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(More customer reviews)I happened to be strolling through Best Buy this weekend and snatched this up. I have been looking for a dock-type solution for my EVO that lets me easily charge the phone at night since I use it as an alarm clock. My charging cable plugged into my headboard just wasn't a good situation, and I wanted something better.
The first unit I got at BB seemed to work well at first - I put everything together, and plopped the phone on the pad. The pad made the sound and lit up, but the phone would not charge. My phone charged just fine via regular cable. Further, an iPhone 3GS charged just fine on the pad as well, so the culprit was in the back case and its mini-usb connector.
After returning the defective unit to BB, I now have a new one that charges my EVO wonderfully! Except for one problem - the auto-shut off feature. The problem is, when the phone reaches 100%, the pad turns off as designed. However, my phone is still using battery power after that, and the battery begins to drain. The pad will eventually realize the phone needs charging again, but not until the battery has gotten significantly low - about 50% or lower. As soon as I reseat the phone, the pad starts charging again no matter what percentage my battery is at.
This is a problem - what if you pick up the phone from the pad after it's gone through a full charge and then drained significantly? You have to reseat the phone and wait to charge to 100%. This is ridiculous. I have contacted Powermat to see if this is an issue with just my unit, or if this is an issue in general, but seeing as the iPhone 3GS doesn't appear to have this same problem, I am guessing this is either a design flaw in the EVO product, or in my specific unit. However, given my initial experience, I am hesitant to bring the unit back to BB to potentially get another failed unit!!!
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