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I have just got my p6200 3g from malaysia. Couldnt be more satisfied. I feel like I just opened the only present I wanted on Christmas morning and its better than I hoped. Of course this came with an international gigantic 3 pronged charger adapter. I have (2) 2amp 5 volt adapters I was using for my dell streak 7. I tried them both and still get the red X. However when powered off, the device shows the battery charging animation. In settings menu it says battery state..discharging. I have ordered one from amazon due any day now, supposedly works with all versions of gtabs including 7.0+. Am I getting a trickle charge or is this due to not being a samsung charger? Im using the supplied samsung cable and outlet is capable of 2amps 5 volts.. please help! thank you!
the big 3 prong plug says 2.5 amp 250V? come on this thing cant need all that.. what does this batt need to charge??
##nevermind, I have the charger, just need the 2 prong USA adapter, hopefully I can find one. anyone have any ideas?
The red X is indeed due to not being a Samsung charger. Samsung tablets look for D+ and D- to be tied together and floating at around 1.2 volts or so. If they see anything else (such as the voltages that iPad chargers put on D+ and D-), they'll assume a USB connection and not charge.
Ebay is your best choice for these type of things :
http://www.ebay.com/itm/UK-AU-US-EU...588?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19ca2076c4
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just ran out, tried one at verizon, generic for galaxy tabs and worked... it says 2a 5v, just like my other 2, but those dont work.. im confused.. anyway I got a charger and Im stoked. Verizon guy asked me if he could "hold" it.
chrisrotolo said:
just ran out, tried one at verizon, generic for galaxy tabs and worked... it says 2a 5v, just like my other 2, but those dont work.. im confused.. anyway I got a charger and Im stoked. Verizon guy asked me if he could "hold" it.
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To my knowledge, all Galaxy Tab variants use the same method of signaling a "dumb" charger. So any Samsung charger intended for a Tab should work - see my previous post for details.
thanks a lot dude. excellent.
Or get one of these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Samsung-G...Accessories&hash=item4ab1679ac3#ht_500wt_1287
Plug it between the cable & any aftermarket usb charger, even the ipad ones, viola normal charging. Can even plug it into the computer for normal charging just a bit slower
hi,
i have the p6200 version of the galaxy tab plus, came with a usb cable and an outlet charger that connects to usb cable. when charging on outlet, it charges fine, but when i connect the tablet to my sony laptop, it says MTP instead of USB connection and there is a red X on the battery icon of my tablet, it's also not charging. how do i get my p6200 to charge on usb connected to my laptop? thanks!
I could be wrong, but i don't think it will charge via laptop usb.
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theundeadelvis said:
I could be wrong, but i don't think it will charge via laptop usb.
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It will and does. I've done it, it just charges MUCH slower and if you use it while plugged in too much it will drain at a slower rate than if you didn't have it plugged in. I was backing up my tab and the battery was at 50%, I plugged it into my computer and by the time the backup was done (nearly 16GB full) it was at 70% (took 2 hours)
Buy one of these: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/usb-data-charging-extension-cable-for-samsung-p1000-black-91141
Set it to charge mode, plug between cable and charger (be it a computer or an otherwise not supported USB charger) and it will charge
Charging with a red X and media playback
Entropy512 said:
The red X is indeed due to not being a Samsung charger. Samsung tablets look for D+ and D- to be tied together and floating at around 1.2 volts or so. If they see anything else (such as the voltages that iPad chargers put on D+ and D-), they'll assume a USB connection and not charge.
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My Galaxy tab 2 (GT-P1000) will not charge while it is on. I get the same charging icon with the red X. I am using the original cord that came with the tablet. Only when I turn off the tablet will it charge on the cord. The USB still works fine for connection to Kies. I just can't charge it normally. Any suggestions.
Also, I have been unable to sync my tablet so that my music, video, and pictures are available through the "video" and "music" icons on the desktop. I can play the files individually, but haven't been able to add them to the right library for these media players. What am I doing wrong? LOL
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My Galaxy tab 2 (GT-P1000) will not charge while it is on. I get the same charging icon with the red X. I am using the original cord that came with the tablet. Only when I turn off the tablet will it charge on the cord. The USB still works fine for connection to Kies. I just can't charge it normally. Any suggestions.
Also, I have been unable to sync my tablet so that my music, video, and pictures are available through the "video" and "music" icons on the desktop. I can play the files individually, but haven't been able to add them to the right library for these media players. What am I doing wrong? LOL
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I believe you are asking in the wrong forum. This is the Galaxy Tab 7.0plus (GT-P62XX) area. You should ask in the GT2 section or the original GT forum (the model number you posted is the first Galaxy Tab). The fact that you have the product naming mixed up tells me you may have reading comprehension problems
Anyway. You are not being descriptive enough of your issue with usb charging. Are you using the Tab's charger? If not, it will charge really slow if at all (you didn't read this thread at all, did you?).
Also, You can't (AFAIK) play files directly off your Tab connected to a computer via MTP. It would have to be mounted as an external drive for the computer to use it as such.
When I connect my P6200 using usb, it doesn't charge, instead, there is an 'x' symbol at the battery. Is this normal? Because using my Galaxy Ace, it charges when usb is connected. I'm asking this because I'm trying usb tether for the first time, but in this case if it doesn't charge, it means that I can only usb tether until my battery has depleted and I would have to recharge again to be able to tether.
Yup. Usb is not able to charge tab and ipad. Need to plug to wall for charging
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Actually it does charge. More of a trickle charge tho. If the screen is off, then it will trickle charge a bit faster.
If the tab is connected via USB, will it at least be able to sustain itself via the USB power?
So if your battery is on 50%, and you keep the tablet on and are using it. Will it at least stay on 50% and not decrease slowly?
Samsung puts a resistor in their chargers so the tablet can distinguish between a Samsung brand charger and all other chargers.
The tablet will not charge (or use power from) any USB port except the wall adapter. (lame Samsung... really lame...)
You can buy adapters (or make them)
There's more info for creating an adapter yourself in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=845844
Just like the GT-P1000, P6200 is charging over the usb port of any pc, only when it is turned off. But anyway the charging process is much longer. Very useful when you don't heave the travel adapter with you.
i use this usb cable it work
It pulls a Max of 500mA from the USB or unknown charger. This will charge a tab plus with the screen off that isn't doing much. It will pull 1500mA from the Samsung wall charger.
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My Plus charges normally from PC via USB. Icon shows 'x', but still in charging process anyway. It takes longer time but for those who tether should be ok and Plus should stay at least on the same level of %. I have unoriginal cable bought together with car charger.
I purchased a micro USB charger adapter from ebay. It just plugs into the 30 pin port and I am able to use my cell phone charger with no problem at all. The cell charger puts out 1000ma and the tab plus recognizes it. Do a search for P6200 Micro USB Charger Adapter on ebay.
If you are determined to use a computer to charge the tab plus, you will need the adapter above and a dual USB A to micro USB B Y cable. It will plug into two USB ports on the computer and give you the 1000ma to charge the tab plus. This is the best solution without having power cables all over your desk.
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HEllo, where can I buy this cable?
thanks
cedricl said:
I purchased a micro USB charger adapter from ebay. It just plugs into the 30 pin port and I am able to use my cell phone charger with no problem at all. The cell charger puts out 1000ma and the tab plus recognizes it. Do a search for P6200 Micro USB Charger Adapter on ebay.
If you are determined to use a computer to charge the tab plus, you will need the adapter above and a dual USB A to micro USB B Y cable. It will plug into two USB ports on the computer and give you the 1000ma to charge the tab plus. This is the best solution without having power cables all over your desk.
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Turn off your tablet... Only then its charging
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i just got this adapter from dealextreme for the p1000. it works perfectly fine for the p6200. i got my 2.1A charger to work and can charge of via USB port.
Thanks
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or you can make it charge by requesting this feature in a custom kernel
Thanks
Yesterday I bought P6200 without charger, was using usb cable and it ws slow.
First I thought there might be some problems but this post helped me figure the cause
Had the same issue with Tab 8.9. I have a 2012 Wrangler, with a built in USB port, also have a USB charger plugged into the power port. When I connect my 7.7, all I get is a red X over the battery icon. In the settings under status, it says "discharging".i have no issues with my Note2 using the same ports. Have tried different cables with the tab.
Any body have any ideas? The tab is stock, unrooted, running ICS.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 being a tablet needs a 2A charger to charge, most smartphones need only 1A some even less
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TeeeJaay said:
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 being a tablet needs a 2A charger to charge, most smartphones need only 1A some even less
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My USB charger is a 2 Amp, but is dual port. Could have sworn the package said it was 2 amps per port, unless both ports were used, then would be 1amp per port. Then my other is 2.5 Micro USB, BUT has a USB port in it as well.
The P6800 is picky for what charger you use. I got several chargers and tabs and phones. 2 of those are very picky, the 7.7 and the HP-touchpad.
Just get a real Samsung car charger and you will be ok.
maybe the thing (tab) needs to be powered) OFF before it will charge in your car's USB charge port...
I know at home with the USB plugged into the laptop.. it will NOT charge,,,...unless I power it OFF.. then it will charge...
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maybe the thing (tab) needs to be powered) OFF before it will charge in your car's USB charge port...
I know at home with the USB plugged into the laptop.. it will NOT charge,,,...unless I power it OFF.. then it will charge...
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I'll give that a shot, although would be pointless. Can't use gps, data or phone if it's off. I haven't bought the OEM charger for it yet.
Thanks!
davidusr said:
Had the same issue with Tab 8.9. I have a 2012 Wrangler, with a built in USB port, also have a USB charger plugged into the power port. When I connect my 7.7, all I get is a red X over the battery icon. In the settings under status, it says "discharging".i have no issues with my Note2 using the same ports. Have tried different cables with the tab.
Any body have any ideas? The tab is stock, unrooted, running ICS.
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Hi,
I spent a lot of time searching for good charger (bought at least 4) different types, and got allways the same results the red X until few days ago. I tried my Samsung I9100 phone cable (micro USB) with an adpter (P1000) bought from eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Micro-USB-3...Readers_USB_Host_Adapters&hash=item484f20b751) for almost nothing. The result was impressive, on on hour drive the device charges at a rate of 10% progress (without having the red X).
Some thing else that may interst some of questioning the charge from the laptop, I had the same fantastic result (but the adapter does not allow Sync).
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Have a look at this thread here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1473084
there are ways to get this done.. you'll just have to buy a new piece of hardware and they are way cheap.
good luck..
I bought a MHL Adapter (microUSB - HDMI) from DealExterme [1].
It works well, even without power, but when I put the original charger (2A), the S4 starts charging but can't even hold the charge. The charge will slowly dropping over time.
Is this normal?
[1] MHL to HDMI Adapter Cable for Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300 / S4 i9500 / Note II N7100 - Red + Black ($9.40)
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Yeah this tends to happen when the phone is draining more battery then the charger is charging the phone.
Even with de 2A charger? This is a lot of power!
Not sure if that's what happens or the MHL adapter that doesn't pass the full 2A for the S4.
Someone who has the original Samsung MHL adapter can tell if the same thing happens?
I don't have this problem with the official oem samsung adapter.... Even in the manual it says to use a 2a charger from samsung to get power...
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big samm said:
I don't have this problem with the official oem samsung adapter.... Even in the manual it says to use a 2a charger from samsung to get power...
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Great to know that!
Can you confirm that by using the official Samsung adapter + 2A charger the phone battery doesn't drop?
Other questions:
1. What's your S4? I9500 or I9505?
2. What's your firmware? Stock? Google Edition? Other?
3. What's your kernel? Stock?
veloso said:
I bought a MHL Adapter (microUSB - HDMI) from DealExterme [1].
It works well, even without power, but when I put the original charger (2A), the S4 starts charging but can't even hold the charge. The charge will slowly dropping over time.
Is this normal?
[1] MHL to HDMI Adapter Cable for Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300 / S4 i9500 / Note II N7100 - Red + Black ($9.40)
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Firstly, I don't have an S4, but I do have a Note 2 which also comes with a 2A charger. In my experience when using an MHL adapter the phone will only charge very slowly at best. If you are making it work hard, the battery will slowly drain. If I understand correctly, this is because of a limitation regarding how much power a normal USB port can supply.
When your phone is connected to a wall charger, go into settings and 'more' and tap 'battery'. At the top it should tell you it's charging, and that the type is A/C. Now plug in your MHL adapter, and plug the charger into the MHL adapter and go back into the same settings page - on my Note 2 (and also my HTC Sensation), this page now shows 'USB' instead of A/C. If the same is true with the S4 (and I'm pretty sure it will be), this is the source of the problem. It wouldn't matter if the charger was 1A, 2A or even more, the phone will only draw so much from what it thinks is a USB port. It's a pain, but there you go.
When you connect your phone to a TV via MHL, try lowering the screen brightness on the phone to minimum manually. If you have a quick search, there's also an app on here that should allow you to power of the S4's screen completely and still allow you to output a picture to the TV. Sorry, I don't have the link to hand.
Its the cable. The MHL cable is just a poor cable, if it says USB like Ouzo says then you would need to short the data pins on it or use a charge only cable (the charge only cable may not even work though).
DarkStarr said:
Its the cable. The MHL cable is just a poor cable, if it says USB like Ouzo says then you would need to short the data pins on it or use a charge only cable (the charge only cable may not even work though).
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I get the part that my MHL adapter might be delivering energy in "USB mode" instead of "AC mode".
My big question is: by the report of "big samm", it seems that the original Samsung MHL adapter does not suffer from this problem. Ie: it delivers energy in "AC mode". Is this true? I can trust and spend $ 40 on it?
If anyone can confirm, I appreciate!
I would just go for a real one from samsung so that way you won't have any problems with the battery charging because it's designed to charge + play
DarkStarr said:
Its the cable. The MHL cable is just a poor cable.
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Dennelly said:
I would just go for a real one from samsung so that way you won't have any problems with the battery charging because it's designed to charge + play
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The problem is that I still don't have a confirmation whether in fact the original MHL Adapter solves this problem and the investment is very high (4x the price I paid for the alternate adapter).
I dont know if it's really "designed to charge + play."
Ouzo said:
there's also an app on here that should allow you to power of the S4's screen completely and still allow you to output a picture to the TV.
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The app is Screen Standby. It freezes and closes when the wizard asks to verify root + busybox. Ignoring this part of the wizard it works but when it make phone screen black all my touches start to have a delay of 8s. Any movement on the screen takes 8 seconds to be played on TV. Totally buggy.
Quick Test
I did a quick test here (without "Standby Screen" app):
Device: S4 I9505
ROM: PAC-man 4.3
Battery before: 17%
TV: Samsung 40F6400 @ 1920x1080 / 30p
Adapter: "MHL to HDMI Adapter Cable" from DealExtreme
Charger: Original Samsung 2A (from S4)
USB cable: Original Samsung White
Charging mode: "USB"
Player: MX Player with H/W+ decoder
Video: Medabots S01E21 480p x264 (20 minutes)
Brightness: minimum
Wi-Fi: ON
Battery after: 13% (-4%)
Estimative: 12%/hour drain
veloso said:
The app is Screen Standby. It freezes and closes when the wizard asks to verify root + busybox. Ignoring this part of the wizard it works but when it make phone screen black all my touches start to have a delay of 8s. Any movement on the screen takes 8 seconds to be played on TV. Totally buggy.
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Ah, ok, I control my phone with a Bluetooth keyboard with built in mouse (works very well for many things, but not games designed for touch input, though there is an app to help with this in the Play store), I didn't realise you'd still want to touch the screen.
Maybe someone with a genuine Samsung MHL adapter can tell us what the battery screen shows when theirs
is in use with the Samsung charger attached. Also, you could ask nztechfreak, he knows all about such things....
Ok i just checked the manual again and it says " Use only Samsung approved chargers (over1a) there you go...
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This is simply beyond ridiculous.
First, let me clarify for couple people that barged in here. This problem has nothing to do with official/unofficial stuff.
I have genuine Samsung Galaxy S4, I have genuine samsung mhl 2.0 adapter, and I have genuine wall charger (2000 mA) as well as the usb cable. You can't go more official than that.
And EVEN with all that, the battery is being drained quickly, despite the mhl adapter being connected with the wall charger. This is simply beyond belief. OBVIOUSLY the phone will be on high usage when the mhl adapter is being connected, because it's the whole point, so did Samsung actually took care of the bigger battery drainage at this point, in connection with charging current? Nope.
You cannot go couple hours before the phone is dead, despite being "in charge mode". The customer uses official samsung stuff, it connects the charging cable, and yet the phone is not charging (just the drainage is slower).
If I met this Samsung CEO that is the first one on the stage to present the cashing cow everytime new galaxy is being presented (well if that's the case he is the first one to ask about his product ain't that correct?), I would ask him about this and would keep nagging this problem to him until his ears would bleed, and he would promise it will be fixed in the next update of mhl 2.0 adapter.
And just to make it clear, the problem is not with the battery drainage, but with the current being suplied from the mhl adapter. If it was 2000 mA, as it is when you connect the phone directly to the wall charger, there would be no problem. Instead it is 500 mA, as it is when you connect the phone to USB port, and because of that, the phone is dead in the manner of hours, despite "charging" (pun intended).
Amazing.
i tested i9505 with his original wall charger.
Original charger with original usb cable consumption is 1200mah
Original charger with other usb cable consumption is 460 mah
So first is important to use original usb cable.
Then i tested compatible mhl cable with original charger, its consumption is 300mah.
So the problem is the slow charging even with kernel with fast charging.
I ordered original mhl adapter, i will test it when come and post result
I'm late to the show, but will report my experience as well.
Last month on stock TW MDK using all genuine Samsung including a MHL 2.0 adapter, I also experienced battery depletion and a hot phone. I failed to check the Status to see whether it was charging at APC or USB rate.
I attributed it to the screen being on and the phone streaming movie data across the cell network.
Just now, I plugged the MHL 2.0 adapter in, then the charger, but not into HDMI. It shows USB for two seconds then it says AC on the phone Status. Same thing a couple times in a row. Plugging the charger directly into the phone goes immediately to AC charging.
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Anyone attempt to use an iPad charger with the Tab S? I always travel with it and just pack a micro USB cable since it has high output. Just attempted to plug in my 10.5 to it and nothing. Luckily I was able to track down a different charger, and it worked fine with the same cable. This is the first device I've had that refused to charge using my iPad charger. What gives?
Mine won't charge that method either. (ipad air plug)
I think the Tab S is very picky, with some other chargers, i get the lightning indicator in the battery with a red cross on top, is this the same with you.
Yeah, mine's a little picky too. It won't charge off the Motorola micro usb chargers we have all over the place at work, but it will charge off just about any USB plug and cable I throw at it. Also charges off the USB ports in the plug strip in the living room.
litesout said:
Yeah, mine's a little picky too. It won't charge off the Motorola micro usb chargers we have all over the place at work, but it will charge off just about any USB plug and cable I throw at it. Also charges off the USB ports in the plug strip in the living room.
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Do you get the red cross on top of that battery indicator.
There is a standard for high current usb chargers (rather than pc usb ports) that is indicated by having the data lines shorted together, as far as I understand it the iPad charger uses a different system to indicate high charge ability. (I'm assuming) the Samsung charger has these pins shorted internally and uses a plain cable (which can also be used for pc data connection).
You can get the high charge rate from a standard charger by using a cable with the data lines sorted, either make your own or buy a ready made one (e.g. Portapow or their plug-in inline adapter). I'd guess that the same cable would also get full charge via the iPad charger, these cables though cannot be used to connect to pc for data.
Samsung dedicated chargers
Apple and Samsung both use their own unique standards for USB charging so their devices know when they are connected to a charger capable of supplying the higher current they prefer. They do this by using a resistor voltage devider inside the charger to apply a very specific voltage to the data leads of the USB cable.
A little Googling will find examples and descriptions of the Samsung design.
There is a little plug-in, intelligent, USB adapter available that will interface Apple and Samsung devices to any charger. It senses what device you have and supplies the correct voltages on the data leads so your device thinks it's plugged into its official cherger. I think I saw it on ebay.
Edit- here is the adapter to allow using any charger with Samsung or Apple devices.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Charging-Port-Controller-Fast-charging-adapter-identificatio-For-Phone-PAD-/141342316282?pt=US_Other_Cell_Phone_Accessories&hash=item20e8a896fa
Just keep in mind that this adapter will make your tablet believe it's connected to a charger that can supply high current. If the charger cannot supply high current, it will be overloaded and it's output voltage will sag.
I don't think this will damage the Samsung tablet, but it will slow down charging and may overheat the charger.
cheetokhan said:
Apple and Samsung both use their own unique standards for USB charging so their devices know when they are connected to a charger capable of supplying the higher current they prefer. They do this by using a resistor voltage devider inside the charger to apply a very specific voltage to the data leads of the USB cable.
A little Googling will find examples and descriptions of the Samsung design.
There is a little plug-in, intelligent, USB adapter available that will interface Apple and Samsung devices to any charger. It senses what device you have and supplies the correct voltages on the data leads so your device thinks it's plugged into its official cherger. I think I saw it on ebay.
Edit- here is the adapter to allow using any charger with Samsung or Apple devices.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Charging-Port-Controller-Fast-charging-adapter-identificatio-For-Phone-PAD-/141342316282?pt=US_Other_Cell_Phone_Accessories&hash=item20e8a896fa
Just keep in mind that this adapter will make your tablet believe it's connected to a charger that can supply high current. If the charger cannot supply high current, it will be overloaded and it's output voltage will sag.
I don't think this will damage the Samsung tablet, but it will slow down charging and may overheat the charger.
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Maybe I'm a conspiracy theorist, but I was also unable to charge the tablet with my wife's macbook using the same cable that works fine with other wall chargers. I am pretty sure it worked fine when it was booted into bootcamp as well...
She's in Europe for a few months so I won't be able to confirm for a while.
mears said:
Maybe I'm a conspiracy theorist, but I was also unable to charge the tablet with my wife's macbook using the same cable that works fine with other wall chargers. I am pretty sure it worked fine when it was booted into bootcamp as well...
She's in Europe for a few months so I won't be able to confirm for a while.
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The only charger I've used with my Tab S 10.5 is this one- http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DVH62J2/ref=oh_details_o08_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I haven't even tried the factory charger yet. I'll have to test it and see if the Tab S uses the same voltage sensing on the data leads as the previous Samsung tablets.
I've been using an Ipad 10w charger,fat,square,.twice the weight of the OEM Samsung charger ,removable prongs.
It WORKS WELL. Where my Samsung OEM charger has trouble charging
when the tablet is in use, the fat Apple charger kept charging at a good speed.
A bit warm as compared to OEM Samsung charger but not "Hot".
Probably 20% + faster charging as its very noticeable (except 99 to 100 % takes a while, charging rate software?)
I'm using an original Apple charger at work to charge my 8.4. I don't know if the charger is for an iPhone or iPad. Someone left it at work. I gave away the lightning cable that came with it since I don't own an Apple product. The cable I'm using is part of an LG qi charger (doesn't come with a wall adapter/charger).