3GJUICE MAJOR MOJO AND 3GJUICE AIR LAUNCHED
February 20, 2009 by admin
Thanks to 150 4+ ratings on Amazon and 4,5 stars in 17 reviews, sales are good. I decided to invest your money into two new products, available right now through Amazon for pre order.
3GJUICE MAJOR MOJO – Some of you expressed that a stronger 3GJUICE would be perfect for transatlantic trips, really long commuting trips or even “boring meetings”. So I developed 3GJUICE MAJOR MOJO, a 5400 mAh battery which allows you to run your iPhone for a whole day. But I couldn’t help to make it a nice and portable battery. It’s only 5 ounces (145 grams) but has the same power as a small battery for a laptop.
It’s not a clip on but an external battery with a cable. I hate extra cables, so you can use your own iPhone charger cable for this product. It has excellent charging/recharging lights. Charge 3,5 hrs and battery AND iPhone will be 100% full of energy.
Users of other power hungry phones like the Nokia or Android G1, be prepared, the MAJOR MOJO will be suitable for your smartphone too. Retailprice: $95, including bonus set for G1, Nokia and TomTom. If you order through Amazon, you will pay $89,95. (in stock now)
3GJUICE MACBOOK AIR EXTERNAL BATTERY – This handmade and expensive product is the smallest (and only) external battery in the world for the Macbook Air. Doubles the life of your Macbook Air. Battery has 220,000 mAh – enough to make your MacBook Air work 3-5 hours longer. AVAILABLE NOW!
Already available now: 3GJUICE DELUXE 2.0 TRANSATLANTIC PACK : 3x the 1800 mAh 3GJUICE for a lower price.
“3x the 1800 mAh 3GJUICE for a cheaper price.” You probably mean “… for a lower price”
Pictures of your first 2 products attached to an iPhone please
And just saying my own opinion, the 3G Juice Mini is slightly too expensive for its battery life. I'm interested in it but I would choose the regular 3G Juice Deluxe if I'm going to purchase one because it's only a bit more expensive but offers slightly above 2x the 3G Juice Mini battery life.
Thanks, CORRECTED
Dear Nicholas,
After getting feedback of customers, we decided to don't do the Mini yet.
Wjat would your ideal battery look like?
Henk
A smaller version of the current 3GDeluxe.
IMO, the Mini design was alright. I was interested but the price compared to the battery life turned me off.
So I'll stick with the 3GDeluxe
“Price” questions aside (they are valid!), I rather like this idea of a bigger battery (I mean, in terms of capacity, not necessarily size), connecting by cable. I'm thinking mostly of overseas flights, though more and more these planes, even in economic class, have USB connectors you can of course use to charge. Otherwise, though, I should say that the original “3GJuice” is just classic in its simplicity and benefit. In fact, I bought it before I bought my iPHone….
Do you guys have any intention of creating a solar powered battery? Whether is it wired or not, I'll purchase it!
If it doesn't look weird.
Hi David,
The battery will have the size and thickness of a bigger candy bar. In field tests, it charges your iPhone almost 3x. Including a full load of the phone itself, you have 4x 100% energy. That should make you happy during a flight. You can load iPhone and Major Mojo at the same time. Still working on the manual and the bonus pack which will include stuff that makes it work with Nokia, Siemens and G1. Geek spec: it also works with the new Logitech Harmony 1100
Not yet…. but it's a good idea.
Where can i buy the 3GJUICE “MAJOR MOJO” in Europe? The Amazon.de store and the Strato Webshop only offer the “Deluxe” Version…?
You can't buy it yet outside the US, sorry. But I will post a message
when you can. Should be in two weeks, also available in Amazon.de. If
you want to help me with translating specs to German, I can even bring
it online sooner
You can't buy it yet outside the US, sorry. But I will post a message
when you can. Should be in two weeks, also available in Amazon.de. If
you want to help me with translating specs to German, I can even bring
it online sooner
You've got mail
You can't buy it yet outside the US, sorry. But I will post a message
when you can. Should be in two weeks, also available in Amazon.de. If
you want to help me with translating specs to German, I can even bring
it online sooner
Nicholas,
Regarding the lack of interim battery stats indicators. Could you develop software that would run on an iPhone or Mac, that would articulate this information when the 3GJuice product in plugged into one of these devices?
I am a new customer and I just received my Major Mojo. Just refunded a Mophie Air battery/case so I can get the Major Mojo.
The build quality on the Major Mojo is great. And for my style of use of the iphone, the dongle attached battery works better for me, than a case/battery style, which adds bulk. I am really looking fwd to 3 full charges from each Major Mojo cycle.
Still in the process of charging for my 1st time. Looks like it shipped 70%+ charged. Few questions and comments.
However, I found the instructions a bit confusing and here are my questions:
1. Are the a,b,c,d,e indicator lights assigned for the Major Mojo capacity or the iphone capacity?
2. It states in the manual that it recharges both the Major Mojo and the iphone simultaneously. However, it does not charge the iphone while charging the Major Mogo, unless i press the Button, turning the DC Out Light momentarily green, then turning red, to show it is now charging my phone. What i am saying is, it doesnt automatically start charging the phone, as it would plugging in the white oem iphone/usb cable to the wall outlet or a usb port. Please correct me if i am wrong.
3. I know that the Major Mojo will shut itself off while charging my iphone in transit, once my iphone is 100%. But when i am charging both at night while sleeping, will the major mojo also stop itself from overcharging itself and the iphone, when both are charging via a wall outlet?
Thx
1. What about this: both! If you use the AC charger for the Major Mojo, wait till 5 red lights are blinking and you're done. If you plug the Major Mojo into the iPhone, the lights will become green, starting with 5 green lights and diminishing during use
2. Yes you have to press once. Sorry, we should have written this more clearly
3. Absolutely, it's designed to let you sleep
It will stop itself. There is a lot of electronic circuit in the battery to make this happen.
I am not Nicholas, but the maker. Yes, we thought of this, but only the new SDK makes this possible.
When i connect my iphone to the laptop via the supplied usb to iphone cord (retractable), itunes does not initiate the sync process. But it does charge.
Is this normal?
If you use the Major Mojo: yes that's true. We advise in the manual to
use your own iPhone-cable (the white one) and not the bonus back cord
which is meant for charging only.
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 7:50 PM,
I just picked up the new iPhone 3Gs, which replaced my iphone 3G. There seems to be a small compatibility issue with the Major Mojo and 3Gs; i have linked the error message from my 3Gs below.
I was using the Major Mojo for about 2 weeks flawlessly with the original 3G. But as soon as I got the 3Gs, i tested if it would charge. in short it still does, but now there is an extra step required.
1. You attach the 3Gs with the supplied connectors and then hit the charge button.
2. The 3Gs will display an error message stating “Charging is not supported by this accessory.”
http://i43.tinypic.com/1z2hesj.jpg
3. if i unplug my 3Gs from the MajorMojo and quickly replug it in, it will then start to recharge as normal.
Any idea how to remove this quirk or malfunction?
Mailed you the solution already, but let me post it here too. Just use your
original iPhone cable and all will work fine! As you told me yourself
Henk
5400 mAh!! That's amazing! I just bought mine on Amazon.com. I don't care about price because not having a working phone is priceless. I went camping at a festival last month where battery power became rationed more than beer by friends. Wikipedia says the 3G battery is 1150 mAh. So does that mean this gets 4.6 charges?
I'm having the same problem as New Customer Matt. I have the U20 I-UP 5400 mobile power which is exactly the same as the Major Mojo (two company names, same piece of hardware) and trying to recharge my iPhone 3GS I get “Charging is not supported by this accessory.” The trick to quickly unplug it and then plug it back in allows it to start charging (you can see the lightning bolt icon on the battery icon on the iPhone) for about 2 min, but the battery charger turns off (seeming thinking there is nothing to charge). All of the above was experienced when using the wire setup that comes with the I-UP 5400, however if I use the white wire that originally comes with the iPhone to connect the two AND I do the unplug/re-plug in trick, THEN it does seem to keep charging. So basically this product would work if it came with a cord that works and instructions for how to get around the error message.
The remedy should be very simple.
1. Have your iPhone ready
2. Activate the Major Mojo by pressing the centre of the ring
3. Attach the Major Mojo
If you attach the Major Mojo without activating it first, you get an
error message.
Can you try this for me ( 1. 2. and 3)?
Henk
Actually yes that did work! It sounds so simple, I wish the instructions had been this clear. The charger absolutely needs to be powered on *first*, then attach to the phone. Thanks!
Your welcome. We did change this in the new manual.
Henk
Hi Henk,
I may have spoken too soon. It did work once, but now I can't repeat it. It
is again failing with the included cord. The issue is that it starts
charging (for maybe 30 seconds), but then the charged somehow decides that
it must not be connected to anything so the charger just shuts off. Any
ideas for me?
thanks,
Dave
Please do a test for me: use not our cable but that of your iPhone. Any changes?
I bought my MAJOR MOJO befor my Trip to Sweden, so i always have enough energy to track some routes with my iPhone 3G. It really works great!
But on one of our last days, someone smashed a window of our car and stole a bag with all my AC power cords/adapters for all my devices.
Now i can't charge my MAJOR MOJO any more! Where can i get a replacement for the MAJOR MOJO Power Adapter? Which other Powwer Adapter would work?
adding to my comment before:
I am from Germany, so i would need a Powerd Adaptorwho works here.
So what are you missing exactly? Only the power adapter or more?
Henk
The power adapter (http://tinyurl.com/lp6zna) to charge the MAJOR MOJO (in germany).
nothing more
Sure, will send you a new one today for free. Send the address to
support@3gjuice.com
Henk,
this is great! Thank you very much!
Claus
Will this also work with the palm pre? if so – do you supply the cable to connect that as well? thanks!
Yes it does. Besides our cable y can use the one that came with the Pre.
The power adapter arrived yesterday! I recharged the MAJOR MOJO at once!
Thank you very much for the great service!
Regards from Munich
Claus
Ypu're welcome! Glad I could help.
Henk van Ess
I am going to get a device next week, will see if it's worth my hard earned money.
Enjoy!
I just want to thank you to the developer of these great powerful batteries! Now I am able to use mu iPhone all the day without any thoughts about weak battery. Long and boring days at work are not boring at all now! Thanks for your efforts and I am looking forward to other great inventions from you.
Looking for a iPhone battery extender. Will the iPhone work (apps, phone, text, music, video) while Major Mojo is attached and chargine the phone?
That's the whole point of having such power horse
Yes you can. Most
customers use it in the plane with Mojo attached.
Henk van Ess
ceo 3gjuice.com
Thanks!
Hello Henk,
My 3GJuice always worked flawlessly with my if iPhone 3G – but I'm getting the “accessory not supported for charging” thing with my 3GS – any ideas on this?
Yes sure, when we made yours we didn't knew of 3GS yet
Contact
support@3gjuice.com for a new one. The new series does support 3GS.
Henk
awesome, just awesome!
The build quality on the Major Mojo is great. And for my style of use of the iphone, the dongle attached battery works better for me, than a case/battery style, which adds bulk. I am really looking fwd to 3 full charges from each Major Mojo cycle.
Regarding the lack of interim battery stats indicators. Could you develop software that would run on an iPhone or Mac, that would articulate this information when the 3GJuice product in plugged into one of these devices?
Thanks for sharing this with me.
Henk van Ess
Got it, love it, changed my life! Now I don't have to seek out power outlets at the airport, or haul my power cord with me all day when I'm working outside the office. Only downside I can see is that the on button is right out there where it can be unintentionally turned on while in the briefcase. Somehow my original packaging got thrown out with the Christmas mess, so there might have been a protective case of some sort. Don't care, though. I love this thing!
Thanks!!
Henk
Great product. I really wants to give it a try.
Long and boring days at work are not boring at all now! Thanks for your efforts and I am looking forward to other great inventions from you.
I've got a Major Mojo 3G Juice and like many others, love it for the extended life it gives my iPod and iPhone during extended periods without electrical power for charging. Like others, however, I either misplaced or lost my external charger for the Major Mojo itself. I have a universal charger that should work on it, but I don't have the information as to whether the center pin is positive or negative for charging. Could you furnish me with this information? Thanks.
Does anyone know if this site is still being monitored and responded to?
What are the prices and where it is available ?
Sure, how can I help?
We can send you a new charger, please contact support@3gjuice.com
What is the warranty period for the Major Mojo battery?
6 months, but if you have any problems beyond that date, please
contact support@3gjuice.com – we can work something out.
Hi,
I'm afraid I've lost the handy USB power cable of Major Mojo.
Where and at what price can I order a spare one?
You can get one for free, mail your request to support@3gjuice.com
Sent from my iPad
I recently purchased a small portable solar array from Brunton. It's a 12 V system. Would I be putting my 3GJuice Major Mojo in danger if I charge it from the 12 V solar array?
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Problem, I live in The Netherlands and want to order one by Amazon. But I receive an eror, not possible to ship this to my destination. Do you know what can be wrong. I need this 3Gjuice about 3 weeks already when I go to the outback of Africa.
Wow nice to know regarding 3G Juice! The specifications are so very clearly described, thank you. I was not aware of many specifications that you have shared. Cheers!
I can't figure out how to insert a plug int othe socket of the charger. The provided instructions do not help as they are written in a strange English.
Can you please help?
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I hate extra cables, so you can use your own iPhone charger cable for this product. It has excellent charging/recharging lights
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