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mvphenryeto5:
Bro you bought panel, CC and battery just to be charging your phone with usb?

No o.

I bought it for laptop.

There's one DC distributor from my battery that I can use to power my laptop, so no need for inverter.


Initially, I bought only the battery to be charging it with NEPA.

But with their wahala, I later go 100watt panel.

Obnoxious2001:
No it doesn't

Okay.

Thanks a bunch

jplambert:
I advise you buy an inverter even if it's just sachet INVETER. You can get sachet Inveter for as low as 30k. Yes, you can use the usb port on the controller but not advisable

Thanks.

Will budget for that

Gshems:
Buy sachet inverter. Less than 25k

I read it like satchet water.

Don't know, is it pure sine wave?

I heard apart from pure sine wave inverters, others use to damage stuff.

Polaris1:
Been charging with similar CC for 3 years.
Excellent for one phone connected.
With 2 phones, it simply shares the current to the 2 phones - slower charging.

Thanks for sharing your experience.

I can now use it without worrying

jplambert:
Why do you want to use charge controller to charge phone when you can easily connect it to power outlet?

Nepa hardly bring light.

And I don't have inverter.

Just panel, charge controller and battery

acorntree:
. No, it won't affect phone battery life but not a fast charger , very slow in charging

Thanks.

So far it won't affect the phone, no problem.


No inverter for now, the charge controller, battery and panel is what has been sustaining me

Azazyel:
Thank God you gave him proper advice. That Redmi A3 is packaged crap for 100k+

Would have made same mistake.

Wanted to go for A2+ since it was below 100k.

But when I saw that it runs on Android GoogleGo, I became curious and decided to make a little research.


Asked about it on nairaland, and trust ogas them, they did justice to it, explaining how the GoogleGo edition have some restrictions.

I had to think twice.

acorntree:
then use DC to 5v converter if you're afraid of making mistakes with DC to DC converter adjustment. buy something like this below. first picture is DC to 5v converter , input voltage is 9v -- 18v, so it can be used with most solar panel with 50w to 150w , 18v output . the second pix is pwm charge controller with USB port for phone charging , you cant use this without a battery. it will burn out the circuit if connected directly to solar panel.

if you don't have access to any of these just buy car phone charger and use 100 ohm 5w resistor in series with +line, when connecting to the solar panel. but take note of the polarity+&-. but most car charger can only trickle charge that is slow in charging unless you can get 3A, 5v type.

Thanks for your input.


Please this charge controller that has USB port, does it affect phone?


Like Will it affect phone battery life or something similar?

Thanks

Please does charging phone with charge controller affect the phone?

Does it spoil phone?

Any input or experience.

I'll just use the USB port and put cord.


The image attached is the type of charge controller.
Thanks

Please o does charging phone with charge controller affect the phone?

Does it spoil phone?

Any input or experience.

I'll just use the USB port and put cord.


The image attached is the type of charge controller.
Thanks

Please does charging phone with charge controller affect the phone?

Does it spoil phone?

Any input or experience.

I'll just use the USB port and put cord.


The image attached is the type of charge controller.
Thanks

Comystar:
Thank you for your response 🙏

Don't know much about Redmi phones, but from what I learnt, Redmi A phones run on Android GoogleGo and this have some kind of limitations.

So it would be better to go for Redmi 13c

labi1977:
I sell moringa on jumia etc

Links please

noobody:
Even phones with gorilla victus requires solid tempered glass,

Better rush go buy one,

Replacement screens are not cheap.

Thanks.

Will surely do so

Phantom042:
I will buy your kdp account at any rate. Please drop your contact

Watin you do wey them ban your own

Please does one have to put screen guard on Redmi phone?


It seems they come with Corning Gorilla Glass, but I don't know if this is okay or screen guard is recommended.

Are you using screen guard?

noemal:
Already, phones that come with android go edition are grossly underpowered devices (i.e they have low ram and weak processor), that's why they come with a stripped down version of Android. Limitations will depend on what functionality the oem and the android version decide to remove for instance

1. if you have a 32 bit version of Android you will not be able to install 64bit apps

2. Some functionalities are unavailable e.g "notification access" an option that gives other apps permission access to your notification for customization or other purposes.

All in all, an average user won't notice the difference between normal android and go edition. But power users who need specific functions might find it lacking.

Thanks for the explanation.


I'm understanding better

oyaskii:
First of, Android go is like a very stripped down version of Android made for lower end devices that run on lower end chips, so the goal is to remove most of the functions that uses alot of resources in the main Android variant, from this go edition, so as not to overwhelm it because, it is thought that the person getting an Android go edition, is price restricted and just needs the basic functions of a mobile, which are calling, texting, light social media use, very very light game play etc.

"Display over apps" is a very intensive resource using function, that can easily slow down an Android go device and that's why it is removed, but there is a work around to enable it via ADB on a system, but i wouldn't advice that for obvious reasons.

If you are looking for a full "mobile experience" , then look away from Android go devices, as the cons outweighs the pros, worst still, even 4GB devices on "normal Android versions" are easily becoming overwhelmed by how Android apps eat resources now, so much so that, 6GB RAM devices might soon be the new norm, so imagine what these apps will do to an "Android Go" device!

I must add, Google go through the pain of making "lite versions" of thier apps for Android go devices, which is like a stripped down versions of the original, i think Facebook and some other apps do too, but most app developers don't bother making a lite versions, meaning if you want to use, WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord , Reddit etc you would have to download the only apps they have on the playstore, which will overwhelm the Android go device as time goes by.

So my advice is, if you are really stretched for cash and you can live with these limitations, by all means get the Redmi A2 device, but then again the device should be around 80 - 85k now due to the current economic reality, so the advantage of a lower cost that it holds compare to it's limitations is almost out of the window, so my best bet, is to look for mid rangers from yesterday years like the Redmi Note 8 pro or Redmi Note 9S on fairly used, which will be around that price mark, from reputable sellers on the sellers thread, as i think that will be a better deal, for example, The Redmi Note 9S runs on the Snapdragon 720G, which is a very very decent chipset still, today.

Shallom!

Thanks for the breakdown.

I understand better now

Skye123:
Yes, you're using a washed down version of the android OS. So, don't expect great performances in everything, even in apps access...

Really.

So it would affect performance.

I thought it's RAM and processor that affect performance.

Please this Redmi A2, it's like it's android go edition.

Please what are the limitations of the android go edition phones?

Learnt online that it doesn't allow 'display over other apps '

How does this affect it.

Educate me please

Please this Redmi A2, it's like it's android go edition.

Please what are the limitations of the android go edition phones?

Learnt online that it doesn't allow 'display over other apps '

How does this affect it.

Educate me please

Please what are the drawbacks of Redmi A2?

It's running on Android go edition, so I wonder if there are limitations