my galaxy nexus at AC speeds, though it did charge my HTC phones at AC speeds. I am not 100% certain, though, as I stopped using it for my galaxy nexus after I thought it wasn't charging at AC speeds (and I had a spare battery+battery charger).

The seller is located in Brooklyn, New York...so it should arrive within 3-5 days. I'm not in desperate need of a charger, so I'll gladly buy it from the seller on eBay.

I have 2 of these for each car. These work far better than any other charger I have used.

The blue light is annoying, but electrical tape solves that!

It says that it ships from New York... MURICA!

can anyone confirm this will charge Galaxy Note 2? The non-OEM chargers so far I have tried does not charge at all.

Hopefully this works better than the last POS's I got.

This would work with a Galaxy S3, correct?

cheapest ebay charger works for me.

Thanks OP. Got one. No 10% ebay bucks on this.

If you only need micro usb charger.

$1.49 on ebay free shipping

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Car-C...257aceea7b

It should since it has a microusb attachment but without knowing the output (in mA), it's impossible to determine how fast it'll charger your phone.

Anyone know the amp output on this charger? I don't see it in the listing.

Works on the S3 and on my 10" Samsung tablet.

I connected a flex stand mount in my car and the charger keeps the Tablet at 100% no problem!

Thanks got one!

Thanks. looks questionable but got good reviews (4/5) on amazon [amazon.com]

All4cellular is a solid reseller in New York and has been FP'd many times.

Also, in for one.

Bought this last time thinking it works with my Garmin Nuvi GPS, but when I connect this charger the GPS just goes into USB mode and never gets charged.

It charges a plam pixi with the micro usb adapter without any issues. The adapter pins look kind of cheap though.

is this worth it if i will have to use the adapter the whole time? seems like it would be really clunky

Got one noticed my cheap usb charger from china charges my phone pretty slow. Hope this one works good.

How many amps does this charger kick out, do you know?

[I think] I have this charger (or one very similar to this), it is great. I got mine on Amazon [amazon.com] for about 3$ more, and that was without the adapter.

Mine puts out 950 mA, but I'm not sure if this is an identical item.

So, this one will work the nook e-readers and a Palm pre 2 phone ?

I wish it had a usb input so I could also charge my gf's iPhone with it...I'll pass.

Post after yours says his outputs 950 mA so about 1 A...it's a different model number though.

Different model number, thanks for the info though. Here is the link to the amazon item [amazon.com].

Thanks, my cheapie charger from ebay is falling apart.

Thankkkssssss

N4one

Keep in mind that ebay and Amazon vendors are awash in counterfeit, fake, clone versions of this exact Motorola charger. The genuine Motorola car charger is a great product, the fakes are no better than the awful $1 generic Chinese chargers.

I'd strongly recommend avoiding this and spending a whole $3.14 extra on a guaranteed genuine Motorola charger.

http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Ve...B000S5Q9CA

in for one!
thanks!

I also bought the same one as above from Amazon, used it on my Nexus 4 and works pretty well.

Quick question, what is up with charging with AC that everyone is talking about? Do car chargers charge with AC or DC? Can anyone refer me to something that explains this?

They charge DC, whether it is in your car, or an adapter plugged into AC at home. Car chargers take 12V DC down to 5V DC for USB devices. I think the AC talk was just comparing it to the speed of charging at a wall socket.

that's the one i had problem with. they do not really have good quality.

You bought it "ships and sold by Amazon" or "fulfilled by Amazon"?

A lot of Amazon's independent vendors (fulfilled by Amazon) are selling counterfeit versions from that same link. If you buy the "Ships from and sold by Amazon.com", you'll definitely get a genuine Motorola product.

The genuine product gets great reviews. It has a good build quality and has worked well for me and many folks I know. Though like any other product, there may be the occasional dud. The counterfeit products are largely complete crap. The build quality of the fakes is awful, which is why I'd strongly recommend avoiding ebay and independent Amazon sellers for products (like this) that have suffered such heavy counterfeiting.

For heavily counterfeited products like this, either buy it directly from a large merchant or just buy some generic cheap chinese charger for a dollar. If you buy this from anywhere that isn't a large, well known retailer, you'll probably be getting a product that's no better than a $1 charger. Why pay extra?

What they're talking about is whether the charger will charge your phone/device as if it's plugged into a wall adapter(AC), or if it'll charge like it's plugged into a USB port. If you look at your Nexus 4's battery info with it plugged into a wall charger, you'll notice the status at the top will say "<battery %> - Charging (AC)" [imgur.com]. If you plug it into a USB port(desktop, laptop, some external batteries), it'll say "<battery %> - Charging (USB)" [imgur.com]. The difference between these two modes is that AC mode generally means your device is getting the full current your charger is outputting(usually around 1A for most phones and 2.1A for most tablets), whereas USB mode is limited to something like 500mA and charges slower.

People ask if car chargers will charge in AC mode because a lot of the generic ones are wired in a way that makes some phones see them as a USB port, and therefore charge a lot slower. I've personally found that my tablet(Nexus 7) is a lot less finicky than my phone and will charge in AC mode with most chargers/cables with the exception of a generic cable that came with one of my chargers. My phone(Galaxy Nexus) on the other hand, will only charge in AC mode with an OEM(Samsung/ASUS) cable and one out of the three car chargers I have.

Stay away. All4cellular sells junk shit. More than 80% DOA rate on their stuff

Exactly.

I can't believe there are so many Thumbs Up on this.

This is pretty crap unless you actually use mini usb. The adapter comes off too often and is hard to find in your car.

Precisely the one I just unwrapped.....

For me it would cost $11.61 shipping included. Thats $8.36 more than eBay.

I have to go to the last step of the payment process to find out Amazon is charging me $5.22 for shipping. What a joke

Then buy it from Newegg, it's even cheaper there. $4.99 + free shoprunner. If you don't have shoprunner, $1.99 shipping.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6875982264

My point wasn't that Amazon had the best price, it was that buying this particular product from ebay is pointless. You're very likely not getting an authentic Motorola charger, you're getting something that looks like a Motorola charger but has the internals of a generic $1 charger.

If all you want is the cheapest charger, you may as well buy a cheap generic Chinese charger at the dollar store and save $2, because that's probably what you'll get if you buy the $3 "Motorola" charger for sale on ebay.

i dont know if you read my previous post about this, but it's shipped/sold by amazon.


its genuine motorola charger. 1 dead out of 3 that i bought. it's dead within 2 months. the phone's screen kept cycling on/off without charging anything. motorola sign is still lid well but it's useless.

Some percentage of every product will fail.

I have a couple of these, my friends as well. We've all been through so many of the generic Chinese chargers that we decided to look for a charger that would last more than a few months.

These Motorola chargers have lasted us years in some cases. Not saying they're perfect, just that on average, they are much, much better than the cheap generic chargers.

my point is that genuine motorola charger does not have that quality that everyone's talking about.

i got 1 dead charger right here. genuine motorola shipped/sold by amazon. i bought it just because of those "great" reviews from amazon. this is the first charger that is dead before any chinese chargers that i have.

if anyone wants to pay shipping for this dead charger, i'll give it to you for free to investigate.

for 4.00 who cares...repped one thxs OP!

No one doubts that you got a bad one. Some percentage of every product will fail, no matter how well it's rated, no matter how good it is.

Best rated car? Some are lemons. Best rated phone? Some fail within days. It happens, it doesn't mean that the product line is crap, it just means that you were unlucky enough to get the rare bad unit.

Anecdotal experiences are anecdotal.

Or you could spend $1 at the dollar store and get a product of the same quality of a counterfeit Motorola for $3 less.

thxs OP? :nod:

yup. my point is clear. i got the genuine motorola charger from amazon. it's dead on me sooner than those chinese car chargers that i got from ebay.

Agreed. The $0.99 cent ones work great for slow charging. I finally paid $2 for a "2 amp" model, which is definitely faster, but probably not as fast as AC. Both work great after over a year of intermittent charging. It's not rocket science turning 12v into 5v. My complaint is with the damn cables. I'm on like my 5th microusb - i hate them. Expensive ones crap out just as fast as the 2 for $0.99.

About the only thing I envy about my wife's iphone 5 is the reversible charging/data cable. Hopefully Samsung will jump on the apple bandwagon. Yeah right.

what is a reversible charging cable? new term to me.

I don't doubt it. You got a bad one. Someone, somewhere gets a bad one of every product ever made. Quality control can be good, it's never perfect. Your anecdotal experience does not mean it's a horrible product, it just means you were unlucky enough to get a rare bad unit.

Since Amazon has free return shipping for defective products, why don't you just send it back?

amazon? not after a few months of using. after amazon horror stories on banning people from taking advantage of them, i didn't even bother to return it. it's dead after 2 months.

amazon's motorola charger is dead before any of my chinese chargers that i bought from chinese ebayers. that's enough said for this thread.

i bought 1 for myself then 2 for my co-workers. i told them how nice it was and that's it's genuine motorola charger sold by amazon with excellent return policy. well, after 2 months, 1 of my co-worker scame up to me and showed me how "great" the charger was. he shut me since then.

He could do that, or call Motorola. I have RMAed a few things with them - pretty easy process and they don't even require you to send in the defective product.

I have two of the Amazon genuine chargers (MicroUSB) and they work great. I just killed a Motorola MiniUSB charger a month ago - pulled the wire out of the 12v insert.

That's not accurate. You have to completely abuse the Amazon return process for them to ban you. I've only read of it happening to those that have returned tens of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise.

Return a $6 defective charger? They will absolutely take the return, or as leroy suggests, just do an RMA with Motorola directly. They're very good regarding returns.

I hate to belabor the point, but just because you got a bad unit does not mean the product is bad. It only means you got a bad product.

thanks op. I just noticed my charger wasnt working the other day & thought I should start looking for one. perfect timing.

yup. you are absolutely right. i've got a bad product :)

i am sure alot of people will buy this ebay charger after reading my post. you will get a bad product doesn't matter where you buy or made by whom.

I'm guessing English isn't your first language? Not a criticism, but I do wonder if you get my point?

You receiving "a" bad product does not mean the product is bad. Some consumers receive a bad unit of even the best quality products.

i just repeated what you just said. do you have to quote "a" bad product again?

i just try to tell everyone my own experience. i got shut down by my co-worker from the amazon genuine motorola charger that some of us talked about. if i would buy another car charger again, i would buy this $3.25 motorola cable without a blink. no need to buy the $6 charger from amazon.

His quote was meant as emphasis because you misinterpreted the sentence.

Will this work for Galaxy S3?

Yup with the adapter.

It seems to give out 950. my Gnex (personal phone) couldn't measure that cause of how Samsung makes phones.
I can tell you that I have tried at least 5 of the current top car chargers, nothing could compare.

Both AOKP and the stock rom liked it. Stock android roms tend to charge at half speed, on chargers that have a USB port (and charge/sync wire)

Junk, got it last time & it died in 2 months

Junk chargers in my experience
 

I bought two of these the last time they hit the front page and both had weak connections to phones from day one. Within 2-3 months neither would charge a phone without fiddling with the cable. No problems with my other chargers.

the version by motorola from amazon has been less. i bought it for $3.15, when it only earned +18 thumbs. waiting for a time machine quote, but reality is the genuine version drops to between $4 and $5 just about every month. e-bay versions often hit $1 to $2 and don't make front page. oh well.

I have one of this and I bought for $7ish many years ago.

It works on all my HTC phone so far.

There is this faint blue light. If you want your car inside to be totally dark at night, u might not like it. Light is a distraction inside your cabin at night.

Does this have the tiny clips on the microusb end? I am looking for one that does not and it seems only blackberry oem are made without the clips.

8 Feet? For a car charger? What is this, for a limo?

Still a good deal, but that length is completely unnecessary. Thanks.

Thanks for the tip. Just ordered from newegg for $4.99 with free shoprunner shipping. I'd much rather pay a little extra to get a genuine motorola charger.

Great little charger, sucker just burns out really quick. I usually only see about 6 months of action before it stops working.

Ordered from all4cellular before and never had issues with their products being counterfeit. Not that I am aware that it is or not. Probably clearing these out because it has Nextel on it.

in4one. Hope the adapter doesn't cause any issues though.

in 4 2 ... despite the debate

this is 12v to 5v anyone know how many amps? will this work with a gps? Thanks

i bought this without reading the reviews, wut now?

it's 3 bucks, use it

i repaired it in 5 minutes its fake but it works