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Lost a charger? In a public place with no charge? Don't fret, head to your local cell phone recharger with jacks for all brands. Simply plug and chug!
Emerency cell charger
http://shop.store.y...aveltools1/m93.html
This one is battery powered (AAA), but I've seen those that run on a chemical reaction as well (can't find a link, though) [bristolz, Nov 22 2001, last modified Oct 17 2004]
For small fee, charging "lockers".
http://www.chargebox.com/
[jutta, Aug 19 2006]
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Baked at the last two Glastonbury festivals. |
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One where you could trade your flat battery for a fully charged one would be good. A quick test of the current battery, to make sure it''s not a complete lemon, and change for a fully charged one.
A professionally run place like that could maximise battery lives buy ensuringn that they are always fully charged from flat. |
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Why would you trust the exchanged one any less than the original battery, or any other object which you received from a hopefully reputable vendor? If they give you bad batteries, complain to the BBB and take your business elsewhere. |
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Reputable battery exchangers would of course test the returned batteries, and dock your credit card after the fact if it turned out not to hold its charge. |
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This could all be automatic -- could easily be a vending machine. |
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I'm not sure that taking care of batteries actually helps their life. As far as age, perhaps batteries should have an internal odometer. (They already have a little computer which tracks their current charge; adding an itty bit of flash shouldn't be very expensive.) |
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BBB stands for Better Business Bureau; perhaps it's a USA-specific thing. It's a chain of local organizations that you're supposed to call when you feel you've been treated unfairly (but not so unfairly that you'd call the cops). I don't know much about them, they're just canonical "people you call when you want to complain about a business". |
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Widely baked in less developed economies throughout the world. |
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Even widelier baked now that all phones charge from USB or
Lightning. |
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If you stand outdoors in a thunderstorm with your phone held above your head at arms length, the state of charge of the battery may soon be among the least of your worries. |
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Dear apple, after plugging the lightning adapter into
the lightning port on my iPhone, I was shocked to
see that the little lightning symbol did not appear on
the charge indicator. Carelessly, I forgot to add any
lightning to the other end of the cable. After
attaching the phone to a nearby radio tower, cable
extended upwards, I waited until 2-3 good strikes hit
the tower. Sadly, I can no longer find my iPhone, was
I using the wrong kind of lightning? Please let me
know which adapter I need. |
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I think one strike is enough. Try again with a new device. |
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"Dear User, you have successfully uploaded your device to the Cloud. There is nothing wrong; it is simply time for you to buy a ridiculously expensive upgrade." |
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