Does anyone know of a good (doesn't have to be OEM) data/charging cable that will work with the 10.1 tab? I saw a few non-OEM ones on Amazon but the reviews say they don't work (one person says it won't charge, another says it charges but won't do data). I guess I'm willing to pay for an OEM cable if someone can tell me which ones are compatible with the 10.1. Samsung live chat says they can't provide this info because the device is not officially released yet. Didn't seem like they were simply dumb or unwilling, just that support folks don't have the info/training/specs yet.
The 10.1v seems to need at least 2A output to charge and the only 2A output charger mains to USB adaptor I have is the one that came with it.
Some in Australia have tested the standard cable with third party 2A output chargers with no luck. Others say that their Samsung branded chargers from the original Galaxy Tab work fine.
I bought a 75cm retractable third party cable (labelled as working for the original Galaxy Tab) and it works for both data and charging on my 10.1v. I'm going to try my luck and buy a 3m third party cable as the 1m one provided by Samsung is simply too short to be practical for me.
Oh and the 10.1v, like the iPad (and original Galaxy Tab), will not charge over USB from most PCs.
They do charge from powered USB (1amp) just veeeery sloooowly
From a non-powered (500 milliamp) usb port, you're probably draining it quicker than it is charging
The original Galaxy Tab was also 2amp
Hi all,
Just a quick question, anyone currently using a 2000 / 2100 mah USB car adaptor with their G-Note?
I currently have a 1000 mah adaptor I believe and after a 2.5 / 3 hour journey, whilst charging, connected to the cars bluetooth and using Co-Pilot, I was down to about 20 / 30 % I think at the end of it.
Will the 2000 / 2100 mah USB car adaptors off ebay be ok to use with the G-Note and will it help keep the phone charged when using the phone as a SatNav?
See link to ebay item
Thanks in advance.
A DC power supply shouldn't be measured in mAh... Maybe they meant 2100 milliamperes? 2100 milliamps would be 2.1 amps which is the more amperage than my HP Touchpad charger (2 amps) which should be more than enough.
I don't know how much I would trust an ebay seller that can't even get the terms correctly, but if it's a 2.1 amp charger it should be fine.
Cool, thanks for the heads up PickleHead, I just thought that mAh was the rate of amp flow per hour and didn't realise it was specific for discharge rate of batteries. I'll have another look around.
Just had a look on the back of the USB mains plug for the Note and my Dell Streak and they both have OUTPUT @ 1.0A which is 1 amp right? But a 2.1 amp USB car adaptor should still be fine right? What about 3.1 or even 4.2 amp ones....or are they way too much for the Note?
I've also discovered today what a thirsty little beast the Note is while running satnav. I have a 1 amp car charger with the centre pins shorted together to force the phone to go into "AC Charging" mode, which it does perfectly well. However, over a 20 mile, 30 minute journey I was seeing the battery drop by about 1% per mile (every 90 seconds) whilst charging. That was with CoPilot Live Premium. On the way back I switched to Navfree, with pretty much the same result. I even have CoPilot set to dim the display in between turning announcements. On my old phone that make the difference between a solidly increasing charge and one that struggles to keep up. On the Note it was losing charge even with that feature enabled.
I'm going to need to be finding an alternate charger for the car, so recommendations would be welcome. I can't see a 2 Amp charger being a problem. The Note should take as much as it needs/wants, so long as the charger lets it have the juice it demands.
I would go for the official dock, except I'm told that it won't accommodate the Note whilst protected by a gel skin/case, so the official dock is a non starter for me.
Griffin PowerJolt car charger
tdodd said:
I've also discovered today what a thirsty little beast the Note is while running satnav. I have a 1 amp car charger with the centre pins shorted together to force the phone to go into "AC Charging" mode, which it does perfectly well. However, over a 20 mile, 30 minute journey I was seeing the battery drop by about 1% per mile (every 90 seconds) whilst charging. That was with CoPilot Live Premium. On the way back I switched to Navfree, with pretty much the same result. I even have CoPilot set to dim the display in between turning announcements. On my old phone that make the difference between a solidly increasing charge and one that struggles to keep up. On the Note it was losing charge even with that feature enabled.
I'm going to need to be finding an alternate charger for the car, so recommendations would be welcome. I can't see a 2 Amp charger being a problem. The Note should take as much as it needs/wants, so long as the charger lets it have the juice it demands.
I would go for the official dock, except I'm told that it won't accommodate the Note whilst protected by a gel skin/case, so the official dock is a non starter for me.
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Griffin PowerJolt Micro for iPad.
Output: 5 volts DC at 2.1 amps
Output power: 10 watts
http://store.griffintechnology.com/ipad/original-ipad/powerjolt-micro-ipad
My Griffen Powerjolt charges the battery while Google navigation is running.
It's possible Google nav is less of a power drain than Navfree. I'll have to try it.
- Frank
I am using the original samsung galaxy tab charger which is rated at 2amps, it works fine with igo, but while using pandora, blurtooth a2dp and igo, the phone charges slowly...
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I hav always used a 2A car adaptor as even the Nexus One was a thirst beast as it played the audio over bluetooth to the car dock that had its own speaker.
It works fine with Navigation/Navfree/Waze and the phone charges rather than discharges slowly with the lower power adaptors. The Official Samsung Car Dock comes with a power adaptor that is only rated at 1Amp.
The adaptor I use was intended for an iPad which needs at least 2A. Some adaptors have ratings that should be taken with a pinch of salt. If you can find one rated for an iPad (the type that plugs into the cigar socket and has a USB socket on it rather than an integral iPad connector) then you can't go wrong.
For those asking, I got my Samsung Car Dock from Handtec (in the UK) at: http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/5881/samsung-galaxy-note-official-vehicle-dock-kit-
I have the micro usb power cable from the original htc Nexus One car dock. I believe that this provides a 2 amp charging current, and my note charges, albeit slowly while using the phone as a sat nav with google maps
On a similar note about charging (which seems appropriate here), I have the original Galaxy Tab which doesn't allow charging over USB with the standard cable. However I bought an adapter which allows the Tab to charge from a USB port but you can't use it for data, I'm wondering if it's ok to use the same adapter with the Note so it charges quicker off a USB port?
Thanks for the link to the car dock, that looks pretty good
John
i just got a New Trent IMP1000 external charging battery that chargers anything with a USB but when i connected the samsung wire that came with my Galaxy Nexus into the New Trent it charged really really slow compared to putting the wire into the samsung block that goes into the wall.. I thought the problem was with the New Trent since it is only an external battery charger but when i used the USB they provided (which i thought was crap) it charged literally 100x faster than the official samsung usb wire into the New Trent.. WHY!? why does the New Trent USB Wire charge faster than the Samsung USB into the New Trent but they charge at the same rate if the Samsung USB wire is plugged into the Samsung wall block. i know this post sounds confusing but if you get it im just wondering why lol
With the Samsung USB wire you will probably only get your phone to charge with USB amps (check in About phone/Status). The other cable is probably wired to tell the phone it's a wall charger and thus will give you more amps.
If your phone says Charging (USB) you are limited to 500mA charging current, and if your phone says Charging (AC) it is limited to 1000mA current.
Have noticed that the output on the Note II charger is higher than it was on my S3. Does anyone know where I can get another genuine one or equivalent travel one with the same output. Have used my friend Google but no luck.
Also, can a usb cable also affect the charging rate. e.g. I am currently charging my Note II in work with the original charger part but different usb cable and is only on 70% after 3 hours where as at home with rthe genuine usb and charger part it would be fully charged by now
Here is a 2 amp car charger which would charge your phone in roughly an hour and a half (3.1A/2A).
I'm planning to set a tab S4 as my car dash. I want to know if it is possible to fast charge the device while using OTG at the same time.
I know that it will charge the device, but if it doesn't fast charge, even though it charges the battery capacity will decline because of the constant use of the display.
I have a usb hub which has PD 3.0 charging capabilities, but it shows as cable charging only with a 18w charger.