I-phone 4 charging query........

[John]

I have an I4 (love it btw) Now as we all know the battery life isn't that good. I will be going away camping in may, no hook up so no charger. The car charger is crap. (not leaving car ign on for 3 hours every other day lol) Any sensible suggestions? Anyone got a solar charger? :)

[mowgli]

john, leave the damned thing at home, get a cheapy that uses no leccy.... or find a friendly camper with a hookup & ask if you can charge it up...

[John]

john, leave the damned thing at home, get a cheapy that uses no leccy.... or find a friendly camper with a hookup & ask if you can charge it up...

Try telling that to my daughter! I could live without it, she can't. (or more precisely Talking tomcat/ pacman/angry birds) Where we go there is no hook up whatsoever. lol

[bmw156]

do you shut down your apps?
my battery last a nice amount of time.
if you do take it, just use it for calls and texts...

[MK1_Ben]

Guy at work bought a Solar charger for them from the 'Bay.

Plugged it in whenever he was leaving the phone alone for a long amount of time and it charged it really well suprisingly.

[John]

do you shut down your apps?
my battery last a nice amount of time.
if you do take it, just use it for calls and texts...

See above lol Yeah i do usually shut down the apps when i'm not using them. :)

[Edd]

Get the little battery packs that take a AA battery there like a £10 on eBay

They plug in where the charger goes

[Lewis.]

Just rewire you power socket to be permanent live, thats what I do. It was a god send at shows last year, just plug your phone in, hide it and lock the car. simples :thumb:

[John]

Get the little battery packs that take a AA battery there like a £10 on eBay

They plug in where the charger goes

Cool, link me up?

[mk1nova_rich]

Let her drain the battery on the first day and then she will have to find other ways of amusing herself...kids these days lol

[John]

Just rewire you power socket to be permanent live, thats what I do. It was a god send at shows last year, just plug your phone in, hide it and lock the car. simples :thumb:

Er no. I want my car to start when i come to it. Where we're going is well off the beaten track. :) :thumb:

[John]

Let her drain the battery on the first day and then she will have to find other ways of amusing herself...kids these days lol

Lol, then when we need to actually use it, the battery will be flat lol

[mk1nova_rich]

Buy a cheapy cheap one for emergencies...I'm sure she'd still kill that trying to get a trillion points on Snake

[Edd]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PLUG-BATTERY-CHARGER-iPod-NANO-CLASSIC-iPhone-UK-/130441673521?pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhoneAccesso ries_MobilePhoneBatteries&hash=item1e5eedfb31#ht_3309wt_1026

Get two at that price lol

[John]

Legend! Thankyou Edd!

[brainsnova]

Petrol generator lol 240v out. plug charger in

[mowgli]

most campsites ban them

[Jack]

Surely the obvious answer would be to just buy 2-3 spare batteries, and fully charge them before you go?

[Plug]

cant remove iphone batterys unless you dismantle the phone

[Jack]

WTF!?

Seriously?

[Plug]

yea i remember my 3g you have to take everything apart to get to the battery

[MK999]

Haven't read the thread, just the title...

About 6 times a day should do it :)

[Southie]

John, buy one of these >LINK (http://www.solariphone.co.uk/)< a mate of mine has one and says they are very good ;)

[Paul]

Haven't read the thread, just the title...

About 6 times a day should do it :)

Lol, i charged it when i got in from work this morning, got out of bed at 10. See below.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v14/lashednova/63d0b1bf.jpg

[MK999]

Just over 8 hours on standby then, awesome lol

[John]

Haven't read the thread, just the title...

About 6 times a day should do it :)
lol, I expected some useless reply like that from you :p lol Cheers mr south, again mucho help! :)

[Lewis.]

Er no. I want my car to start when i come to it. Where we're going is well off the beaten track. :) :thumb:

I thoroughly doubt an iPhone with a 1 milliAh battery is going to drain an 80Ah car battery in the time it takes to charge lol if it does, I will personally come to your aid with a jump pack :p

[John]

Lol i don't want to find out. CBa waiting around whilst my phone charges either lol pm me you phone number just in case :p

[brainsnova]

You can always bump start the car

[John]

I could also stay at home. This isn't the point of the thread. I want some other way than mains or 12v adapted charging for my phone :)

[Mazz]

Energy efficient and builds your biceps!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-WIND-UP-DYNAMO-MP3-iPod-MOBILE-PHONE-ECO-CHARGER-/190510468342?pt=UK_TravelTickets_Accessories_RL&hash=item2c5b4f0cf6

[MARTIN KELSON]

I get 4 days out of my iphone4
Everybody moans about battery life but i see no problem.

At the moments since full charge its been 1 day & 14hrs and i still have 74% battery life!

As for charging when camping, know anybody with an inverter you can borrow?

[Southie]

To save battery turn all push notifications off, linking to email don't half sap your battery ;)