he solution I found, is to use a generic wall plug and a shorter wire... DON'T use the Samsung wall fast charge plug. It seems to conflict with phone charger pattern
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I bought an OEM Samsung wall charger that charges at 1 Ampere. I started to charge my Zerolemon battery with it yesterday at about 6pm and here it is today and it is only at about 80% charge rate. Something is not right. I contacted the seller and they told me that the charger is from Samsung and it charges at 1 Ampere. It is either the charger is a knock off or my Micro-usb cable that connects into the wall charger is not the right kind.
Are there different variations of micro-usb cables that will work better? Some that allow more current to flow over them than others? My cable says that it is 28awg/2C. I remember when I had a playstation 3 I had problems with syncing the device with my playstation 3 with the USB cables I had bought. After tons of research it was the USB cables that were the issue. They didn't allow enough current to work properly with the PS3. I'm starting to wonder if I'm having the same issue with the Samsung Wall Charger. Is the 28awg wire gauge too thin?
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I bought an OEM Samsung wall charger that charges at 1 Ampere. I started to charge my Zerolemon battery with it yesterday at about 6pm and here it is today and it is only at about 80% charge rate. Something is not right. I contacted the seller and they told me that the charger is from Samsung and it charges at 1 Ampere. It is either the charger is a knock off or my Micro-usb cable that connects into the wall charger is not the right kind.
Are there different variations of micro-usb cables that will work better? Some that allow more current to flow over them than others? My cable says that it is 28awg/2C. I remember when I had a playstation 3 I had problems with syncing the device with my playstation 3 with the USB cables I had bought. After tons of research it was the USB cables that were the issue. They didn't allow enough current to work properly with the PS3. I'm starting to wonder if I'm having the same issue with the Samsung Wall Charger. Is the 28awg wire gauge too thin?
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- charger is rated 1amp but usually puts out less depending on the quality and efficiency of it. You won't get the fastest charge with a 1amp psu. Get yourself a cheap 2amp and have plenty of headroom.
- also, if voltage in your wall outlet is low (rare) that would affect psu output.
- yes super thin usb cables can be part of the cause.
- of course, if the cable is meant for PC charging, it will be wired in such a way, to not exceed 450ma (or so) whereas a usb cable or charger that is meant and wired for fast charge, will provide...for me...1150ma (Search/Research my past posts for more detailed info)
- also, most kernels, slow down the charge rate as the batter gets closer to 100% charge.
- a bad battery or custom kernel with bad code, could both affect charging speed.
Has anyone found a 12v car charger that will charge the G3 while it is being used as a satnav or is the drain from the screen just too high?
I've tried a few different cheap unbranded chargers that will slowly charge the phone when not used but they seem to have little effect when used with Google maps.
I am using an Anker dual-port 24W quick charger sold on Amazon. I can confirm that it charges the phone even with the satnav running (it is the first one I found that really works).
It does not fit perfectly my car's cigarette lighter's plug (it moves a bit when plugged), but overall I am very satisfied about it.
i use Belkin 2A car USB charger with Mediabridge cable. charges at 2A no problem
I use one from Monoprice (2 Port USB Car Charger 4.2A - Black) with a USB2 cable and it works.
With a cheep USB cable the phone goes into slow charge mode.
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I use a Belkin Micro 5V 1A
It charges 1% every 20 minutes or so while using satnav. So, it at least keeps up.
Hi all,
I'm running into a strange issue with my Z1 Compact. I've just bought an Anker 40w 5-port USB charger, and when I connect it to my Z1c with the magnetic cable, it charges fine and everything is OK. However, if I connect it using a standard micro USB cable, it discharges at a rate of around 800ma instead of charging.
It's not just the Anker charger - I had a similar issue with an Arctic 4-port charger I was using previously. When I connect to the stock charger with micro USB, everything is fine and the phone charges normally. I'm running the latest build of SlimKat (it was happening with previous versions as well as on CyanogenMod) with unlocked bootloader.
Is the stock Sony charger different to regular USB chargers in terms of internal connections? I can't figure out why else this would be happening.
Stock charger has 1,5A and when you charge phone and at the same time you use it wont discharge. But if you have charger with max 1A or even less your phone would discharge while havy using
That's the thing though - the Arctic charger is rated for up to 2A per port, whilst the Anker is rated up to 2.4A per port, so it shouldn't be that.
Also, if I'm just using the phone normally whilst not plugged in, I might get a current drain of around 450mA from the battery. But if I plug it into one of these chargers over micro USB, the drain will be around 800mA to 1100mA. So it's not that the phone is using more current than the charger can provide; the charger is apparently actively discharging the phone.
I'm using Battery Monitor Widget Pro to check on all this. When I connect to the 3rd party chargers the mV and mAh flicker and jump about, but are steady over the magnetic cable or over micro USB on the OEM charger. Not sure what this signifies, if anything...
I have a couple of generic chargers I've been using with my note 2 for a couple of years. I realize these will charge slower than the samsung fast charge charger but is there any reason we can't use them or will they impact battery life (I would think they would increase battery life); i supect the answer is that they are fine but maybe battery technology has changed and there is some 'smarts' between charger and battery that would be damaged by these ?
No issue using your old charger except as you mentioned it won't be fast charging. I do not believe that the fast charging will hurt the battery. The fast charge only works for the first portion of the charge then the rate of charge slows to a trickle charge.
U can use any charger but i recommend to use any charger with 2amp output as it charges quick 40% in 30 mins insteas of 50%in 30 mins with original.
Original charger has two modes 9v and 5v it charges with 9v untill 50% and switches to 5v after that.
I think the unit i use is a sanyo 800ma 5 volt. I don't mind the slwo charge as long as it can't harm the battery. This is only used during travel and office; @ home I use the charger that came with the device.
You can definitely use another charger. Like said before it wont charge as fast. The adapter that comes with the phone will charge your phone at 9v instead of the normal 5v. If you use a different usb cable with the charger it will still charge at 9v. If you change the adapter, it will charge at the normal 5v whether you use the another usb cable or the one that came with the phone. The usb cable is just wires. The wall adapter is what determines how fast it will charge...
Any way to force fast charge when charging via USB
When charging with wall outlet with original LG charger the phone charges pretty quickly.
However when charging via USB in my car there are time it will charge slowly (which I can deal with) but there are other times it will not change quick enough resulting in the battery actually losing charge. What is weird is I can't figure out the variability as the load should be pretty consistent (screen on, bluetooth on, GPS on, car home ultra, navigation and stream music).
I had a Galaxy Nexus that had the same problem but was able to resolve it with combination of using a power only USB cable and custom kernel that support Fast Charge which I set via Trickster MOD. I am using the same setup except I can't find an equivalent way to trigger Force Fast Charge.
I am using GSam Battery Monitor to try to diagnose but am getting confusing results. The mV reading varies from time to time from -1000ish to +1300ish.
Is there a way to solve my problem?
Thanks in advance!
What is the rated amperage output of the car charger and have you tried using the original LG cable with it?
If the port on your car isn't putting it enough amps it will never fast charge. Try getting a fast charge car charger.
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Hum... I didn't think about checking the output of the car charger. Thank you for the suggestions. I think that is the problem.
I have a GoGroove FlexSMART X2 Mini (http://www.gogroove.com/GOgroove-Fl...eless-In-Car-Bluetooth-FM-Transmitter-pid9385) and I found out its output is rated as DC 5.0V 600mA. I think I'm going to need to get a twin socket adapter, one socket for the X2 mini and one socket for a fast charge car charger.
Buy a 12VDC charger with at least a 5V 2A output and you should be good.