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Fascinate wall charger WILL charge the GT 10.1

Interesting to me, though maybe already known:
I could not find my GT10.1 wall charger the other day, so on a whim I tried my Fascinate's wall charger (with GT 10.1 cable). This wall charger seemed to charge the GT 10.1 with no issue.
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$0.43 + $3.48 shipping on Amazon - pretty cheap way to get a back-up to stick in my backpack.
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Captivate-Fascinate-Mesmerize-Continuum/dp/B004JQ05II/ref=pd_cp_e_4

As should any USB type charger. My iPhone charger and my Jawbone Icon headset charger worked as well but takes longer to charge due to the lower current rating.

Agree with MisterEdF.
I have the same plug with my Nexus S and my Epic. Both WILL charge but it's slow as hell and there's definitely the Red X letting me know that it's not the 5v2a charger the tab would like to see. Can't see why the Fascinate charger would be any different...

I believe that is a .5a charger and our tabs come with a 2a. The most it really can do is slow the battery drain. It'll take at least 4x the amount of time to charge.

tghockey07 said:
I believe that is a .5a charger and our tabs come with a 2a. The most it really can do is slow the battery drain. It'll take at least 4x the amount of time to charge.
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I dunno. Over a ~couple hour period the battery went from 24% to ~50%. Not as fast as the stock charger, but certainly not zero.

tghockey07 said:
I believe that is a .5a charger and our tabs come with a 2a. The most it really can do is slow the battery drain. It'll take at least 4x the amount of time to charge.
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It will slow the drain if you are using it but if you simply want to charge it over night it should be fine in a pinch.

markp99 said:
Interesting to me, though maybe already known:
I could not find my GT10.1 wall charger the other day, so on a whim I tried my Fascinate's wall charger (with GT 10.1 cable). This wall charger seemed to charge the GT 10.1 with no issue.
$0.43 + $3.48 shipping on Amazon - pretty cheap way to get a back-up to stick in my backpack.
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Captivate-Fascinate-Mesmerize-Continuum/dp/B004JQ05II/ref=pd_cp_e_4
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And so will the B&N Nook Color charger. Essentially, any one will work but the standard, lower capacity ones might take forever to charge. The Nook Color charger provides ~1.9A @ 5 Vdc in place of the more standard sub-1 Amp chargers.

Charger specifically for one x

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Do you have to use the white charger that comes with it or can I use my old desire hd black rounded one. I'm just thinkng that the voltage or ampage or whatever it is may be different. Looking to keep a charger in the office you see. Also does it make a difference in terms of battery life and general goodness for the phone if you charge connected to your pc. Much obliged
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No you'll be fine with both. Both will state their outputs on them, and both will be 5VDC at 1A. Generally any charger with a micro usb plug on the end will be charging at 5v. Charging current capacities vary. My wife's blackberry charger also works, but only has 600mA output current so charging the phone could take 40% longer. I've been using my desire charger on my onex.
The main reason to keep with HTC chargers, is that the cheap ebay Hong Kong stuff generally have cheap AC/DC converters in them, and are poorly regulated. This can cause a number if problems witha smart phone, such as heating and damaging the battery, and touch screen interference.
Charging froma PC USB output limits the charging to 500mA, so obviously will take twice as long as your HTC wall charger to get a full charge.
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I've been using the charger for my HTC Desire with my One X since I got it - simply because it was already plugged in I've had no problems with charging.

Not working with Moto charger
wnp_79 said:
No you'll be fine with both. Both will state their outputs on them, and both will be 5VDC at 1A. Generally any charger with a micro usb plug on the end will be charging at 5v. Charging current capacities vary. My wife's blackberry charger also works, but only has 600mA output current so charging the phone could take 40% longer. I've been using my desire charger on my onex.
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Well, I am in the situation now that somehow the One X will not accept the Motorola Atrix (US) charger (I am in Singapore, but chargers "convert" automatically in my experience). It works fine though when plugged into the PC, but obviously will take a very long time to charge that way.
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It worked with the Moto charger once the battery charge was up to about 20%. When it was 2%, phone would only accept USB (or, potentially, the original HTC charger which I did not have at that moment).

Review: 2A wall/car dual chargers from iSmooth

Yep, it's the same iSmooth known for their screen protectors At first I was very skeptical because they are listed for Apple products, both dual port chargers with 2.1A and 1A - typical for iPad and iPhone/iPod devices. While talking to Paul, the guy behind iSmooth, he mentioned about using it to charge his Note 2 without any issues.
I got both of them, and can report they work perfectly with our Note 2. I can use either 2A or 1A ports to charge GN2 while still have other port used by another device, either android or apple. So functionally it definitely works. Another thing I noticed, 2A port charges the phone pretty fast, and when I connected iPod Touch to 1A port, the charge rate seems to be relative the same which suggests they don't share load where with some other chargers both ports are forced to 1A.
The construction of both is very solid, these are not cheap plastic chargers. Wall charger actually has substantial weight which suggest quality electrical components. Both have white/black theme, works with my UAG Navigator lol!!! Wall charger has a blue light indicator while car charger has a glowing blue ring. I tried capturing everything in picture details below. One thing that makes it unique, wall charger has a release latch to remove the electric plug. Once you do that, you have symmetrical 2-pin universal plug you can find on a ton of your devices around the house, like laptop ac-adapter or printer plugs. I actually used one from my laptop ac-adapter (not included with wall charger, obviously), but still a neat idea for extension cord. if your electrical outlet far away. But in general, wall plug is very slim and should fit without obstruct any other device plugged next to it.
The only drawback, wall charger is sold out on Amazon and I have been told it will take a few months before its back in stock. Oh, also forgot to mention - both wall and car charger come with 10 year free replacement guarantee. That is insane confidence of the product quality.
Ok, so here are the pics:
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When using GPS and charging in car, phone won't charge?

When I use GPS and want to charge from car charger, phone drops battery percentage, little slower then without a charger, but still dropping. So I thought that the charger is not strong enough, and bought another one with 3.1A, little better but still dropping. Then I try with home charger and no dropping, the GPS is working and battery is charging!
Is that normal, that the car charger can not charge the battery when the phone is in heavy use? The home charger have only 1A, and car 3.1A.

Try NOT using an original HTC cable but instead a generic cable.
I recently purchased an external battery pack to charge my phone while on the move, I thought it would be best to use an original HTC cable but found it was charging to slow, when I checked in settings- power it stated at the top that it wasn't Charging as AC.
I suggest you go to your car and plug in your phone
Then go to: settings - power, check if your phone is charging as AC, if not you'll need to try with another cable ( check screenshot)
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I don't use original cable anyway, have other cable in car. Check it and it say AC.
Adapter is this one:

That's really strange mate, I don't have this issue, is there any possibility of trying a different car charger & or cable?, maybe a friend's just to eliminate it as a possibility.

I tried today different things, original htc charger and cable, different charger and cable, and all of that in different car...
The best was with original htc charger and non-original cable. Phone start charging and i think that was that, BUT...
After approximately half an hour, start discharging again, and i think that i accidentally move the cable, but the red charging led was glowing. When checked in power settings, there say "discharging". I disconnect the charger and connect again, start charging but after a minute it stop. Some overheating, maybe?

It sounds like that could be the problem (over heating) maybe you should try a different kernel and undervolt a little to see if it will help.

Ok, I can try, I'm currently on Lyapota's 023 kernel and Viper X 4.1.1, everything else working very well.

I use #017 pre aroma and it runs very cool

Yes, lot's of people says that this version is the best, I would try it.
So, you try to use gps and the phone charging ok with Lyapota 017? Which rom you use?

I have not had any problem using GPS and charging, I use the lates t MaximusHD.

Ok, thanks, will try with 017 and report back.
Edit:
I didn't know that this is a very common problem, that the cable is the one who can't supply enough current. I found many articles about this problem, and found something very interesting on Youtube. Will try this tomorrow and report if it works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9-rfImR86g

How can you tell if it's charging "quickly" vs "regular" AC?

I've seen a picture somewhere that shows the phone displaying "charging rapidly" at the bottom of the lock screen. I think it was on droid life. I'm plugged in with the included charger & cable and it only says simply "charging"... Is something wrong, am I missing something, anyone know?
Found it, here's the picture I'm referring to from droid life:
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ellesshoo said:
I've seen a picture somewhere that shows the phone displaying "charging rapidly" at the bottom of the lock screen. I think it was on droid life. I'm plugged in with the included charger & cable and it only says simply "charging"... Is something wrong, am I missing something, anyone know?
Found it, here's the picture I'm referring to from droid life:
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When plugged what percentage was your battery? If it was close to full 85-99%, I don't think fast charging is on anymore.
Sent from my Sprint Galaxy S5.

It might be that the phone needs to be nearly dead in order to take advantage of the quick charge feature.

I was at 27%... That sure as hell seems low enough to be in the area of the curve that's still charges at near maximum rate. I would have expected things to taper off closer to 60%

ellesshoo said:
I was at 27%... That sure as hell seems low enough to be in the area of the curve that's still charges at near maximum rate. I would have expected things to taper off closer to 60%
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That is strange. Definitely should say rapidly charging then.
Sent from my Sprint Galaxy S5.

Hi
ellesshoo said:
I was at 27%... That sure as hell seems low enough to be in the area of the curve that's still charges at near maximum rate. I would have expected things to taper off closer to 60%
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There is probably a set of requirements that need to be met before rapid charge starts, such as how flat or full the battery already is, and it's temperature. Perhaps it was quite warm from use?
I've seen rapid charging once on my Nexus 5, not seen it again yet. Although even if just AC charging, it ticks up pretty fast.
Regards
Phil

I plugged my phone into a standard plug using a USB a to c and it said charing rapidly... I thought only USB C plugs worked?

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Im at 73% and i just plugged it in and it said charging rapidly....

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Try another outlet somewhere else. I've found some outlets in my home, like the ones near major appliances, don't have the same current as some other outlets. Just a thought.

Check the amperage of the charger with ampere app from play store. It's been designed exatcly for that.
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