[Lancaster] I hope this is a dumb question, but I fear it is!

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I went to the pound shop and get some USB gadgets obviously it cost £1 
and they work on Nokia and on my ipod shuffle!

Raaaaaaaaaa

Shalom

andy baxter wrote:
> andy baxter wrote:
>   
>> Wayne Ward wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Yes i dont see why not?
>>>
>>> Wayne
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>> I just talked to a friend of mine about this, who has looked into it, 
>> and apparently it's not as simple as it might seem. The usb 2.0 standard 
>> defines a 'unit load' as 100mA; this is the default amount of current 
>> provided to a single device. A device can request more current than 
>> this, but this has to be done in software - e.g. in windows by 
>> installing a driver for whatever device you are trying to charge.
>>
>> This means that your phone may charge very slowly compared to what it 
>> should be able to manage with proper configuration. You are very 
>> unlikely to damage either the laptop or your phone though, so maybe just 
>> give it a try and see if it charges quickly enough for your needs.
>>
>> I'm not sure what you need to do in linux to tell the usb port to go 
>> into high current mode, but a very quick look on google suggests it may 
>> be a question of writing the correct udev rules.
>>
>> Posting the output of 'lsusb' to the list might help as well.
>>   
>>     
>
> P.S. maybe try asking this question on the ubuntu users email list?
>
> andy
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