[Willow]

It always depends on what you want to do… or better want to play

If your device is close to its performance limits, charging in the same time would not be the best idea… but this is not specific for the cube… high temperatures are never good for batteries.

If you play games which not need all the power of the cpu you can surely charge it whithout grilling the battery!

[Willow]

Sure… but you shouldn’t

The battery is getting hot during charging… the cpu also (and will slow down more often) and by charging and consuming the battery it will lose faster capacity.

 

You also need an adapter… if you get a single one you pay maybe 2 euro… 5.5×2.1 to 3.5×1.35

Onite 28 Stück Universal Netzteil adapter 5.5×2.1mm zu 28 DC Stecker Anschluss set+3 DC kabel für Laptop einsetzbar https://www.amazon.de/dp/B01C5F4GW0/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_ppwYybKXGFH65

[Willow]

Hi

 

Sounds like your device is overheating. This is a known problem.

 

For the charging: you need a powerbank which supports higher voltages (20v) and more important power delivery. QC doesnt work.

There are not a lot of such powerbanks available in germany (and in general).

You can do it in the way I did it by buying a powerbank with dc connector… sure you cannot charge via USB and need a adapter but you can charge it instead of going out of power after 2 hours

XTPower® XT-16000QC2 Powerbank moderner DC/USB QC2 Akku mit 15600mAh – 1x USB, 1x USB QC2 und DC Anschluss von 12 bis 24V 65W max. https://www.amazon.de/dp/B01JZA76B6/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_zKnYyb6YQZZG7

[Willow]

Gearbest is always saying that they are out of stock and offers nice refunds like $20 for keeping it damaged.

My one was used and damaged and they told me exactly the same even if their homepage showed something different.

They told me my device was not used, but they are checking all devices if they are working before they send them out… sure 😀

[Willow]

I can confirm that this powerbank is working.

https://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B01JZA76B6/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85Z%C3%95%C3%91&qid=1484759120&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=xtpower&dpPl=1&dpID=31xiYlSruJL&ref=plSrch

Of course you can only use the dc port for this and need an aditional adapter for 3.5/1.35 but at least it charges without any Problems 🙂

[Willow]

Hi,

have the same issue but in the middle directly aorund the camera.

Gearbest does not want to sent a replacement or refund it completly with the shipment costs (a******!)

Problem is, that no repair service here wants to repair it because they say they cannot get the right spare parts… so how did you repair it and how was the result?

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