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

[Wayne Ward]

yes i bought one of those kits not bad for the dosh!!

the little adapters fit in my wallet ;-)

Wayne

red wrote:
> 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
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> andy baxter wrote:
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>> andy baxter wrote:
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>>> Wayne Ward wrote:
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>>>> Yes i dont see why not?
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>>>> Wayne
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>>> 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.
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>> P.S. maybe try asking this question on the ubuntu users email list?
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>> andy
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