Hi everyone!
So my new Nexus 7 came perfect out of the box and I am in complete tablet bliss . The charger block that came with makes a very loud buzzing sound when powered, so I have not been using it. I do now want to return my entire device just because of that charger because my tablet is a good one.
Does anyone know if the charger from the Grouper tablet is the same output and wattage as the new? I have been using my official iPhone brick rated at 5v - 1A and the official Motorola brick rated at 5.1v - 850mA. Neither of them seem to charge the device at a proper rate. I was considering buying the official Asus charger for the first edition from Amazon because I don't think the new one is on sale yet.
Any thoughts or experiences?
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Any 5 volt charger of at least 1.35 amps capacity should work. Even a 20 amp PC power supply would be fine. You would need a specific resistance on the data pins for the tablet to recognize it as a high current source though. Safest is the old nexus 7 charger. We know that will work in high current mode.
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I actually just located a thread in the Accessories forum discussing this subject. Apologies for not seeing that their first.
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Thanks so much for the reply also!
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Hi all,
Noticed that my power monkey doesn't charge my nexus anymore.
Is this to do with needing more oomph so to speak?
Cheers
Alun
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Same issue. I've emailed PowerMonkey support - it's a bit puzzling because the USB spec only calls for 5V and 900mA and the powermonkey classic is rated to output up to 5.5V and 1.2A.
Is your powermonkey charger also the classic version?
Yes, it's the classic version.
They've now suggested using the female usb tip and the normal usb cable to see if that works. Will try it later but I know the micro usb tip isn't faulty as it works on other mobiles.
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Can I use my old charger from my Original Droid to charger my new Galaxy Nexus?
The old charger is the kind that has the USB plugged into the part that goes into the wall socket. and has the standard mini USB, same as the charger that came with the GN. Was just wonder if the voltage would be different?
thanks for any help. Wanted an extra charger at work.
Should work no problem
Has anyone seen John Connor?
Should work. And it's micro usb for future reference. Mini is too big.
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Should work. And it's micro usb for future reference. Mini is too big.
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Yea, micro
Check the output. Ideally, you want it to match that of the GNex charter, which is 5V and 1A
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nyijedi said:
Check the output. Ideally, you want it to match that of the GNex charter, which is 5V and 1A
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The voltage should match, but the ampere doesn't have to. In fact, it's better if it's bigger (only slightly though, otherwise the battery might overheat).
snapper.fishes said:
The voltage should match, but the ampere doesn't have to. In fact, it's better if it's bigger (only slightly though, otherwise the battery might overheat).
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Does the voltage have to match? Do we need additional transformers for travelling between Europe and USA?
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The Samsung Droid Charge "charger" here in the US works just fine and can be purchased on eBay for around $5. In fact I think it's the same charger they bundle for the Verizon Wireless Galaxy Nexus.
samizad said:
Does the voltage have to match? Do we need additional transformers for travelling between Europe and USA?
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You will see that most of chargers these days support 110 - 240 V and 50 - 60 Hz, so they should work everywhere. All you'd need is an adapter, but no transformers.
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You will see that most of chargers these days support 110 - 240 V and 50 - 60 Hz, so they should work everywhere. All you'd need is an adapter, but no transformers.
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But it does need to be a 5v power supply.
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But it does need to be a 5v power supply.
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That was for the input voltages. The output from the charger should be 5 V.
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Anyone know of a decent ac charger that works with the nexus? I have like 5 micro usb chargers from various old phones, but only one or two work with the nexus.
I used the one that came with the phone
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Smart! I would too!
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I used the one that came with the phone
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I use the one that came with my Nexus One. It's 5W charger, like the Samsung wall wart, but has a cable that's a foot or so longer. I keep the Samsung at the girlfriend's. At work I use a 5V/.85a motorola that I found lying around.
Any brand name charger will work fine. Off brands...well...you get what you pay for sometimes.
Idk if itll help, but I have an HP Touchpad in the house, and the "barrel" like wall adapter and a random micro-USB charge with "AC" power as shown by the nexus.
tl;dr buy an HP touchpad charger on the cheap.
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i am currently using this one instead original charger，it works fine. works great on my samsung android phones and iphone4 ， except ipad2.the package with a free usb cable that for samsung galaxy tab . so you need a normal android usb cable, charger really small and great lookinghttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/150731518...18326&_sacat=See-All-Categories&_fvi=1&_rdc=1
If anyone uses a good quality cable or knows of one could u point me in that direction because I always find that the samsung ones stop working after a while around where it plugs into the phone.
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AW: New Charger Cable
I always buy the 1 buck things from eBay. They work pretty well and if one breaks there are still enough, because I always buy 5 or 6 at a time.
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I have a media bridge 6 foot cable I got off amazon. Great charger cable. It seems like it charges faster than stock too. Not just on my nexus, but also my uncles note.
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I always buy the 1 buck things from eBay. They work pretty well and if one breaks there are still enough, because I always buy 5 or 6 at a time.
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AW: New Charger Cable
Just checked eBay.
From 1€ to 4,10€ in a day...
Lucky me. I bought 5 for 1 each a few weeks ago.
Hope they will lower the price soon.
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I recently bought a nice retractable one from my local Office Max. Liking it a lot! Charges just as fast as the original cable and works for data as well.
http://www.retrak.co/Products/tabid/86/ProdID/264/Language/en-US/Retractable_Blue_Micro_USB_Cable.aspx
I think Google just started accessories for the Nexus 4, like a USB cable, maybe that one will be solid.
I wish you a great day..
I have a Sony Xperia Z1 and I find it quite hard to charge.. The problem is, when i am using waze/gps in car my charger is not able to charge device and it is still loosing power. (same problem with N4 or HTC One)
Is there any good (not expensive) charge that does the job? Thank you very much
It's not the price of the charger that is important, it's the output (measured in Amps).
You need to find charger that has an output of 2 amps or more.
Anker make some very very good ones, they are high quality and not very expensive.
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i have this for almost a year http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-Ericsson-Original-AN401-Handsets/dp/B0042AP7F2 even before i had the xperia z1 and i am completely satisfied.
The gps is running and sometimes data too and the battery in the worst case scenario stays the same.
And you'll be able to charge faster using the magnetic cable from my experience
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Faster using a pc usb socket? It should make no difference with a charger.
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