How to charge an iPhone/iPod with a camera charger

In this instructable, i am using my brother's camera charger to charge my iPod touch. As long as the charger is USB, it should work. If you mess up and destroy your charger/iphone/ipod, I am not responsible.

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Step 1: Materials

You will need:
iPhone/iPod
Your charging cable
a USB camera charger

fdsafdsaqwrewqrbsafdsagrgew says: Oct 16, 2012. 10:21 AM

why is this an instructable?

Weldeon (author) says: Oct 20, 2012. 11:21 AM

I was demonstrating that some devices not specifically made for Apple products can still be used.

ggarnier says: Sep 9, 2012. 6:24 PM

It would seem that the lesson here is that the 5V supply on a USB plug is a voltage source, not a current source. Just because an iPad charger can deliver more than (the minimum USB spec) 500 mA, doesn't mean it forces any more current into a device than it requires.

It would be good, though, if someone could confirm the comment about other (non-charging) lines on an iPod connector needing a dummy load across them before a charge is accepted.

klaurson says: Sep 30, 2011. 9:46 PM

Yea, great, but its pure beginners luck if it happens to work. Out of AC USB chargers I would say less than work this way. There is amps to start with (Apple demands more than average, iPad 2.1A). Crappy UBS AC chargers have voltages all over the place (not 5.0V, but 4 or 6 or whatever). Is there harm is trying random chargers? Probably not.

How about doing some investigation into this science (find the acceptable Volt and Amp ranges for different Apple devices)?

Finding a 12V car charger that works with all iOS devices was much more of a challenge. How to identify one that will work would be actually worthy of a Instructable.

joeydavies28 says: Aug 23, 2011. 9:48 PM

i liked it. who cares what they say dsmp.

Weldeon (author) says: Aug 24, 2011. 3:06 PM

Thanks :D

makincoolstuff says: Aug 22, 2011. 2:14 PM

is this a joke?

Weldeon (author) says: Aug 22, 2011. 3:33 PM

Nope.

dvnfntn says: Jul 31, 2011. 5:26 PM

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gto3000 says: Jul 29, 2011. 1:56 AM

it wont charge an iphone unless it has the dummy load on the data lines

Data643 says: Jul 31, 2011. 6:49 AM

Very True.

siamonsez says: Jul 29, 2011. 1:44 AM

really? yeah, it's got usb and it's plugged in and it's charging, it's a usb charger!
btw, is there a youtube video for this because I'm kinda confused. haha.

okoshima says: Jul 29, 2011. 11:45 AM

i see what you did there...

Weldeon (author) says: Jul 29, 2011. 9:07 AM

The charger was made for a camera, not an iPod/iPhone. That is kinda why I made it.

siamonsez says: Jul 29, 2011. 10:39 AM

Yeah, but a usb charger is a usb charger is a usb charger. They are all more or less interchangeable save for amperage output, and I think if you looked at any other ibles involving usb you could figure out that most people around here already know that.

Weldeon (author) says: Jul 29, 2011. 10:46 AM

This is true, but some people didn't know, so i just wanted to point it out, that is all.