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Best car charger?

So which car charger do you guys recommend for the S3 that has AC charging enabled?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006SU0SX0/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000S5Q9CA/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&redirect=true
rapid charger at up to 1A. best car charger on the market, especially for the price.

Does anyone know where to get a USB coil cord that would fit into this?

Personally I have the wireless charging mod done and in my car use a Palm Pre Touchstone as a charger. It looks incredibly good and clean.
It is NOT the fastest charger however (only about 500mah charge rate).
If you want the fastest charging, I would get one of the ipad car chargers. 2.1 amps of charge power will more than juice your phone.
Personally, I recommend the Griffin one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/GRIFFIN-POW...ccessories&hash=item3a779d867b#ht_2277wt_1166
You may be able to find it cheaper somewhere.

I've read in a few places that rapid charging isn't good for our batteries. Any truth to that?

The phone will only take 1 amp regardless of the charger being 2 amps. Buy a well built one and you'll be fine, they all charge the same provided they are 1 amp.
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using nokia n97 car charger atm

Walgreen's $5 5v 1A usb. Compact and charges like a boss. I've used it for about 3 weeks and I don't have any issues with it. It doesn't heat up my phone at all.
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clankfu said:
I've read in a few places that rapid charging isn't good for our batteries. Any truth to that?
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no such thing a rapid charging as the phone draws what it needs.. by "rapid" it just means it supports up to 1A charge rates..
and, i accidentally thanked your post..

tft said:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000S5Q9CA/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&redirect=true
rapid charger at up to 1A. best car charger on the market, especially for the price.
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+1 for this, I've been using this for ALL of my Android phones.

A lot of people seem to recommend that Motorola charger in these forums for various devices. I think I'm going to order one.

The Moto car charger has decent reviews on Amazon.
There any others recommendations of car chargers ?

Be careful. Bought a cheap one and found it sent dirty power that introduced noise into the audio out on my car dock.

I cant find the link but there is a 3 amp chager in the tmobile store its expensive but worth it.. a 15 minute drive gave me a 23% boost
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Use the charger available at samsung estore with 1000mah. The best and orignal one always worth it
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http://www.amazon.com/Mediabridge-H...82189&sr=1-1&keywords=mediabridge+car+charger
I bought that bad boy. The build quality is awesome. You can twist off the cap and replace the fuse if it's blown. Unlike some other chargers you have to pry it out and possibly break it. This one can charge up to 3.1 amp on one usb port for tablets and 1.0 amp on the other port cell phones. Yes by default my phone was charging in AC mode with my sam captivate. Then i decided to modify it from one of users tip on there for permanent AC charging. No issues so far.

Anyone have this car charger?

Specs aren't listed and I've already wasted money on 2 car chargers that don't charge my note 2, despite being touted to do so.
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Well..they charge him, but in slow mode. Connect your phone and go to Settings->Battery..and you will see one of this "Charging (USB)" or "Charging (AC)". If it says USB, then you only have 500 mA, and AC gives you max from your charger. Original charger for Note 2 is 2A. So, I doubt that any car charger will give you that amount of electric charge. It can help, but it is a really slow process.
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Does your cigarettlighter-outlet in your car working?
I'm using a SonyEricsson MicroUSB car charger bought and used with the SE Xperia X10 Mini in 2010. It does easily charge the Note1 while using Google Navigate+GPS and the Spotify (Via Bluetooth with the car stereo).

this subforum for N7000, I suppose?
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I purchased a splitter from Amazon that came with 2 cigarette and 2 USB connections. I used the cable that came with my N7000 originally and plugged that in and it works fine. You can go on eBay and search for 2ah USB cigarette charger and just use the cable that came with the note to charge it up.
I wouldn't buy any longer cables as it seems to slow down the charging process by quite a bit.

hi
i have ipod 2port usb car charger
usb 1: 2.1 A
usb 2: 1.2 A
i use 1.2A and charge my note very good and fast
thanks

I have this one working great ^^
http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B005ZHD3FW/ref=oh_details_o08_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Don't know if I could post this link, so excuse me and delete it if it's forbidden

Wired and wireless charging speed

Hello all,
I am trying to figure out which is the fastest charger, wired or wireless for the Nexus 5. To do this, I suggest we gather measurements about the charging speed for the phone charging when it has less than 75% charge.
My results are the following so far:
T-Mobile dual usb wall charger 700-800 mA
this ebay Qi charger [1] 200-300 mA
[1] http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wireless-Qi...l_Phone_PDA_Chargers&var=&hash=item51b121c146
Note that the T-mobile dual USB charger was the power source when using the Qi charger and the same microUSB cable was used in both cases.
Does anybody have a wired or wireless charger that can charge faster?
Also, I am using the Elixir 2 app to measure the mA, is there an alternative that does not require the screen on (I feel that it may affect the measurements)?

The one that outputs more mah will charge faster.
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They're both awful outputs u need at least 1000 mA / 1A output. You can damage the battery with underpowered charge rates
Also that eBay link states 1A output in the description
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Guys, for the wired chargers, we are not talking about the STATED MAXIMUM OUTPUT here, we are talking about the output IN PRACTICE. Most chargers are rated for instantaneous output (it can output 1A or 2A or whatever is listed on the charger, but only for a millisecond, then the rate will fall off).
Please use the app and let me know what your rates for wired charging are (not that the rates fall off when the device is charged more than 75%, so try to test when the charge is lower than that). I bet the rate you find will be lower than 800mA, but if this is not the case, I am curous on the charger and cable that you use.
As for the wireless charger, I know it is very very bad, am trying to return it.

A poor/cheap usb cable will make a massive difference too. I once had a cable that wouldn't let more than 384mA through it!
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Exactly! This is why I picked the cable I am using now, but I could not get over 900mA with this combination of cable + charger. The Charger is a T-mobile dual USB 3A charger and in my opinion it is very good.

The stock wired charger is rated for 1.2A and actually charges at just over 1 A. The charging chipset in the phone limits charging to 1.5 A max.
The nexus wireless charger charges at 750 mA max. Bad positioning and cases will reduce wireless charging efficiency though.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7517/google-nexus-5-review/3

I've noticed that during wireless charging my phone will charge at 500-600mA up until 85-87% and after that it will charge at 300mA to 100%, so make sure when you are testing to test at lower battery capacity. Also, try wireless charging from a USB port of a computer, I've noticed that I got better performance form USB port than from 2A touchpad charger.
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Wired charging is always going to be faster than wireless charging. Wireless charging on the Nexus 4 Orb takes about twice as long as charging via the supplied wired charger with the Nexus 5. Technology is going to have to advance quite a bit before wireless charging eclipses wired charging. There is an inherent inefficiency with wireless charging that wired charging does not have.

i bough one of those white, skewed ones off ebay for 10€ shipped and am pretty happy with it!

Looking for an AC & car charger that will charge at 1.5mA (UK)

I've been used to getting just under 1000mA with the included charger but when at my sisters, I plugged into her (generic) tablet charger and was amazed to see the charging rate at 1500mA.
After a little research I see that the Nexus 5 is safe to and capable of 1.5mA but the stock charger is rated at only 1.2mA.
I've tried a number of 3rd party 2000mA AC adapters but these all show as USB charging, so capped at 500mA.
Anyone got anything tried and tested that will give me this. Also looking for similar for my car. I have one that will charge at 1mA but would like more if possible.

Try a different cable with the 2A adapter

prulleman said:
Try a different cable with the 2A adapter
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I've tried several, including the stock cable.
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[Q] in car charger

Has anyone found an incar charger that actually works? I have used the official lg cable with a cigarette lighter adapter and it simply says its slow charging with a usb charger. was using the satnav and it just constantly lost power instead of charging
cheers

I'm using this. You might need to condition your phone for it though so it can charge as quick as the stock LG wall charger.

labpedro said:
Has anyone found an incar charger that actually works? I have used the official lg cable with a cigarette lighter adapter and it simply says its slow charging with a usb charger. was using the satnav and it just constantly lost power instead of charging
cheers
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I find the problem usually to be more about the cable then the charger. Most car chargers claim to be 2.1a these days, but often the cable just can't keep up. The one I ordered is no longer in stock, but it's similar to this one:
ok, the system won't let me post links.. search amazon for 20awg usb charge cable

Cheers guys, I'll take a look

I use the iOttie Easy Flex wireless charging car mount. Best $40 ever spent on a car charger

I use Anker IQ 2 port 24W car charger. Main problem with charging LG G3 is usually bad cable quality. Use good cable and you'll always charge successfully.
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Even if I've used my original g3 cable with an in car adapter it didn't charge. Anyway, I got one off eBay whilst waiting for options above and so far it's working great.

Most in-car chargers are delivering 1A output, LG wall charger for G3 is 5V 1.8A. I use an in-car charger with both 1A and 2A outputs (twin), the latter, 2A connection, does its job well (which actually is for charging tablets like iPad in car). Shortly, if you want to get an effect like in LG wall-charger case you should care on the output current of charger.