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Q: How can I get connected to Lawrence Finch?

Just read a thread about chargers and the capability to use an IPad charger with an iPhone.  Lawrence Finch solved the problem, but how he did it was wonderful!  Like to get in touch with him.

Ken

 

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Posted on May 3, 2014 8:45 AM

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Q: How can I get connected to Lawrence Finch?

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  • by kb1951,

    kb1951 kb1951 May 3, 2014 8:53 AM in response to KennyF7749
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    May 3, 2014 8:53 AM in response to KennyF7749

    You will have to wait and hope that he sees this post.

  • by KennyF7749,

    KennyF7749 KennyF7749 May 3, 2014 8:56 AM in response to kb1951
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    May 3, 2014 8:56 AM in response to kb1951

    I'm a patient person.

    Thanks,

  • by fromsouth,

    fromsouth fromsouth May 3, 2014 9:05 AM in response to KennyF7749
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    May 3, 2014 9:05 AM in response to KennyF7749

    The best way to attract attention is to post it in the thread that person participated recently  That would be the thread he seems to be partial of.

    https://discussions.apple.com/message/24561468

     

    according to his last post he was rebooting computers (or something else) 50 years ago.

  • by KennyF7749,

    KennyF7749 KennyF7749 May 3, 2014 9:08 AM in response to fromsouth
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    May 3, 2014 9:08 AM in response to fromsouth

    Super!  Thanks for the advice.

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair May 3, 2014 10:05 AM in response to KennyF7749
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    May 3, 2014 10:05 AM in response to KennyF7749

    KennyF7749 wrote:

     

    Just read a thread about chargers and the capability to use an IPad charger with an iPhone.  Lawrence Finch solved the problem, but how he did it was wonderful!  Like to get in touch with him.

    Ken

    If you start a thread explaining the issue, you should get help from lots of people.

     

    There should be no problem using an iPad charger with an iPhone. I've been doing it since the first iPad as it's easier to carry the same charger for both devices.

     

    And, yes, Lawrence is incredibly knowlegable. We're lucky to have him here.

     

    Best of luck.

  • by mrlawrencelam,

    mrlawrencelam mrlawrencelam Mar 22, 2016 11:40 AM in response to KennyF7749
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    Mar 22, 2016 11:40 AM in response to KennyF7749

    Lawrence Finch wrote an article at Everything you wanted to know about charging your iPhone or iPad . Theoretically this is a great article and I know many people in internet thank him for his explanation. Unfortunately he missed out something - the facts!

     

    Finch said:

    If it takes your iPad charger (2.1A) 5 hours to charge up your iPad with the iPhone charger (1.0A) it will take 10 hours to charge it because it is about 1/2 the watts and amps.

    I did a lab test using a current meter and it showed that Finch was wrong about the statement above.

     

    When you charge an iPad Air with an iPad charger (2.1A), the current flowing into the iPad is NOT 2.1A. You will get not more than 1.6A when your iPad's battery is almost flat. But Finch assumed that the current is 2.1A. The iPad charger is just a transformer and techinically it shouldn't be called a charger. The actual charger is residing in your iPhone/iPad and it is the one that is regulating the power. I do not know why, but the iPad is only allowing less than 1.6A entering it (and not 2.1A).