Has anyone had problems with chargers not working? I have over ten different chargers but only one will work with my phone. When I 1st bout my phone I didn't have this problem. I'd there a special way I can calibrate my phone so it'll work with other chargers again?
bddpolo said:
Has anyone had problems with chargers not working? I have over ten different chargers but only one will work with my phone. When I 1st bout my phone I didn't have this problem. I'd there a special way I can calibrate my phone so it'll work with other chargers again?
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I've had this issue with some chargers, but not all. Some HTC chargers no longer charge my phone (or they charge very, very slowy) and none of my kindle chargers charge my phone. I mainly use Palm Pre chargers (those things are beasts!), as well as the one I got from Samsung, and they work fine. I think it has to do with the Amperage and Voltage output of the chargers. Have you compared the ones you're trying?
topherk said:
I've had this issue with some chargers, but not all. Some HTC chargers no longer charge my phone (or they charge very, very slowy) and none of my kindle chargers charge my phone. I mainly use Palm Pre chargers (those things are beasts!), as well as the one I got from Samsung, and they work fine. I think it has to do with the Amperage and Voltage output of the chargers. Have you compared the ones you're trying?
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I've had only one other work for me which I don't know what kind it was but I'm currently using the nokia usb charger. No car charger works nor does the original Sprint charger. Grrrrrr
Update: I cleaned out the usb port with a needle and I got 3 out of the 10 to work besides the 1 so I'm gonna go with that. Still no car charger to work but my 1 charger was on its last leg so I'm not complaining.............yet!
You can try Compressed Air. The type that is used on keyboards. Just be very careful. Also not all Chargers are equal. The Specs vary, sometimes greatly. Also the thread HERE has some info, even though it is not for our exact device.
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So I have a few car and home chargers laying around that are Micro USB, just like the EVO. Is it safe to use them? I would think so since all the charging circuitry is internal to the phone. But, I figure i would double check.
Also, are there certain micro USB > Std USB cords that are designed for charging and data VS data only?
I use a Rocketfish (Best Buy) car charger in my truck and sometimes use my wife's Blackberry 9800 wall charger or USB cable and haven't had a problem at all. I remember this was a huge problem with my old Pre but I don't know if the EVO has the same issue.
I have been usin my old Blackberry's one and works perfect!
Just check the MilliAmps rating. The EVO uses some healthy juice to charge it. Most chargers will charge it slowly as generics are typically in the 500-700mA range. But they are typically safe, I use them sometimes.
Thanks for the info. I will check out the LG home and car chargers I have left over and see what they are capable of.
I use the chargers from my old LG verizon phone. They charge very fast so obviously they have enough juice. And they don't make a humming noise when at full charge like the htc oem ones that came with my evos.
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I have a pointmobl car charger I bought from Radio Shack when I got the phone and I use a USB travel charger from my old Razr VE20 in my bedroom, both work great. The Razr charger is about 700mA I think, so it charges a bit slower but it still works fine. My car charger is 1A so it charges on that pretty quickly.
My EVO is quite the slut when it comes to chargers: I like it! My old HTC Universal was PI-CKY about chargers! Pretty much had to rely on a USB cable and a device.
The 500ma charger I bout with the phone back in June died a few months ago, so I think you can't expect to cheat THAT much. I have tested 4 different car chargers and they all work (rocketfish, verizon, and 2 no-name brands).
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So I have a few car and home chargers laying around that are Micro USB, just like the EVO. Is it safe to use them? I would think so since all the charging circuitry is internal to the phone. But, I figure i would double check.
Also, are there certain micro USB > Std USB cords that are designed for charging and data VS data only?
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I've never heard of a cord that was data only. Never seen one either.
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They are OK but watch the amperage. The HTC one is the only one providing a full 1A. Most other ones are 250-500mAh and I've seen as low as 125mAh. That means 8 times longer to charge.
I tried buying a no-name Chinese/HK 1A charger off eBay and it ended up freezing my phone anytime it was plugged in (and resuming like nothing happened when taken out.) Weirdest thing ever since I'm not sure how a charger could affect the phone that way, but be careful.
The cheapest I've seen for the official HTC one is here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150574209506
Looks legit and hopefully it's not a knockoff.
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.
Can anyone recommend a charger that actually works and charges the HTC One? I ordered an "OEM Charger" from Amazon and it did not work. Now after reading a bunch of reviews for whatever charger I find, people claim that those chargers dont work.
Evolancer13 said:
Can anyone recommend a charger that actually works and charges the HTC One? I ordered an "OEM Charger" from Amazon and it did not work. Now after reading a bunch of reviews for whatever charger I find, people claim that those chargers dont work.
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I have used multiple chargers that I had with Nokia devices and in car I three different "no name" chargers, all of them work as should. With one Nokia charger I get notification that tells that charging isn't that fast as it could with different charger.
I've used the chargers I had from my Samsung Epic. They work fine. Also, the iHome two port usb wall charger I got at Wal-Mart does great with one of the cables I still had laying around. Sometimes I use the charger at work that came with our Kyocera DirectConnect phones.
I think the key is just to make sure any charger you use is at least 1amp.
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I'd order a charger from ebay, and it takes about 6 hours to charge the phone.
Also, something is wrong because when I pick up the phone, I feel something weird on the speaker.
So I recommend to use the original one ! It takes less than 3 hours to charge the phone.
I use the one from my old s3. Actually charges faster than the original
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Any wall charger with a 1A (Amp) output will be ideal for the One. A lot of the "rapid" chargers have about a 500 - 650mA (milliamp) output (about half of the power of the genuine charger). It won't do any damage if it's lower than 1A, but it will take a lot longer to charge it.
Don't be cheap on chargers though, the cheaper the charger, the more likely it will be to fail after a month, and potentially damage your charging port.
Thanks for the responses! I will look into chargers with 1.0 A charging, I have been using an LG charger that my dad had laying around.
I am no fan of verizion at all and didn't feel like driving to my local att store so..
I bought a 5v/2.1amp Verizon charger for 15$
6' long cord with an led light at the tip to help light up the usb port on the phone when trying to plug in. Also the base has an led light which lights up to let you know when the device is fully charged
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Johnny424 said:
I am no fan of verizion at all and didn't feel like driving to my local att store so..
I bought a 5v/2.1amp Verizon charger for 15$
6' long cord with an led light at the tip to help light up the usb port on the phone when trying to plug in. Also the base has an led light which lights up to let you know when the device is fully charged
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I think using a >1 A charger may damage our batteries in the long run. I wouldn't recommend going beyond the 1 A of the stock charger.
raghav2511 said:
I think using a >1 A charger may damage our batteries in the long run. I wouldn't recommend going beyond the 1 A of the stock charger.
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False. Current is taken, not given, meaning the phone only pulls 1 amp from a 2A charger. I have verified this personally using Battery Monitor Widget. It displays the current charge/discharge current and reads 1A with my 2A charger.
I'm surprised so many people have problems with chargers. I have used Samsung, Asus, and some random Walmart chargers, and they all have worked at 1A. Maybe the people with problems are using really crappy or broken chargers?
I've been using an LG Charger, 4.8V and 1.0 A.
As far as i know, it doesn't really matter if its 1 or 2 amp, since its just the max output and it depends on the phone to use a certain ammount of amps. Voltage is what is important when it comes to providing a secure charging i think.
I tried charging my nexus 7 on 3 different cables, that work, and the it would not charge. My original cable is starting to come apart at the end and I needed to use a different cable but none of them work. Does anyone know why this is?
Inverted. said:
I tried charging my nexus 7 on 3 different cables, that work, and the it would not charge. My original cable is starting to come apart at the end and I needed to use a different cable but none of them work. Does anyone know why this is?
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I've been able to charge my N7 with multiple cable brands. I've used cables from ASUS (stock cable), Motorola, Monoprice, Logitech, and the stock S4 charger cable. Not sure if it would make a difference but are you using the stock wall outlet adapter?
Also are you sure it isn't charging or just that it doesn't show the charging indicator.
I've noticed some units don't indicate they are charging, but if you leave it connected, the battery level does increase.
i have used many cables offician and third brands, without problems. do you use stock firmware or custom? root or unrooted?
The cable that came with N7 was left in the box ever since I bought the tablet. Charging has never been a problem with any other cable that I used. Now I am used to charging wirelessly most of the time though.
mine can be charged fine from various cables and adaptors.
i suppose it's defective and suggest you claim if still possible!
Saw a few posts here about cables, but not as much about the AC charger itself.
So as most of people on here have other USB chargers from other devices, can we compile a list of the USB chargers that work well with the Nexus 5?
And if possible, where to buy ones that will perform similarly, or better than the stock chargers?
I have been using the stock charger and stock cable exclusively, but I will try using my old devices' chargers and cables to see the difference here. For now, lets stick with talking about chargers only, and using the stock cable to keep the test consistent.
Does anyone have an easy way to measure this? There is the Battery Monitor Widget by 3c that seems to work well, but it does a + - current charge, it would be nice to know if there was a total charge indicator.
With my blackberry 5V 700mA wall charger, I am getting +120mA to +390mA.
Will edit more into this when I go home to do more testing.
Bax5 said:
Saw a few posts here about cables, but not as much about the AC charger itself.
So as most of people on here have other USB chargers from other devices, can we compile a list of the USB chargers that work well with the Nexus 5?
And if possible, where to buy ones that will perform similarly, or better than the stock chargers?
I have been using the stock charger and stock cable exclusively, but I will try using my old devices' chargers and cables to see the difference here. For now, lets stick with talking about chargers only, and using the stock cable to keep the test consistent.
Does anyone have an easy way to measure this? There is the Battery Monitor Widget by 3c that seems to work well, but it does a + - current charge, it would be nice to know if there was a total charge indicator.
With my blackberry 5V 700mA wall charger, I am getting +120mA to +390mA.
Will edit more into this when I go home to do more testing.
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The stock adapter MCS-01WR is pretty widely available for you to purchase. The problem is getting a source where it is authentic rather than a cheap copy. Also in terms of faster than stock charging the phone will only accept a certain amperage. It's for safety as well because it would the life of your battery.
venturizhou said:
The stock adapter MCS-01WR is pretty widely available for you to purchase. The problem is getting a source where it is authentic rather than a cheap copy. Also in terms of faster than stock charging the phone will only accept a certain amperage. It's for safety as well because it would the life of your battery.
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So then my question is... does anyone know of a place where it is legit?