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jeather · 11-16-2011, 02:39 PM

So, the Vox charger is terrible -- way too short to be usable. And it won't charge over USB, and my other chargers won't do 5V2A. So I bought one 5V2A, but it had a USB port, it wasn't a dedicated cable, and it refused to charge the Vox (charged my phone fine). I bought a dedicated 5V2A charger, and it also won't charge the Vox. (I've checked out battery status, it says discharging. I've left it in for an hour, still no change in charge level.)

Does anyone have a *specific charger* which they have *successfully used* to charge the Vox? Not an "any charger should work" comment, because maybe it should, but they don't. You cannot buy a spare charger from Kobo, and in any case unless they gave a useful one, with a long cable, I would not purchase one from them.

I am in Canada, so a link to a product available here would be useful. I very much like the device on other fronts, but the pickiness about chargers might be a death knoll.

11-16-2011, 02:39 PM	#1
jeather Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 23418 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Montreal Device: Kobo Glo	Successfull charging the Vox? So, the Vox charger is terrible -- way too short to be usable. And it won't charge over USB, and my other chargers won't do 5V2A. So I bought one 5V2A, but it had a USB port, it wasn't a dedicated cable, and it refused to charge the Vox (charged my phone fine). I bought a dedicated 5V2A charger, and it also won't charge the Vox. (I've checked out battery status, it says discharging. I've left it in for an hour, still no change in charge level.) Does anyone have a specific charger which they have successfully used to charge the Vox? Not an "any charger should work" comment, because maybe it should, but they don't. You cannot buy a spare charger from Kobo, and in any case unless they gave a useful one, with a long cable, I would not purchase one from them. I am in Canada, so a link to a product available here would be useful. I very much like the device on other fronts, but the pickiness about chargers might be a death knoll.