So, a couple of days ago, I accidentaly let my dock drain fully out. It was 2 days on 0%, as I didn't use my TF101 much because I am on vacation. All of a sudden, the wouldn't charge at all. I connected the charget to my docked TF101 and it charged only a little, about 3% in an hour, but the dock didnt charge at all. After that the dock charged to about 40%, not charging the tablet itself. Then the dock began to drain and ended up on 10%, still not charging the tablet.
I used my tablet for a bit of reading, without the dock and it got to about 6%.
I plugged them both to charge, but nothing.
Now they both dont charge and the dock doesnt light up red on the LED.
In the meanwhile the tablet drained completely, so I left only it on the charger. At first it wouldnt turn on at all, but after 10 mins, a big red battery icon appeared. After that it turned on and booted to android, but it says "Connect your charger" and it show 0% battery capacity but with a charging icon.
I am using TEAM EOS NIGHTLY 117 (Android 4.2.2)
The dock lights up red only when the tablet is plugged in. Sometimes it blinks red while it is charging, sometimes it only blinks 3-4 times while im pressing the power button.
I tried freezing the battery brick - but no luck.
I tried cold booting to - alas, no luck too.
Help please!
Give a run through this. I am thinking that plugging it into a USB port for a few hours (tablet only) should at least get the tablet working again. As for the dock, there is a switch that can change state when it gets to zero and wont allow it to recharge until you open the dock and flip the switch. It should still allow the tablet to charge when docked.
Thanks. I saw your thread on that forum already.
Only thing I did not try is to let it charge over USB.
Cant bend the pins because I have a EU charger.
Is there any guide for opening the dock and finding the switch?
Just because you have the EU charger, the plug STILL comes off so you could try bending the pins.
Hmmm, I did not write a guide for the dock, but it is pretty simple.
First, remove an SD if present. If you don't you could lose the spring that holds the SD in and it is a pain to replace.
The back two rubber feet have small philips screws (#00 I believe). Remove these, then pick one of the back corners (I like the one with the USB port close to it) and start prying it apart with a rubber spudger, guitar pick or fingernail. Once I get it open to the hinge, work your way around the front and to the other side. Be careful around the charging port and the SD card as the metal is thin and bends easily. It can be bent back easily too, but just be careful.
Found the disconnect switch, it is on the board with the USB and Power Plug (on the left):
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Here is a detailed teardown where that photo came from: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Disassemble-the-ASUS-Transformer-TF101-Keyb/
So I left it to charge on my laptops USB overnight (10hours).
When I plugged it in, it was turned on with 0%, now it has 14% and still says "connect your charger" with the charging icon when I connect it to the wall output.
I let my dock run to 0% not that long ago too, and same with me, the dock refused to charge even leaving it plugged in overnight
I decided to open it and flip that little switch, connected the charger for about 30 mins with the switch flipped, still showed 0% and no signs of charging
Flipped it back to its original position and left it charging for another few hours and it suddenly stopped flashing orange and became a solid orange
Waited an hour or two and connected the tablet to see the dock % and it was finally charging again, and works fine still today
Not sure if flipping that switch did anything or not, maybe it just needs time and persuasion by continuous 1 hour charges and then disconnecting the charger for a while, but it did eventually sort itself out
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I let my dock run to 0% not that long ago too, and same with me, the dock refused to charge even leaving it plugged in overnight
I decided to open it and flip that little switch, connected the charger for about 30 mins with the switch flipped, still showed 0% and no signs of charging
Flipped it back to its original position and left it charging for another few hours and it suddenly stopped flashing orange and became a solid orange
Waited an hour or two and connected the tablet to see the dock % and it was finally charging again, and works fine still today
Not sure if flipping that switch did anything or not, maybe it just needs time and persuasion by continuous 1 hour charges and then disconnecting the charger for a while, but it did eventually sort itself out
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I dissasembled the keyboard dock and flipped the switch and plugged in the charger. I will let it go for about a 1/2 hour and unplug and flip it back. I will update once something happens to confirm this actually will work for me.
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I dissasembled the keyboard dock and flipped the switch and plugged in the charger. I will let it go for about a 1/2 hour and unplug and flip it back. I will update once something happens to confirm this actually will work for me.
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Got my fingers crossed for you, hopefully you'll have the same luck as I did
wolf0491 said:
Hey guys think I'm having same issue. Been trying the solutions mention but nothing seems to help. Hadn't used my tablet in 4 months. Then plugged it in and noticed it was at zero and never went higher. When plugged Into the keyboard as well that seems to charge but not tablet. At least light turns red.
I don't have to wait like some people mention though. If I plug it in it immediately powers on and when I unplug immediately powers off.
Should I look into buying new charger maybe?
I changed roms because I thought that was issue before I research but obviously wasn't?
Any ideas?
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Sounds like the charger is fine if it's powering on when you plug it in, sounds like the batteries have over-discharged
Other than the switch inside the dock trick above, just leaving it powered off and charging for a long time to try to coax the batteries back to life might work
Yesterday the missus was playing on the TF for hours and hours, when I looked at the battery levels, it said dock 4% and TF 44%, cool no problem, the dock actually stopped discharging at a decent level, so I left her playing
When I plugged it in, dock was at 4% still and it began charging
I rebooted, and to my horror, the dock said 0% and refused to charge again, even on its own
I shut the TF off for the night with my fingers crossed and this morning it is 99% 99% on both batteries
I was thinking about what I would try this time if it refused to charge again, heating the battery up slightly was on the list, remembering that old trick in the tape deck walkman days to get a few minutes extra life out of the batteries by heating them
And directly charging the batteries + to + and - to - for a few minutes to a low powered DC supply to try and jump start their charging process before plugging it back into the normal charger via the dock and tablet
The latter would have to be done carefully and preferably outside on an extension as these type batteries can do some nasty things if they are over charged, ie. explode / fireball
Personally I would leave it on the charger powered off for a day or two and see how it gets on, if that fails try trickle charging it from PC USB while TF is powered off too
wolf0491 said:
I'll have to try the powered off. I didn't really think to do that. My dock charges fine since the light went from red to green. So that's good at least
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Try charging the tablet on its own without the dock if the dock is working fine again now
wolf0491 said:
Tried all day today powered off with no luck so far it seems. Gonna try for longer period this time.
Hoping to get it working soon. My semester starts in like ten days and I like using tablet there for notes.
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Not sure if they are identical batteries, but you could try swapping the dock battery for the tablet battery and vice versa
Also just read a post from someone who replaced their dock battery from here
http://www.kingbattery.co.uk/produc...=2512&osCsid=a9420d5fe00bf3837361daa9d0e6259e
Only £29 atm, looks like it will fit the dock and the TF
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The dock looks easy take apart but not sure about the tablet? I be worried I mess it up!
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I've had the tablet open about 3 times, and the dock once, and in my case the tablet was a lot easier to open than the dock
Here is a video on how to get the tablet open
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-6dKsGJ4VY
The bezel on the dock seemed much more tightly clipped together, where the tablet, once you remove the screw holding the plastic bezel in place, it fairly easily clips off around the edges, then its just a few more screws under the bezel around the edges and it just lifts apart easily
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Nice video. Wish I spoke the language. Doesn't look too hard. You are correct. Guess I may have to try this out
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There are probably English teardown videos too, but this one is great quality and shows exactly where each screw is etc
Good luck, a nice big clear table and some pots for the screws, take your time and just keep replaying the video if you get stuck on anything
It's about a 3/10 for difficulty for the tablet, the hardest part is just being gentle when you pry the bezel off
Here is a tutorial (in English) on how to get the bezel off that I personally did: http://www.transformerforums.com/fo.../10501-rs-guide-power-lock-button-issues.html
That is the hardest part IMO. After that, there are ten #0 or #00 Philips screws holding the back cover on. There is one in each corner then 3 on top and 3 on bottom when looking between the screen and the back plate.
Hey, havent posted in a while, but I think I know what my problem is. I used a multimeter to find the voltage output of the charger and it shows 5.16V. I supose the charger went in to safe mode, thinking it is charging a mobile phone.
Any way to mend this?
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Hey, havent posted in a while, but I think I know what my problem is. I used a multimeter to find the voltage output of the charger and it shows 5.16V. I supose the charger went in to safe mode, thinking it is charging a mobile phone.
Any way to mend this?
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Try the freezer trick
Put the charger into a sealed zip bag and put it in the freezer for 20-30 minutes
Might reset the thermal fuse if that is the problem
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Try the freezer trick
Put the charger into a sealed zip bag and put it in the freezer for 20-30 minutes
Might reset the thermal fuse if that is the problem
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Tried that a while ago, did not work.
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Tried that a while ago, did not work.
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Did you check the voltage from the cable or the actual charger?
If charger, might be time to invest in a new one
Actual charger. 2 outer USB pins.
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I also have a TF101 - about 2 years old.
It cannot charge anymore.
I tried to turn it off and charge off the PC.
I tried replacing the usb cable for the charger.
I tried replacing the charger with a new 15v wall charger from China, twice (2 different models)
I tried factory reset
I tried cold reboot
I tried replacing the battery with a new one.
After all of these things - it still doesn not charge when connected to a charger. It shows the white "low battery" icon when I put in the cable, but the battery charge never goes up.
The new battery has about 40% charge, but it will die soon, if I don't get a solution.
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Is anyone else having an issue with charging? it worked fine for a week or more. now when i plug it in, to any outlet, it wont charge at all.. they are considering RMAing the entire unit, and im going to be torked off if i have to wait weeks to get another. argh.
just curious if anyone else is having charging issues.
thanks
My unit doesn't charge if the battery is above 90%. I see no problems there, what % is your battery at? That is expected behaviour to an extent to prevent overcharging of the battery.
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Mine did that once and I just left it alone for awhile and it started to work again on its own.
i only noticed it because its asking me to connect to charger now.
so its at 11% right now.
Tech wanted me to trickle charge to see if i get anything out of it. Its not working.
Is there any lights on the adapter? i cant remember? but i think the unit may be bad.
SOOOOO pissed, now i have to wait weeks for a replacement to show up.
Has anyone else had a unit they have had to RMA??? is so, did they send a brand new one, sealed in box? if so, i have an extra here, ill just use it and sell the RMA one when it comes in.
thanks
EDIT: i had it trickle charging in the off position. just turned it back on. then plugged it in to wall. seems to be charging now.. WTH. wonder if its something with the dock?
Thanks
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Nice to have found your thread on this - mine was doing the same thing after I had if docked. Connected it to my PC and synced and then put it back in the charger and everything is fine.
Weird.
Since you guys seem new to this forum, I suggest you read the stickies. The "Ultimate Transformer Information Thread" mentions some specific adapter issues you should be aware of.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1068593
TF101 not charging after run flat issue - SOLVED
Hello
I also had this problem. The tablet drained the docking station dry, and then neither device would charge from the adapter.
I solved the problem as follows:
1) Remove table from docking station.
2) Turn tablet off completely.
3) Plug tablet only into the charger, at this point the tablet turned on, and began charging.
4) Allow the tablet to charge completely!
5) Reconnect tablet to docking station, and plug docking station into charger.
Voila, all charged Hope it works for others who have this issue!
Mine also had charging problems. When I charged it, it never reached 100%. I took it to the Asus repair center, and they called me today and said they got it to reach 100%. Also, above 90% it reports the battery status as full.
I also to them about the battery drain problem, and gave them my tablet with the dual battery widget installed. Told them to charge both the tablet and keyboard to full, dock the tablet, power off, and wait until morning to see the results.
I'll find out what happens tomorrow when I go see them in the morning.
TF101 not charging today...
It happened already once some time ago, but leaving the power adapter disconnected from the wall plug for 10min solved the problem.
Now it's happening again... and previous workaround is not working.
Tablet is TF101, no docking keyboard, last version of ICS installed.
I've checked the various threads for suggestions: of course I tried the various reboot options; the only thing I'm missing is the refrigerator, but the power adapter is cold (tablet is not charging since 2d, and battery is still alive...).
I've not checked the cable, but have cleaned with air the connectors (just to avoid dust inside).
Any suggestion is welcome.
Thanks
I have had my charger stop working twice in the past 6 months. Both times I put the wall adapter in a zip-lock bag and placed in my freezer for 30 minutes. Upon removing I plugged the usb cable back into the adapter and bam, everything was working fine again. From what I remember, there is a temperature sensitive circuit breaker inside the adapter that sometimes gets stuck. Even if the charger is cold or has been left alone it takes the dramatic temperature of the freezer to unsieze it. Good Luck it worked for me, twice.
So my co-worker has an Asus transformer like i do and he is on his 3rd charger for it. So i have been lending him mine while he waits for his new one. So last night he borrowed it and when i went to charge mine it no longer works. Are the chargers really this faulty or could it be his device that is killing the charger?
After charging my tablet for a while or overnight the charger does not work either.
So what I do is either wait it out or throw it in a ziploc bag and toss it in the freezer(I can't remember where I found this tip but it does work).
The charger gets excessively hot after 2 hours of straight charging and as a safety feature I believe it shuts off. Throwing it in the freezer simply resets the charger I believe, and it is only for about 15 minutes.
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betadan said:
So my co-worker has an Asus transformer like i do and he is on his 3rd charger for it. So i have been lending him mine while he waits for his new one. So last night he borrowed it and when i went to charge mine it no longer works. Are the chargers really this faulty or could it be his device that is killing the charger?
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They definitely have different versions, the later version 0B-2LF, 0B-3LF (?) are supposed to be less failure prone.
You can always make a Do It Yourself (DIY) charger with a wall charger and USB A Female to 5525 Plug Female Power Adapter.
I’ve got similar experience – when I’ve tried to charge tablet second time after few hours of playing with it, when I’ve plugged charger in, icon didn’t show me expected “charging” icon. At first I’ve thought that was faulty cable but plugged to PC worked fine. Then I’ve found some info that connectors between charger and plug adaptor tend not to have a contact. I’ve taken out plug adaptor and bent slightly those 2 wires on charger, then connected the plug adaptor back. When I’ve plugged it into wall socket – it worked. I’m on 0L-1LF model.
I've encountered this problem too. At first I thought the charger was dead, but when I rebooted the transformer while plugged, it start to charge again. Maybe you should try that.
It probably still charges or has some charge optimization like my Lenovo laptop has. Mine does the same but never any issues.
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ThEiiNoCeNT said:
After charging my tablet for a while or overnight the charger does not work either.
So what I do is either wait it out or throw it in a ziploc bag and toss it in the freezer(I can't remember where I found this tip but it does work).
The charger gets excessively hot after 2 hours of straight charging and as a safety feature I believe it shuts off. Throwing it in the freezer simply resets the charger I believe, and it is only for about 15 minutes.
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I also did have to put my charger in the freezer... for over a month now it's been working fine.
Try it
Elzbieta said:
I also did have to put my charger in the freezer... for over a month now it's been working fine.
Try it
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Another succesful "freezer" here.
To document - My powerstrip turn off with PC and charger is plugged in to it. Tablet was @ < 20% when I put on to charge, not realizing strip was off (company in town so wife wanted it off in case room was needed for kids), got up next morning and now tablet @ < 4%. Took charger and tried multiple outlets and none would charge and charger was not warm. Tablet @ < 4% and now plugged to USB port on laptop (recongized USB Debug and Asus Sync) so it is trickle charging sort of. Search turns up this (and a couple of others) tread. Turned off tablet (to improve trickle charge performance) and waited the 15 minutes. Removed charger from freezer, plugged into wall, plugged in tablet and tablet turned on and now shows as charging.
I assume this is a hardware/software/firmware problem in that the charger is not going to burn itself out trying to push too much voltage and the reduced charge state of tablet is raising resistence and the firmware has a pointer wrong and it needs to be a little colder to be right.
No idea but thanks for the tip.
I got kinda freaked out when my charger didn't work with my tablet last time. I blamed the custom rom since it happened a couple days after I rooted and flashed a custom rom on it, and I never had trouble with stock before. But, it wasn't the charger, since I plugged in the dock and it could charge. So maybe sometimes the tablet doesn't take in a certain amount of voltage or something..? (It was fine after I rebooted.. or update roms, can't remember.)
I once thought that my charger had died but then I tried a hard reset (hold the power button down for 10 seconds) and it started working again. It's worth giving it a go before you go out and buy a new charger.
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betadan said:
So my co-worker has an Asus transformer like i do and he is on his 3rd charger for it. So i have been lending him mine while he waits for his new one. So last night he borrowed it and when i went to charge mine it no longer works. Are the chargers really this faulty or could it be his device that is killing the charger?
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I think there is something off with his TF if it killed 3 or 4 chargers.
My charger died and no amount of putting it in the freezer or anything else would make it work again.
The only thing I did was pull the cable out attach the TF to my laptop and download files to a different Micro SD card I had bought. Plugged it back in and no workie.
Lucky I had bought another charger for a spare and had it to check the cable ..charger and make sure it what part actually wasn't working...and charge my TF.
It's at an ASUS service center hopefully being fixed.
They do go bad. Theres been documented problems with them just like the dock,, and tablet. When your trying to build the cheapest tablet around ...parts and some things provided by other manufactures ( I know Asus doesn't make everything that goes into it) don't always turn out as well as you've planned.
Well ladies and gents, I think either my eee pad has been sucked dry or the charger fried, or both. I went to turn on my pad and found out that both the dock and tablet were at 0%.
I plugged it in got it booted and after an hour, the orange light on the side of the dock stopped blinking and stayed orange, as if it were charging, but the pad still showed at 0% for both pieces. I unplugged the charger to find it was so hot it was almost untouchable and as soon as I unplugged, the tab shut down. Also the dock was not usable to type while plugged in. Am I screwed with this piece?
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its probably your charger.
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Well ladies and gents, I think either my eee pad has been sucked dry or the charger fried, or both. I went to turn on my pad and found out that both the dock and tablet were at 0%.
I plugged it in got it booted and after an hour, the orange light on the side of the dock stopped blinking and stayed orange, as if it were charging, but the pad still showed at 0% for both pieces. I unplugged the charger to find it was so hot it was almost untouchable and as soon as I unplugged, the tab shut down. Also the dock was not usable to type while plugged in. Am I screwed with this piece?
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Zip lock bag your charger and put it in the freezer.
lol really? put it in the freezer? Hey test the usb cable first by connecting it to the computer and see if you get a response. If so for the most part you have like a 90% chance its not the cable. More then likely the adapter is messed up as stated above. The AC plug itself is detachable, its hard to get off but it comes off. You will see its two pieces one big piece and a slimmer piece. Dont rember witch direction it SLIDES off but it comes off. Just check around it and make sure its not blocked or anything. But yea might have to get a new one.
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lol really? put it in the freezer? Hey test the usb cable first by connecting it to the computer and see if you get a response. If so for the most part you have like a 90% chance its not the cable. More then likely the adapter is messed up as stated above. The AC plug itself is detachable, its hard to get off but it comes off. You will see its two pieces one big piece and a slimmer piece. Dont rember witch direction it SLIDES off but it comes off. Just check around it and make sure its not blocked or anything. But yea might have to get a new one.
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Really. There is a heat sensor in the charging cube that disengages the link in case of overheat. Zip lock bag is there to keep out moisture.
Crazy. I unplugged the charger, let it sit. Plugged it in 20 mins later and all of a sudden my tablet has 60%. This thing is weird. Gonna have to teat more thoroughly ans possibly get a new charger
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Crazy. I unplugged the charger, let it sit. Plugged it in 20 mins later and all of a sudden my tablet has 60%. This thing is weird. Gonna have to teat more thoroughly ans possibly get a new charger
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Good. Just remember. If this happens again but next time the safety won't just disengage, then throw it in the freezer like I instructed.
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Then of course chances are you won't do this. Most people are not modders because they are too afraid to do anything out of the ordinary. This is why the ipad is so popular. Anyway, if this is your case, then I guess the alternative is to get a new charger.
I just want you to know that i tried Goodintention's advice and it worked for me. That being said, do not wait to get a charger replacement by following DevCake's thread on how to make up your own charger for the TF. Once these chargers start going bad the only way is downhill.
My second charger died yesterday and I am following Devcake's advice.
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Okay guys, I ran in to this . It's k51 Qi Charger from Dx.com and it's on sale. It costs only $11.5 (was $20) and for that price I decided to order it. There's also a black version available: http://deals.dx.com/team.php?id=4701
Okay I just received mine. It is very very light and feels kinda cheap (well duh, what can you expect for 8,5 euros? ). It looks pretty good, I'm not sure if I like the leds on it. They aren't too bright or anything but they just don't fit with the white theme. It also makes this little sound when it starts charging. This may be con for someone, but it doesn't bother me.
First thing i noticed that the batterly level didn't rise up even though phone was on the charger for a half and hour. I tried the cable with the original charger and the charging status (in *#*#info#*#* -thingy) kept flashing between USB, AC and Unplugged. So the cable is faulty. I tried the original cable and everything was fine.
The charging area (or the "sweet spot" as Zenety called it) is decent. I don't know if theres a difference between the white and black one, but in mine you don't have to put it precisely in the middle of the charger for it to work. The green charging light doesn't always light up but phone is still charging.
The charging works pretty good when without case and also with Headcase, but when using Ringke Hybrid you need to put the phone precisely on the "sweet spot" for it to work. With leatherpouch it didn't work at all. Surface is very slippery and your phone can move around quite easily. I'm gonna find out if there anything to do with that.
Can anyone recommend app that allows me to see charging current? I could compare it to original LG wallcharger?
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Please let us know how this goes, been looking at the wireless charging option!
Just bought one for me and one for my father. If this thing sucks, it's your fault, twice!
Jokes apart, thanks!
Forgive me, but I never quite got the point of using a wireless charger. Besides the novelty of not having to connect a cable, don't the disadvantages outweigh the benefits? I mean, for one, you can't pick up the device while it's charging. And it also charges slower than on an AC wall charger.
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Forgive me, but I never quite got the point of using a wireless charger. Besides the novelty of not having to connect a cable, don't the disadvantages outweigh the benefits? I mean, for one, you can't pick up the device while it's charging. And it also charges slower than on an AC wall charger.
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I like the idea that the charging will stop when the battery gets full and so it's perfect to use at night. I don't know for sure, but I think that keeping the phone plugged do the AC wall charger isn't good for the battery's lifespan.
Ticiano said:
I like the idea that the charging will stop when the battery gets full and so it's perfect to use at night. I don't know for sure, but I think that keeping the phone plugged do the AC wall charger isn't good for the battery's lifespan.
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Wall charger will also stop charging when full (as the battery is li-po), but maintains a trickle charge overnight, which should have little or no effect on battery lifespan.
i had one like this, the magnet wasnt very strong, i could get it to connect but sometimes it would stop so i couldnt rely on it.
the light changed colour once connected.
it was a hassle trying to get it to charge, i thought i could just slap the phone on it and it would detect but i guess due to the large surface area the phone needs to be in the dead center,
you could also have the phone dead center and it wouldnt detect, i had to hover the phone half a centimeter around for it to detect and you can feel the magnetic pull, took me 1-3 seconds to trigger the charge
it was much simpler just charging via USB.
i would buy one again and open it and put it in a smaller housing like the size of the phone,maybe use a better magnet
a few people i know swear by these chargers but they have the official products,
the nexus4 will tickle charge once it reaches upto 90% to preserve the battery life.
Well I hope that this one won't have problems like above. It may have, maybe it will. I'll just have to wait and try it for myself. I dont think that charging with this one will be any slower since in the specs it says: "1. Input: 5V, 2A 2. Output: 5V, 1A" so if you use usb-charger that has 2A output it shouldn't be that much slower. If you use the original charger then it might take forever to fully charge?
The main reason I decide to buy this is the fact that I charge my phone every day. And sometimes I have to plug it out and back in few times a day because I need run some errands etc. Do you see where I'm going with this? The micro-usb port will take heck of alot "beating" daily and I've read so many stories (in general) about micro-usb being not as durable as it should be. So wireless charger will preserve my micro-usb port from over wearing and my phone will a long, happy, life
I have ordered one. Just for the main purpose of opening it and using the Qi charging pad in another housing. Got some cool idea's to experiment with!
EDIT: Oh yeah, and I bought the black one instead. Not that I need the actual housing, but if it doesn't work out like I want it to, i'd rather go for the same color as my nexus.
someone have tried this charger ? : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Qi-Wirele...lePhonesCasesPouches&var=&hash=item19e9ef5b01
Has been sent today. Estimated delivery is 15 to 20 days so that will take a while. Will post photos if OP hasn't gotten it by then.
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I reviewed one that looks indentical to this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/accessories/fasttech-qi-charger-review-nexus-4-t2246340
I now own a Nexus 5 & it works even better than the Nexus 4.
Mind you, they are a lot cheaper now than they were last year!!
Received mine yesterday. The sweet spot is obviously very small. It came with a white cable, was hoping for a black one. But my n900 charger will be fine too
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Still waiting for mine. I was hoping to get it this week but we shall see. Thanks for the photos! I will add pictures of the white one once I receive it. Unless someone who already got their white version adds pics before I do.
Zenety said:
Received mine yesterday. The sweet spot is obviously very small. It came with a white cable, was hoping for a black one. But my n900 charger will be fine too
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does phone heat up while charging with this charger ?
RolF2 said:
does phone heat up while charging with this charger ?
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Haven't had it on for very long. About 2 hours, felt like normal warmth like charging with micro USB. It's REALLY smooth. The Nexus will really fall of very fast, I have to make sure it's on a flat surface. Also if you move the device a bit it will stop charging, when you move it back it won't start charging again.
You will have to lift the phone up, and put it down again. Kinda annoyed by that, but hey, what can you expect for 8 euro's :good:
Okay I just received mine. It is very very light and feels kinda cheap (well duh, what can you expect for 8,5 euros? ). It looks pretty good, I'm not sure if I like the leds on it. They aren't too bright or anything but they just don't fit with the white theme. It also makes this little sound when it starts charging. This may be con for someone, but it doesn't bother me.
The charging area (or the "sweet spot" as Zenety called it) is decent. I don't know if theres a difference between the white and black one, but in mine you don't have to put it precisely in the middle of the charger for it to work. The green charging light doesn't always light up but phone is still charging.
The charging works pretty good when without case and also with Headcase, but when using Ringke Hybrid you need to put the phone precisely on the "sweet spot" for it to work. With leatherpouch it didn't work at all. Surface is very slippery and your phone can move around quite easily. I'm gonna find out if there anything to do with that.
I can take pictures if you guys want? Can anyone recommend app that allows me to see charging current? I could compare it to original LG wallcharger?
E: Okay first thing i noticed that the batterly level didn't rise up even though phone was on the charger for a half and hour. I tried the cable with the original charger and the charging status (in *#*#info#*#* -thingy) kept flashing between USB, AC and Unplugged. So the cable is faulty. I have changed the cable now, lets see what happens. Will report back.
E2: I edited my first post and added some pics in there!
RolF2 said:
someone have tried this charger ? : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Qi-Wirele...lePhonesCasesPouches&var=&hash=item19e9ef5b01
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Yes I have one, I like it. I took it apart and removed the little speaker that beeps when you put the phone on.. it charges at 650mA.. so better than USB and just a bit slower than high quality cables with a wall charger.. ( 800mA).. so now I use it at work, its super easy to charge the phone with a wireless charger when working in a cubicle... you pick it up and put it down without the hassle of cables connected to your phone..
So, I picked up my Edge+ from BestBuy yesterday and along with it, I got one Samsung Wireless Charger (the old generation). I unpacked it, connected the cable to the dish shaped charger and put my phone on top of it and voila! It starts charging. But wait, withing minutes, the charging stops and the blue light of the dish charger starts blinking. Disconnected, reconnected, few minutes passed and again it starts blinking (only when phone is on top). Now, I've used all original accessories, I do not have any cases/covers put on. I can't understand why won't it charge. When I googled, I saw similar issues with blinking blue light but nobody had solution.
Here, look at this video I created : https://youtu.be/SfiGk6C3Yso
So, did any of you encounter this yet ?
I bought actually my charger from best buy and both my edge+ and my wife's did the same thing so I took the chargers back. I bought a stand up one a little more expensive but been using it since Wednesday with no issues!
Same issue...the phone displays "Wireless Charging Paused" and the charger light keeps flashing
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I bought actually my charger from best buy and both my edge+ and my wife's did the same thing so I took the chargers back. I bought a stand up one a little more expensive but been using it since Wednesday with no issues!
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Did they adjust the price of Samsung Charger with the new one ?
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Same issue...the phone displays "Wireless Charging Paused" and the charger light keeps flashing
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I got it replaced from BestBuy but the new charger isn't different either. I've reported it to Samsung, lets see what reason they come up with..
Same thing Happened to me. I went to sleep and woke up to a dead phone.
Thanks Samsung. I'm glad I wasn't relying on my alarms on Saturday!
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Same thing Happened to me. I went to sleep and woke up to a dead phone.
Thanks Samsung. I'm glad I wasn't relying on my alarms on Saturday!
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Funny... but tragic!
I am using the TYLT charger, takes about 45 mins to charge 20%, so i assume its going to take about 5 hrs to charge 0 to 100.
Its beside my bed side, and its at about 45% each night before i go to sleep, midnight i wake up around 2.30'is or 3.30'is, and notice that my phone is already 100% charged.
Cant wait for the new 2.1Amp charger to arrive. i am gonna keep that at work, cos thats when the phone is in and out of the charging pad each time i go for meetings or coffee breaks, i guess i'll never be below 80%
I might have figured it out
This will sound insane but mine was not working correctly either. One thing I did was I turned the power cord that came with the wireless charger in the opposite direction of the outlet, in comparison to how I had it originally. I believe this now means that the USB cord is facing to the right of the power adapter. I know it sounds crazy, but mine worked perfect since then. And another thing I've done is I make sure mine is aligned with the camera in the back in such a way that sliding the phone down the pad and when I feel it hit the camera bump I know that I have it in place. I hope this helps someone. I would say I am very tech savvy but this is one of the most odd things I've seen, if it's truly why mine started working.
I have had no issues charging with my $10 eBay wireless chargers, I have 3 different ones and all have work. I did notice that I have to use a fast charge power supply.
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This will sound insane but mine was not working correctly either. One thing I did was I turned the power cord that came with the wireless charger in the opposite direction of the outlet, in comparison to how I had it originally. I believe this now means that the USB cord is facing to the right of the power adapter. I know it sounds crazy, but mine worked perfect since then. And another thing I've done is I make sure mine is aligned with the camera in the back in such a way that sliding the phone down the pad and when I feel it hit the camera bump I know that I have it in place. I hope this helps someone. I would say I am very tech savvy but this is one of the most odd things I've seen, if it's truly why mine started working.
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I'm not really sure what you meant by saying you turned the power cord in opposite direction o the outlet ? Is it like you plugged in your charger in the reverse way to the wall socket ? Care to explain ? Or may be an images speaks a thousand words... ?
Will post pics when home
Yes I think you understand what I'm saying, a wall outlet charger can only go in two ways, or sometimes because of the prongs on the power device you can't reverse it, but on this when you can, and)) I had mine where the USB cable was facing to the left I believe and the charger was working intermittently. Now I have the USB cable facing to the right which us the reverse way of plugging in the wall charger and it works.
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I am using the TYLT charger, takes about 45 mins to charge 20%, so i assume its going to take about 5 hrs to charge 0 to 100.
Its beside my bed side, and its at about 45% each night before i go to sleep, midnight i wake up around 2.30'is or 3.30'is, and notice that my phone is already 100% charged.
Cant wait for the new 2.1Amp charger to arrive. i am gonna keep that at work, cos thats when the phone is in and out of the charging pad each time i go for meetings or coffee breaks, i guess i'll never be below 80%
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I have a wireless charger on my desk but I rarely use it. Constant charge, discharge won't be good for the battery in the long run. I've had my Note 4 for 1 year and I can feel like the battery is degraded. I'm very careful when it comes to charging. Will be extra careful with this S6e+'s battery.
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I have a wireless charger on my desk but I rarely use it. Constant charge, discharge won't be good for the battery in the long run. I've had my Note 4 for 1 year and I can feel like the battery is degraded. I'm very careful when it comes to charging. Will be extra careful with this S6e+'s battery.
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Agree that is a good point with non-removable batteries. But i never had any issue with my batteries with Note 3 where i had attahed a QI reciever and used to charge it wirelessly, and infact prior to this with the Iphone i used to have to dock almost 20 hrs daily.
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Agree that is a good point with non-removable batteries. But i never had any issue with my batteries with Note 3 where i had attahed a QI reciever and used to charge it wirelessly, and infact prior to this with the Iphone i used to have to dock almost 20 hrs daily.
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I have the Samsung wireless charging pad that stops charging after some time. Maybe at like 50% . To fix this I have to remove the phone from the pad and place it on again. I'll probably keep the pad in my living room and buy another usb charger for overnight charging so the battery won't degrade
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the only thing i dont get with wireless charging is, why does the phone get very hot while its charging. When the phone reaches 100%, the phone is back to normal temps.
I have to use the ccleaner's cool the cpu feature, which shows that android system is over heating.
I wonder wirless charging doesnt cause spark's or power leakage causing the phone to heat up.
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the only thing i dont get with wireless charging is, why does the phone get very hot while its charging. When the phone reaches 100%, the phone is back to normal temps.
I have to use the ccleaner's cool the cpu feature, which shows that android system is over heating.
I wonder wirless charging doesnt cause spark's or power leakage causing the phone to heat up.
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Wireless charger use induction for charging which heats up the coil inside the phone on back side. This is usual as long as its not very hot. This is the primary reason for battery degradation too. If the battery is in touch with the coil, the heat from the coil affects the battery adversely.
I spent 3 days with my new edge plus and the wireless charger blinking blue. Finally I called Samsung tech support and a supervisor informed me that the plus is not backwards compatible with the old charger. The plus needs the new charger which has not been released yet.
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Ibentit said:
I spent 3 days with my new edge plus and the wireless charger blinking blue. Finally I called Samsung tech support and a supervisor informed me that the plus is not backwards compatible with the old charger. The plus needs the new charger which has not been released yet.
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Good to know. I've spent a couple of hours on the phone and returned 2 Samsung wireless chargers and they (Sprint) won't admit that they dont work with the Edge+.
That's weird. If it's Qi charger, it should be compatible.
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That's weird. If it's Qi charger, it should be compatible.
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If you check the 'old' wireless charging box, all the new phones except the s6e+ are listed as compatible with it.
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