Does anyone else's charger make a high pitch noise when it is plugged in? Same noise if phone is charging and if not connected. Mine has done this since day one no matter where the charger is plugged into in my house. I haven't noticed it elsewhere but there is usually more ambient noise other places I go. I've never heard a charger make noise before and just wondering if this is a defect that is going to burn my house down.
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Mine does if the phone isn't plugged in. I plug my phone in and it stops.
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Same here. I meant to clarify and say that it does it when the phone is plugged in but only after the phone has reached full charge and stops charging.
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my charger does the same... but I use my PC to charge my phone... only used the adapter twice...
supernova_00 said:
Does anyone else's charger make a high pitch noise when it is plugged in? Same noise if phone is charging and if not connected. Mine has done this since day one no matter where the charger is plugged into in my house. I haven't noticed it elsewhere but there is usually more ambient noise other places I go. I've never heard a charger make noise before and just wondering if this is a defect that is going to burn my house down.
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Mind does (well, 'did') the exact same thing. I threw it out and bought the powergen version on amazon. no more crazy high pitched whines. Was driving me out of my mind until I discovered it.
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Anyone else have a high pitch squeal coming from their OEM charger when its not connected to the phone? When its connected to the phone it doesn't squeal. I'm not sure if its a faulty charger or some BS way to get you to unplug your charger from the wall when its not being used. Very annoying !
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macooper79 said:
Anyone else have a high pitch squeal coming from their OEM charger when its not connected to the phone? When its connected to the phone it doesn't squeal. I'm not sure if its a faulty charger or some BS way to get you to unplug your charger from the wall when its not being used. Very annoying !
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Mine seems to be absolutely silent...
i got it aswell you're fine, but i agree, it's annoying...
Emits a high pitched ringing when plugged in that made my girlfriend think she had ringing in her ears. It does this even without any draw. It also smells a little bit like burning electronics so I assume that means its toast and/or a hazard. Think I can get a free replacement from Samsung?
Probably not.. they only cost like five bucks though
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Take it to Verizon or call them. They'll swap it out if it has a problem.
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Mine makes the same sound, but only when it's plugged into the wall and not to the phone.. When I plug the phone the noise stops.. I guess it's normal... I can only hear it when it's really quiet in the night..
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Mine does the same thing. I spent 30 minutes trying to figure out where it was coming from.
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z06mike said:
Take it to Verizon or call them. They'll swap it out if it has a problem.
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You're assuming he's got a VZW version
My first vzw nexus charger had the issue and I got a replacement from support. It was lent a Samsung charger, just a generic charger but it has like a ten foot cord so I didn't mind! Anyways then had to get my nexus replaced (random reboots and a column of dead pixels bothering me) and got a new Nexus and inherently a new charger that ALSO has the ringing issue. Luckily I still have the replacement charger from before so I'm using that.
Pretty disappointing I got stuck with two annoying samsung chargers in a row though and I'm just leaving the USB cable connected to my computer.
Yup same thing here. I only hear it at night when its quiet. When phones plugged in it doesn't make the noise.
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My first vzw nexus charger had the issue and I got a replacement from support. It was lent a Samsung charger, just a generic charger but it has like a ten foot cord so I didn't mind!
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Wow, really? That's nuts...
Yep! I figure I can't complain about that but kind of miss the quality of my of Droid... that thing was a tank and so far my experience with samsung quality is not the best. Luckily I love ICS!
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Is it high pitch or a low buzz?
My dell laptop's charger had a low buzz when it was quiet, never heard of anything like that from a tiny adapter like the one for phones though.
High pitch
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Mine is high pitched when the phone is not connected.
When the phone is connected it still makes a sound but it is a more deep hum but I must put my ear right near the adapter to hear that.
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Common issue for these chargers. I have iPhone and blackberry chargers that make the same noise.
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I think it may be common for chargers in general as my electric toothbrush charger does this too ever so slightly. .
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It's called inductor/capacitor hum and it's normal and varies a little bit from device to device. Essentially it's just a very fast vibration.
Just for the record, I also have this high pitch squeeling from Samsung charger, only noticeable when not charging. My old SE charger 5V 700mA does the same and my 6yo HTC charger 5V 1A is quiet I think this sound has gotten worse since the chargers has become more idle efficient (not wasting power when not in use)
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Mine no longer working after a few weeks. It would no charge the phone anymore. Now using kindle charger instead.
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yeah mine has a buzz but i have put my ear 6 in from it to hear it, i have the uk charger from Samsung
I have the same trouble.. my charger stop and won't function anymore :s
I know it happened to some others but could not find the post. While im charging my nexus, there is a whistle sound that can be heard, this happens when im using a Samsung car charger, but with others, it was reported as wall charger too I think. Can this damage phone? It charges fine, and this doesn't happen, or I never noticed when charging via usb or at home
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I know it happened to some others but could not find the post. While im charging my nexus, there is a whistle sound that can be heard, this happens when im using a Samsung car charger, but with others, it was reported as wall charger too I think. Can this damage phone? It charges fine, and this doesn't happen, or I never noticed when charging via usb or at home
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It's probably the cheap capacitors in the power supply. No worries.
Bigal77 said:
I know it happened to some others but could not find the post. While im charging my nexus, there is a whistle sound that can be heard, this happens when im using a Samsung car charger, but with others, it was reported as wall charger too I think. Can this damage phone? It charges fine, and this doesn't happen, or I never noticed when charging via usb or at home
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Happens to me to, its the cheap usb/charger samsung supplied, I use a dedicated usb charger from a previous phone with no problems, hard to sleep with the hissing next to your ear.
My home charger was whining last night prior to me charging in the phone. That was the first time I've heard it before. Kinda freaked me out cuz I was getting ready for bed.
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I noticed that my Nexus charger makes noise when it's in the wall with my phone unplugged.
The sqeaky sound goes away when i plug in my phone.
Is anybody else experiencing this?
I'm going back to the store tomorrow for a replacement.
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You actually ever came across a charger that never does any noise?
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You actually ever came across a charger that never does any noise?
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well, every charger i had was silent or at least never make a big noise like the cheap samsung one..a little noise can be normal for a charger, but hey the samsung one does a very high frequency noise..
never happened with other charger, because usually it is plugged near my bed..the first night i plugged the samsung charger i noticed it soon..
anyway it seems to happen with about every samsung wall traver charger of every phone..btw i "solved" by just plug the charger when i have to charge the phone..
I have the exact same issue. I have a socket with an on/off switch on my night stand table that I switch on/off when I need to use the charger. It's mostly to get rid of the high pitched noise though. And yes it disappears when you plug your phone in.
Mine even makes a 'discharging' squeak noise when I pull it right out of the wall socket after letting it squeak for a while. It's probably the capacitors inside charging/discharging. No harm, but annoying.
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The N7100 Charger hisses (only audible when you place your ear close to the charger) whenever connected to the wall outlet; removing the charger, the charger continues for another 2-3 seconds before actually silencing. Is this normal?
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winlinmac001 said:
The N7100 Charger hisses (only audible when you place your ear close to the charger) whenever connected to the wall outlet; removing the charger, the charger continues for another 2-3 seconds before actually silencing. Is this normal?
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my wall charger started doing it too recently. No idea if its normal though
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The N7100 Charger hisses (only audible when you place your ear close to the charger) whenever connected to the wall outlet; removing the charger, the charger continues for another 2-3 seconds before actually silencing. Is this normal?
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Yes, that's perfectly normal. That's the sound made by capacitors inside the charger. Unless it gets so loud you can hear it from 25 meters - there's no need to worry.
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Akiainavas said:
Yes, that's perfectly normal. That's the sound made by capacitors inside the charger. Unless it gets so loud you can hear it from 25 meters - there's no need to worry.
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I don't think is normal. You need to send for RMA. No harm exchange for a new
charger.
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No mine also does a bit like grinding something or like a juicer heard from far away
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My charger makes a hissing sound too and it would suddenly stop hissing if you unplugged it. Tried the charger that came from the Galaxy Tab which is also the same as our rated voltage, current, power and it does not produce a hissing sound.
Its perfectly normal
My previous phone's charger used to hiss to. This sound occurs mostly when the battery is up to 100% or close. Don't know the science behind it though...
No it is irrespective to everything.
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