***The Official HP TouchPad Thread***

[Beans on toast Dave]

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[PR.]

Has anyone seen any touchstones for the Touchpad for sale at £35? Everywhere I've looked they've been out of stock.

 

[Hamster]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/TOUCHPAD-MA...5SLW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314564992&sr=8-1

?????

Difficult to know whether that would provide enough juice without it giving any specs. I have a generic plug with usb socket and when I try charging the touchpad with that, if i recall correctly i get a message saying something along the lines of there's not enough power to charge properly/quickly. No problems with the official plug though.

 

[kona786]

Difficult to know whether that would provide enough juice without it giving any specs. I have a generic plug with usb socket and when I try charging the touchpad with that, if i recall correctly i get a message saying something along the lines of there's not enough power to charge properly/quickly. No problems with the official plug though.

a 1.2amp (which I have) will still charge the touchpad though I think - obviously just not as fast as a 2A charger.

I'll probably buy the one I linked earlier.

EDIT - Robbo, seeing as you have an iPad can you test whether the ipad usb plug works ok with the touchpad (see if the ' not enough power' message pops up).

 

[-BA-]

And the full international kit!

What I found strange about the kit that came with the touchstone was the the barrell shaped bit didn't seem to fit the plugs parts that came with it. It had 2 prongs that fold out but no way to hook it up to the plug heads. I had to plug the USB into the plug that came with the TP instead.

 

[Hamster]

a 1.2amp (which I have) will still charge the touchpad though I think - obviously just not as fast as a 2A charger.

I'll probably buy the one I linked earlier.

EDIT - Robbo, seeing as you have an iPad can you test whether the ipad usb plug works ok with the touchpad (see if the ' not enough power' message pops up).

I think my generic one is just 1A. This is the message in case anyone wants to know:

Device may not charge
Your device is connected to a charging source that provides less than the recommended voltage or current. To reliably charge, use the power adapter and USB cable for your device.

Also when i plug a micro usb cable directly into a usb port in my pc, I get no such message and it doesn't even look as though it's charging (no lightning symbol). It is an old Socket A pc though.

 

[Robbo]

EDIT - Robbo, seeing as you have an iPad can you test whether the ipad usb plug works ok with the touchpad (see if the ' not enough power' message pops up).

It doesn't work. Not enough power.

 

[kona786]

It doesn't work. Not enough power.

interesting as the ipad has a 2A (10W) charger.

 

[PhillyDee]

What I found strange about the kit that came with the touchstone was the the barrell shaped bit didn't seem to fit the plugs parts that came with it. It had 2 prongs that fold out but no way to hook it up to the plug heads. I had to plug the USB into the plug that came with the TP instead.

I thought that initially, you need to twist the end off . . . .

 

[Jono8]

I thought that initially, you need to twist the end off . . . .

*goes to check adapter left in box*

Ohhhhhh

*feels stupid*

 

[prototype10]

updated to 3.0.2 and now all of a sudden my touchpad does not shut down, the sleep button is only putting it to sleep, held it many times and nothing..

 

[Hamster]

How long are you holding the power button for? I have to press mine for quite a long time before the option to power off is offered.

 

[prototype10]

more than 20 secs, even held it for over a min.

 

[Jono8]

more than 20 secs, even held it for over a min.

hm seems too long.

I have just done a test on mine and it takes a hold of 5 seconds for the option to shut down to come up.

 

[muon]

interesting as the ipad has a 2A (10W) charger.

2.5A actually. Very surprised it doesn't work.

Anyone tried their 1A phone charger?

 

[Hamster]

more than 20 secs, even held it for over a min.

Definitely too long. Have a look into webOS doctor.

http://forums.precentral.net/hp-touchpad/293028-new-touchpad-heres-your-get-started-guide.html

I haven't used it myself so wait for advice from someone who knows what they're talking about before doing anything drastic!

 

[-BA-]

*goes to check adapter left in box*

Ohhhhhh

*feels stupid*

Oops me too

Thanks PhillyDee

 

[rG-tom]

hmm I have paid for the advanced browser for tabbed browsing, but links that request a new window like any link from ocuk still create a new card! Any way around this?


cheers

Tom.

 

[t@xman]

Is there a way of transferring files via wifi?

you could use your BOX cloud storage to upload and then download to the TP.

 

[Sin_Chase]

Why don't you host a local web server on your main PC with IIS/Apache/Software of choice and then just download from that over wireless with the web browser? Using cloud storage is silly when you don't need to leave the internal network.