Does anyone know if it’s possible with a charger for the G4 if you can charge it and turn on the Bluetooth at the same time, in order to have it send to a Bluetooth device and be charged. I know the larger amplified charger will not allow it to be on & be transmitting Bluetooth. Does anybody know if the simple charger will Allow that?
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BT & Charging
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scanner92us
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The basic charger will not pass Bluetooth. The only way to charge and have Bluetooth audio is to connect the USB cord directly to the G4.
I have the amplified charger for my G4. I use a Bluetooth adapter connected to the audio out. The audio with this setup has more volume and clearer than anything I can achieve with the Unication Bluetooth. As far as I’m concerned the Unication Bluetooth is the only negative thing I’ve found with the devices.
Thank you very much for your reply. I’ve got my question answered appreciate it.
Yes you can, I taped over one of the pin outs and it works, can't remember which one but it works. I believe it's the audio out or charger detect? It has been a while, but just a tiny piece of electrical tape. Experiment
I just tested it, works with charger programmer detect pin covered with tape.
Picscan, Thank you so much for this tip. It does work. Really Great. I am curious How you found this trick to try. Thanks again.
You're welcome. I think just by reading around and experimenting. All I had near me was duct tape so I did it hastily. You might have to remove it for programming but I never program it in the cradle anyway. I cannot take credit for the diagram, I found it in the forum.
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Thank you so much it worked perfectly and it serve the purpose that I’ve been so desiring, makes my G4 so much more usable in handy.
Another quick question, do you know if it would also work on just a simple non-amplified drop in charger from Unication. Do you know if it has similar contacts to the bottom of the pager, therefore the same mod would work?
Yes, it works on my non amplified Unication charger.
Perfect, I wish to get a small charger too so was nice to hear. Thanks again so much.
