Comments on: Brando iPhone 3G “iPower” Review (First Impressions)

By: Chintan

Chintan — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:22:22 +0000

DON’T BUY THIS!!!! The first one I received worked great for two weeks. Then one day the clip on the receiving end (where you would connect a wall/usb plug to charge the iPower) loosened and fell back INTO the unit. So now there is no way of charging the iPower. Basically it is just a thick case now. I emailed the distributor and then agreed to send me a replacement. Awesome.. until 2 weeks of having this new one, and the same thing happened.

Its just not put together properly. Spend $20 more on a better product.

By: suggestions for battery extender or ways to make the battery last

suggestions for battery extender or ways to make the battery last — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:08:10 +0000

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By: Chris (Admin)

Chris (Admin) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:43:51 +0000

yeah the speaker has pretty much stopped working on mine too – its a joke.

as for charging the iPower – if the lights are all blinking together, its not charging, if they light up in sequence slowly 1-2-3 in a loop, it is.

I learned this only after finding it uncharged overnight when plugged in and didnt know why.

This is definitely one flaky product, but it definitely keeps my iPhone running twice as long – as long as I check to make sure its charging correctly.

By: Triste

Triste — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:31:13 +0000

just wanted to find out if any other person had this experience like me and from all the reviews I’ve read, no one seems to have this issue.

To quote “When plugged into the standard iPhone charger, the iPower will always charge the phone first, then it will charge itself – the iPhone’s battery always gets precedence. ‘

When I do this, sure, the iphone 3G gets charged fully first, but then the iPower 3G just has its LED lights blinking together furiously and does this the ENTIRE night, it never ever seems to “automatically” switch to charging itself fully.

I’ve tried leaving it overnight to charge but no dice- the iPower still only has 2 bars of power remaining, as if it never has been charged at all!

It is only when I either switch off and on the iPhone that, the iPower actually charges itself by having the lights blinking in succesion as if the iPhone isn’t there, OR if I remove the iPhone.

Oh oh, and why does it seem that the iPower takes forever to charge even though it has 66% at least of battery life left?

Can anyone please help me on this?or at least tell me if my unit is faulty or not so I can bring it back for repairs.

Oh yea, my speaker died after 1 week of use.

By: Chris (Admin)

Chris (Admin) — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:32:36 +0000

lightbrazer thanks for the tip I will use that one alot!

By: Lightbrazer

Lightbrazer — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:26:59 +0000

The iPhone DOES have a wifi only mode. You put it into airplane mode (this toggles everything off) then while still in airplane mode go to settings/wifi and turn it back on. This will leave everything BUT the wifi off and violla you’re in wifi only mode. Yet another of the undocumented iPhone features.

By: Chris (Admin)

Chris (Admin) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:20:03 +0000

Yeah George I have started to notice the intermittent speaker problem and the other problems you mention.

As for the battery, my iPhone was dead the other day while the iPower was charging – charged it right up to 100% pretty quickly and the iPower still showed 2 lights of power left.

So, the battery seems pretty kickass so far, the speaker is a mess as you mention.