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[Q] What's it take to charge this thing?

I just switched from a Revolution to a Gnex and apparently it takes a different charger or cable to charge correctly. I have 4 different chargers, all of which worked fine with the Revolution and still work fine with my wife's Moto Droid. I have an OEM Moto Droid charger, LG Revolution charger, Monoprice charger, and one other generic charger. They all output 1A (1000mAh). I've also tried every combination of OEM and aftermarket cables I have. All of them will charge if I have the phone off, and some if I just have the screen of, but will take all night. But on all of them, if I have the screen on and doing anything it will actually discharge even though it shows it is charging AC. The kicker is, I can have it on full brightness, streaming Bluetooth over LTE on the car charger and it charges like a beast! So the question is, what do I need to get in terms of charger and cable to get full charging potential?

Odd. Mine charges with any old charger. Works with my old HTC Desire charger, Samsung charger from a old Samsung jet, Xperia x10 charger, motorola defy charger, computer USB and pretty much anything I find laying in the office. Seems odd you can't one of them to work... could be a fault or you have awful luck.
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Works for me with the Samsung cable, HTC Evo 4G cable, Samsung wall socket, Apple wall socket, USB to computer, USB to XBOX, etc..

Hmm, I figured just about any of them should work. I was going crazy last night trying different chargers and cables. I've seen some talk about special cables and grounded pins on car chargers, does any of that matter for wall chargers?

I have the same issue can't use a charger to a Droid x or Droid 3 when I connect it it does nothing
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I tried 6 different chargers, and only the one that came with it worked. I had to buy a Samsung one from amazon, and they shipped me two. Both of those worked fine. I think some of them are just picky. I also got a Motorola car charger to work, so I think all car chargers work.
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njKeever said:
I have an OEM Moto Droid charger, LG Revolution charger, Monoprice charger, and one other generic charger. They all output 1A (1000mAh).
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I'm sorry, but this is just not true. The OEM Motorola Droid charger outputs 850mA, not 1A. I have 3 Original OEM Motorola Droid wall chargers and all 3 are the same 850mA rated.

I'm able to charge with my original Nexus One wall charger and car charger and keep pace, even at full brightness, etc. I use either that or the stock wall charger for full charging, but my understanding is the same as yours: USB downvolts charging power so if it shows status of Charging (USB), you might not keep pace. Which is absurd, but there you have it.

ZeroBarrier said:
I'm sorry, but this is just not true. The OEM Motorola Droid charger outputs 850mA, not 1A. I have 3 Original OEM Motorola Droid wall chargers and all 3 are the same 850mA rated.
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Man, you can't get away with anything around here! You are correct, the Droid charger outputs 850mAh. I double checked the others and they are 1A. I'm going to order a couple of the highest rate Samsung chargers on Amazon and see if they make a difference.

Xperia Mini charger to charge HTC One V?

It's very difficult to again and again detach the USB Cable from the charger to connect my phone to my PC and vice versa. I just wanted to ask whether I can use my old phone's (Xperia Mini) charger and USB cable to charge HTC One V... Then it would be so easy.. also tell me if i can use my HTC One V's USB Cable to connect Xperia Mini to my PC...

if both are usb mini, yes you can
check the voltage and amperage of the chargers.
ps: i charge my phone with apple 4s charger!!!!

do what i did, buy a lead for the pc and keep the one in your charger for good.....

what's a lead?
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All usb ports and chargers provide 5V of power and are completely interchangeable. Your charger may offer more current (amps) than a PC's usb port and therefore may charge the device quicker.

klosik said:
All usb ports and chargers provide 5V of power and are completely interchangeable. Your charger may offer more current (amps) than a PC's usb port and therefore may charge the device quicker.
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HTC's wall charger can dispatch 1A of current, while SonyEricsson (or sony)'s wall charger produce 700mA (0,7A). Desktop or laptop hardware are made for 500mA, but since 2-3 years, they are made for 1 or 2A (search manufakturer for more details). I have a home made microUSB cable for current monitoring, and the V wants ~500mA when charging with 3G and GPS off WiFi on.
The USB is a standard, so the voltage (5V +- 10%) must be that. The microUSB is a standard too, so the cable has the same cable allocation at htc and sony and nokia and so on.
I use the phone with my old SE X8's charger and cable .
V has a quite good charge monitor and controller hardware in it, so problem is unlikeley to occure.

diffrent between wall chargers

hello
I have the orginal nexus 5 wall charger
http://i59.tinypic.com/34oscra.jpg
and one that I bought in Germany
http://i57.tinypic.com/14l6edv.jpg
the new one from Germany is 2.1 a
and the orginal one is 1.2 a and the orginal one is fastter I tied also with the orginal cable both of them..why is that?
thank you

Probably just something as simple as either exaggerated output specs on the German one, or poor build quality.

maybe the exaggerated output specs on the German one are fake?

It could be that the German one is not actually delivering its advertised output, or it could be that the German one is designed to power Apple devices. Essentially, Android chargers short the data pins so that there is no voltage across them. This tells the phone that its a wall charger and it can draw as much power as it needs. Chargers for Apple devices put a voltage across the data pins to tell the phone what the output of the charger is.
If you go to Settings -> Battery while it's charging on the German charger, does it say "Charging (AC)" or "Charging (USB)"?

it said charging usb..

I7210I said:
it said charging usb..
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That solves the mystery then. The German charger is designed using the Apple standard so the Nexus 5 thinks it is a laptop USB port instead of a charger. That means it will only draw 500mA (vs 1200mA from the stock charger). You could either buy a different charger or just get a charge-only adapter or cable to use with the charger (assuming the German charger has a removable cable).
http://www.amazon.com/PortaPow-Fast...AJOU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411398618&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/PortaPow-Micr...TYUE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411398695&sr=8-1
Make sure to buy the "Universal" version, not the Apple version. These items short the two data pins so that the cable will not work for transferring data but will always be seen as an AC adapter by the phone.

I tried also with the original cable that comes with the nexus and it suppose to be ok and it's not ... there is cable more the original one???

I7210I said:
I tried also with the original cable that comes with the nexus and it suppose to be ok and it's not ... there is cable more the original one???
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I thought I explained it in my last post but the issue is with the charger, not the cable. The cable and adapter I linked to will fix the incompatibility with the charger.

ok I understand now I will order it soon

What's the secret of HTC USB cable ?

Hello
My htc one m8 charging fast when i use htc usb cable but if i pluged another usb cable it's charing so slow.
Currently i charging with Note 3 charger & original Samsung usb cable
Sorry for my English

-juanito- said:
Hello
My htc one m8 charging fast when i use htc usb cable but if i pluged another usb cable it's charing so slow.
Currently i charging with Note 3 charger & original Samsung usb cable
Sorry for my English
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It may just be a higher quality USB cable. I bought a monoprice gold plated cable with a ferrite core and it works great!

It got higher ampere, but doesn't note 3 have usb 3.0 charger cable out of the box? anyway, i believe it's a 2.0 amp adapter.
BUT, do you mean just the cable or? because some cables are poor quality, and not delivering all the power to the phone, chinese cables for example does (some cheap ones).
I dont recommend to fast charge if possible, try to charge your phone as much slow as possible (with slow, i dont mean charging from pc, just dont use those fast-charge options and/or high ampere adapters, it could decrease battery capacity, and overheat the phone during charging. I did some experiment with my stock charger with 2.0 amp, and another stock samsung charger which is 1.5amp, and it charged slower, but guess what? my battery somewhat feels like it lasts longer. Maybe i feel.

HTC 10 having trouble to charge on 1A charger

Hello everyone,
I noticed that my HTC 10 (Europe Unlocked FW 1.80) has trouble charging on 1A chargers, the charging LED blink every 5-10 seconds.
It does work fine with a 1.5A charger and the bundled quick charger (2.5A). It did also work fine when attached to the laptop directly.
Did you also experience this behavior?

I have original HTC wall charger 5V-1A and HTC charges without problems on factory cable.
On non complaint, cheap usbA to usb type C cables the led is blinking and not charging.
I have charged my HTC10 on a 1A charger many times and everytime without problem.

Interesting, I am also using an original HTC charger with the bundled cable and I do get the issue.
Are you by any chance also running the 1.80 ROM?

Today I updated to .401, I have EU phone. No charge issues, my phone charges slowly from this 1A charger right now.

fun_key said:
Interesting, I am also using an original HTC charger with the bundled cable and I do get the issue.
Are you by any chance also running the 1.80 ROM?
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How did you measure the actual current?
How did you establish that the actual output is 1A?
Sent from quite brutal hTc 10 ..

jauhien said:
How did you measure the actual current?
How did you establish that the actual output is 1A?
Sent from quite brutal hTc 10 ..
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I did simply read what was written on the charger and assumed that it would be correct. I did carry on with my investigations, and the phone charges fine with a lot of charger (including Samsung & apple 1A). It just fail with 3 old HTC ones rated 1A.

Did you tried to move the usb plug in the charger to determine if it is connected properly? Do that and watch if the red led on the phone lights up.

Yes, I did move the charger it does not help.
The red LED is active for about 10 seconds, then it stops, and after 2 seconds it lights again.
But in the end I don't mind - I just use other chargers
@cavist: Out of curiosity, are you on 110W or 230W?

I am on 230V, I have eu spec, original HTC charger from my M7 bundle, I noticed that one of my cables ordered online has something wrong with the connector and I need to move it in the charger to get it working so I thought, maybe the HTC charger wear quite quickly and some connector can not fully connect with the paths.
All my other type C cables are fine with it. I use this charger to charge my M10 over night and the QC3.0 charger to quickly charge on the desktop.

I have been charging my 10 every night on a Samsung original 1A charger + original HTC USB A to C cable. No issues at all.
I recently bought some cheap USB A to C cables, and the phone won't charge unless I pull the USB A end slightly out from the Samsung 1A charger.
But the cheap cable works fine with my other chargers, so I presume it's a mechanical tolerance issue between the Samsung 1A USB A jack & the USB A end of my cheap cable.

chong81 said:
I have been charging my 10 every night on a Samsung original 1A charger + original HTC USB A to C cable. No issues at all.
I recently bought some cheap USB A to C cables, and the phone won't charge unless I pull the USB A end slightly out from the Samsung 1A charger.
But the cheap cable works fine with my other chargers, so I presume it's a mechanical tolerance issue between the Samsung 1A USB A jack & the USB A end of my cheap cable.
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Same with my HTC charger and certain USBA connectors.