I'm losing battery life when using the phone but connected to a charger. The charger im using ive used for my S3 and never had this issue. Any ideas why this could be? TIA
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I'm losing battery life when using the phone but connected to a charger. The charger im using ive used for my S3 and never had this issue. Any ideas why this could be? TIA
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Your using a 1 mah charger and need to be using 2mah on GN2 which stock one provides
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Your using a 1 mah charger and need to be using 2mah on GN2 which stock one provides
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Yup. This is one of those phones that you must use the supplied charger. Its more a tablet charger, not a phone charger
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For starters....they give you a charger with your phone for a reason. You can't really complain if you aren't using the charger that came with the device. Second, the Note has a considerably larger battery, larger display, and quad core processor. These all draw more power. The provided Note charger delivers more voltage than the S3 charger. If anything you would want to use your Note charger to charge your S3.
Thank you gentleman, just checked and I think the one I was using was a 1.5. Might have been the one that came with the original Note cuz it looks similiar but is black. Btw...I wasnt complaining, just looking for help.
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I had the same trouble with note 1 also, I found on the average any chargers over 2 amp tend to work the best. It took forever to find a car charger that could keep up with streaming music especially with LTE.
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Thats wierd. I charged my phone with a one amp iphone charger last night. Worked just fine.
But it didnt like my 800 mah motorola charger.
My ipad/iphone chargers laying around will charge it just fine as long as it isn't in use at the time, they can't keep up if I am on the phone, well at least note 1. I tried a usb port on a power strip last night on this and it charged very very slowly also.
Fwiw my car has a usb port also, and the results are much the same.
It's a Samsung issue that nobody is willing to acknowledge. For some reason they only allow their phones to draw 0.1A over usb instead of the the standard 0.5A. Your note isn't recognizing your charger and is defaulting to usb mode. The idea that your phone would need more than 1A just to keep up with normal usage is ridiculous.
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Does anyone else have a problem with the S3 taking at least 8 hours for a full charge?
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Mine charges fairly fast and takes around 3 hours. Are you using the stock charger that came in the box ? I find that charges fastest as its 1 amp. But my blackberry charger and other micro usb chargers take a lot longer including my car charger. Usb charging from pc will be slower too. If not using stock charger give it a try
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Does anyone else have a problem with the S3 taking at least 8 hours for a full charge?
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Yes I do find my S3 taking a long time to charge. I am connect my phone to my computer USB, not sure if using the adapter to plug in a while would make any difference. I so notice the battery sometimes gets drained pretty fast, then other days the it is pretty good.
Thanks guys, yeah I use my stock charger but I do use a USB extension so that may be the culprit but the extension worked fine with my Atrix 4G. I don't know but it is rather annoying waiting that long for a charge.
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The charger that comes with your phone is 1amp, and your computer's USB port is 0.5amp, which is why it's taking twice as long to charge. It should only take about 15 minutes to charge each 10% under 90%, and 30minutes for the final 10% (about 3 hours total)
Also, when on 0.5amp, if the phone's display brightness is set to 100%, it will barely charge at all, and even discharge under some conditions (gaming, etc)
Charging times on 0.5amp, 1.0amp, and 2.1amp chargers
Yeah, it takes way longer for me... Not sure what the problem is then. It did it even when I was running stock software. Thanks for your time, I appreciate your help.
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Yeah, it takes way longer for me... Not sure what the problem is then. It did it even when I was running stock software. Thanks for your time, I appreciate your help.
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If your USB extension is just a charging cable, and not a data cable, then the phone will not think it is plugged into an AC charging outlet, and only allow the 500mA data port limit. The USB port has 4 wires, the middle two are shorted together to show that it is an AC charger, allowing the full 1 amp(or 750mA as some say), but if your extention is only a charging extension it wont see the middle wires shorted, think its plugged into a computer USB port, and charge at a Max of 500mA
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Hello there,
I had bought the Samsung Galaxy S3 pretty much a week after it had been stocked in the shops. I got it with T-Mobile on contract and recently it takes like 4 hours to charge the phone through the PC, I'm currently sending the wall charger back with the 2 year warranty that European Trading Standards give as it doesn't work at all with any device.
Little Bit Information:
Rooted: Yes
ROM: CyanogenMod 10 (Latest Nightly)
USB Charger: The one that came with the phone
Please could anyone suggest or tell me how to fix this horrendous issue,
Much appreciated,
Thanks,
Josh
Plug it into the wall instead of your computer. Most newer devices (like the iPad, for instance) take forever to charge through the PC, but charge very fast from outlet. 4 hours through the PC sounds about right.
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I'm currently sending the wall charger back with the 2 year warranty that European Trading Standards give as it doesn't work at all with any device.
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AKA: I have no plug charger...
Hope I'm wrong but i don't think there is a solution for you then, it requires a certain amount of voltage or amps to charge at a normal (wall charger) rate. Maybe try a ps3 or Xbox it might put more power out?
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iLox_ said:
AKA: I have no plug charger...
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go to store buy adapter...this is not an issue with the phone it is an issue with you not having the proper accessories
You could use ktoonsez kernel. It has a fast charge option for usb charging. There is a warning it may cause damage to usb in rare cases but I do it all the time never any issues. May be a temp. Fix til you get your new wall charger.
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If you're stuck with a PC USB port, best thing is to just do a slimming down. In my experience streaming music or video is the biggest killer, at least on wifi.
You have to remember that when you charge from a computer your phone connect to it and begains to communicate with it. Even without doing any file transfers it still connected and using more juice. From my understanding the fast usb charging on the kernel mentioned turns of the transfer ability to increase charging time. If you dont want to wait for your replacement then go buy one from walmart.
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Get a kernel which supports fast charging. Faux and ktoonsez I know for sure has it. Charging is like half of what you said and 2 hours when screen is off
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Get a kernel which supports fast charging. Faux and ktoonsez I know for sure has it. Charging is like half of what you said and 2 hours when screen is off
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I love how my Nexus 7 is able to charge my phone very quickly. Do you use the N7 charger on your Gnex without problems?
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I love how my Nexus 7 is able to charge my phone very quickly. Do you use the N7 charger on your Gnex without problems?
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your other thread you started asks about your phone smelling like burnt plastic. maybe you should use the charger it came with and see if it still does that
I don't use the N7 charger on my phone regularly. I used it last time I went on a trip because the original was at the house.
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should be okay. your n7 charger provides more current than the standard gnex charger. the phone's charging circuitry will only draw in as much current as it can take without damaging itself.
ever single electronic device i own i charge with the charge with the charger they came with
I have random chargers laying around everywhere. At work I charge with my old Nokia n86 charger. All good. :thumbup:
Using the HTC charger for a few years that came with my G2
All the time. No probs.
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All Samsung an HTC phones use same charger connection in my experience.
slayr76 said:
All Samsung an HTC phones use same charger connection in my experience.
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I'm worried about a different chargers voltage output.
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All the time. No probs.
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Same here...zero issues. When traveling, I charge my Nexus 7 with the Samsung charger from the GNex...and no issues there either.
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I'm worried about a different chargers voltage output.
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I been using my old HTC charger for my galaxy nexus on an off for the last 12 months with no problem, I never heard of anyone damaging their phone using other phone chargers that fit, if you lose your charger an buy a generic charger they work the same way without needing one made by Samsung, I know most phone manuals will tell you to only use charger supplied with phone but they always says that an rather you get a replacement through them.I also use to lend my gnex charger to other people at work who owned HTC phones all the time an they have no problem with it.
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I been using my old HTC charger for my galaxy nexus on an off for the last 12 months with no problem, I never heard of anyone damaging their phone using other phone chargers that fit, if you lose your charger an buy a generic charger they work the same way without needing one made by Samsung, I know most phone manuals will tell you to only use charger supplied with phone but they always says that an rather you get a replacement through them.I also use to lend my gnex charger to other people at work who owned HTC phones all the time an they have no problem with it.
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The entire idea is to have the micro usb system universally, all manufacturers / os. Only apple messes it up.
I use the charger it came with and also several other generic ones (car, work, second office) and all seem to charge fine with no signs of excessive heat. What about charging time? I just came from the HTC Thunderbolt and would leave it charging over night. I thought I read that is not recommended to do with the Nexus. Does anyone leave theirs charging over night?
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I use the charger it came with and also several other generic ones (car, work, second office) and all seem to charge fine with no signs of excessive heat. What about charging time? I just came from the HTC Thunderbolt and would leave it charging over night. I thought I read that is not recommended to do with the Nexus. Does anyone leave theirs charging over night?
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I do as i stream tune in pro radio app. I have to listen to coast to coast am radio or Phil hendrie show.
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I use the charger it came with and also several other generic ones (car, work, second office) and all seem to charge fine with no signs of excessive heat. What about charging time? I just came from the HTC Thunderbolt and would leave it charging over night. I thought I read that is not recommended to do with the Nexus. Does anyone leave theirs charging over night?
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I plug my galaxy nexus in every night before I go to bed to charge overnight since I got it last December that way its fully charged an ready to go when I go to work every morning, I have done that with every phone I have owned , I don't see how that's a problem.
GNex ~ N7 charger :good:
N7 ~ GNex charger
MicroUSB plugs are universal so all should work fine. Only time it'd be bad is if the wiring in the outlet you plugged into is done improperly.
It should be fine, as someone else stated earlier, the N7 charger is capable of supplying more current, but in simple terms it's a "suck" rather than a "blow"
The devices will all have regulator circuitry in to prevent damage.
The other way around is tedious (charging the N7 from a GNex charger...zzz)
I just ordered a Griffin PowerJolt. I hope I get one of the newer ones that work with ac mode.
I use the USB port in my deck.
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I bought this and it will be the only car charger i will ever need to buy im set for life, and it was like $2, very good quality
http://www.amazon.com/HTC-T-Mobile-...04272&sr=8-1&keywords=htc+mytouch+car+charger :good::good:
I just got one of the low profile Griffin Powerjolts .... I haven't used it for a full charge yet, but it appears to work ok so far.
What is the AC mode you are speaking of?
I don't recall the exact part number, but its the oem HTC kit I got for my One S prior to trading it in. Nothing fancy, but high quality and power, and the S3 doesn't seem to be picky.
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I use the USB port in my deck.
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How do you stop the deck from trying to index the whole phone? That is the problem I've had when trying that in the past. Is their a setting somewhere, or a cable mod that allows charging but no data?
I use the I-GO, bought it at Radio Shack in I think 2004, been able to charge any phone I've had since then all you have to do is buy the little adapter for each phone, just got one for my GSII for 7 bucks after changing from an IPhone.
Using the t mobile branded mini usb chadger that i got with moto razr. I added a mini to micro usb adapter.
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Scosche reVIVE II. It has 2 ports, 1amp and 2.1amp. I usually use the 2.1 amp port and it works great.
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I usually use the Motorola rapid car charger amazon 5 bucks never had any issues, come with long cord and looks nice.
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I was using some cheap usb charger but it was going loose all the time so I purchased Scosche Powerfuze.
It is a bit expensive but top notch product.
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I just got one of the low profile Griffin Powerjolts .... I haven't used it for a full charge yet, but it appears to work ok so far.
What is the AC mode you are speaking of?
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Some cheapo usb adapters do not charge at full power. They charge as if they are plugged into a computer (500ma)
It is because the factory forgets to short the datapins.
http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Vehi...52677200&sr=1-1&keywords=motorola+car+charger
I use the motorola charger. I had heard good things so I bought one and it seems to work just fine.
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How do you stop the deck from trying to index the whole phone? That is the problem I've had when trying that in the past. Is their a setting somewhere, or a cable mod that allows charging but no data?
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When I plug my phone in its charge only. Only when I go to "USB mode" dose it index the phone.
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I did a lot of research and came up with the following. Been using it for a week now and it charges fast. I did short out the two center usb pins. This is a true 3.1 amp charger. It does not split the power to charge two devices like most 2 amp chargers do. One plug is 1 amp and the other is 2.1 amp.
Mediabridge High Output Dual USB Car Charger For iPad and iPhone (3.1 Amp)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007TV88F2/ref=cm_sw_r_an_am_ap_am_us?ie=UTF8
Kinda had a feeling to not use it as it's a higher voltage but it would charge my phone so much faster it felt like. Well now the phone will just reboot no matter what rom or stock rom I use. If it does get to boot up the screen starts flickering and you can tell something is wrong. It stays on fine in recovery or bootloader but nothing else. I can flash anything the problem is when it needs to boot up. It's very weird but sprint is sending another after they tried to tell me it's because it's rooted.
Wow good to know, almost used it last night to charge my gnex
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Strange. I've used sooo many different chargers everywhere I go and never had a problem. If its micro USB, I use it.
I used the n7 charger one time and I swore I smelled burning plastic or something....never again will I use it on my gnex.
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Errrr . . . I actually suspect you've just stuffed yourself up some other stupid way. (or the charger you used isn't actually a Nex7 charger)
The Nex7 charger is not higher voltage. It's 5v, just like the GNex expects. It's a 2.1amp charger, compared to a 1amp one for the GNex, but that's irrelevant, as chargers don't "push" current to a phone - they'll only give it what it asks for, so using a 2amp charger with a device that expects a charger of 5v, 1amp, is not a problem - it'll just give it the 1 amp.
Yes he's ^^^ exactly correct. The voltage is the only concern here.. and it's 5v like every other USB charger should be.
I have charged my gnex into a 24 volt outlet an still didn't get problems lol
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I have charged my gnex into a 24 volt outlet an still didn't get problems lol
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Pics or it didn't happen
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im guessing the issue lays someplace else too, not with the charger. i use my nexus 7 charger on my galaxy nexus every day, without burning smells or any other issues. id say ive used it at least 10 weeks in a row if not more.
hmmmm I use my Nexus 7's charger with my GNex all the time... and no issues
The only issue I've had with the N7 charger is the USB cord end is too fat and messed up my old charging port otherwise it was fine for weeks
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I use an iPad 10w/5.1v charger to super fast charge my gnex all the time. Never had an issue. Only issue here is my gnex charger isn't as fast as this big beast of an iPad charger. Its your software, bro. Factory restore with gnex toolkit, youll be alright
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Pics or it didn't happen
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Even on 24 volt outlet the charger will only allow the correct voltage to pass, same way a surge protector works an yea I charge my gnex in my truck cigarette lighter adapter that gives off 24 volts.
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I use an iPad 10w/5.1v charger to super fast charge my gnex all the time. Never had an issue. Only issue here is my gnex charger isn't as fast as this big beast of an iPad charger. Its your software, bro. Factory restore with gnex toolkit, youll be alright
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Did that same thing happens, maybe it is not the charger but pretty much it's something hardware no matter what software I load it reboots at random times and screen flickers. I was just using the phone one day and it rebooted and never stopped. Tried everything known to man to get this phone to work.
I also was using the nexus 7 charger for weeks and the only thing different was the usb cable is a blackberry but that should not matter.
I use my iPhone 5 charger
I use a kindle charger (and its long usb cable) to charge my gnex all the time.. and that thing is meant for all eink kindle models including the dx. No issues at all.
Have also used iPad charger, old gravity touch charger, iphone charger, 5v is 5v.. so don't really matter what charger you use .
I can confirm that I have used my n7 charger with an aftermarket cable/n7 cable/gnex cable about 20+ times n i never smelled any burning plastic/metal/rubber/carbon fiber. My gnex still performing exactly as b4, except the sucky 4.2 update, that is. That blows, big big time. I mean, i seriously had the desire to slam the damn thing in the wall so many times. But I digress.
Conclusion-Either I have a special super gnex, or n7 charger doesnt affect the gnex. charging speed=slighly increased though. slightly. like 15mins lesser.
I've used a nexus 7 charger with my gnex 50 times+, no issues.
I've had 3 Android devices and 3 chargers. I don't even know which is for which, but I've never had any problems with charging any device with any of the chargers.
Definitely no issues. I've been using Nexus 7 and Blackberry Playbook 2 ampere chargers without problem