Thread: Next version of KFire needs to have better USB charging
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Old 01-16-2012, 04:17 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Morpheus Phreak View Post
I use my Fire all the time while it's charging. I don't mean just via the supplied charger either. There are times when I'm at my PC and will have it hooked in via USB. I just set the display down to the lowest brightness, turn off WiFi, and read. It charges very slowly that way, but it does still charge.

Maybe mine is just an oddity for some reason...but I would highly doubt that.
No, yours is not an oddity. The Fire will charge off of your PC's USB port, albeit very slowly.
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