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      08-30-2011, 02:15 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Patrys@BimmerTech View Post
My guess is that your iPhone, thumbdrive and the hub draw too much current when they are connected at the same time and the USB port can't handle it.
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Originally Posted by ssabripo View Post
that's where I was leaning towards!

technics and I were discussing this, and I was leaning towards that as the culprit. I guess there is no way around tapping on the cradle usb wiring or getting a cradle, and leaving the usb input for the thumbnail.
I did not think of a current problem as I ASSuMEd that the main USB port was split into two -iPhone in the cradle, USB stick in the port- in parallel, and thus having enough current for two devices.

But it looks like the cradle have its own power source separately from the USB port itself.
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