Does anyone else have a problem with their wall chargers dying on them? I don't know if its the wall outlet itself or what killing these things. I've had 2 die on me since I've owned this phone, but never had problems when with other phones with microusb chargers. I probably just need to change out the outlet, was just wondering if this is a common problem for others?
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Does anyone else have a problem with their wall chargers dying on them? I don't know if its the wall outlet itself or what killing these things. I've had 2 die on me since I've owned this phone, but never had problems when with other phones with microusb chargers. I probably just need to change out the outlet, was just wondering if this is a common problem for others?
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I've had the same problem with my S3 T999 (tmobile version).
One died, and I thought it was my phone, but then I tried other chargers. It sucks, IDK WHY.
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Does anyone else have a problem with their wall chargers dying on them? I don't know if its the wall outlet itself or what killing these things. I've had 2 die on me since I've owned this phone, but never had problems when with other phones with microusb chargers. I probably just need to change out the outlet, was just wondering if this is a common problem for others?
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Never had or heard of this issue (until now) I would guess it's the outlet. But...hmm...is it the cable or the AC to USB part that's actually dying?
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Does anyone else have a problem with their wall chargers dying on them? I don't know if its the wall outlet itself or what killing these things. I've had 2 die on me since I've owned this phone, but never had problems when with other phones with microusb chargers. I probably just need to change out the outlet, was just wondering if this is a common problem for others?
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Are you using a aftermarket charger, is it plugged directly into the wall or is it connected to an extension cord? Sounds like it could be the wall outlet though.
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I had the original one die on me as well ... but, I was plugging it into an inverter (modified sine wave) so not apples to apples.
I just scrapped it and started using an old Blackberry charger and have had no issues for months.
I just chalked it up to a defective charger and went on about my way.
No help I guess, other than I did have the supplied one die while the BB one chugs right along with the same type of connection.
Well, the stock one died on me. Then i used my Motorola one and that died on me.. and my car charger I've had for years died on me today as well... I'm hoping it's just my wall outlet, but its weird that my car charger died, too.
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I'm using the original charger that came with my phone 9 months ago, no problem. In facr, I'm also using the original charger that came with my old Epic 4G in my travel kit. It's got to be at least 2.5 years old.
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Well, the stock one died on me. Then i used my Motorola one and that died on me.. and my car charger I've had for years died on me today as well... I'm hoping it's just my wall outlet, but its weird that my car charger died, too.
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That sounds really strange . What makes it even weirder is that you've gone through three of them. I would defiantly check the wall outlet / s . As for the Car Charger if it has some years on it. The fact that it went south on you might just be a coincidence.
My father in law had 2 charging cords go bad on him already ....maybe try a after market one instead of a OEM charger
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My chstger that came with my phone just died out. It was discharging my phone instead of charging.
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Are you guys molesting your chargers or what? Have been using the same charger since 2009, seriously. It just sits in the power strip and that's it.
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Are you guys molesting your chargers or what? Have been using the same charger since 2009, seriously. It just sits in the power strip and that's it.
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Now there's an interesting point. How many of you with Charger issues are plugging straight into the Wall, vs plugging into a Power / Surge Strip ? I'm not saying it matters. It would just be interesting to find out. I also have my Charger plugged into a Power Strip with built in Surge Protector.
Mines is straight into the wall, using it for my shift now but yeah. My sisters is straight into the outlet as well
Neither of us have had issues
Mine was in an outlet... many many different ones too. Sprint tested it and told me it was bad. Bow I am using the LG rumor charged I got in 2009 and it still works just fine. I had to move both around a lot so i don't know why Samsung one broke, other than it was USB?
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Not sure that's what you call it, but when I charge my phone and don't leave it in a certain spot it'll stop charging, and the cord is really lose when its connected. Any way to fix it?
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It's not the Dinc but it might guide you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io0QNq-SlYw&hd=1
I am having that same problem with my phone.
Both of our dincs were doing the same thing. However we (wife and I) noticed our car chargers worked just fine but not our wall chargers at home. They were loose and would only charge in certain positions. After buying 2 new wall chargers on Amazon all is well again.
So just food for thought, maybe it's just your charger?
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Both of our dincs were doing the same thing. However we (wife and I) noticed our car chargers worked just fine but not our wall chargers at home. They were loose and would only charge in certain positions. After buying 2 new wall chargers on Amazon all is well again.
So just food for thought, maybe it's just your charger?
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It could be I don't have the original one so I might look for one and see if that works
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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.
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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'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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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
Out of the blue I noticed my S3 was charging very slowly, it even was losing a charge while it was plugged in while I was using it. I figure it had something to do with my custom ROM so I reflash, still same outcome. The battery was still holding a good charge, so I figured it was something else. I then went out and bought a new charger, which came with a micro usb cord to see if that helped. Plugged in the new charger while using my old micro usb cord, still same outcome. Then used the new micro usb cord and old charger, charging went back to normal, problem solved! I would of never thought that the cord would malfunction from day to day use after such a short lifespan. Moral of the story, check your cords if you experience the same problem, it could save you some time and money!
Yup, I experienced the same thing! Slow charging, losing charge while plugged in, and horrible battery life. Once I changed the cable it went back to normal. That's also what I've been recommending people to check when they report similar symptoms
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I was wondering if I was the only one, haha. I'm guessing this will be a common problem for us with the S3.
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Good find
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Try a fast charge kernel, it work well good.
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Try a fast charge kernel, it work well good.
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This is true, but not that helpful when the USB cable is bad, please read the thread before posting bud.
I had the same thing happen with a friends USB cable over the weekend. Same phone same charger took 2 hours to get 18% (with fast charge enabled) plugged in with my cable, took 1.5 hours to charge the other 80%. Got the cord from here and all is good again. Wonder why this happens to some of these cords...
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This is true, but not that helpful when the USB cable is bad, please read the thread before posting bud.
I had the same thing happen with a friends USB cable over the weekend. Same phone same charger took 2 hours to get 18% (with fast charge enabled) plugged in with my cable, took 1.5 hours to charge the other 80%. Got the cord from here and all is good again. Wonder why this happens to some of these cords...
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Bad build you don't noticed but we do throw around the charger a bit and sometimes pull hard with the cords.
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Bad build you don't noticed but we do throw around the charger a bit and sometimes pull hard with the cords.
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Ya that is true this is my culprit Click me I've done that about 10 times a week since I got the phone, I'm a lucky one though haha.
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This is true, but not that helpful when the USB cable is bad, please read the thread before posting bud.
I had the same thing happen with a friends USB cable over the weekend. Same phone same charger took 2 hours to get 18% (with fast charge enabled) plugged in with my cable, took 1.5 hours to charge the other 80%. Got the cord from here and all is good again. Wonder why this happens to some of these cords...
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I believe is a short or break in the cable that makes it think its plugged into a usb port on a computer.
Its been a while so hope im remembering this right, but when you use the wall outlet it connects two of the pins together where if plugged into a computer it does not. The phone detects this and allows a faster charge.
I remember in the past people would solder the pins together permanently (on the cable not the phone) so it would always charge faster.
I believe thats how it worked anyway. So if these have broken or shorted in some way it may cause that behavior. Hope that made sense.
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I believe is a short or break in the cable that makes it think its plugged into a usb port on a computer.
Its been a while so hope im remembering this right, but when you use the wall outlet it connects two of the pins together where if plugged into a computer it does not. The phone detects this and allows a faster charge.
I remember in the past people would solder the pins together permanently (on the cable not the phone) so it would always charge faster.
I believe thats how it worked anyway. So if these have broken or shorted in some way it may cause that behavior. Hope that made sense.
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Interesting, I'm not that techy at all. I did try plugging it into both computer USB port, and wall charger and neither gave it a proper charge.
It may be the same scenario but with different wires within the cable. Hard to say for sure.
In the end though, cables go bad just like everything else. I think many dont realize how much they really can abuse them!
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It may be the same scenario but with different wires within the cable. Hard to say for sure.
In the end though, cables go bad just like everything else. I think many dont realize how much they really can abuse them!
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Myself included, glad they're cheap. Nice seeing you around again man.
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Ya that is true this is my culprit Click me I've done that about 10 times a week since I got the phone, I'm a lucky one though haha.
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Lmao yeah mines gone throught that too.reason why their cheap is because it's really cheap material that companies throw in the box.I wish they were more solid with a bit more protection like the ones that came with my ps3.
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