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Just got my VZW Galaxy Nexus and am loving it. When I first connected the phone to the computer, I used my old HTC Incredible microUSB cable to connect. I realized this was silly, as I hadn't installed the drivers yet. So I pulled the cable and installed the drivers. Upon reconnecting, I couldn't get anything to register. No charging, no data... I tried uninstalling the drivers, restarting both the computer and the phone and still nothing. The phone would no longer register that it was even being plugged in. I grabbed the cable it came with and it worked fine. That is the only cable that will actually charge the phone. I can plug it into any USB charger, and as long as i use that cable, the phone will charge. Additionally, it is the only cable that I can use to connect the phone to the computer. I tried other old cables, but none work. All chargers and computers work with that nexus cable, but none of the other cables work. Any thoughts on this? Is this an amperage issue through the cable? Why would data connection no longer work and why did it work the first time?
Thanks for your thoughts!
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I've had a similar experience, tried the charger from my droid OG, and it didn't work. Plugged in the old droid, still charges, new cable charges fine though. Weird, huh?
yea i tried to charge it with my usb cable in my car that i've used for all my htc phones but it didn't charge
Using a charger from a galaxy S here without any problems. Haven't tried connecting to a PC though.
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Having the exact same issues and getting worried...This morning I plugged in and it said charging. Now, even using samsung plug it doesn't say "Charging". The cord appears to be charging but the OS doesn't say so.
At home I use the AC charger that came with my Nokia N97 mini: no probs. At work I charge with a cheap brandless USB cable plugged into my laptop: no probs.
Ok, I guess I'm going hunting for a working cable. My friends Orig. Droid cable works so I might trade out with him...might not mean anything, but the cables that work have slits cut in the forward facing part of the microUSB, and the ones that will not charge do not. This may be an issue of my available sample, but perhaps there is something else going on here? Just jabbing in the dark here...
I'm now using my Nokia CA-101D MicroUSB cable (with an extender, because the single cable is long only 10 cm) with my PC and it works perfectly.
The original Samsung cable that come in the box is always into che AC USB adapter, to recharge de GNEX on night.
Interesting. I had an old Motorola Charger (one piece unit, not separate charger and USB cable) that would't charge my Galaxy Nexus. However, I have used a Kindle 3G charger and Blackberry charger that have both charged it without a problem. I figured that for chargers that separate the cable and AC adapater it would be the problem with the adapter and not the actual cable but I could be wrong.
I did read on another forum that newer devices with bigger screens like the Nexus can't take a charge from older chargers because of the makeup and power use of the newer devices.
I was thinking some companies switch the pin-outs of their cables/ports so you can't buy a normal cable and have it work....I could be totally off base though.
Mine works on 4 different cables on two different boxes. Haven't even opened the one that came with it yet.
Working here on a GSM/HSPA GN on ANY Micro USB Cable.
You guys not working are you with a Verizon Galaxy Nexus?
Oddly enough, I've used my old Incredible cable (perhaps it was my Thunderbolt one, though) with no problems. I'm on the Verizon Nexus if that makes a difference.
tct08 said:
Oddly enough, I've used my old Incredible cable (perhaps it was my Thunderbolt one, though) with no problems. I'm on the Verizon Nexus if that makes a difference.
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Using OG Droid usb for data transfer and an old LG usb to charge overnite. No problems. I haven't even unpacked the nexus one yet.
there are no special cables.. they all have the same pin out, the only reason why some work and others dont in cars, is based on the actual charger itself.
if you have a cig charger with a usb female port, you have to rig it to work, the middle 2 pins are shorted out with foil/tape and it'll work
if you have a full cigarette with cable unit, nothing you can do about those, they either work or not (mid 2 are shorted on build/factory)
i use any old 1A-1.5A usb cig charger, then short the 2 middle pins using ANY cable (i am using bb cable) and it works fine.. even did it with several cables and chargers for friends so we didnt have to spend no stinkin $10-15 bucks for a charger
all this bs is really a way to control the market of accessories, making you buy new ones that are shorted out sine the old ones arent and wont charge
I went on eBay and bought a spare set of 5V 1A home and car plugs, those seem to work great.
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Mines charges just fine using Nexus S wall charger + USB. Kinda disappointed with the Galaxy Nexus USB... its shorter than the previous USBs that Samsung offers.
Mine is Verizon
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Samsung phones don't play nice with other chargers. Using non Sammy chargers is ill advised. I run a warranty center for one of the big 4 cell phone companies ... trust me. Only use Samsung chargers.
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I got a htc incredible cable that depending on my rom either only does charging or I can transfer pics etc. odd ball phone. it wont do a odin without failing. for stuff like that I think all cables have an extra pin for their phone model used for firmware.
Today I picked up and installed two combo 120v/USB wall outlets so I can get rid of all the wall warts I currently have. The USB ports charge everything (tablet, HTC phone, Bluetooth) but the two galaxy S4's I have. Has anyone used one of the outlets before? Any ideas on why they will not charge the S4's?
The Specs for the USB side of the outlet is.
Switching Frequency Typical 140 kHz
Output Voltage Nominal 5V (+/- 10%)
Protection Current Limiting and Thermal Shutdown Protection
Output Current Constant Current Maximum 2.1A
The outlet is a Commercial Spec Grade Combination USB Charger made by Cooper Industries
Part number is TR7745 if anyone wants to look it up for any reason.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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Try changing to a different USB cable. It's weird how often this is the problem.
What does it do when you plug it in? Does it do anything at all? Does it even act like it's connected? Does it TRY and charge but just can't keep up? I have ones by Leviton that work fine with my S4 and my fiancees iPhone/iPad.
EDIT: I just noticed if you look at the reviews on Amazon HERE it seems multiple people have had problems with the S4 and this model. One thing I noticed with most that I looked at before buying mine was that the listed current was shared between the ports, whereas the Leviton version has one port that's 2.1 amps and one that's 1 amp independent of each other. This one might be 2.1 amps shared, so anything else plugged in might not work out.
02CWRX said:
What does it do when you plug it in? Does it do anything at all? Does it even act like it's connected? Does it TRY and charge but just can't keep up? I have ones by Leviton that work fine with my S4 and my fiancees iPhone/iPad.
EDIT: I just noticed if you look at the reviews on Amazon HERE it seems multiple people have had problems with the S4 and this model. One thing I noticed with most that I looked at before buying mine was that the listed current was shared between the ports, whereas the Leviton version has one port that's 2.1 amps and one that's 1 amp independent of each other. This one might be 2.1 amps shared, so anything else plugged in might not work out.
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I'm having the same problem. It's listed as "dual 2.1A". The first second I plug it in it flashes the charging indicator, then it goes off. No charging happening whatsoever.
farkmeil said:
I'm having the same problem. It's listed as "dual 2.1A". The first second I plug it in it flashes the charging indicator, then it goes off. No charging happening whatsoever.
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Did you ever have any luck with the S4 problem? Does it make a difference which side you plug the USB cable into?
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olneybrandon said:
Today I picked up and installed two combo 120v/USB wall outlets so I can get rid of all the wall warts I currently have. The USB ports charge everything (tablet, HTC phone, Bluetooth) but the two galaxy S4's I have. Has anyone used one of the outlets before? Any ideas on why they will not charge the S4's?
The Specs for the USB side of the outlet is.
Switching Frequency Typical 140 kHz
Output Voltage Nominal 5V (+/- 10%)
Protection Current Limiting and Thermal Shutdown Protection
Output Current Constant Current Maximum 2.1A
The outlet is a Commercial Spec Grade Combination USB Charger made by Cooper Industries
Part number is TR7745 if anyone wants to look it up for any reason.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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Try using a different usb cable from phone to charger,
be sure both ends have a snug fit and it should work.
I have one which is similar to yours.
Since it puts out 2.1ma just like the stock S4 wall charger
it should charge just as fast.
Good luck!
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Did you ever have any luck with the S4 problem? Does it make a difference which side you plug the USB cable into?
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Unfortunately no. I didn't mention before that I'm an EE, however, none of the troubleshooting steps I could think of had any effect. :crying:
Can use A Cooper USB Electric Outlet with S3 and S4
I saw this thread while trying to solve this very issue. I have the Cooper USB outlet and installed it thinking it would charge my phone and my wifes. It would charge her S3, but not my S3. She has the LTE version (SGH-I747) and I have the HSPA version (GT-I9300). Well I thought it would not charge my S3. After playing with it for a few minutes, I could get the charge light on the outlet to blink. No charging was happening as the charge light on the outlet would just blink and then stay off. On my wifes S3 I could plug it in it would start charging instantly.
After playing with my S3 and the cord (The same cord used for my wifes S3 as I had already tried numerous cords) I found I could slowly insert the micro usb end into my S3 and it would start charging. It was tricky, but after 30 minutes of wasted time, I got it to charge. I would have to ever so slowly plug it in, either at a sideways angle or at a slightly elevated angle. This was regardless of the usb cord used.
However my S3 died and I got an S4. Naturally my S4 would not charge just by plugging it in, but I tried the "slow insert" method, on both the micro USB side and the outlet side and both worked.
I am thinking there is some kind of tolerance issue surrounding the electrical connections. Sliding the USB connector in slowly at the outlet side, I beleive, would ground the connection first and then allow for charging, but this is where my knowledge of electricity starts to bad. That said it is possible to use the charge, but it is not plug and play.
I just picked up a couple of these for the kitchen to alleviate the eyesore of the wall warts and I can also confirm it charges everything I have thrown at it except my S4 (jfltezvw) =( I quickly found this post after googling it. I am currently doing some work on the phone now but I will attempt the super technical "plug it in slowly" later and see if it works =)
Has anyone had any luck with other brands? I find this REALLY odd.
just installed this same outlet, and sure enough it charges everything except the S4..."slow insert" doesn't seem to work...does anybody know of any other solutions besides not using it?
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I also have one of these outlet/usb from cooper that will not work with my s4.
Has anyone tried to use a DUAL POWER micro USB cord (like the ones that comes with the portable hard drives) to see if that would do the trick?
unfortunately, I do not have one of these cables, or I would try it myself.
Here's what I am thinking is happening...
The S4 is equipped with a smart charger that can trickle charge after a complete charge cycle.
When first connected, the s4 starts a trickle charge while it tests the battery for the charge cycle.
The cooper is equipped with a current limiter that shares power between the two outlets.
The cooper unit sees the trickle charge, and switches to a lower current setting for the slot with the s4 plugged in. reserving current for the empty outlet.
The s4 then tries to engage a fast charge, but cant due to the lack of current, and shuts down the charge circuit.
If a dual usb cord to micro usb cable was used, both outlets would be tied to the s4, and full power would be available to the s4 at all times.
Of course, without a cable myself, this is almost all conjecture on my part, and I could be just blowing smoke up my own arse, huh?
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EDIT: Of course, remember that the cable you use has to have the D+ jumper to signify the 2.1 amp availability. If you don't, the cable won't work. (Most dual port usb cables have this jumper already. so does the OEM samsung cable)
Just installed one of these tonight. Specifically the Cooper TR7745/TR8245 15A/125V
I can charge my Note 2 (SGH-I317), Nexus 7 wifi, but not an Samsung Galaxy S4 (SGH-I337). Kinda weird.
Since most third party chargers don't work anymore with the KitKat update, did anyone try an external battery?
All chargers works, just depends on cable and not chargers or kitkat. You get faster(slwoer charging depends on charger and quality of the cable.
For u question, I used Trent 11000 mah external battery pack, 5V 1Amp and with 3rd part usb cable, that are only for charging, without "data pins". It charging at 500 mah when screen is on, screen off at 930-980 mah and working as normal.
I dont know where u get that kitkat have anything to do with 3rd part chargers doesnt works.
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All chargers works, just depends on cable and not chargers or kitkat. You get faster(slwoer charging depends on charger and quality of the cable.
For u question, I used Trent 11000 mah external battery pack, 5V 1Amp and with 3rd part usb cable, that are only for charging, without "data pins". It charging at 500 mah when screen is on, screen off at 930-980 mah and working as normal.
I dont know where u get that kitkat have anything to do with 3rd part chargers doesnt works.
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Well my third party chargers stop charging when the screen turns off. Even if I use the USB cable that came with the Note. However, old chargers of HTC or Motorola phones do work with any USB cable. And I have read this from several other users as well.
I'm on stock 4.4.2 with stock recovery. What recovery/kernel/ROM do you use?
I only use third party chargers and cables and have never had a problem.
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Well my third party chargers stop charging when the screen turns off. Even if I use the USB cable that came with the Note. However, old chargers of HTC or Motorola phones do work with any USB cable. And I have read this from several other users as well.
I'm on stock 4.4.2 with stock recovery. What recovery/kernel/ROM do you use?
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The problem is Samsungs OEMs usb cable. I found it kinda weird, probably Samsungs have some kinda "handshake" with data pins and I got few of them from old Note 1/2/2014 and somehow it doesnt charge mine old Note 2 anylonger.
I got 4 of Samsunsg OEMs USB cables that comes along with Note 1/2/2014/EED100 (Desktop chagerstand) and I dont know anylonger which one is for each device. If I use wrong Samsungs usb cable, it charge mine Note 2 very slow, battery also drops while charging and I got to pick right usb cable for it to charge normal.
Now I just use this usb cable to charge mine Note 2014, too lazy to swap cable until find correct one and it works fine with any charger.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PortaPow-Hi...ories_MobilePhoneChargers&hash=item4ac6919243
Mine Note 2014 is rooted with stock recovery/kernel (4.4.2 HK version)
TabGuy said:
I only use third party chargers and cables and have never had a problem.
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That's really intersting. Are you on stock ROM?
dt33 said:
The problem is Samsungs OEMs usb cable....
Mine Note 2014 is rooted with stock recovery/kernel (4.4.2 HK version)
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I tried using the Note charger with different USB cables and it works. Using third party chargers with Note cable does not work, but using HTC/Motorola chargers with any cable does. So I think the problem is with the charger, not the cable. Are you sure you used the Note charger with diferent cables and it didn't work?
Using a 1.0A charger charges the device obviuosly slower but the third party chargers (also 1.0A) stop when the screen is off or the device is powered down.
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That's really intersting. Are you on stock ROM?
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Yes
I use a limeade 16000mah battery and have never had a problem with it not charging.
Alright, I'm now officially out of ideas why this only affects some devices. Would you mind telling me what model you have?
Mine is a 605 LTE
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Alright, I'm now officially out of ideas why this only affects some devices. Would you mind telling me what model you have?
Mine is a 605 LTE
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SM-P600
Might be it's a bug in the 605 ROM/kernel. Or maybe related to the snapdragon 800 chip. Maybe Samsung screwed up some drivers, intentionally or not.
If anyone is having charge issues, change your cables. There's nothing special about a "Samsung" cable, but there's a lot of cheap cables out there that have enough voltage drop on them that they won't allow adequate charging. Also, make sure your charger is doing "AC" charging, not "USB" charging- the Note won't draw more than 500mA from USB charging and you may either experience slow charging or none at all if you're using it.
I'm running a P607T (US T-Mobile) model with the German P605 ROM (which should rule out "locale" differences), and my Note charges from any third-party charger I have and/or my Gorilla Gadgets charger battery just fine, whether screen is on or off.
Like I said before, my third party charger stops charging when the screen turns off, even if I use the cable that came with the Note. In settings under battery it says "charging - AC" but still.
It may very well be that these chargers are too "cheap".
The Samsung cable misses one of the two ground connectors. This method was used for devices with mini (!) usb to put them either in power or data transfer mode, depending on the cable used.
However, the Note don't care, I charge it with a 5pin-cable.
The charger should be fully Android - and Apple compatible, as the Note most likely checks for Ipad-compatible signals on the data lines for 2A support.
The USB Port of the P600 is really weird.....I`m searching a long time for a solution to use USB and charging at the same time, and I`m testing a lot of dockingg Stations for this.....thats really strange.....the Multimedia Dock, made for the Note 2, works with the Note 3, without Problems, alll Ports are working....but P600 doesnt accept it as any docking stations, it do absolutely NOTHING, if you put it in.....with the new desktop dock (without usb) both devices will accept it as an "Docking Station"...other Adapters, like Hama, with SD Card Reader, USB and micro USB, will accept as an USB connector, all works, but not charging......but now, the LAN to USB Adapter from Samsung for the PRO Tab Series, wich have 2 x USB, LAN and Charging Inputs, works fine, except the LAN Port......think, there no drivers there at P600.....The USB Port is not same pinned as the Note 3, and also not same as the Note 10.1 and other older Tabs.......maybe it`s same pinned as the PRO Series.....but not sure......
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Hi I bought my Nexus 7 2013 used in February. It came with a 3rd party charger and usb cable. It’s worked fine since I got it and it use to charge fine. I would use different usb cables and they would all work. Within the past 2 weeks or so it has become increasingly hard to charge it. Also this started happening on the stock 4.4.4 rom with root enabled. Today I installed a custom chroma 5.1.1 rom just to see if anything changed but it’s the same result it doesn't charge. The chroma rom says it has the Franco Kernel. Not really sure what that means but the stock rom's kernal wasn't changed.
I've left it off and connected charging to the AC for hours and would turn it on and it would have not raised at all in battery charge percentage. When it’s on and I can better see the percentage in this battery app I have installed I noticed if I jiggle the cable at all it will disconnect and connect again. So it might not be making good contact. It does this with every usb cable I have tried on it. However when I don’t move it and have it charging in sleep mode it does see it as connected and it says charging in the battery monitor widget app when I wake it, but it doesn't charge stays at the same percentage or lowers.
There is sometimes where I get lucky and it starts charging but it’s becoming increasingly tougher to get that to happen. I haven’t had any luck since last night messing around with it with different cables. I've even tried charging it on my PC but it’s the same result. It says charging but it doesn't charge. However if I do connect it to the PC I can view the files on the Nexus 7 fine as long as I don’t move the Nexus 7 much. I've also tried the AC adapter on my phone to see if it works and it works fine and charges. I've tried a kindle fire 9w charger on the Nexus 7 and that doesn't charge either.
Any idea what’s the problem? If I buy the official AC charger do you think it would work? Am I better off buying a Qi wifi charger? I rather not waste money on the AC charger if there is a good possibility of it not working.
Hi,
I seem to have the same problem recently. I am running on 20150519 CM12.1 nightly right now but this problem started to occur about 2 weeks ago i.e. with an older nightly version running...
It really feels like the USB connector is broken. I have to move it the same way headphones jack has to be moved when it is broken. Have you tried more different chargers? I did but no solution.... Now I got it luckily charged to 90% and I am making a quick backup.
Do you have still warranty? I technically do but would need to get back to stock and lock the bootloader back.
I found threads on how to get back to stock via USB connection but is it possible to lock the bootloader without being able to connect USB to computer?
No unfortunately I have no warranty since its a used item. I tried the 3rd party cheap charger, amazon kindle fire charger and my phone charger on it they all don't charge. I think you can replace the USB board on it but that would require opening it up and doing the repairs yourself. I think I will just get a Qi charger and see if that works. I kinda don't want to spend money on that just to find out its my battery that doesn't work. I am not sure what the problem is since I can connect the nexus 7 to my PC and it will see it and its files fine. So I know the USB port works at least a little bit.
It's a sub-board (usb-sim-touch module) issue. I would reccommend using a wireless charger as a quick fix since the wireless charger module is located on the motherboard itself so you should be good.
I may have a few sub-boards for the 2013 lying around but i'm not sure if they're 100% okay - as in calibrated, tested and fully functional. Also, i'd need to know if yours has LTE or not.
I have a Nexus 7 2013 32gb wifi edition. Thanks for the info. I put in an order for one of those wireless chargers.
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Hi, I seem to have the same problem recently.
I am running on 20150519 CM12.1 nightly right now but this problem started to occur about 2 weeks ago i.e. with an older nightly version running...
It really feels like the USB connector is broken. I have to move it the same way headphones jack has to be moved when it is broken. Have you tried more different chargers? I did but no solution.... Now I got it luckily charged to 90% and I am making a quick backup.
Do you have still warranty? I technically do but would need to get back to stock and lock the bootloader back.
I found threads on how to get back to stock via USB connection but is it possible to lock the bootloader without being able to connect USB to computer?
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I have a Nexus 7 2013 32gb wifi edition. Thanks for the info. I put in an order for one of those wireless chargers.
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perhaps you did that already, but from experience i must say that in 9 out of 10 cases it's the cable and 8 out of 10 cables are mediocre as compared to how it could be. no why i say that ist because i tested something between 50 and 60 cables during the last 2 years because i had similar issues and bought a special ampere and voltmeter with with the correct usb ports to measure the flow, same device, same power source, thus as empiric as possible result most cables charged between 0.9 and 1.1 A while about 10% were half of that and only few charged at 1.5A while 3 charged at between 1.9 and 2.1A. understand me right, same device, same charger, sam place all same condition, in car, on motorbike, on wall plugs. only significant difference were the cables. so check those first before taking more costly path which then only remain workarounds.
BTW amongst the bad ones were many that came out of the box with the devices and from different oems but many samsung original cables.
what i did i painted the ends of each cable with red for bad, yellow for ok, green for good and the outstanding ones already had a color, it were the stock cables from the oneplus one which had the best charging rate. good luck
In my last two international flights (United and Norwegian), I noticed that my OP3 doesn't charge when plugged into in flight entertainment system USB. When plugged in the cable, I also tried Ampere to see charging levels but it indicates the phone is not charging.
During flights, after noticing the issue, I tried the following when plugging the cable, with no luck:
turning the phone completely off/shutdown
tried using two different cables (one standard and the other DASH), both failed but otherwise work fine if used in any other USB port (e.g., workstation).
tried different USB ports (where others were charging their devices).
I also asked others to try charge their phones on the same port, two different phones charged fine (one was iPhone and other Samsung).
I am running official OOS 5.0.1 with blu_spark kernel. The phone used to charge fine in flight few months ago, so not sure if it's a software issue...
Any thoughts or solutions?
I'm sure the USB port doesn't supply enough amperage to charge the phone. It's probably just like my truck's radio USB port, it will not charge my 3T.
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I'm sure the USB port doesn't supply enough amperage to charge the phone. It's probably just like my truck's radio USB port, it will not charge my 3T.
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if that is indeed the case, then, on a technical note, how much amperage OP3 needs?
(I am asking because, as I mentioned, on the same port iPhone 7 and Galaxy S8 were charging...)
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if that is indeed the case, then, on a technical note, how much amperage OP3 needs?
(I am asking because, as I mentioned, on the same port iPhone 7 and Galaxy S8 were charging...)
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I have no idea. Maybe someone else would know that or you could ask OnePlus support.