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Old charger used on S3

Hi all,
I just found a 2 year old motorolla car charger with micro usb connection in my house. Anyone know if it would work with my S3?
Same thing with the equivalent AU charger of 850MAH ?
I would like your advice before connecting my phone.
thanks.

I have been using all of my old chargers. They all use the same power pins so it's fine. It's just if they have lower amperage than the original it will charge slower.

yeah should just charge slower. i believe stock S3 Charger is 1amp 5volts. i have been using my old ones from my GS1 which is .7amps volts. u can also scower the intertubes for essentially any charger with the 1amp 5volts output and you will be getting what the GS3 was designed for. might be worth the couple bucks to keep things "stock".
but yes it charges fine

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BADtoBONE said:
Hi all,
I just found a 2 year old motorolla car charger with micro usb connection in my house. Anyone know if it would work with my S3?
Same thing with the equivalent AU charger of 850MAH ?
I would like your advice before connecting my phone.
thanks.
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I'm pretty sure it'll be good...been using some older chargers myself (have 2 cars, a minivan and my personal and my wife's is the 3rd...) so I have a mixture of them.
If you really wanna see, there's an app called Battery Widget or something like that, they show you the mAh or voltage that's charged at X time to and you can test each charger and see what's best. Some chargers are weaker (generally the USB ones)...but find that app (I've heard but never used/installed myself yet)...actually there should be a few of them free on the market.
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But just remember this at least, use the STOCK (original USB cable) whenever connecting to the computer...I don't know if it's Samsung or whoever/whatever, but it won't work 100% unless it's the stock one. Trust me on this.

As long as it can charge go with it.

brfield said:
It's just if they have lower amperage than the original it will charge slower.
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+1 on this. Takes longer when I'm using older charger or USB on a PC but it works.

i have no scientific basis to back this up...
but I never use non OEM charger that came with the phone. I find either other chargers don't supply the same juice, or even if they do, they still end up wrecking battery life.
my non scientific theory is that not only does it charge slower, it spends more time "fighting" the resistance to charge and somehow fails to charge the battery fully. i could be completely wrong but i stay away from using chargers that weren't meant for the phone/battery. it's worked well for me so far, whereas my friend who uses any random charger that "fits" has always had ****ty battery life with all her phones from nokia to blackberry to iphone

I'm using my HTC TYTN II charger with mini to micro as my second charger and it works.

my phone charging too slow

hi
my phone charging too slowly about 2-3% in one hour and the charger dont warm at all
and When i connect the charger the phone say: Your phone is using more current than the charger is able to deliver. please power off your phone or close unsed applications
what can i do??
plz help me

try using official one X cable .

vua777 said:
try using official one X cable .
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i test 3 cable and charger!!!

Your phone is usy doing something, there is some rogue app you need to kill.
Restart should work.

BenPope said:
Your phone is usy doing something, there is some rogue app you need to kill.
Restart should work.
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no...
i super wipe the phone but noting...

x_zarbat said:
no...
i super wipe the phone but noting...
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What kernel and Rom u using??
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sounds like your phone thinks its charging from a usb and not ac when its charging from the mains open settings > power
under battery status it will say either not charging, charging (usb) or charging (AC).
if its saying usb then there is something wrong with the cable thats stopping it from showing s an AC adapter.
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sumeshd said:
What kernel and Rom u using??
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i test stock rom and kernel + arhd and franco kernel

Have you tried a different adapter?
The cables could be fine, but your adapter/plug is defected.
Also, do as treebill said. Try checking in which mode (USB/AC/Not charging) your phone is recognizing as being charged.

xbiggyl said:
Have you tried a different adapter?
The cables could be fine, but your adapter/plug is defected.
Also, do as treebill said. Try checking in which mode (USB/AC/Not charging) your phone is recognizing as being charged.
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YES i test 3 adapter

I have exactly the same problem, I'm using official usb cable and adapter. I had tried other cables and adapters but same thing. My One X is not unlocked or rooted, and I'm with the last official rom 2.17.401.2 but it was happened and with previous rom 1.27.401.11. Even with switch off phone charging is very slow I try to restore my phone but nothing at all. Sometimes it's charge like it should but most of the time it's slow. Any suggestions or I have to go straight to repair center?

x_zarbat said:
no...
i super wipe the phone but noting...
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Ok.
Li ion batteries take 3-4 hours to charge. If its taking longer, there is huge current draw from the phone. Or, as you say, "no".

help me...

Are you REALLY sure your chargers aren't messed up?
I f**ed up the charger given with my One X(details below) and after that, my charger would only give me usb power instead of ac. I've been using this charger bundled with my Samsung P2 mp3 player that I got 4 years back.
We had gone on a trip where the room's fan rotation knob was missing, so the only thing I saw fit to change fan speed was fitting that tiny pin from the fan regulator in my AC Adapters usb port, which messed it up. Retarded I know, story of my life... -_-

Hey there, I faced the same problem. Having a blackberry Bold3, I tried recharging my OneX with the charger that came with it. BB charger charges my OneX WAY FASTER than the HTC charger that came with the phone. (1hour max for full charge) And battery holds an entire day too.

no one??

If you haven't rooted nor unlocked, and your phone was charging perfectly before, then I don't think it's a software issue.
It's either your charger or cable. If you have tried a different charger/cable that works well with other phones, then I guess you need to have your phone looked at.
Good luck

BenPope said:
Ok.
Li ion batteries take 3-4 hours to charge. If its taking longer, there is huge current draw from the phone. Or, as you say, "no".
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This is a relief. Mine took 3 hours to charge from 0 to 100 , I thought that there's something with it.
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Does it show Charging (AC) or Charging (USB) under settings > Battery ?

Use the original charger and cable all others are slower
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[Q] Very slow charging. why??

When i connect my galaxy note 2 to stock charger it shows that in my battery stats it's charging as USB not AC.
Well what's supposed to be the problem. is my charger broken or the usb port in my phone is damaged??

Are you using the stock charger with the stock USB cable? My note 2 was charging really slow until I realized that the USB extension cable I was using wasn't delivering enough juice.

EP2008 said:
Are you using the stock charger with the stock USB cable? My note 2 was charging really slow until I realized that the USB extension cable I was using wasn't delivering enough juice.
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Yes im using stock charger with USB cable. So is my USB cable damaged. and why that is shows USB when im charging from adaptor. Sometimes i see AC , other times when i charge from adaptor it's USB

ifran said:
Yes im using stock charger with USB cable. So is my USB cable damaged. and why that is shows USB when im charging from adaptor. Sometimes i see AC , other times when i charge from adaptor it's USB
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Do you have another 2A charger/USB cable that you can test from? I use an HP Touchpad charger + cable because its 2A and has a long cable.

I just happen to experience the same thing. I have had my Note II for a couple of weeks now and it have always charged from almost empty to full in less than 2,5 hours. Today however, it's going really slow. I do not know why. I've tried everything I can think of. I juse only the stock charger. Also tried the Ipad charger - no luck. This seem to be a quite common problem.

Hmm, just as I thought, more and more of this should be coming in upcoming days. I lost two good night's sleep because of this. Anyway, this is what I have done and you guys SHOULD do.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37052690&postcount=1

first time ever i have faced this issue (slow charging) couple of days back. it was dropped to almost 1%/3min
I have simply reboot to recovery and wiped cache
Now it come back to normal 40%/hr.

Sv: [Q] Very slow charging. why??
I have discovered that the stock charging usb-cable only has 4 pins in the micro-usb end. It looks like on is missing, from the standard five-pins. Can anyone check your stock usbs and see if there are four or five pins, and report back? Thanks!
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it occured in the first few days,and now it is ok!

Sv: [Q] Very slow charging. why??
Halle said:
Can anyone check your stock usbs and see if there are four or five pins, and report back? Thanks!
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Really, no one?

Halle said:
Really, no one?
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I've mentioned it on my topic, I'm sure you haven't read it. Look above.
Anyway, mine has 4 pins.
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My cable got only 4 pins. The second from the right is missing if you have the USB logo up.

jujuburi said:
I've mentioned it on my topic, I'm sure you haven't read it. Look above.
Anyway, mine has 4 pins.
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I totally missed that. Thank you very much. For the record, my Note II charges normally again. :good:

Halle said:
I totally missed that. Thank you very much. For the record, my Note II charges normally again. :good:
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And you mis the same pin?
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Sv: [Q] Very slow charging. why??
tbo-art said:
And you mis the same pin?
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Yes, I do.
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I found a huge variance in charging rates based on a combination of chargers and cables. Goes to show that the cable makes a huge difference. Here's my findings:
** Stock Charger (2A):
w/Stock Cable (4-pin) - 1698
w/Cable from another phone (5-pin) - 1698
w/Cable from battery pack (5-pin)- 1698
w/generic eBay cable (4-pin)- 100! - It didn't charge at all, even with screen off.
** iPhone Charger (1A):
w/Stock Cable (4-pin) - 1300
w/Cable from another phone (5-pin) - 1100
w/Cable from battery pack (5-pin) - 1300
w/generic eBay cable (4-pin) - 100!
** Car Charger (1A):
w/another generic eBay cable - 490

[Q] What charger are you using?

Hey everyone.
I noticed a lot of people have been having battery problems.
Not poor battery life, but the issue some people are having where they can only use their phone while its plugged in.
My question is what charger, more specifically, what charging cable is everyone using?
I've noticed that if I used one of my Samsung charging cables to charge this phone, it takes FOREVER! Where the Sony cable that came with the phone charges it literally 3-4 times faster.
The charging cube or block doesn't seem to matter as I am using a blackberry cube with both cables.
I have a feeling that using the wrong cable could be causing people issues with their battery. Like its not providing the battery the correct voltage or something, causing a malfunction.
I don't really have any proof or specific knowledge to base this on, its just a hunch.
So what'd your charging setup like?
Mine = Official ZL cable in a blackberry power cube.
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atrixxirta said:
hey everyone.
I noticed a lot of people have been having battery problems.
Not poor battery life, but the issue some people are having where they can only use their phone while its plugged in.
My question is what charger, more specifically, what charging cable is everyone using?
I've noticed that if i used one of my samsung charging cables to charge this phone, it takes forever! Where the sony cable that came with the phone charges it literally 3-4 times faster.
The charging cube or block doesn't seem to matter as i am using a blackberry cube with both cables.
I have a feeling that using the wrong cable could be causing people issues with their battery. Like its not providing the battery the correct voltage or something, causing a malfunction.
I don't really have any proof or specific knowledge to base this on, its just a hunch.
So what'd your charging setup like?
Mine = official zl cable in a blackberry power cube.
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yeah it charges much faster in sony charges than a samsung charger for me.acually your device wont accept power more than its requirement but unless the chargers and cables are faulty (defective)it may cause battery issues

Have that problem, and I'm not using the original charger; Using Motorola with motorola / nokia cable; Still...today you have 1 thousand different options to charge usb units, and as long as they're not defective, they should charge ANY certified product with no problem at all.
What I mean is I don't have any other cellphone who had trouble with that on past; if charger is 0,25A will charge slower, if it's 1,5A will do faster.

Official ZL cable and charger and no battery problems so far.

Note 2 charger, sometimes HTC sensation charger, powerbank and laptop with BlackBerry Bold 9700 cable sometimes htc cable...so far so good...
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CokeJunkee said:
Official ZL cable and charger and no battery problems so far.
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Ditto

I've charged using Sony, Samsung and Palm charging bricks without any issue thus far... Samsung takes longer to charge...
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I had a zl charger which used to take forever to charge the phone. I both an 1amp original charger that also took about 4 to 5 hrs to fully charge so I bought Samsung note 3 charger with 1.5amp rating and it charges in e hrs approx. Yes cable matters it has to be high duty one
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Original cable and charger here!
No problems so far!

Any charger available actually I lost my original charger I loved that charger and one more thing samsung micro usb doesn't stay attached for long little movement and its unplugged
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Original Sony charger here. And yes the use of multiple charger with different voltage will reduce the battery life and cause some malfunction. Search in Google there is a lot of confirmed info of this issue
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Looking for good charger

Hello,
The charger i've received with the phone seems to be cheap and not good enough, someone can recommend a good one?
Thanks

I'm using a blackberry original charger with 5v and 800mAh and this gives me ~3 hours of screen on during in ~ 40hours of usage.
In this time I make phone calls for ~1h ,I keep data on only in needed.screen brightness is set to auto75℅.I don't play games too often.WiFi stays on for about 20h.
I observed that using a lower amperage for charging,battery drains slower.original charger has 1.2Ah and charge the battery in about 2 h.this 800mAh blackberry charger does it in ~3.5-4h.
Try to charge your phone from a USB 2.0 port.it will take longer,but you'll notice some increase in battery lasting.

I use about 4 different chargers and they all do the same job for me. I generally look for USB chargers that can do more than 1Amp and that seems to work fine for my Optimus G.

mfincken said:
I use about 4 different chargers and they all do the same job for me. I generally look for USB chargers that can do more than 1Amp and that seems to work fine for my Optimus G.
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i tried a cheap 2amp Charger (Russian copy or something of a Samsung Charger) and it worked oki for like 2weeks, but what i noticed was that it didn't charged my phone faster then the original LG charger (I am running CM11/Android 4.4.2)

Can someone suggest a decent car charger?
I have tried several types but they barely keeps the phone from discharging when screen and GPS are active.

Use a charger which has 4.8-5.0V output with 1-1.2A or 1000-1200mA rating. My phone charges up in about 2.5hours and lasts more than a day considering I use little amount of wifi, more of texting and less of phone calls.

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I was using amb charger of 1 ah and it was good . Yesterday i bought hama twin port charger with original Nokia cable . Thats also a good combo . What matters most is keep phone temperature to minimum during charge . I ve noticed one battery temprature reaches 35 degree celsius or + , it would not charge and just drain .
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im using this samsung note 2 charger.
5V 2A
its so fast

sometimes I plug in and I see slow charging. When I check battery status it's written Charging (USB) there. I unplug then plug in again and : charging (AC). What's the reason for that?
I'm using stock ROM and stock charger.

akahroba said:
sometimes I plug in and I see slow charging. When I check battery status it's written Charging (USB) there. I unplug then plug in again and : charging (AC). What's the reason for that?
I'm using stock ROM and stock charger.
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Faulty cable i guess
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Ahmed Xperia p said:
Faulty cable i guess
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Does G pro port differ from G? I once charged a g pro with my charger. Can it be the reason?

great post, i want to buy a new one.

I use a anker 4 port charger with 2.4a. Device is fully charged in 1,5h!

1.5h with lg g3 charger and cable also.
~2h with original charger but with g3 cable.