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Longer Power cord

Any suggestions on this? It seems my nexus is very picky about only using the stock cord. I couldn't even get it to charge with my galaxy S2 cord. Charge icon was on but didn't charge.
Thoughts?
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Michael Arnold said:
Any suggestions on this? It seems my nexus is very picky about only using the stock cord. I couldn't even get it to chare with my galaxy S2 cord. Charge icon was on but didn't charge.
Thoughts?
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I use a USB 3.0 Cable extender that I got for like $3 off eBay. Charge time is the same and the cord is 6ft longer

Search and you will find a great thread on cables and chargers and what works and doesn't and why.
I picked up a couple of these when they were on discount ($9.95 at the time). LONG 6ft cables and they work great for not only the Nexus 7 but other devices as well (Raspberry Pi)...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004OZMWUS
Even at the current price of $16.31 I would not hesitate to buy one.

Thanks guys, I will try that. I hate this little cord.
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I used $random cable in the house, works fine. Just make sure you use the OEM charger, unless the cable is super crap it should just work.

Im using my old charger from my blackberry curve 8300 with a mini usb to micro usb adapter on it because it was the longest charger I have. It worked to charge my original evo 4g, it charges my evo lte, and it charges my nexus 7 as well.

Here: http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10303&cs_id=1030307&p_id=5458&seq=1&format=2
I paid $3.94 total. Should have been smart and ordered two (other half wants one) but I wanted to be sure it works. It's great and plenty long enough.
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I've got a couple of 2mtr cables with right angle micro usb plugs, cheap as chips off eBay and they work fine.

Note 2 wireless charging

Does anyone have any information about a wireless charging option? I mean the s3 was supposed to have it but until now nothing and I fear for the note
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Not yet aviable an im sure it will never arrive
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Can you elaborate please? I mean the only reason I'm asking is for instance the S3 has been announced with it, so I guess the NoTe2 has the aptitude. plus as you can see on the picture there are two vacant connector pins which are quiet similar to the Nfc ones. It should be their purpose no?
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We know the S3 was announced with it, but it still isn't available in most of the world. Samsung is being very slow about it, and seeing how the S3 does not have a proper one yet, the Note 2 probably won't see one anytime this century.

I found this on eBay.

FloatingFatMan said:
I found this on eBay.
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That's a Palm Pre Touchstone unit, which you can buy for about a fifth of that.
S3 thread on the subject of wireless charging. Did it to my S3, worked fine, just made the standard back bulge a bit with the induction unit was all.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710089&highlight=wireless
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Check out the QI units > http://www.yijieneng.com/en/Product_detail.asp?productid=766&classid=138
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I dont own paypal so i cant get that kit from ebay.
I found out that the Motorola Droid Bionic also has an accessoires with inductive charging.
But i cant find it anywhere.

damitch300 said:
I dont own paypal so i cant get that kit from ebay.
I found out that the Motorola Droid Bionic also has an accessoires with inductive charging.
But i cant find it anywhere.
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You don't need to "own" paypal... Just sign up for an account. Anyone can do that.

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You don't need to "own" paypal... Just sign up for an account. Anyone can do that.
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Well last time i had Paypal it ghone wrong.
So i never touch that site again...

Was that post above confirmation about wireless charging built into the note 2? Strongly considering one if it had the same charging posts as the s3
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interesting, but will this be slower than charge with usb?

contradude said:
Was that post above confirmation about wireless charging built into the note 2? Strongly considering one if it had the same charging posts as the s3
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Yes the note2 has wireless charging.
You just need the unit.

Since the Note 2 uses a higher mA rate, will the currently available wireless chargers be effective? It worked on the GS3 due to a lower charging rate I assume. I saw posts where people stated they used 1A chargers from prior devices and it hardly charged their Note
2 at all.
Edit - I just realized a few minutes ago, you can use the 2A wall plug from your Note 2 right? Lol
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I wish there was a way to order those Qi coils! I live in the UK and there is nowhere I can find it in Europe :=(
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If the touchstone wireless charger charges at 1amp with its original palm charger, will it charge at 2amp if I connect the galaxy note ii charger to it?
Also wondering if I applied the palm coil to my note ii, will I be able to charge it wirelessly with the 2amp hp touchpad touchstone dock charger?
Mmmmm
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The touchstone will charge the note 2 from 0 to 100% in about 6 hours. Most likely a different adapter connected to the touchstone won't make any significant difference
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Check out this item I found on eBay: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=200834518131
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saw that but for $75, I could do without this convenience

Nice strategy
http://www.youmobile.org/blogs/entr...-Production-of-the-Galaxy-S3-Wireless-Charger
Seems the wait is almost over

So does this confirm then that the panel on the back of the Note II is ONLY the NFC antenna not a combined NFC and induction charging panel, as some people are claiming?
I did wonder what the other two connectors were all about, now it seems clear THEY are where the induction coil will attach if you have the official kit.

Included USB Cable

Sorry if this has been asked before but is anyone else's included USB cable rubbish? Mine won't stay in the phone and just pops back out whenever I put it in... Just got the phone today using the cable from my NS4G with the new 2A charger hoping it charges correctly and nothing goes wrong. Is there a fix for this so the plug stays in the phone? My NS4G cable stays in just fine... Love the phone so far in the few hours I have had it today. It's so big I feel awkward holding it but I LOVE IT!!! Such a great phone.

Well the ns4g cable charges it to 100% overnight so i guess I'll keep using that...
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Yep same issue here. My cable also pops up very often. I was wondering if I cut a little bit of the white plastic at the base of the micro usb side, will do the job....

cveteca said:
Yep same issue here. My cable also pops up very often. I was wondering if I cut a little bit of the white plastic at the base of the micro usb side, will do the job....
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Yeah, there's a thread on here somewhere about this very issue. I believe the above suggestion works. As always YMMV.

Yeah i asked the same question here before, some people experience that including me. Solution is to file around the usb port or use anotheer cable.

Unfortunate that we pay such a premium price for this phone and are left with an unusable usb cable
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The cable works fine for me. High quality and all. It doesn't pop out in its own.
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It's a really nice cord, I'd say high quality but it just pops out and i can't use it ): I guess I will have to cut some of the white back on the cord or just use the ns4g one which seemed to charge it fine with the 2a charger.
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Mine is probably a tighter fit than any other phone I've had. The Galaxy nexus cord would literally fall out if you moved the phone.. so bad that sprint credited me 15 bucks to buy another cord
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I think you should return your cord. Seems defective.
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prinzhernan said:
I think you should return your cord. Seems defective.
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Yeah, I think I will do that. Recommend contacting Sprint or Samsung directly?
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sky1193 said:
Yeah, I think I will do that. Recommend contacting Sprint or Samsung directly?
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I think sprint first then if all else fails, samsung
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Well I didn't want to deal with all the bs I would probably have to go through to get another so I just busted out the good ol exacto and cut some of the plastic back, now it fits in just fine
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Mine cable is good too, I also using my old Nokia MicroUSB cable (from Nokia N82) which is fits well too.

Pogo Chargers for sale

$19.99 + $5.99 shipping
Pogo chargers have been relisted on ebay. Here's the link.

Just placed an order for one.... Fingers crossed
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corwinmortac said:
Just placed an order for one.... Fingers crossed
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Same here, they were just reposted

Please post reviews when you guys can! I'm still skeptical about this but hopefully it turns out to be legitimate!

Just placed my order with cautious optimism.

DIY dock time ... in 3-6 weeks.

I live in India and have a nexus 10 and want to buy this but when I click on buy it goes from eBay.com to ebay.in
Plzz help I want to buy it

I dunno 'bout you guys, but this definitely does not seem to be an official Google made one, but instead a 3rd party one.

Fissurez said:
I dunno 'bout you guys, but this definitely does not seem to be an official Google made one, but instead a 3rd party one.
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That's because it is 3rd party. Just like when the iphone 5 first came out and apple didn't release the adapter for it, people got it on eBay from 3rd party retailers.
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Well I'm in for one. This will be my first magnetic power connector ever. I can finally face apple fanboys with my head held high.

please do let us know if this cable is any good, and if there's truly a difference from opting to this instead of regular micro-usb, could be a phony.

daLareid said:
could be a phony.
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Exactly why I use eBay and PayPal for the insurance in case it is BS
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It is too bad google has not released a Pogo charger yet. Personally, I hope they make 1 with a dock rather than just a cable.

irishrally said:
DIY dock time ... in 3-6 weeks.
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I'm thinking a nice Maple or Birch dock.
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Guys I would be skeptical about this. It is just the cable so you are gonna use the same charger transformer so it is not gonna charge any faster and 26 bucks totals seems like a rip. Also is this just for charging or can it transfer data? I'm gonna wait.
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dankerton said:
Guys I would be skeptical about this. It is just the cable so you are gonna use the same charger transformer so it is not gonna charge any faster and 26 bucks totals seems like a rip. Also is this just for charging or can it transfer data? I'm gonna wait.
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Once the OEM POGO cable comes out it'll cost about the same price. I'd wager it costs a little more because it's an "official" part.
As far as charging speed, it's already been found that the N10 is only pulling somewhere between 1.5 and 1.8 amps out of a USB 2.0 cable, which is a limitation of the cable itself and not the transformer. The theory being passed around the forums is that the POGO cable doesn't have the same limitation and can draw the full 2 amps.
Either way, leave us to check it out if you're skeptical. We're not signing any organs away. We know what we're getting into.
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corwinmortac said:
Exactly why I use eBay and PayPal for the insurance in case it is BS
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Yea it's a good thing you have ebay's buyer protection, please do let us know if it's any good then.

falconoble said:
Once the OEM POGO cable comes out it'll cost about the same price. I'd wager it costs a little more because it's an "official" part.
As far as charging speed, it's already been found that the N10 is only pulling somewhere between 1.5 and 1.8 amps out of a USB 2.0 cable, which is a limitation of the cable itself and not the transformer. The theory being passed around the forums is that the POGO cable doesn't have the same limitation and can draw the full 2 amps.
Either way, leave us to check it out if you're skeptical. We're not signing any organs away. We know what we're getting into.
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Is there a current app you use to check that its 1.5-1.8 amps?
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SayWhat10 said:
Is there a current app you use to check that its 1.5-1.8 amps?
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Found the information in this thread. They did the research. Not sure if there's an app that can check power draw; is there?

falconoble said:
Found the information in this thread. They did the research. Not sure if there's an app that can check power draw; is there?
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Never seen an app for it.
The only accurate way is to use an external ammeter. You could get a rough number using a household energy monitor, but that would include current used by the power supply
There are a few electrical engineers around this board, someone with a decent lab psu could graph the charging process start to finish

Spare battery?

I know battery life is pretty good, but I'd like to have a spare battery for piece of mind. I was considering getting this one: http://www.amazon.com/Laza-3200mah-...&ie=UTF8&qid=1361770386&sr=1-23&keywords=Laza
anyone have any experience with it?

Get the anker one it might be better than the original, at least for me, and it's only 9.99!!
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I have used anker battery for awhile. Don't get the no name brand on ebay.
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Just get the anker. Its only $10 like others said. I have one and can't tell the difference from stock.
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m3meems said:
I know battery life is pretty good, but I'd like to have a spare battery for piece of mind. I was considering getting this one: http://www.amazon.com/Laza-3200mah-...&ie=UTF8&qid=1361770386&sr=1-23&keywords=Laza
anyone have any experience with it?
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I haven't tried that one but I have two Ankers and a QCell, all from Amazon, and they all work great. I don't even plug my phone in anymore, I just carry a fully charged spare and throw the empty one onto the external charger when it runs out.
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I'd stick with stock Samsung or Momax (it has a good record on me).

I'm using the hyperion batteries and charger. I like them. I abuse my batteries. They hold up well.
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