Recent content by Sheppy01

Thanks guys. Yes I think you might be right on the solar panel. I do have a larger one that I can test but it's not at the house. It's a 12v 2.4w so I feel this should be up to the task. I need to find a car style charger that has some circuitry inside which stops it sending out a voltage when...

Thanks for your reply. I might have got myself into a silly bind anyway, I'm starting to think the solar charger's battery was flat. Also, it seems near impossible to restart an android phone unless it's rooted - but a test last night actually showed that the phone will trickle charge at 100%...

For anyone who's interested, I may have answered my own question. Further research implies that the phone will stop charging when it hits 99 or 100% and won't automatically start charging again. This seems to correspond with my test findings so far. So I have to find a way of getting the phone...

Hi. New to forum and hope this is the right place to ask. I want to use my Android phone for a slightly different type of application, and have found all the software and tools to do what I need it to do. However, I'm having a problem keeping the mobile continuously charged. I purchased one of...