Originally Posted by ncscott

Hey all,
I tried to make a battery powered (aka powered by AA type batteries) charger to charge my cell phone and it failed miserably. I can see most chargers on the market get powered by internal batteries that can not get changed out. I also read the reviews of a couple of the chargers on Amazon and they have the same problems as my home made one (they charge the phone battery to about 17 percent and nothing more and might actually remove power from my phone).
So can someone recommend a charger or tell me what you guys do?
Thanks,