Users already had several options to increase the Charge Current above 500 mA for special cases when required, see post: (use USB Connector, tie Data Lines, etc) and everyone could still operate remote Borons w/ Solar Panels prior to 1.3.1.
@avtolstoy , Thanks for the Reply. I’ll give that a try the next time I have a Boron on my test rig, unless @epbwhiz beats me to it 
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