Charging iPhone from MA batteries

[Topo]

I was online with DJI support for 45 minutes trying to figure out why this is not working. I'm using the "battery to power bank adaptor", attached to the battery, then a USB cable to phone. Nothing I've tried 3 different phones, different cables, 3 different batteries (all charged fully). DJI could not sort it out and said they would have to submit the problem to engineering. Seems like such a no-brainer...attach the adaptor to battery, plug in USB cable to phone....but nothing I attach to the adaptor detects any power source. Who has used a battery as a charging source like this? Does it work? thanks

 

[Deleted member 94047]

I assume you are turning the battery on.

 

[brass_monkey]

I thought that adapter was designed to charge the MA batteries from a powerbank. I suspect there's circuitry inside designed to regulate charge rate etc and that's why you can't draw power out of it

 

[Deleted member 3792]

And You have ofcourse pushed the button on the battery?

 

[Topo]

I assume you are turning the battery on.

by momentarily pressing the button that shows it's level of charge? I did that, and it lit up the leds indicating full charge, but that did not change the outcome..is there another way to turn it on?

 

[Unknown Pilot]

I thought that adapter was designed to charge the MA batteries from a powerbank. I suspect there's circuitry inside designed to regulate charge rate etc and that's why you can't draw power out of it

Quite the opposite.

 

[Topo]

I thought that adapter was designed to charge the MA batteries from a powerbank. I suspect there's circuitry inside designed to regulate charge rate etc and that's why you can't draw power out of it

I thought that as well, but the gender of the adaptor is to attach to the battery, and DJI support showed me images of it connected.

 

[Deleted member 94047]

by momentarily pressing the button that shows it's level of charge? I did that, and it lit up the leds indicating full charge, but that did not change the outcome..is there another way to turn it on?

You have to actually turn on the battery, as in quick press release and long press. The same way you turn it on when powering the drone.

 

[Topo]

You have to actually turn on the battery, as in quick press release and long press. The same way you turn it on when powering the drone.

ooh...that would make sense..duh ....I would have thought that might have been the first thing dji support would have told me, but they never mentioned anything about turning the battery on. l'll have to try it when I get home after work.

 

[Deleted member 94047]

ooh...that would make sense..duh ....

Sometimes, it is so easy to miss the obvious.

 

[Air_Joe]

Thats right,
1. Press and let go
2. Press and hold
Just like how u on ur bird.

I would say the batt is great ‘powerbank’ , it charge up my iphone x at a much faster rate than most powerbank do [emoji23]

Not to mention i used this way to discharge my batt at times, when my fully charged up batt for flying is cancel due to weather or somethg else

 

[Unknown Pilot]

Not to mention i used this way to discharge my batt at times, when my fully charged up batt for flying is cancel due to weather or somethg else

Why? They'll do the job themselves at their recommended intervals.

 

[Air_Joe]

Why? They'll do the job themselves at their recommended intervals.

simple reason, rather letting them do themselves and let the power 'disappear,
i guess it better idea for me to use it to charge my phone.

 

[Mrmund]

by momentarily pressing the button that shows it's level of charge? I did that, and it lit up the leds indicating full charge, but that did not change the outcome..is there another way to turn it on?

Tap once, then hold until it lights upand stays on.
I had the same confusion first time I tried