1. Dhiraj Shilwant's Avatar
    Is it safe to use other charger rather than default charger given in the box?

    Posted via CB10
    11-03-14 01:23 PM
  2. anon(1852343)'s Avatar
    I wouldn't unless it's a BlackBerry playbook rapid charger for bb10 phones



    Blackberry Passport running 10.3.1.1016
    11-03-14 01:25 PM
  3. Carl Estes's Avatar
    You need 800 milliamps/.8 amp output.
    11-03-14 01:28 PM
  4. muttley_gawule's Avatar
    I wouldn't unless it's a BlackBerry playbook rapid charger for bb10 phones



    Blackberry Passport running 10.3.1.1016
    What are the disadvantages


    Posted via CB10
    11-03-14 02:20 PM
  5. LostOnThePianoRoll's Avatar
    What are the disadvantages


    Posted via CB10
    The phone usually complains whenever I put another charger in it. It does charge but it says the "please use the charger that came with your device" thing.


    Posted via CB10 on my Z10STL100-1/10.3.1.821
    11-03-14 02:27 PM
  6. neel69's Avatar
    Never faced any issue while charging Z3 with the PlayBook's charger.

    Posted via CB10
    11-04-14 03:06 AM
  7. jefbeard911's Avatar
    In theory, it would be ok to use another brand charger. All put out about the same charge and the circuitry in the phone will tell the charger to stop charging.

    The problem comes from very cheap, low quality chargers. They don't all have the proper protection circuitry in them. So if it's a quality aftermarket charger I would say it fine, but a cheap one maybe not.

    Below is an excerpt from an article on batteryuniversity.com. It's mostly about cheap, counterfeit batteries but the part on chargers applies:

    "Caution also applies to purchasing counterfeit chargers. Some aftermarket chargers do not terminate the battery correctly and rely on the battery's internal protection circuit to cut off the charge when the battery is full. The need for redundancy in charging is important because a bona fide battery could have a malfunctioning protection circuit that was damaged by a static charge or other cause. If, for example, the maker of the counterfeit battery relies on the charger to terminate the charge, and the manufacturer of the charger depends fully on the battery's protection circuit, a combination exists that can have serious consequences."

    Sent from my awesome BlackBerry Z3 running BlackBerry 10 - 2BBEAACF
    mhuzaifa likes this.
    11-04-14 05:04 AM

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