My Nexus 7's battery was dead at arrival. I'm trying to charge it up now and it's MOVING SO SLOW?
Am i the only one?
Also I tried charging with my phone's microusb cord (cuz it's WAY longer) and it wasn't charging at all? Did anybody have any luck using NON-OEM usb cords?
Its probably the cord. The Nexus 7 charger is 5 volts 2 AMPS which is higher than the usual 1 amp chargers. Just wait and see
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Mine seemed to be charging very slowly, too. On the other hand, it also drains very slowly!
What everyone else is saying plus it will go quicker after a few initial charges.
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Bigger gas tank takes longer to fill.
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The initial charge for me took forever... Like 7 hours almost to fully charge.
The second time I charged it, from about 40% it only took like 2 hours to fully charge
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Nexus 7 is apparently very finicky regarding what chargers and what cables will do the job - some of mine work (e.g. $4.74 Motorola http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004EYSKM8/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i00 ) some don't (Griffin iPad charger for instance, which is a powerful charger and works for Everything else I've tried)
Along the same lines, if you have it attached to a generic car charger and are using it for GPS, the charger barely keeps up with power use.
Yes it charges slowly. Yes you have to use the charger that came with the unit.
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Along the same lines, if you have it attached to a generic car charger and are using it for GPS, the charger barely keeps up with power use.
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That's better then my SGS2 phone. I had about 20% left on it, but needed to use it as a GPS on a business trip. Plugged it into a car charger, and loaded up Navigation. The phone indicated charging, but the battery level kept dropping (albeit a little slower). By the time we got to our destination (~30mins away) I only had 7% left.
Crazy.
Would the Nexus 7 charger be OK with my Galaxy Nexus or will there be issues? I don't need two chargers at the same time.
Rik.
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aindow said:
Would the Nexus 7 charger be OK with my Galaxy Nexus or will there be issues? I don't need two chargers at the same time.
Rik.
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I charged my Gnex with the N7 charger two nights ago, had no issues but i don't know if it is safe.
As long as the voltages are the same, and the amps are = or > than what the device needs, you should be OK. The device will only pull the amperage it needs. Voltage is what needs to be the exact (but I don't think this matter over USB, since it's all 5v - matters more with generic A/C adapters). If you don't have enough amps, it could result in slow/failed charging, but too much doesn't matter.
It seems to picky with cables. I also used a longer USB I had lying around. I left it charging for 30 minutes. I came back and it only went up 1% I switched back to the cable that came with it and it started to charge it normally.
I'm not sure why its happening but its weird
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tricky
The nexus 7 need "compatible" usb cables, i have one that is working great and it's for usb charging only, no data .
The nexus 7 battery is 4325 Mah so a 2Amp charger will charge the battery in a little more than 2 hours (calculate the 325mah over and add the standby battery discharging when you charge it while at ON)
So the tips are:
1. Find a good 2Amp usb charger
2. Find a compatible cable, try some no data cable or maybe usb3 or again try, try try...
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I picked up a 6 ft generic Micro USB cable from Amazon for around $2, and I've been using it to charge my Nexus 7 virtually since I bought it after it launched on the Google Play store, because it's much longer than the OEM Asus cord.
The problem though, it was hard to plug in, so I filed down the bumps [on the bottom of the connector, or, on the Nexus 7, the side facing you when you plug it in--because the N7's micro usb port is up side down ] a tad bit too much so now it's a little to lose. So sometimes when I adb into it, and move it a little bit, it will lose the PC connection [but never the charging connection] intermittently.
Also, it charges fine, except when I'm playing MC3, or Bad Piggies HD. With those apps, it will say Charging, but will actually slowly discharge [slower than on battery, so apparently there's not enough power to tread water, and it sinks slightly]. It's plays HD 720P mkv files fine [with MxPlayer], and stays fully charged at 100%.
Same thing here
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The initial charge for me took forever... Like 7 hours almost to fully charge.
The second time I charged it, from about 40% it only took like 2 hours to fully charge
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My nexus takes about 7-8 hours to charge, and thats using the original charger that it came with. Used it now for a week without any improvement. Also my battery time with lowest backlight, gps off and so on is around 4-5 hours which feels abit low. wtf is going on?
Any usb charger should work.
The problem is the charge controler IC in the N7, it is REALLY picky with voltages.
My N7 OEM cord is a much heavier gauge then my NS or GN cord, on top of that the NS and GN cords are twice the length.
We had a really long thread on G+ about this, we even figured out the observer effect was screwing us when we had an ammeter on it.
TL;DR:
If the cord is too long or not heavy enough the N7 only pulls like 800mA (It can be less if the charger/cord is really ****, we had 300something mA with one combo)
The 2A OEM charger isn't 2A, but it's close enough.
microUSB plugs NEEDS to be 5mm or longer for them to mate in the plug properly, OEM is like 7mm
Some other crap I can't remember at 5am
So yeah, it's picky.
Use what it came with. It came with it for a reason.
Just got this in the mail from monoprice today and it's charging like a beauty.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10303&cs_id=1030307&p_id=5458&seq=1&format=2
Looks like it's back ordered now.
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I have a 2meter USB to MicroUSB cable(EBAY) plugged into mains which does Not charge the phone when screen is on. In fact it Loses charge when watching films .
But when l plug in the one that came with the phone (1 meter) it charges the phone no problem, regardless of what you are doing.
Anybody have any ideas for why this is happening?
Length of wire? or just bad quality of wire? But l have tried a few different 2m ones. Same drain.
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I say it's bad quality of wire. I'm using the long cable that came with my Kindle paper white and it's fine. Of course nothing charges as fast as the original cable.
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Hey!
Is it OK to charge my nexus 5x with 2.1A wall charger?
Or it will damage my battery in the long term?
The ony problem is that it will most probably charge slower.
No it will not, the max Amps a USB A -> C connection can get is 2.4A, you're safe as long as your cable is compliant
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Its fine, the nexus can't draw more than the charger can give, as long as the charger has the correct fail safes. Been charging mine with a old xperia 1.8 amp charger.
If it is a cheep wall charger don't bother trying, unless you have fire damage insurance.
If you're still not sure download ampere from the google store, get the pro version. After set it to display the current in the notification bar
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I realize that there are multiple threads on this but my problem is kinda unique. When the phone is powered on fast charging doesn't work, I turn the device off and fast charging is working while powered off. Sometimes it's the other way around fast charging isn't working while powered off and when turned on it is working. I don't think its the usb cable because I have tried 2 different cables. Maybe its the power plug? Gonna try my cousins see if it works when I see him. Till than any other ideas on why this might be happening?
How do you know it's fast charging when not on?
My oem charger went bad after a year and did the same as you description in the op. My bet is you need a new one
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How do you know it's fast charging when not on?
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It has the lightning icon under the battery. If its not there its not fast charging.
I have a Mi Power Bank 16000mAh and a BlitzWolf USB Cable, but my 5X does not want to charge off the power bank.
I'm thinking it may be the cable, as I've charged my N7 2013 without any issues. I haven't had the chance to test any other Type-A to Type-C cables yet, but I thought I would post to see if anyone could shed some light on this issue.
Thanks.
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I have a Mi Power Bank 16000mAh and a BlitzWolf USB Cable, but my 5X does not want to charge off the power bank.
I'm thinking it may be the cable, as I've charged my N7 2013 without any issues. I haven't had the chance to test any other Type-A to Type-C cables yet, but I thought I would post to see if anyone could shed some light on this issue.
Thanks.
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Have you tried that cable with any other USB-A charger like a wall charger?
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Yes, both of the different branded USB-A to USB-C cables I have work fine on my computer, and rapid charge from a wall charger.
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Yes, both of the different branded USB-A to USB-C cables I have work fine on my computer, and rapid charge from a wall charger.
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Very strange. First time hearing this kind of issue. Must've be the battery bank for whatever reason.
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I have a Micro USB to USB-C adapter on order, so I can test with my Micro USB cable I know works with my N7 2013, so if that doesn't work either, I am out of ideas.
Ok, I have this working now. While my other device (N7 2013) I can plug straight in and it will start charging, my 5X doesn't, and while I was reading Amazon reviews for other products, and saw some customer questions for the Anker PowerCore+ 20100, and one of the answered said that you had to press the button on their product before plugging in a device, or else it will try and charge the powerbank, rather then draw power from it to charge the phone.
So I pressed the button on my Mi device and then plugged my phone in, and voila! It isn't quick charging, which I don't think this product supports, but it is charging.
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Ok, I have this working now. While my other device (N7 2013) I can plug straight in and it will start charging, my 5X doesn't, and while I was reading Amazon reviews for other products, and saw some customer questions for the Anker PowerCore+ 20100, and one of the answered said that you had to press the button on their product before plugging in a device, or else it will try and charge the powerbank, rather then draw power from it to charge the phone.
So I pressed the button on my Mi device and then plugged my phone in, and voila! It isn't quick charging, which I don't think this product supports, but it is charging.
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Glad you figured it out!
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