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[Q] new to nexus !

does the phone really charge so slow??

There's already a few threads discussing the slow charge time. Seems to be an issue for many. All Galaxy S phones seem to take a lot longer to charge than say an iPhone.
My Nexus S always makes it through a good 16+ hour day without needing a charge, and I always charge overnight while sleeping, so I haven't personally noticed this as an issue.
Like any smartphone these days, it's probably a good idea to just partial charge during the day when you're in a situation (like the car, or at your computer desk) that lets you. It's not necessary to do the full drain, full recharge only with the current battery technology.

Its odd, mine and my wife's phones take maybe 3 hours to get to full from sub30% yet that seems to be the outlier.
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Are you charging it on the supplied wall charger or through a computer's USB port? It charges significantly slower through a USB port than from the wall charger

bajansurfer said:
Are you charging it on the supplied wall charger or through a computer's USB port? It charges significantly slower through a USB port than from the wall charger
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Its seems to go just as fast for me either way
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kenvan19 said:
Its seems to go just as fast for me either way
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Wall charger charges a bit faster than USB since its rated at 700 mA rather than 500 mA. Best bet would be to go with a car charger that charges at 1000+ mA.

i used wall charger..

Hi guys i have a wall charger from my nokia n97 mini which is 1200mA. Can i use it or i will destroy the battery?

alexxdj said:
Hi guys i have a wall charger from my nokia n97 mini which is 1200mA. Can i use it or i will destroy the battery?
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If the voltage is correct, the amperage should not be an issue...the phone should only draw the current it actually wants/needs.
But bear in mind, if your phone blows up, it's not my fault, I have no experience with that charger or it's actual ratings.

Good Car Charger?

Does anyone know of a good car charger? You know, the kind that plugs into your cigarette lighter socket.
I had one at one time but it died after only a week of usage.

I got this one and it works fine with a spare microusb cable. Best part is that I can now have two phones charging at once.

Thanks!
At only $8, that's a steal of a deal! Just bought it with free two-day shipping.

Should have checked Monoprice
http://www.monoprice.com/mobile/Pro...Id=103&categoryId=10321&subCategoryId=1032102
There used to be a twin plug one (I have it) but I can't find it now.
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trparky said:
Does anyone know of a good car charger? You know, the kind that plugs into your cigarette lighter socket.
I had one at one time but it died after only a week of usage.
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In my opinion... I have wasted alot of $ on trying to get away cheap on a car charger. By far the best one is the official verizon one. It charges to 100% from 0 in less than 2hrs and charges while I am navigating, wifi tethering and using bt at the same time. Well worth the extra cash.
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imnuts said:
I got this one and it works fine with a spare microusb cable. Best part is that I can now have two phones charging at once.
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I got a similar one, but it has one port meant for an ipad/tablet, which outputs 2A - that is helpful for when I am running car navigation and wifi hotspot at the same time. I also had to get a charging-only usb cable because regular cables would trigger usb storage mode on the phone.

ddh819 said:
I got a similar one, but it has one port meant for an ipad/tablet, which outputs 2A - that is helpful for when I am running car navigation and wifi hotspot at the same time. I also had to get a charging-only usb cable because regular cables would trigger usb storage mode on the phone.
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To bad the Charge won't draw more than ~0.8A... Also, it is the charger causing the phone to go to mass storage mode, not the cable. A microUSB cable is a microUSB cable, and if the cable says "charging only" they have the data pins shorted out (I believe that's what is done) and it really isn't fixing the root cause of the issue.

imnuts said:
I got this one and it works fine with a spare microusb cable. Best part is that I can now have two phones charging at once.
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nowai! That's the same car charger I use!
Only thing about it is, its a little short, so it may not fit perfectly in every car's cigarette lighter port. Won't work in my dad's car. :/

imnuts said:
To bad the Charge won't draw more than ~0.8A... Also, it is the charger causing the phone to go to mass storage mode, not the cable. A microUSB cable is a microUSB cable, and if the cable says "charging only" they have the data pins shorted out (I believe that's what is done) and it really isn't fixing the root cause of the issue.
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Did you ever try fastcharger script? It suppose to speed up your phone charger using USB.

mtmerrick said:
nowai! That's the same car charger I use!
Only thing about it is, its a little short, so it may not fit perfectly in every car's cigarette lighter port. Won't work in my dad's car. :/
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It is short, but works perfectly in my car. I don't even have to take it out to close my cigarette lighter, so it just stays there
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Did you ever try fastcharger script? It suppose to speed up your phone charger using USB.
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The only way you could speed up charging would be to modify it via the kernel, or try to force load a module that does the same thing. Odds are the fastcharger script just gets the system to recognize USB charging as a wall charger. Either way, I wouldn't recommend using anything that says it'll make your phone charge faster unless there was SIGNIFICANT data to support the claim as well as evidence that it doesn't harm the hardware.

Charging the battery too fast is very dangerous too. I tried "supercharging" one of my batteries and it almost caught fire.
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I would suggest this one http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Rapid-Vehicle-Power-Adapter/dp/B002N8HG0Y/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1329181948&sr=1-2 since it is made by moto and provides 1 ampere instead of .7 or .5 others provide.

trparky said:
Does anyone know of a good car charger? You know, the kind that plugs into your cigarette lighter socket.
I had one at one time but it died after only a week of usage.
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This is a great charger I have been using at it charges my battery quick too.. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000S5Q9CA/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1323055371&sr=8-1
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jager420 said:
This is a great charger I have been using at it charges my battery quick too.. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000S5Q9CA/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1323055371&sr=8-1
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I've been using this for the past 5 months and have been very happy with the charging speed. It seems faster than my standard wall charger.

wahanlato said:
To bad the Charge won't draw more than ~0.8A... Also, it is the charger causing the phone to go to mass storage mode, not the cable. A microUSB cable is a microUSB ee
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It could be the cable, but the odds are against that. The way to tell if it was the cable would be to try it in another AC charger to see what it does.

, I wouldn't recommend using anything that says it'll make your phone charge faster unless there was SIGNIFICANT data to support the claim as well as evidence that it doesn't harm the hardware.

I tried a 2.0 amp USB car charger and the factory cable.. .my battery got really hot and didn't charge at all.. .not sure why but the 1.0 amp charger seems to work the best...I have seen a 5.0amp at Walmart in the car department.. .but I don't feel like experimenting with that
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Samsung smartphones and Tablets charge in std mode (Charging USB) unless the two data wires are "shorted". (I have seen it done directly in a high speed charge only cable or in the Samsung chargers. Some say they use a resistor.) When the data pins are "shorted", Samsung switches to high speed charging. (Charging AC). I have been harassing a factory overseas for a dual car charger (2100mA) with one std. Port (iPad) and one Samsung port. It should be available soon.
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Hindle1225 said:
In my opinion... I have wasted alot of $ on trying to get away cheap on a car charger. By far the best one is the official verizon one. It charges to 100% from 0 in less than 2hrs and charges while I am navigating, wifi tethering and using bt at the same time. Well worth the extra cash.
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I haven't tried another car charger personally, but can vouch for the Verizon one. Always works for me and I just leave it plugged in the lighter outlet in my center console so whenever I need it, it's easy and quick to plug in the phone. Also has the scrunchy style cord to keep things neat. But at the same time, it makes it more difficult to use the phone while it's plugged in as it keeps wanting to pull back lol

[Q] Need some advice on a charger for my Galaxy SIII

I was using the stock 700mA charger that came with the SGSIII and immediately switched to the 850ma charger as the stock one wasn't giving it enough power to do anything even while charging. Well I just found my 1amp micro usb charger earlier today and have started using that because the 850 wasn't doing the job either with Pandora running while im doing stuff around the house. The S3 charges fine when I'm not messing with it at all but even the 1amp charger isn't keeping this beast completely charged when I'm watching youtube or something like that. Are there any 1.5 to 2amp chargers out there that will keep it from dying so fast even while using it? Thank you for any input you guys can give me . Oh and by the way I don't have power saving mode on as I can't stand the slowness of my phone and the display on max. When its charging I expect the charger to do its job and thats why I'm asking if a 1.5 or 2amp charger would do better. Thanks everyone.
-Nick

Metalhead520 said:
I was using the stock 700mA charger that came with the SGSIII and immediately switched to the 850ma charger as the stock one wasn't giving it enough power to do anything even while charging. Well I just found my 1amp micro usb charger earlier today and have started using that because the 850 wasn't doing the job either with Pandora running while im doing stuff around the house. The S3 charges fine when I'm not messing with it at all but even the 1amp charger isn't keeping this beast completely charged when I'm watching youtube or something like that. Are there any 1.5 to 2amp chargers out there that will keep it from dying so fast even while using it? Thank you for any input you guys can give me . Oh and by the way I don't have power saving mode on as I can't stand the slowness of my phone and the display on max. When its charging I expect the charger to do its job and thats why I'm asking if a 1.5 or 2amp charger would do better. Thanks everyone.
-Nick
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The S3 limits the input to a little less than 1 AMP, so anything faster is useless.

chamberc said:
The S3 limits the input to a little less than 1 AMP, so anything faster is useless.
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That's strange because I use my 2amp car charger and it never loses power even when screen brightness is all the way up and navigation is going. Then I switched to my old 700mA charger and it drains really fast. So I'm pretty much confused now hahaha.

Is it just me

Charging wise this is the fastest charging smartphone I've ever owned. And I'm a phone whore. From hero, instinct 1/2, evo, evo3d, hd2, note, and a few others. Anyone else notice
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It seems to charge pretty fast from the A/C charger but plugging it in to your Pc seems to take FOREVER.

Mine takes forever charging no matter what. Ive put it on the charger at 50% and it took 3hours ish to get back to 100%. Granted my phone could probably go two days with four hours of on screen time too.

Granted I can't speak for stock because I rooted asap. I mainly use AC 95% too. Not sure if how much root affects it, I'm on synergy (awesome btw).
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mathematically yes. My old droid x charged at a max 750ish mA. The S3 charges at 1000mA

It is just you...
In my case at least.
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Charging on AC is really fast for me too. Car charging and PC charging not so much.

GNEX was my fastest charging smartphone...but also had the worst battery life.

1ManWolfePack said:
It is just you...
In my case at least.
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Awesome thanks
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sprintuser1977 said:
Charging wise this is the fastest charging smartphone I've ever owned. And I'm a phone whore. From hero, instinct 1/2, evo, evo3d, hd2, note, and a few others. Anyone else notice
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I am betting it's because most of us have 1amp or 2.1 amp chargers available in the car. I, personally, still use the motorola 950mAh car charger, which speeds thru the charging process too.
USB still pumps out 500 mAh at best, always gonna be slow.
None of this has to do with the phone, btw.

Slow charging for me. But its random. Sometimes its decently quick but other times it takes forever to charge. Fastest phone to charge for me was the OG droid.
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I've noticed that when its plugged into the wall charger, its super fast, computer though is utterly slow.

Its really fast, about an hour and I'm at 100% from 0%.

Elite49 said:
Its really fast, about an hour and I'm at 100% from 0%.
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About same here, on wall
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There is a thing in the charging port that only the samsung charger activated that allows charing upwards of 1000 when using normal micro usb only does 300.
If you download imosyens leankernal he developed it into the kernal that you go to terminal editor and put "ffc"and charger will go as fast as thr samsung one.
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Lol I'm the opposite. Coming from a Galaxy Nexus this phone charges much slower. Galaxy Nexus would be fully charged in maybe an hour and a half. With the GS3 it's closer to 3 hours for a full charge. Hear it's the low-power brick that comes with it though.

LGeX said:
Lol I'm the opposite. Coming from a Galaxy Nexus this phone charges much slower. Galaxy Nexus would be fully charged in maybe an hour and a half. With the GS3 it's closer to 3 hours for a full charge. Hear it's the low-power brick that comes with it though.
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Yep. For example, the Motorola SPN5400A will charge the S3 in about 1\2 to 1\3 the time it would take if plugged into a USB port. I honestly believe it's because it has quality internal circuitry. Hell, at .95 mAh it charges quicker than most 2.1mAh chargers. Again, has nothing to do with the phones, it's the chargers that come with.

mine charges pretty quick as well. best phone ive had hands down.

LGeX said:
Lol I'm the opposite. Coming from a Galaxy Nexus this phone charges much slower. Galaxy Nexus would be fully charged in maybe an hour and a half. With the GS3 it's closer to 3 hours for a full charge. Hear it's the low-power brick that comes with it though.
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3 hrs seems off. I think I could wire mine to my electric razor and charge it faster
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Just for info, my wireless energizer pad and Verizon wireless door charge faster than the factory charger. And my factory charger will charge between 1.5 and 2 hours from 3% or 4%.
If you are taking over 2 hours I would check the battery and make sure it isn't swollen or something wrong with it. As far as usb most ports are "as stated above" not going to supply juice fast enough to charge quickly.
And it's probably worth seeing if something is on thats sucking power, Bluetooth, gps, facebook, anything that sync's alot. And using almost as much power as the usb is putting out.
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Charging cord?

Is this thing a joke? It's barely 3 ft long. How the hell are we supposed to use this effectively and safely without it falling on the floor plugged in and crack the screen? It barely reaches my bedside table.
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Buy another charger? I use the blackberry playback charger personally long cable fast charging and pretty cheap to buy.

Adjust accordingly. Just know that if u do replace the cable or use another charger, the charging rate won't be as fast. See https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/oneplus-one-charging-cable-alternative.68517/
But I completely agree, it should have been longer. I just adjusted accordingly and all is good now, the cable should have been at least 6 ft.

zephiK said:
Adjust accordingly. Just know that if u do replace the cable or use another charger, the charging rate won't be as fast. See https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/oneplus-one-charging-cable-alternative.68517/
But I completely agree, it should have been longer. I just adjusted accordingly and all is good now, the cable should have been at least 6 ft.
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Yeah I've noticed with other chargers it takes forever to charge. Are there any longer cords out there that are a higher rate of charge?
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Krunk83 said:
Yeah I've noticed with other chargers it takes forever to charge. Are there any longer cords out there that are a higher rate of charge?
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I have no idea about that, maybe someone else can provide input on that. I do love the fast charging rate on the phone though, I'll even pay OnePlus $5-10 to have a larger usb cable with their special battery juice.

zephiK said:
I have no idea about that, maybe someone else can provide input on that. I do love the fast charging rate on the phone though, I'll even pay OnePlus $5-10 to have a larger usb cable with their special battery juice.
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I'm pretty sure it's high speed usb cord. I used my old nexus charger and it charged about 10% in an hour. Brutal.

Krunk83 said:
I'm pretty sure it's high speed usb cord. I used my old nexus charger and it charged about 10% in an hour. Brutal.
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Yup I know how you felt.. I used the blackberry folding charging for my N5 and it charged super quick and the cable is super long.
The blackberry folding charger was 1.8A.

I thoroughly recommend the blackberry charger. It has to be this one:
http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/301241170713?nav=SEARCH
Should be able to grab it from your location too. A lot of sellers sell this particular charger. It's got a 6ft cable and charges quickly. I've replaced all my chargers with this one and it works a treat.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...ng charger&sprefix=blackberry+folding+cha,aps looks like they became more expensive, I paid $5 for 2 back when I bought them.

I got some off monoprice for $7.
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Glad I found this thread. I never even took the stock charger and able out of the box yet. I have a generic usb cable plugged into my iPad charger. It took almost 8 hours to go from 3% to around 80%. I think I am gonna start using the included charger now.

jimmyhauser said:
Glad I found this thread. I never even took the stock charger and able out of the box yet. I have a generic usb cable plugged into my iPad charger. It took almost 8 hours to go from 3% to around 80%. I think I am gonna start using the included charger now.
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If you're looking for a longer alternative, this one will charge at the same rate as the original cable.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...189234&cm_re=22awg_usb-_-12-189-234-_-Product
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can you place the original cord to a usb port in a laptop? the connection looks odd, and at first i thought it was missing something... it is just a stick but looks alot like a normal usb...
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enigma_x said:
can you place the original cord to a usb port in a laptop? the connection looks odd, and at first i thought it was missing something... it is just a stick but looks alot like a normal usb...
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Yes you can. It's the same cord that youd get from any the phone. It does look strange, but it is a USB port.
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The 2amp chargers from Samsung charge at the same rate. You can get them from amazon along with a long charging cable for under $10.

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If you're looking for a longer alternative, this one will charge at the same rate as the original cable.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...189234&cm_re=22awg_usb-_-12-189-234-_-Product
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Thanks. I did order this cable. It doesn't charge quite as fast the oem cable. I get ~1100 mA with the oem cable, and ~800 mA with this one. But it's still much better than the ~200mA I was getting with all the other generic usb cables I had.

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Thanks. I did order this cable. It doesn't charge quite as fast the oem cable. I get ~1100 mA with the oem cable, and ~800 mA with this one. But it's still much better than the ~200mA I was getting with all the other generic usb cables I had.
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What did you use to measure mA?
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I ordered these and they are pretty fast.
http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=112&cp_id=11212&cs_id=1085102&p_id=10273&seq=1&format=2
http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=103&cp_id=10303&cs_id=1030307&p_id=8641&seq=1&format=2

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What did you use to measure mA?
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Galaxy charger
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Galaxy charger
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abmantis.galaxychargingcurrent.free for those who are interested.
Thanks will be comparing the different cables etc to produce the best result.