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Ordered 3 chargers off of ebay, none work

Ordered a universal one with wall attachment and car attachment and when I connect the USB to microUSB cord the phone doesn't charge. Ordered another stand alone car charger and it, also, doesn't charge. If I attach the USB cord that came with the phone to the wall/car charger it charges fine. Both, specifically said for the "Nexus One". Is it an amp issue? Most microUSB charger in the mall cell phone kiosks won't charge it either. Is it a proprietary microUSB cord that I need or a matter of amps or something?

Why not buy from Monoprice.com?!
I ordered 8 USB cords (2/each of 4 different lengths), 2 Car Chargers, and 2 Wall chargers. All work perfectly fine, and I paid under $25. (Wife has a CLIQ, so we got plenty to work for both of us.)
So, I don't know what your issue is... Other than just not going to Monoprice

JJackson9995 said:
Why not buy from Monoprice.com?!
I ordered 8 USB cords (2/each of 4 different lengths), 2 Car Chargers, and 2 Wall chargers. All work perfectly fine, and I paid under $25. (Wife has a CLIQ, so we got plenty to work for both of us.)
So, I don't know what your issue is... Other than just not going to Monoprice
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well I havent ordered from monoprice since customers got slammed with bogus charges... i guess i could give them another try though, but still... kinda weary

Why? I had over $1300 attempted to be spent at Newegg, and my CC company called me and stopped the charges. Got a new CC in the mail the following day. Some random amount at Apple as well. LOL. Fun times.
(Yes, it happened to me. I'm fairly confident it was from the same issue as others..) But, that doesn't stop me from using a company that makes good products, expecially when they just made such a big mistake. Odds are, it won't be happening again for a long while
Either way... Those are risks with online shopping. You just have to make sure that your method of purchase has fail-safes.

I have a CRAP load of mini USB chargers (all HTC stock) and didn't want to buy more. I bought a bunch of Motorola mini to micro adapters off Overstock.com for $2 a piece and couldn't be happier. I also bought the official Google cradle to avoid additional wear and tear on the microUSB port.
-Mc

I bought a car/home charger from eBay when I had my Motorola Cliq, and my home charger would keep going on/off charging. I later found out that it was the voltage issue, where the charger was giving a maximum of 5 amps and the Motorola Cliq needed 5.1V or something like that.

But most chargers I've bought don't power the Nexus One. What specific voltage or amps should I look for it to have? The two I bought off of eBay specifically said they were for the Nexus One. Neither worked. Sellers are putting any micro SD chargers up for sale assuming they will change the phone. They will not. What technical spec will tell me if it really will charge it?

Could someone post a link to a USB charger that absolutely works? I just bought another one from Best Buy that doesn't charge the Nexus. Made by Rocketfish and is suppose to be universal.

Thats really wierd. Every charger i've tried works fine.
You're charger should be outputting 5V and anywhere from 300mA upwards. There is no max mA limit because the phone will only draw what it needs.
This might sound patronising, and I really dont mean it to, but when you say doesnt charge how do you know?
Do you mean from totally flat it won't turn the phone on and start charging it, or do you mean when the phone is on the battery indicator doesnt show a charging, and the LED doesnt go orange/green?
Or do you mean it never charges to full?

When I plug it in it's as if nothing happens. No light, no thunderbolt symbol on the battery, no screen wake-up, nothing. Nada. Now, the HTC wall charger and usb charger work fine. But if a MicroUSB charger calls itself "universal" it does not mean it will charge the Nexus. The HTC HD2 charger my wife has works fine on the Nexus though.

Hmm strange.
The charge process works like this:
- Charger plugged in causes voltage change on +ve USB line - potential charger detected.
- Phone draws minimal current (50 to 100mA) and tries to negotiate USB power
-- If that suceeds it tries to increase power to 500mA if the USB port supports it. If yes charging starts at 500mA, if not charging starts at 100mA
- If USB negotiation fails, it checks if D+/D- are bridged.
-- If D+/D- are bridged, the phone draws as much current as it can/needs
-- If D+/D- are not bridged, the phone draws a max of 500mA
There's nothing special about the chargers unless they have been wired in some special way for a specific phone. Thats why I'm very surprised these chargers dont work.
I know that if I chop a USB extention cable and cut out D+/D-, my nexus charges at 500mA. I've tried this myself for a totally different purpose. Thats no different to ground and power being wired to a 5v source.

Odd, I have three car USB adaptors and two AC USB adaptors.. All charged the phone, although only the AC charger shipped with the Nexus would do a fast charge, and none of my car chargers would. I found one that was rated 1Ah and soldered the two middle pins, now it works as a fast charger too.

The Motorola P513 car charger (OEM designed for a Droid) gives out 950mA, is super cheap (~$3+shipping), and works great for a fast charge with the Nexus One.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000Y8IH2Q/ref=oss_product

pakraider said:
The Motorola P513 car charger (OEM designed for a Droid) gives out 950mA, is super cheap (~$3+shipping), and works great for a fast charge with the Nexus One.
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Thank you sir. I've been trying to find a car charger that guarantees a fast charge.
Just ordered one from Play.com for £3.99 w/ free shipping.
Maybe now I can use GPS for more than an hour...

I dunno.
My motorola charger for my old bluetooth (H780?) works fine, as well as the original google charger. I also have a car charger for my old bluetooth as well.
My suggestion, is to only buy name brand chargers?

b0dge said:
Thank you sir. I've been trying to find a car charger that guarantees a fast charge.
Just ordered one from Play.com for £3.99 w/ free shipping.
Maybe now I can use GPS for more than an hour...
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This P513 has also been the best fast charger for me...

[Q] Car charger 5v 2000mA good or bad?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/5V-2000mA-U...pt=US_Tablet_Accessories&hash=item5d3 2a6631c
Will it be ok to buy it or will it harm the phone and I should just stick to 1A charger?

It will work without any issues. I am using Nokia charger that is 1,5A without any issues.

Just want to make sure there's no chance its gonna fry my phone phone somehow, 2A is still 25% higher then 1.5A .

I bought a 2.1A dual charger from Fry's last night.
Freakin thing is even worse at charging than my .7A single charger is.
I'm not buying anymore chargers unless they have written reviews from people stating they work properly.

CZ Eddie said:
I bought a 2.1A dual charger from Fry's last night.
Freakin thing is even worse at charging than my .7A single charger is.
I'm not buying anymore chargers unless they have written reviews from people stating they work properly.
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If you run into a good charger pm me. If I'll buy this charger and it works out to be good I'll let you know.

Having a power supply greater than what u need is actually a good thing, it'll provide a more stable. current, assuming its of decent quality. Your phone will only draw as much power as it needs, in this case 1A.

I will say that cheap DC power adapters appear to wildly vary in actual current delivered. I am a little skeptical of a charger sold from Hong Kong.
And, in my experience, you WILL need a full 1A of power when doing something like GPS navigation since my 750mA (well, thats what it says on it) charger can't keep up with that level of power draw.
Anyone who is good with electronics know a good way to test the output of these chargers directly?

multimeter

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multimeter
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Well yes, but which output pins, etc. But thanks for the constructive answer
I don't own a multimeter, but my dad always had one (that was likely older than I am) and it always seemed to come in handy. Wonder if Radio Shack still has them or if its all just cell phones and toys now...

jslanger said:
Well yes, but which output pins, etc. But thanks for the constructive answer
I don't own a multimeter, but my dad always had one (that was likely older than I am) and it always seemed to come in handy. Wonder if Radio Shack still has them or if its all just cell phones and toys now...
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Same is with my dad, try this http://pinoutsguide.com/PortableDevices/micro_usb_pinout.shtml I guess you gotta measure the red and black.
2 informative threads about this subject:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=844284 - This method might prove useful to your 2.1A new charger.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-787906.html

kishke said:
If you run into a good charger pm me. If I'll buy this charger and it works out to be good I'll let you know.
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This thread links to a supposedly good charger.
It also discusses that the USB cable itself can be the difference between a .5A and 1.0A charge.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ga...8605-car-adapter-charges-while-using-gps.html
I bought a 120V AC/DC converter for my car for charging my laptop and it also has a USB plug. Even it wasn't able to charge my phone up while I was using GPS.
So I'm going to try a stock Samsung micro-USB cable instead of the Radio Shack collapsing micro-USB cable I've been using, to see if that helps.

Just ordered the charger, 3$ is not a big hit, I'll report back in 2-3 weeks after I receive it and let you know how well it's working.

kishke said:
Just ordered the charger, 3$ is not a big hit, I'll report back in 2-3 weeks after I receive it and let you know how well it's working.
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I hope you don't expect too much from a $3 charger. Remember the old saying people, you get what you pay for!
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kishke said:
Just ordered the charger, 3$ is not a big hit, I'll report back in 2-3 weeks after I receive it and let you know how well it's working.
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Just have to say that I love your screen name Kishke. Only my grandmother uses that word still
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727

So I just got my charger today, had 1 drive with it so far with gps on and the phone actually got charged without exploding ^^
This is the charger for the lazy people http://www.ebay.com/itm/400281723676?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
It come without a cable and from first impression it looks pretty good.

Thanks, I just bought one. Hope it doesn't take ~30 days to get to me like it did you.

A little update:
Yesterday I had 2 drives with the phone the charger connected and the gps on, first was 50 minutes second was 35, both times everything worked great and the phone got charged.
Today as I was driving back home after the phone on with the gps and the charger for 10 minutes I received a "battery temperature too hot, stopping charging".
I can relate a few factors to this, first when i entered the car it was scolding hot, second probably the car mount was also hot and 3rd my case is really cheap and chocking.
I downloaded a battery temperature widget and I'll check the battery and the charger in a few different situations, with and without the case when the car is hot.
Edit: I checked the current the phone takes while being connected to the wall and the cat charger and they are both approx 860mA so the issue comes to the phone itself.

Overheating
When I had my Nexus One I had overheating problems.
It happened when doing all of the following together:
- connected to car charger
- gps
- navigation
- screen on full brightness
- on dashboard on very hot day
The phone was never the same after the first time it overheated (unstable). Eventually got HTC to replace the motherboard to resolve the issues.
My point being that when you do all this stuff at the same time you have a lot of current flowing through a pretty tight space with very little cooling.
I am paranoid about my i727r getting fried this way as well ... so I am constantly checking to see if it is getting too hot when I am navigating.

I'm guessing at our hot summer I'll have to cut back on the charger or the gps.
Still now before it's really hot its a good time to experiment with everything icluding pointing the air conditioner on the phone ^^
Edit: I checked the current the phone takes while being connected to the wall and the cat charger and they are both approx 860mA so the issue comes to the phone itself.

kishke said:
I'm guessing at our hot summer I'll have to cut back on the charger or the gps.
Still now before it's really hot its a good time to experiment with everything icluding pointing the air conditioner on the phone ^^
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One solution could be to buy a genuine Samsung battery charger with a spare battery and charge only the spare one while driving
Look for Samsung-Battery-Charger-Stand-Galaxy
Mine arrived today, quality seems to be ok but haven't tested it yet.
kishke said:
Edit: I checked the current the phone takes while being connected to the wall and the cat charger and they are both approx 860mA so the issue comes to the phone itself.
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Could you tell me how to check the current the phone takes without root access? My GS2 doesn't show current in widgets like CurrentWidget.

Quick Charge 2.0 car chargers in UK

Hello
I've just bought 4 of the quick chargers for in the car.
They are the Incipio car chargers.
They were not cheap but I can't find any in the UK.
I have bought 4. I'm thinking that some of you UK note 4 users/lovers will want one of these, considering how they are just not available over here in the UK at all yet!
Let me know if you are interested. £30 including postage.

£30 for a car charger seems a tad steep......

A tad steep indeed

They are costing me that much. I did think that myself but then I thought I'd buy 4 and spread the shipping cost to bring the price down.

Actually I've just checked and Incipio have charged me 132.96 US dollars.
So I think that works out at about 20 each. I'll sell them for £25 Inc postage within the UK. If I don't sell them then I'll just get a mains adapter for car adapters so that I can use them in the house.

Arrived and working great. I'm looking for £25 each plus postage - basically cost price (give or take). UK requests only
I'm trying to convince the seller to allow me to be a UK distro but we'll see on that one!

At 25 quid a pop i can't see you distributing too many of them.....

Agreed. I bought the 4 just to have one myself in the car, use one with a mains adapter as a substitute fast charger at work, sell the other two at cost price (see earlier post). I'm hoping that the price will come down. The thing is that the tech is different. These use 5v and 9v output. It is this which is the fast charge element.
I have tested the charger. With sat navigation on it charges at 55 to 65% an hour. With the screen off this goes up to 85% an hour.
These figures are achieved when the Note 4 is at 30% battery.

marcyspark said:
Agreed. I bought the 4 just to have one myself in the car, use one with a mains adapter as a substitute fast charger at work, sell the other two at cost price (see earlier post). I'm hoping that the price will come down. The thing is that the tech is different. These use 5v and 9v output. It is this which is the fast charge element.
I have tested the charger. With sat navigation on it charges at 55 to 65% an hour. With the screen off this goes up to 85% an hour.
These figures are achieved when the Note 4 is at 30% battery.
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How much for one if I collected mate? I'm working in London all week this week. Cheers.

At £20 I lose money and at £25 I make a little. I'm not interested in making money so £22 if you're collecting. I'm at a conference in Moorgate today but can meet after. PM me.

PM sent.

Can't get a rise out of you on PM. Do you want my money!? Either way, let me know so I'm not awaiting a reply and I'll look elsewhere. Cheers!

Received on Monday. Many thanks mate. Notice an immediate improvement in charge time over my old Proporta 2amp bog standard charger.

Do you still have any up for sale?

Yes there is one left. Still sealed in the box. Email me marcyspark at gmail dot com

Incipio car chargers i dont find that good at all because they are picky with what devices uou are charging. If you use any adapters to charge other devices the charge rate drops considerably

It's charging my HTC ONE M8 just fine at 8v (probably actually 9v but accounting for loss through the pass through multimeter) steady with current varying from 2.0-0.5a largely depending on how full the battery is. Seems QC2.0 will alter the current at stages. <=80%ish it pulls a higher current. >80%ish it starts decreasing to almost 0.1a at times. Not sure why exactly but what I can say is QC2.0 is noticeably faster then a bog standard 2a charger. Like, really noticeable. I'm impressed.

still hunting a QC 2.0 car charger
marcyspark said:
Yes there is one left. Still sealed in the box. Email me marcyspark at gmail dot com
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Any Still Available ?

QuickCharge 2.0 External Batteries?

Can't seem to find any that have the higher voltage for QC 2.0 to charge a Note 4, anyone else have any better luck?

It's a bit new to see that in battery packs and multi port chargers.

dbpaddler said:
It's a bit new to see that in battery packs and multi port chargers.
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Its not that new

http://www.ape-battery.com/ljz/EnProductShow.asp?ID=221
the only battery bank that qualcomm says is compatible... good luck finding one for sale though
Edit: and this one http://www.incipio.com/ces-power/quick-charge-portable-backup-battery-6000-mah.html
which was just announced at CES but not released yet

dmc971989 said:
http://www.ape-battery.com/ljz/EnProductShow.asp?ID=221
the only battery bank that qualcomm says is compatible... good luck finding one for sale though
Edit: and this one http://www.incipio.com/ces-power/quick-charge-portable-backup-battery-6000-mah.html
which was just announced at CES but not released yet
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Ahh thankyou, they do exist! Who wants to go in on 1000 from alibaba?

Mibuix0r said:
Ahh thankyou, they do exist! Who wants to go in on 1000 from alibaba?
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Lol charge them all up and you'll never need an outlet again
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joshm.1219 said:
Lol charge them all up and you'll never need an outlet again
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I'm game. lets do it

dmc971989 said:
http://www.ape-battery.com/ljz/EnProductShow.asp?ID=221
the only battery bank that qualcomm says is compatible... good luck finding one for sale though
Edit: and this one http://www.incipio.com/ces-power/quick-charge-portable-backup-battery-6000-mah.html
which was just announced at CES but not released yet
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Ouch on that Incipio price - $89.95. For that you could buy 8 phone batteries with 4 chargers:
http://www.amazon.com/Capable-Batteries-T-Mobile-18-Month-Warranty/dp/B00Q4NQQA0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1421443171&sr=8-3&keywords=note+4+battery
I have a couple of 13000 and 15000mah external battery chargers but they aren't Quick Charge capable.

sparksd said:
Ouch on that Incipio price - $89.95. For that you could buy 8 phone batteries with 4 chargers:
http://www.amazon.com/Capable-Batteries-T-Mobile-18-Month-Warranty/dp/B00Q4NQQA0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1421443171&sr=8-3&keywords=note+4+battery
I have a couple of 13000 and 15000mah external battery chargers but they aren't Quick Charge capable.
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yeah, that's a little pricey for what it is...

If I get a little more disposable cash, I'd consider putting a minimum quantity order in and sell a few to those on here at cost plus shipping. It's worthwhile to resell if you can beat other sellers to the punch and make a penny. Once these become commodity and the prices drop, it's not worth it unless you're a big time seller. The profit per piece usually cuts it close for the time you invest fulfilling orders and dealing with problem ones. I got hosed on Note 2 cases a couple years ago where the cases were crap. One drop and the Note would pop out. Couldn't get the seller to take them back, and I didn't feel comfortable selling them knowing I'd get complaints (if it happened to me on multiple occasions.) Still have them. Might just unload them cheap when I get around to it.
With the QC options out there, I wouldn't buy a battery or charger that didn't have one QC port on it at this point. Funny, all the people wanting their wireless charging. I'll take QC any day.

Going back to the cheaper option approach - you can get the Anker charger plus two extra batteries for $25.00 and this Anker 10,000mAh external battery for $23.00:
http://www.amazon.com/Compact-10000mAh-Portable-External-Technology/dp/B009USAJCC/ref=sr_1_4?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1422131778&sr=1-4&keywords=anker+power+bank
Swap out batteries and use the external battery pack plus the charger to charger the spares. Charging won't be as fast as Quick Charge but hey, it's on the spares. For $48.00 you have a whole heck of a lot of spare juice available. And there are higher capacity but pricier external batteries available.

I have the OEM charger and spare battery. I keep it in the center console charged. If I need to I swap and let the dead one charge. If I have a heavy day and can't charge I grab the charged spare. I use a pack to charge other things when needed and once in a while the phone. So if I were to replace it, it would be with one with a QC option. Not everyone is buying a battery pack specifically for the phone, but if your going to buy one, why not have the QC option? It's also less time you're tethered to a charger when needed.

dbpaddler said:
I have the OEM charger and spare battery. I keep it in the center console charged. If I need to I swap and let the dead one charge. If I have a heavy day and can't charge I grab the charged spare. I use a pack to charge other things when needed and once in a while the phone. So if I were to replace it, it would be with one with a QC option. Not everyone is buying a battery pack specifically for the phone, but if your going to buy one, why not have the QC option? It's also less time you're tethered to a charger when needed.
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I was able to obtain a small quantity of MP5200Q Quick Charge 2.0 battery bank directly from the manufacturer. I am keeping a couple and selling the rest for cost plus fees.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/111584754987?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Please everyone do say what Power bank you have
& how much time does it take to fully charge a Drained battery
So we know which charges how many times, Once or twice or more ....
Thank you all

Oem cable and fast charger from China - are those real, has anyone tried them?

I got my phone on ebay and didn't get the charge so I bought a cable which worked but I'm ready that we need the huawei cable and fast charger to get the quick charge. Has anyone bought one that claims to be real from ebay?

Ordered my wall Super Charger + cable plus car Super Charger + cable from Aliexpress and its 100% legit. Just had to wait a few weeks for delivery

kazprotos said:
Ordered my wall Super Charger + cable plus car Super Charger + cable from Aliexpress and its 100% legit. Just had to wait a few weeks for delivery
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Ok great yeah I see it there. $16.99 is a good price. I found what looks to be the exact same one on ebay for $17.99 so I suppose if I need it faster for a buck more. Thanks

I ran a little test timing the charging from 2% when the phone died using my Samsung cable and Dynex power strip. Took 1:46 to get to 90%, then 2:00 to get to 95%. It should be about 2:20 by the time I get 100% which is almost identical to many of the times I googled and youtube videos. Some showed 90 min which seems more like what a superfast charger should do.

kazprotos said:
Ordered my wall Super Charger + cable plus car Super Charger + cable from Aliexpress and its 100% legit. Just had to wait a few weeks for delivery
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Is this the one you ordered from AliExpress ?
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100-original-QC-3-0-For-Huawei-P10-Plus-Mate-9-Mate9-Pro-Supercharge-Quick-fast/32816344459.html?spm=a2g0s.13010208.99999999.262.WH99nq
I'm interested too, but I might need to wait until you receive it, in order to get any feedback.

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Is this the one you ordered from AliExpress ?
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100-original-QC-3-0-For-Huawei-P10-Plus-Mate-9-Mate9-Pro-Supercharge-Quick-fast/32816344459.html?spm=a2g0s.13010208.99999999.262.WH99nq
I'm interested too, but I might need to wait until you receive it, in order to get any feedback.
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The store I used is out of stock for the wall chargers, but I received it months ago. That link looks fine, good reviews and a reputable seller on Aliexpress.

I plugged my Target bought Samsung type C wire into my Dynex power strip that has usb power ports. 2.1ma and charged in 2hr 20 min. I think the superfast charge is like 90 min but I saw a couple youtubes with people only getting 2 hr 15 min for a superfast charge.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...32816344459.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.0XUcj9
Purchased this one, working superb