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Originally Posted by mwheinz
And, again, that depends on the USB port, obviously. Ports that don't provide more power than the spec requires (100mA) certainly aren't going to be able to charge a running NC, and may not be able to charge it even if its completely shutdown.
Something that's electrically safe and readily available is considerably preferable to having a wall-wart that generates between 2 and 20 times the amount of power generated by other wall-warts, but which will happily let an unsuspecting user plug their phone into it.
Hey, quick question: Why do 110v and 220v outlets have different plugs?
Personally, I'm trying to figure out how my asking the question "do NCs still charge from USB ports, because mine doesn't seem to" turn into you spending several posts telling me how wrong I am, first by complaining that at least the B&N connector "wasn't proprietary", and then turning around and saying "of course it's proprietary!"
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I never said you were wrong that your PC USB ports aren't charging the NC. But you said yourself they did charge it, albeit very slowly. I said my standard USB charger (which is 500mA) works at about 10% per hour. If yours is 100mA the problem should be obvious. I also never said the NC cable wasn't proprietary, although reading through the post I can see the misunderstanding. I was pointing out that it also was designed to support the microUSB standard on top of the proprietary charger, which most of its competitors do not do.
The NC charger cable has extra pins that stick out longer that make it impossible to use on other microUSB devices. Other USB cables plugged into the wall wart would not have these extra pins that carry the extra power and therefore should pose no danger. I'll admit I've never tried it and am not postitive on that point though.
edit: I also apologize if my posts are rubbing you the wrong way. I tend to be a bit blunt but I do actually enjoy these kind of discussions as I think it is helpful to others to get the whole story out there.