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Last night, I decided to use my HD2 charger, since it was already in my drawer. Charged it around midnight and woke up around 4 and it only charged 10% So I decided to use the Motorola charger, and when I woke up around 6 it was fully charged in less than 2 hours. So my question is, are we only suppose to be using the charger that came w/ it or is my outlet possessed
The actual cable doesn't matter, but the charging port seems to. My phone doesn't charge as well when hooked up to my HTC Aria's usb charge vs. the one that came with my Atrix or even the old Motorola Z9 charger I have (like this one since it's longer than my USB cable and it reaches my bed so I can do "Sleep as a Droid"
I tried using my Nexus charger last night and the phone didn't like it at all. It started FC'ing all over the place and I had to reboot it. The voltage on both chargers are the same. For a moment I thought I f'd it up but it's been fine all day.
I'm using Blackberry's micro usb chargers with no problem. I bought a few of these for my N1, and they work fine with the Atrix. The N1 charger from Google/HTC does not work like you all have said.
http://www.amazon.com/BlackBerry-Fo...PN0S/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1298495146&sr=8-2
Roricken said:
Last night, I decided to use my HD2 charger, since it was already in my drawer. Charged it around midnight and woke up around 4 and it only charged 10% So I decided to use the Motorola charger, and when I woke up around 6 it was fully charged in less than 2 hours. So my question is, are we only suppose to be using the charger that came w/ it or is my outlet possessed
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Check the amp output of the charger, a good one will be at 1amp, where most are around 500ma or less.
If you're having charging issues, it's probably because the charger isn't supplying the required 800ma draw. Most USB power adapters still only output 500ma max. Be sure your 3rd party charger can output 800ma or more. For example the Apple USB adapters can output anywhere from 1000ma to 2000ma and they work great charging the Atrix.
Hope this helps!
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I tried using my Nexus charger last night and the phone didn't like it at all. It started FC'ing all over the place and I had to reboot it. The voltage on both chargers are the same. For a moment I thought I f'd it up but it's been fine all day.
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I'm using Blackberry's micro usb chargers with no problem. I bought a few of these for my N1, and they work fine with the Atrix. The N1 charger from Google/HTC does not work like you all have said.
Yep to both. I tried my N1 charger last night, and the Atrix wasn't having it. Tried my BB charger at work and it charged up quickly. It's weird. On the plus side, a second usb cable is only 6 bucks from at&t ... which is fair.
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The Atrix must be a little charge sensitive (maybe it has a rapid charge mode or something). We have at our counter a surge protector that also has two built in USB ports for charging. We've charged our iPhone 4 and my Captivate at the same time for months.
When I plugged in the Atrix, it starting chirping (like switching the charge mode on/off/on/off) and the iP4 _also_ started flipping out (again, like the power was being interrupted).
I wound up plugging into the same surge protector, but used a regular AC outlet and the supplied USB>>AC adapter. Everything ran/charged just fine.
Mine seems to freeze up and force close often whenever I charge it with my blackberry cord. The same cord had been charging my Backflip fine for months.
Need the Amp rating
I don't have an Atrix yet (I will soon).
The Blackberry charger that I have puts out 700mA.
But I have tried to use other micro USB chargers with the BlackBerry (BB) and if the charger does not put out the right amps, the BB keeps flipping into/out of clock mode. If you then plug in a BB charger....works great.
A USB-Port is only supposed to deliver 500mA by norm.
So, to charge the phone it hast to be >=500mA.
That explains why the Atrix charges really slow hooked up to a PC, since the battery is ~1900mA/h
You do the math
I'm using a Samsung wall charger right now with no problems.
Has anyone tried using an apple charger/aftermarket apple chager on their Atrix yet? I have an incase combo charger that can feed 2 amps (necessary for the ipad) and I'm worried it might cook something.
http://www.goincase.com/products/detail/combo-charger-ec20035
Yeah I use a cheap generic CELLNET wall charger and works perfect no problems
wirelessF said:
I'm using a Samsung wall charger right now with no problems.
Has anyone tried using an apple charger/aftermarket apple chager on their Atrix yet? I have an incase combo charger that can feed 2 amps (necessary for the ipad) and I'm worried it might cook something.
http://www.goincase.com/products/detail/combo-charger-ec20035
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whoa
$39 for a usb combo charger ?
does it give me a bj everytime i plug it in ?
Thanks for all the help everyone. I decided to just stick w/ the Moto one for now. Sure does take freaking forever to charge via usb on your computer. Lots of juice power
I just got this charger from Amazon fro $5.99 with 2 day shipping (if you have Prime)and it is OEM !
http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Vehi..._1_1?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1298656516&sr=1-1
I've used my wife's captivate charger, and it seemed to charge just fine, will need to look and see the output.. I may need to try my Iphone charger and see the rating...
The B&N Nook charger works fine too.
i forgot to bring my charger to work today, phone died. then i found a charger in my desk for an old bluetooth headset i no longer have. 5v-550ma......seems to be working but i suppose we shall see
I have been using my HTC Evo charger without a hitch.
Not sure if this is an issue, or if its standard. But here is what im facing.
A charge off the wall will get my Tmobile SGS2 to a full charge (from around 15%-20%) with the stock plug and cable in about an hour to an hour and a half. However charging from my laptop or from a car charger im only getting a total increase in battery 15% in an hour. I tried to use the stock cable with the laptop and got about 25% in an hour and a half. I tried to use the stock cable in my car and only got 7% in 45 minutes.
Anyone have any ideas?
When charging from the car or from a laptop, the power is limited to what the cable/charger can supply which might not be sufficient for the SGS2. For the car charger, you can try buying one that supplies more amps, but for the laptop, theres really nothing you can do, as it is limited by the USB cable itself.
Do you mean the USB cable or do you mean the actual plug & internal workings of the laptop? because i have tried several cables. And just also remembered that i tried the stock cable as well with crappy results.
you can buy a 2A charger, and it will charge a lot faster, that's what i use in my car
at home or office, i just use the regular charger, as i always carry extra battery packs
When you plug it into the laptop it only gives out a limited amount of amps unlike the regular charger that came with the phone. The one that came with the phone regulates the charge so that it doesn't overcharge your device or anything. The laptop USB plug is supposed to be meant for peripherals like a mouse and stuff so it doesnt give out that much amps, therefore charging slower than a regular charger.
I use the t-mobile rapid car charger, It can charge this beast in about 45 minutes. It also has a 2nd port for a 2nd device.
Deebo took your bike too?
Really?! I've never seen my charging current go over 700 mA, even with a 2 amp charger.
I'd happily give up some long-term lifetime for faster charging.
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They have a home charger too that's a home charger plus car charger in 1. I use them in the cars but they're great for trips cause you have a 2 in 1 charger.
With 3 batteries and a external charger though, I never need a home charger and haven't even put this on a charger yet.
Just as most of the others have said here, the charge is going to be limited to what the source can put out. If you get another charger (2A charger) then it will be able to charger faster but you also want to be careful with using after market chargers there are some that can negatively affect your battery by overcharging which is when the phone gets fully charged but the charger does not ever stop with the flow of power to the device.
Ok Thanks all.
Guess i need a new car charger and something for the office.
Also did some crawling through "Mother of all battery life" thread found some good ideas there for making this thing last longer on the charge its got.
Im having the same problem my fone takes forever to charge...im pluged into the wall using the charger in the box n it took me no joke 7 hours to charge my fone!
Im on it rite now as its plugged i to the wall n im losing power instead of charging...i tested the voltage n its fine ...is tgere anythin i can do?
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I, myself, actually haven't used the OEM charger that came with the phone. Although I did notice it is quite small and the phone battery is a 1850mAh (larger than normal) that might affect the charging rate. I am currently using the old HTC charger that came with my Sensation and it charges fully in about 2 hours. If you want a charger that charges your phone in an hour and a half, I recommend going into a T-mobile store and grabbing the Wallcharger they sell. It charges 33% faster than OEM chargers and does not harm your device nor kill your batteries.
You can find it by clicking here
Exactly same problem as OP.
OEM wall charger charges phone to full in couple of hours but laptop USB or car USB is doing at 10% / hour assuming you don't do anything on your phone but just leave it there to be charged. Otherwise you'll be losing battery rather than being charged.
513263337 said:
Exactly same problem as OP.
OEM wall charger charges phone to full in couple of hours but laptop USB or car USB is doing at 10% / hour assuming you don't do anything on your phone but just leave it there to be charged. Otherwise you'll be losing battery rather than being charged.
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As explained in previous post, this is due to limitations in the laptop USB drive and depending on what car charger you have, the phone might suck up more juice than it is able to provide.
so this is nothing a kernel or any other tweak can fix?
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so this is nothing a kernel or any other tweak can fix?
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no a new kernel or any other tweak wont work.
So i gotta buy a new charger!?!
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Yes, or if you have like an old microUSB charger from HTC or another Samsung phone (Samsung Vibrant) you can try using those.
the 2A chargers from BlackBerry are the best
So, you guys are seeing the phone draw over 700 mA (when the charger is capable)?
If I use my iPad charger (2A), I still top out at 700 mA, and the ~4 hours that go with it. :/
Even my 1A car charger tops out at 700 mA, that's why I thought it was a hardware issue.
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here is my setup in the car and i can't get the note to charge - well, it does say its charging but at best it will maintain my charge level it never actually charges
dedicated charger into my fuse box
note hooked up with mhl to my pioneer appradio 2
gps running, mhl running, bluetooth running. i use a screen off app to totally black out the screen.
now, this setup with my gs3 worked perfectly it would charge the gs3 like crazy as fast as a wall charger it seemed. with the note it will never increase in charge but at best maintain or slowly use charge. the power it is getting cannot keep up with all the tasks its doing.
now, i know this phone is a beast...but can anyone think of anything for me to try or buy to get this charging no matter what? i figure it may take custom kernals or something like that to finally get it done.
that being said - if you are using an android phone you absolutely must check out the pioneer appradio 2 with the appradio liberator app. you hook the phone up via mhl and with the app have full touchscreen control and mirroring of your phone on the 7inch touchscrreen radio display its pretty awesome.
I know the wall charger is a 2A rated charger....which is built for tablets. Perhaps attempt to locate a travel charger rated as such. I'm no scientist, or electritian so I cannot attest this will work, but just thought I would throw it out there
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Jcossack88 said:
I know the wall charger is a 2A rated charger....which is built for tablets. Perhaps attempt to locate a travel charger rated as such. I'm no scientist, or electritian so I cannot attest this will work, but just thought I would throw it out there
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my chargers i the car claim to be 2a but doesn't seem to make a difference. hell, the one charger would chage an ipad in the past
most samsung tablets need an adapter to "trick" fast charging mode on non-samsumg chargers. otherwise it'll just trickle charge. i've not tried any yet but seems i may have to since the gnote2 is gonna need the same juice as my gn101. kinda what i expected since they're pretty much the same specs.
here's a thread to make your own adapter:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=845844
page 9 has a few links buy your own. just put .com in place of .co.uk on the ebay links.
here one for $3. ships from china so it may take a few weeks.
the stock AC charger supplied with the note 2 is 2A. I also have a 2A car charger. I cannot get the note to charge at any rate higher than 1A. Yes, i do know the trick to get the phone to go into fast charge mode. I have a feeling that 1A is the most we are going to get. Yes, if you have a ton of stuff running all at once you are going to use more than 1A and end up with a dead battery after a while. It does suck. My previous phone (Epic) would not charge beyond .5A. It died while on my car charger ALL the time. Hopefully this one wont die quite as often.
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JudasD said:
the stock AC charger supplied with the note 2 is 2A. I also have a 2A car charger. I cannot get the note to charge at any rate higher than 1A. Yes, i do know the trick to get the phone to go into fast charge mode. I have a feeling that 1A is the most we are going to get. Yes, if you have a ton of stuff running all at once you are going to use more than 1A and end up with a dead battery after a while. It does suck. My previous phone (Epic) would not charge beyond .5A. It died while on my car charger ALL the time. Hopefully this one wont die quite as often.
JD
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have you actually tried the trick or the item in the link posted above? if so no use in me ordering it
knives of ice said:
have you actually tried the trick or the item in the link posted above? if so no use in me ordering it
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I've just ordered 3 of the $3 ones from deal extreme. it'll be a while before I can test it on a gn2. I'll try them on my gn10.1 as soon as they come in.
madsquabbles said:
I've just ordered 3 of the $3 ones from deal extreme. it'll be a while before I can test it on a gn2. I'll try them on my gn10.1 as soon as they come in.
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I ordered one from a usa seller on eBay hopefully I'll have it next week
This seems like it'd be very easy to do yourself with an old mUSB cable.
ffolkes said:
This seems like it'd be very easy to do yourself with an old mUSB cable.
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yeah maybe but the part is a couple dollars alot less time and frustration to buy
ffolkes said:
This seems like it'd be very easy to do yourself with an old mUSB cable.
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yep, looks really easy. i just wont' be able to make it as pretty
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have you actually tried the trick or the item in the link posted above? if so no use in me ordering it
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Yes, the trick i use is to short the two data lines going to the phone NOT towards the charging source. If you do not do this the phone will be in USB mode which will only allow a charging rate of .38A. This seems to be an android/usb standard across almost all vendors. once i short the data lines that is when the phone will go into full charging mode. The highest i can get the phone to go is 1A and this is even with the supplied Samsung 2A charger. I have also tried an iPad charger and it still only produced 1A to the Note II.
The Note II also seems to vary the input current based on how much battery is left. If the Note is very low (i.e. 50%) it will go into 1A. If the battery is high (i.e.95%), the current will bounce around. I have seen it start at .5A, jump to .8A, then to 1A, then right back down to .5A and it will continue there until it reaches 100%.
Bottom line i have not seen anything above 1A
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at least one of the adapters on the other thread claims 2A, but i don't think i've seen anyone with those results.
this is a pretty ridiculous problem for samsung to do nothing about is it not? the notion that you can't even charge your note in the car is a bit ridiculous. i wonder if someone makes a kernal with fast charging enabled if we'll be able to get around this
knives of ice said:
this is a pretty ridiculous problem for samsung to do nothing about is it not? the notion that you can't even charge your note in the car is a bit ridiculous. i wonder if someone makes a kernal with fast charging enabled if we'll be able to get around this
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you can charge, just ridiculous slow. i occasionally charge my galaxy note 10.1 on my computer's usb when i'm too lazy to whoop out the charger. i do it a work where i know i won't use it for 8 hours.
madsquabbles said:
you can charge, just ridiculous slow. iccasionally charge my galaxy note 10.1 on my computer's usb when i'm too lazy to whoop out the charger. i do it a work where i know i won't use it for 8 hours.
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You can't charge if you are intensively using the phone though. it loses charge.
Is there a specific car charger yet for the Note 2? I imagine this issue will be resolved with that charger.
People with the HTC Flyer/Evo View had similar issues. Unless we use HTC proprietary car charger, you lose power while plugged in. Standard usb chargers, charge it very slowly.
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I am using the PowerGen Dual USB 3.1A 15w High Output Car Charger since it claims to be a 3.1A charger. What I thought was a fast charge was in reality not. Using the Current Widget app (which shows you the mAh) it registers 9882 mA for one of the usb slots and 10005 mAh for the other using the Galaxy Note 1.
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twospirits said:
I am using the PowerGen Dual USB 3.1A 15w High Output Car Charger since it claims to be a 3.1A charger. What I thought was a fast charge was in reality not. Using the Current Widget app (which shows you the mAh) it registers 9882 mA for one of the usb slots and 10005 mAh for the other using the Galaxy Note 1.
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so does that charger actually charge your phone then ?
Yes, just like a regular 1mA wall charger, but not like the 2mA one that comes with the Note 2.
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I purchased a lightly used Galaxy S4 this week, and my phone seems to be working pretty well and my phone typically lasts me about 1 day with about 2-3 hours of screen time. The seller included the stock wall charger and battery with the phone, but for some reason, my phone charges really slow at night when I'm sleeping. It would take about 5 to 6 hours to reach full charge and this has been happening ever since i got the phone. I have read numerous reviews that state the average charging time is 2 hours, so I am assuming there is definitely something wrong with my used phone. What could be causing this problem?
http://imgur.com/4TmZ5vo
http://imgur.com/R0tKoTM
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stickydoorknob said:
I purchased a lightly used Galaxy S4 this week, and my phone seems to be working pretty well and my phone typically lasts me about 1 day with about 2-3 hours of screen time. The seller included the stock wall charger and battery with the phone, but for some reason, my phone charges really slow at night when I'm sleeping. It would take about 5 to 6 hours to reach full charge and this has been happening ever since i got the phone. I have read numerous reviews that state the average charging time is 2 hours, so I am assuming there is definitely something wrong with my used phone. What could be causing this problem?
http://imgur.com/4TmZ5vo
http://imgur.com/R0tKoTM
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Check the specs of the home charger. Since it's a used phone it's possible that the charger is not
the stock 2.0A which comes with new galaxy s4's but instead a 1.0A which is a common charger
for galaxy s2 and s3 phones.
Read the fine print on the wall charger to find out.
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Check the specs of the home charger. Since it's a used phone it's possible that the charger is not
the stock 2.0A which comes with new galaxy s4's but instead a 1.0A which is a common charger
for galaxy s2 and s3 phones.
Read the fine print on the wall charger to find out.
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I took some pictures of the charger along with some battery stats for reference, but I believe it should be the stock charger according to what you just said. Someone suggested that I Download BatteryMonitor and CurrentWidget app, and the apps indicate that I am charging 300ma and 6.8%battery/hr. Are these numbers normal? I did notice was that on the micro usb, there are only 4 bronze pins when I look into it. I compared this to my older android cable and that one has 5 pins. Is this normal?
Charger: http://imgur.com/4TmZ5vo
Battery Stats: http://i.imgur.com/R0tKoTM.png
stickydoorknob said:
I took some pictures of the charger along with some battery stats for reference, but I believe it should be the stock charger according to what you just said. Someone suggested that I Download BatteryMonitor and CurrentWidget app, and the apps indicate that I am charging 300ma and 6.8%battery/hr. Are these numbers normal? I did notice was that on the micro usb, there are only 4 bronze pins when I look into it. I compared this to my older android cable and that one has 5 pins. Is this normal?
Charger: http://imgur.com/4TmZ5vo
Battery Stats: http://i.imgur.com/R0tKoTM.png
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There are two kinds of cables, one of the cables will only charge, the stock cable which comes with
the phone will charge and transfer data between the computer and the phone.
But for charging purposes, both cables will charge the same speed when connected to the wall charger.
So you can charge with either cable with the same charging speed.
The main thing is the actual AC Wall Charger, to me it looks like the reason it takes you
5-6 hrs to charge is because the charger you use is 1.0A instead of 2.0A...
It should take 2-3 hours for full charge.
Good luck!
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There are two kinds of cables, one of the cables will only charge, the stock cable which comes with
the phone will charge and transfer data between the computer and the phone.
But for charging purposes, both cables will charge the same speed when connected to the wall charger.
So you can charge with either cable with the same charging speed.
The main thing is the actual AC Wall Charger, to me it looks like the reason it takes you
5-6 hrs to charge is because the charger you use is 1.0A instead of 2.0A...
It should take 2-3 hours for full charge.
Good luck!
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Quick way to tell what your charger is pushing would be to run this app while charging. 1900mA is what it should be.
lordcheeto03 said:
Quick way to tell what your charger is pushing would be to run this app while charging. 1900mA is what it should be.
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Thanks.I downloaded this app and I get the reading of 300.Am I 1600 short?
stickydoorknob said:
Thanks.I downloaded this app and I get the reading of 300.Am I 1600 short?
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Yes, sometimes mine will be q bit lower than 1900 (between 1000-1700) usually I just unplug it and plug it back in. But 300 is way lower. Might wanna try purchasing another charger.
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stickydoorknob said:
Thanks.I downloaded this app and I get the reading of 300.Am I 1600 short?
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elflip88 said:
Yes, sometimes mine will be q bit lower than 1900 (between 1000-1700) usually I just unplug it and plug it back in. But 300 is way lower. Might wanna try purchasing another charger.
Sent from Flip's Galaxy S4
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Make sure you don't have "Fast Charge" toggled in whatever ROM you're using. It noticeably increases power when connected to a computer or whatever DC source, but even when connected to AC power, Fast Charge will considerably lower the power output of the stock charger.
I'm running stock and didn't apply any roms. I hope it's just the charger, but is there anyway to test if it maybe a faulty usb port on the device without spending 20 dollars for a new charger to find out?
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I'm running stock and didn't apply any roms. I hope it's just the charger, but is there anyway to test if it maybe a faulty usb port on the device without spending 20 dollars for a new charger to find out?
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I can't say, but I will add that I've used numerous chargers and the absolute lowest I've seen was right around 420mA. That's obviously nothing more than my observation from using 8-10 different chargers, but still...
Try a different cable first. The stock cable should be the best but maybe u have a bad one. Its cheaper to replace than a charger.
Also try charging from a computer to see if ur phone takes more than 300ma. Try different chargers too. Most are 1000ma.
You should be able to narrow down the faulty component. If its not the charger or the cable, then it might be the battery or lastly the phone itself.
Walk into any cell phone store if u need to test with spare cables or chargers or even batteries. There should be some cool guys there
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BTW ur charger looks legit OEM. its not counterfeit
Have had the same car charger the last two phones I owned (Note II & Note 3). It would charge 2 phones and keep up with the screen on and GPS running.
However, it doesn't work at all with the Note 4... Plug in the Note 3, no problem.
Am I the only one experiencing this?
Do we need all new car chargers? I realize it has some new fast charging capabilities but I figured the old ones would still work.
My car charger still works but very_very_slowly. If I'm streaming Sirius and using GPS with the screen on it just holds the current percentage of battery life.
Charging
dutchman71 said:
Have had the same car charger the last two phones I owned (Note II & Note 3). It would charge 2 phones and keep up with the screen on and GPS running.
However, it doesn't work at all with the Note 4... Plug in the Note 3, no problem.
Am I the only one experiencing this?
Do we need all new car chargers? I realize it has some new fast charging capabilities but I figured the old ones would still work.
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My car charger still works but very_very_slowly. If I'm streaming Sirius and using GPS with the screen on it just holds the current percentage of battery life.
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The Note 4 charger and battery are different from the from the previous models, and the current note for battery accepts higher voltage (9 volts and 1.5 amps) and the previous models were (5 volts and 2 amps) for the house chargers so i would assume that there is a car charger that has different charging capabilities..
Looks like a second charger I had works fine. Strange.
Weird you say that because same thing happened to me. However, now my charger doesn't work on my old phone could be a coincidence