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I was surfing the net when i come across this:
.verizon-cellphones.org/motorola-xoom-usb-and-pc-charging-driver-download(dot)html
does this mean that you now can charg the xoom throug the usb interface(i dont own a xoom myself )
No. you cannot charge the Xoom over USB.
Why do people want to use the usb to charge. It would take forever to do that.
Being able to charge over USB in a pinch would be better than nothing if you're without your charger. Plus, my USB car charger can put out 1A, and you can buy iPad specific USB chargers that put out 2A, so it actually wouldn't be much different than the regular charger. It certainly doesn't hurt to have the capability. For all the crazy stuff we hackers add to our devices on XDA, I am blown away that people still ask "why would you want to do that"... Why not?
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Just-in-time said:
Why do people want to use the usb to charge. It would take forever to do that.
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My car has a USB port built into the stereo, on my Droid when plugged in via USB I could play my music and also have the phone always topped off with a charge... With the Xoom I'd need a charging cable too... Hassle. Guess that's a part of why I keep my Droid around...
Somebody should try it out
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jvs60 said:
Somebody should try it out
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Plenty of people have rooted their Xoom's using those charging drivers, they don't do anything for the Xoom other than allow it to work with adb.
Facegarden said:
Being able to charge over USB in a pinch would be better than nothing if you're without your charger. Plus, my USB car charger can put out 1A, and you can buy iPad specific USB chargers that put out 2A, so it actually wouldn't be much different than the regular charger. It certainly doesn't hurt to have the capability. For all the crazy stuff we hackers add to our devices on XDA, I am blown away that people still ask "why would you want to do that"... Why not?
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From what I have noticed I have yet to have wished that I had a charger SD or the one that came with it as it has a great battery and is more than enough to get me througn the day and i have been neglecting my droid Inc and macbook pro while using my Xoom for 6-8 hours a day plus a gppd 10-15 stand by time
Battery life is so good you don't even need to charge during the day
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Battery life is so good you don't even need to charge during the day
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When you're at 1.5ghz you might
Guys, there are lots of reasons to want to charge over USB. Like, say, when you're on a road trip and won't be spending much time around an outlet. Even if it doesn't charge quickly, if it provides enough juice to keep it from dying, that may be enough. I'm sure motorola sells a car adapter but I'd rather just use the USB chargers I already have.
Can we not make this discussion about if we *should* be able charge over USB, and keep it purely about *how* to charge over USB? I think we all understand that not everyone cares about this feature, but some people do.
So, I heard that there is an official dock that charges it over USB? Or does it use contact points or something else?
If the official dock charges it over USB, it may be simple to mod a USB charger to work with the Xoom.
-Taylor
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Guys, there are lots of reasons to want to charge over USB. Like, say, when you're on a road trip and won't be spending much time around an outlet. Even if it doesn't charge quickly, if it provides enough juice to keep it from dying, that may be enough. I'm sure motorola sells a car adapter but I'd rather just use the USB chargers I already have.
Can we not make this discussion about if we *should* be able charge over USB, and keep it purely about *how* to charge over USB? I think we all understand that not everyone cares about this feature, but some people do.
So, I heard that there is an official dock that charges it over USB? Or does it use contact points or something else?
If the official dock charges it over USB, it may be simple to mod a USB charger to work with the Xoom.
-Taylor
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The docks use a pair of contact points, those 2 gold spots next to the HDMI plug.
I get over 12 hours use over clocked baby, 24 hours between charges
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When you're at 1.5ghz you might
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Facegarden said:
Guys, there are lots of reasons to want to charge over USB. Like, say, when you're on a road trip and won't be spending much time around an outlet. Even if it doesn't charge quickly, if it provides enough juice to keep it from dying, that may be enough. I'm sure motorola sells a car adapter but I'd rather just use the USB chargers I already have.
Can we not make this discussion about if we *should* be able charge over USB, and keep it purely about *how* to charge over USB? I think we all understand that not everyone cares about this feature, but some people do.
So, I heard that there is an official dock that charges it over USB? Or does it use contact points or something else?
If the official dock charges it over USB, it may be simple to mod a USB charger to work with the Xoom.
-Taylor
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Agreed. Why does it seem like everyone has such a pissy attitude on this forum? It seems like 75% of all OPs in regards to do something new are negative and completely non-constructive. "No, you can't do that" "why the hell would you want to?" "That sounds useless. I have my phone/laptop/TV/mother for that"
I don't think that I would need the USB trickle charging ability because the battery lasts plenty long (yes, even at 1.5Ghz), but why get on here and make the OP feel like an idiot for trying to spur some innovation?
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Hey Guys,
I posted a long comment on the thread in the Moto forums. Hopefully we get a real response from Motorola. So far they have only said "you can't do that", but haven't explained if its a hardware limitation, or if it was just disabled in software (which is my hope).
Here's my comment:
https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/336752#336752
-Taylor
It's really pretty simple why you can't charge over USB. USB does not provide the correct voltage. The Xoom requires 12vdc to charge and USB is only 5vdc. It's like trying to charge your car battery with a charger made for 2 D cells. Amperage does play into charge time but can not be made to compensate for the lack of voltage. If the Xoom were to be modded pretty extensively inside it's possible. You would need to add a step up converter, make the respective connections from the USB port, and have to be willing to void your warranty. All in all it would be easier to carry a car charger. I have one and it works great.
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kz810rider said:
It's really pretty simple why you can't charge over USB. USB does not provide the correct voltage. The Xoom requires 12vdc to charge and USB is only 5vdc. It's like trying to charge your car battery with a charger made for 2 D cells. Amperage does play into charge time but can not be made to compensate for the lack of voltage. If the Xoom were to be modded pretty extensively inside it's possible. You would need to add a step up converter, make the respective connections from the USB port, and have to be willing to void your warranty. All in all it would be easier to carry a car charger. I have one and it works great.
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Its is very possible that they included a step-up converter circuit, but later disabled it because they decided it takes too long to charge. The circuit would add less than a dollar to the unit in volumes, so if they wanted to be safe they could have included it and made the decision later if they would use it. That is what I am trying to find out. The high resolution images of the teardown show what may be a stepup circuit by the USB connector, but it is too hard to tell:
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Motorola-Xoom-Teardown/4989/1
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what are all these USB chargers on eBay about?
My question is now (and I am sure I've seen it in another thread): How do sellers on eBay get away with advertising generic USB chargers to be used with the Xoom (e.g. this)? Of course, the USB cable has to be provided... I checked yesterday because I want to equip my car with a mount and charger in the future. Either the Chinese have found a way to charge the Xoom via USB or it's all a load of owl droppings! Has anyone tried one of these magic chargers yet?
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My question is now (and I am sure I've seen it in another thread): How do sellers on eBay get away with advertising generic USB chargers to be used with the Xoom (e.g. this)? Of course, the USB cable has to be provided... I checked yesterday because I want to equip my car with a mount and charger in the future. Either the Chinese have found a way to charge the Xoom via USB or it's all a load of owl droppings! Has anyone tried one of these magic chargers yet?
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They put the word Xoom in the auction listing, that's the only thing they did to make this Xoom compatible. Do not buy that.
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My question is now (and I am sure I've seen it in another thread): How do sellers on eBay get away with advertising generic USB chargers to be used with the Xoom (e.g. this)? Of course, the USB cable has to be provided... I checked yesterday because I want to equip my car with a mount and charger in the future. Either the Chinese have found a way to charge the Xoom via USB or it's all a load of owl droppings! Has anyone tried one of these magic chargers yet?
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A lot of people just assume things. I was readings specs for the xoom at another popular android forum. They had listed that not only did it support USB charging, but it supported flash 10.1 as well (which of course it never will).
Ok, so I was at fry's electronics and saw that there is a solar charging case for the gs3. I also saw that there are rechargeable battery packs for devices as well.
My question is, would it be possible, through the use of an OTG cable, to share ones battery juice to another device?
Example: my phone is fully charged, but my Bluetooth speaker set is dead. Is there a way to charge the speakers from my phone? Essentially I am making my phone a battery backup.
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It won't work because both devices will try to draw power. If you look closely at the external batteries they usually have a separate port to charge. It's not the same port used for attaching your device. You might be able to do it with some kind of software hack, but thats about it. Also most phones will shut down that connection if it detects a high powered device is attached(there are hacks to get around that).
There were some requests into forcing the charger controller in the Nooks to allow higher rate charging from non-B&N chargers, I also was constantly annoyed by how my Nooks are always discharging when plugged into my computer with screen on because of only drawing about 500mA, where as the ports would happily provide 1A (development led by Apple).
The work here is experimental and if you decide to try anything, you bear the risk of stuff frying and catching on fire (granted, I did not burn anything here yet, but who knows, this is electricity we deal with here).
The "TRM" is here for anybody interested, sadly it does not match with what the hardware actually does in some important areas (also reflected in the driver comments). It looks like there is no real way to control the charging rate much, as soon as you write into draw rate register, it's two lowest bits are reset to 0 until D+/D- detection is performed, but then the detection resets draw rate back to appropriate defaults, huh? So this leaves us with two settints: 100mA or 1.2A
Plus there's something else going on, e.g. all of my iPhone chargers that I happen to have around only provide about 1.5 Watts of power and the controller refuses to draw more than 500mA from it anyway. All the Android stuff chargers I have on the other hand work out of the box and allow Nook to draw about 1.2A from them (even the native charger does not seem to draw more than this, about 7.5W according to my Kill-a-Watt display and also according to the battery current rate reported by the battery).
Anyway, I am providing two kernels, kernel for Nook HD+ and kernel for Nook HD
Flash the appropriate one for your device.
Then there's the control app: NookChargerControl.apk
Run the app, and it will present you with the main switch at the top (ignore the second switch, it's from the earlier experimentation and currently does not do anything).
If you flip the switch on, the charging is forced at 1.2A rate, no matter where you are connected (but see my earlier note about my iPhone chargers).
In addition to whatever physical measurements you are making, thee are two clues displayed about stuff:
The registers 00 and 08. When register 00 is 0x34 - that's indication of 1.2A, 0x32 = 0.5A, 0x30 = 0.1A, 0x37 should be 3A (When connected to power).
Also a battery-reported current is shown, this is your main clue about how much power does the battery really gets, negative values = discharging.
Tap anywhere on the screen to refresh the values, the battery rate reported sometimes takes several seconds to update, so do not panic if the values appear to be stuck for some time.
If you decide to try this, please report back in the thread with your findings.
In my testing, enabling the switch (while plugged into a computer) results in as much battery charging current as I am getting from B&N charger.
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There were some requests into forcing the charger controller in the Nooks to allow higher rate charging from non-B&N chargers.... If you decide to try this, please report back in the thread with your findings.
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Flashed new kernel and installed charger app. When I first turned on the charger app, I'm pretty sure it said "Reg00: 0x37". After turning on the "Force USB charger mode", Reg00 went to 0x34, and stays there whether I turn USB charger mode off or on. The "Battery current" started at 476000 and is now at 358000, but I'm pretty sure that's because it was already almost completely charged, and now it says it's at 100%, though the LED is still orange. All of these measurements are on the Nook charger. Haven't tried anything else yet.
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Flashed new kernel and installed charger app. When I first turned on the charger app, I'm pretty sure it said "Reg00: 0x37". After turning on the "Force USB charger mode", Reg00 went to 0x34, and stays there whether I turn USB charger mode off or on. The "Battery current" started at 476000 and is now at 358000, but I'm pretty sure that's because it was already almost completely charged, and now it says it's at 100%, though the LED is still orange. All of these measurements are on the Nook charger. Haven't tried anything else yet.
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Thanks.
Using nook charger with this app is pointless, as it's already working (as are a bunch of other chargers from android devices).
So I guess it's being targeted at people who want to draw more power from their host computer or with incompatible chargers.
Tried with a 1amp Samsung charger. It Is showing 1092000 on an HD+
Force power 2
Reg 00 0x34
Reg 08 0xac
is this for cm10.1 or nook original os or both of them?
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Thanks.
Using nook charger with this app is pointless, as it's already working (as are a bunch of other chargers from android devices).
So I guess it's being targeted at people who want to draw more power from their host computer or with incompatible chargers.
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Now if you could just write a kernel to make the nook compatible with normal USB cables... heh.
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is this for cm10.1 or nook original os or both of them?
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That's just for CM10.1
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Flashed new kernel and installed charger app. When I first turned on the charger app, I'm pretty sure it said "Reg00: 0x37". After turning on the "Force USB charger mode", Reg00 went to 0x34, and stays there whether I turn USB charger mode off or on. The "Battery current" started at 476000....
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I wasn't sure if the Reg00 was originally 0x37 or not, so I reinstalled everything, and yes, it was. And for a better benchmark, when I first started charging it, with the battery at about 70%, using the nook charger, the "Battery current" was around 1670000.
Tried with this charger and neither port seems to work. Shows right around 0 for the charge amount on both ports so no charge or discharge. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0088U4YAG/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
On my nexus 4 and 7 it shows USB charging from apple port and ac from the other.
Also shows this for both ports
Reg00 0x32
Reg08 0x4c
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Tried with this charger and neither port seems to work. Shows right around 0 for the charge amount on both ports so no charge or discharge. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0088U4YAG/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
On my nexus 4 and 7 it shows USB charging from apple port and ac from the other.
Also shows this for both ports
Reg00 0x32
Reg08 0x4c
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0x32 is 500mAh, so it tries to draw this much, but if charge current in the battery is 0, that means there's not enough power left after what's used by tablet itself with screen on.
I have this problem with my iPhone chargers, not sure how the charger controller differentiates.
Big win for me is with a computer port, where with the app and a new kernel I can draw much more current and keep battery charging even with the screen on
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0x32 is 500mAh, so it tries to draw this much, but if charge current in the battery is 0, that means there's not enough power left after what's used by tablet itself with screen on.
I have this problem with my iPhone chargers, not sure how the charger controller differentiates.
Big win for me is with a computer port, where with the app and a new kernel I can draw much more current and keep battery charging even with the screen on
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Ahh, I got you. It is nice having it charge from computer. Didn't know if your ultimate goal was to get it to work with as many chargers as possible so was trying to give you more info.
Either way, thanks for all the work you are doing and sharing to make our Nooks more enjoyable.
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Ahh, I got you. It is nice having it charge from computer. Didn't know if your ultimate goal was to get it to work with as many chargers as possible so was trying to give you more info.
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Yes, that was the original goal, but sadly doc does not match with the controller behavior, so current state is the best I could achieve at the moment.
Verygreen: I'm having a really hard time understanding what's happening with Nook charging.
When I plug into the original nook charger (and SOME other charges), the little light is YELLOW and the lightening bolt shows up in Android to indicate it's charging. However, it clearly charges slower in my portable charger (Monster cable charger) than with the nook charger.
It I plug it into apple compatible chargers (including my battery) the little light is GREEN rather than yellow. This is true even if I plug the nook cable into one of these a shorted cable (which will cause my Nexus 7 to go into high power charging mode).
http://www.ebay.com/itm/POWER-ONLY-...67?pt=Camera_Cables_Cords&hash=item58944a169b
Your system has two switches. "Force USB Charger Mode" and "Force 1A when charging". Your notes say ignore the Force 1A (second button)? I can't tell if the force usb charger mode does anything when the light is green. I get various numbers for battery current (seem to be all over the map)
In the monster charger, I get similar numbers whether Force USB is on or off, 100,000 - 200,000 current. I can't tell if it's better or not with Force USB on or off.
In the nook charger, I get around 700,000 current.
So it doesn't appear to be going into high power mode with Force USB in the Monster charger (which supports 1.5 amps).
In a windows usb port I get the green light and low charging current whether I enable or disable FORCE USB.
So, I'm confused.
I don't know if it's connected but it is certainly a battery issue which only presents itself on CM10.1 ... I mean I had it before in both stock and other roms but not nearly to that extend. Basically the rom seems to lose battery very fast and when it reaches 0% it simply switches off. If I boot at stock I can see I have around 40% left.
In other words battery is seriously misrepresented on CM and CM alone, other roms have nowhere near this kind of problem and every time I switch to them most of my battery issues solve themselves. It practically halves the battery life of the device for no good reason (ill-reporting). So VG, I guess it's better if you can take a look at it, it's something that I have seen reported by other people too, but it's quite of a hardle.
Your rom (CM) is basically the most complete but I always have to go elsewhere in search of/for battery life. It's the last big thing that needs to be solved and I think we're set. And -no- callibration never helps, it's not 100% that is misrepresented but 0%...
Thanks for your attention.
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I don't know if it's connected but it is certainly a battery issue which only presents itself on CM10.1 ... I mean I had it before in both stock and other roms but not nearly to that extend. Basically the rom seems to lose battery very fast and when it reaches 0% it simply switches off. If I boot at stock I can see I have around 40% left.
In other words battery is seriously misrepresented on CM and CM alone, other roms have nowhere near this kind of problem and every time I switch to them most of my battery issues solve themselves. It practically halves the battery life of the device for no good reason (ill-reporting). So VG, I guess it's better if you can take a look at it, it's something that I have seen reported by other people too, but it's quite of a hardle.
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I am not sure what do you mean by "other ROMs", there are only two roms out there, this and B&N stock. Everything else is based on one of the two kernels and userspaces (or sometimes combinations of thereof).
Also, is there a point in time you can think of when this problem started if it did not happen from the get go? Did 6/24 and prior exhibit premature empty battery detection?
I do not drain battery on my nooks as it takes too long and means I cannot do anything to them in the meanwhile.
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I am not sure what do you mean by "other ROMs", there are only two roms out there, this and B&N stock. Everything else is based on one of the two kernels and userspaces (or sometimes combinations of thereof).
Also, is there a point in time you can think of when this problem started if it did not happen from the get go? Did 6/24 and prior exhibit premature empty battery detection?
I do not drain battery on my nooks as it takes too long and means I cannot do anything to them in the meanwhile.
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By other ROMs I mean SGT7, Carbon and stock. Using any of the three I have misrepresentation of battery life for anything below 15%, on CM I have misrepresentation all the time. It always existed as a problem but not in this level, it only became worse with the latest builds. Maybe it's hardware issue but why is it made whose by CM, basically that's what I'm asking...
I know without logs I'm not much help but for the time being I have reverted to carbon and all is well. In a few days I will retry CM and have my logs sent then. What I can safely say by looking at other people's battery graphs is that it happens to others too' maybe not as dramatically (for someone it went from 50% to 30% in one instant), but it is there...
I'm on HD+ BTW
UK Car Charger
Being unable to source a B&N car Charger in the UK - I am assuming that this mod allows me to charge from any 1 or 2 amp car charger..?
Also does it only work with CM10.0 as I am currently running CarbonROM - mainly for the improved PIE controls on Expaned screen mode..?
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Being unable to source a B&N car Charger in the UK - I am assuming that this mod allows me to charge from any 1 or 2 amp car charger..?
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I cannot promise "any".
I found that apple (and apple-devices targeting) charges generally don't work.
On the other hand chargers that target android devices seem to be working all by themselves without any tweak. My sample size is not too big, though.
Also does it only work with CM10.0 as I am currently running CarbonROM - mainly for the improved PIE controls on Expaned screen mode..?
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depend on if the kernel support for it was added.
UK Car Charger
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I cannot promise "any".
I found that apple (and apple-devices targeting) charges generally don't work.
On the other hand chargers that target android devices seem to be working all by themselves without any tweak.
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Sorry to be a pain but do you have any specific make/model car chargers that you could recommend (as most seem to be labelled as 'universal' regardless of whether they are intended for iPhone or Android)..?
Would an HTC or Samsung branded charger work for example..?
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Sorry to be a pain but do you have any specific make/model car chargers that you could recommend (as most seem to be labelled as 'universal' regardless of whether they are intended for iPhone or Android)..?
Would an HTC or Samsung branded charger work for example..?
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I don't have any experience with car chargers.
There's a high chance Samsung charger will work, I think.
This could be a very silly question so pardon my ignorance. But does it have any effect when you use a different charger than the one that comes with the phone? I have a couple of chargers ranging from Samsung Galaxy to HTC chargers. I notice too that there are different input and output values for those chargers. Anyone know about this?
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The phone will take in what it needs and nothing more.
I use three different chargers on a regular basis and the one that came with the phone is still in the box. Haha
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fredddeh said:
This could be a very silly question so pardon my ignorance. But does it have any effect when you use a different charger than the one that comes with the phone? I have a couple of chargers ranging from Samsung Galaxy to HTC chargers. I notice too that there are different input and output values for those chargers. Anyone know about this?
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Check to make sure that the output voltage is the same as what the Nexus needs. The output current, if lower, will cause slower charging. But if output current is higher, it won't cause faster charging - the phone will draw the current it needs (if the charger can provide it)
Regarding the input, I'm guessing you know this, but just in case: Make sure that the adapter/charger can be plugged into your wall outlet safely. Example: if the charger you have only accepts 110v, don't plug it into a 220/240v wall charger. If the charger will accept 110-240v, then you can plug it into either. And so on
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Check to make sure that the output voltage is the same as what the Nexus needs. The output current, if lower, will cause slower charging. But if output current is higher, it won't cause faster charging - the phone will draw the current it needs (if the charger can provide it)
Regarding the input, I'm guessing you know this, but just in case: Make sure that the adapter/charger can be plugged into your wall outlet safely. Example: if the charger you have only accepts 110v, don't plug it into a 220/240v wall charger. If the charger will accept 110-240v, then you can plug it into either. And so on
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Thank you for the explanation. Does that go without saying it won't harm my device in ANY WAY right? I've googled this topic and I've seen mixed opinions so I'm really just relying on experience from N5 and/or other devices.
fredddeh said:
Thank you for the explanation. Does that go without saying it won't harm my device in ANY WAY right? I've googled this topic and I've seen mixed opinions so I'm really just relying on experience from N5 and/or other devices.
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In which case? Using a charger that has higher current rating? It shouldn't be a problem (I've been mixing/matching chargers between all my devices - S4, N7, N5, EVO LTE, etc).
Note: Defective chargers or cables can cause problems...
My phone can transfer files at normal speeds in bootloader mode. It can even transfer files fine when booting up to kit kat. the issue is even though it does all I mentioned, it won't charge (or charges too slow to matter) via USB connected a PC or USB to any AC adapters. I've tried many working cables and AC adapters, could someone please help or point me in the write direction?
NOTE: It on occasion charges normally.
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My phone can transfer files at normal speeds in bootloader mode. It can even transfer files fine when booting up to kit kat. the issue is even though it does all I mentioned, it won't charge (or charges too slow to matter) via USB connected a PC or USB to any AC adapters. I've tried many working cables and AC adapters, could someone please help or point me in the write direction?
NOTE: It on occasion charges normally.
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If it on occasion charges normally but not all the time then perhaps you have some internal damage at the charge port. Now I have no idea how to fix this but one other possibility you could try with the Nexus 5 is to get a wireless charger and see how that works out for you.
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If it on occasion charges normally but not all the time then perhaps you have some internal damage at the charge port. Now I have no idea how to fix this but one other possibility you could try with the Nexus 5 is to get a wireless charger and see how that works out for you.
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trying a wireless charger right now, same old game. slow charging still. I did notice the battery readings with Ampere, i attached a screenshot. the temp is negative -30 celsius on average often show a negative charging status no matter what charger is plugged in and EVEN with a wireless charger.
Does this mean I have a bad battery?
I'm afraid your guess is as good as mine at this point. I've never experienced that type of problem. I have experience of damage to the charge port with an old nook it behaved just like you said which is why I suggested wireless charging since we have it available on the Nexus.
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I'm afraid your guess is as good as mine at this point. I've never experienced that type of problem. I have experience of damage to the charge port with an old nook it behaved just like you said which is why I suggested wireless charging since we have it available on the Nexus.
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yea, i bought a wireless charger to no avail. something either within the phones board or my old AC adapter had gone wonky, put a new battery in and the same thing began happening after 2 days.