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)
dx.com/p/217340
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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...
Sent from my Nexus 4
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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HI,
does the i9000 Galaxy S support the quick/fast charge from battery charging spec. 1.1?
My new pc mainboard does support this via software/driver. And allows to load with up to 1,5A
I couldn't find information on that.
The i9000 is USB 2.0 not USB 3.0, so the answer is no.
not exactly correct
as it does charge faster with a higher AMP output charger.
i use a 2 Ah or 2000 mAh charger in my car and the phone does accept the faster / quick charge
so if your PC has the option to do the higher 1.5 Ah output, it will take it just fine
just like if you have a 1200 mAh wall charger as some people here uses.
I installed the asus driver which installs a service and the aicharger.sys
I restarted.
They tray shows an icon with a plug, but it is crossed. Like disconnected.
I pluged in the i9000 via the usb2.0 port an no changes.
I then pluged the phone in to a usb3.0 port but the icon still shows disconnected (or ai-charging off)
Any ideas?
AllGamer said:
so if your PC has the option to do the higher 1.5 Ah output, it will take it just fine
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This is the bit that is not exactly correct. Regardless of how the hardware is set up it's up to the phone driver to request a powersupply from the computer. As it is the Galaxy only requests only 2 unit loads (200mA) from the computer, no where near the 500mA max of the USB2.0
So no simply plugging in a more capable computer won't change a thing.
interesting.
Are there any mods or fixes to support more usb power while connected to a pc?
None that I have seen.
ok, so the only possibility to charge faster is, to get an after market 3rd party wall plug with higher current than 700ma?
garbz said:
This is the bit that is not exactly correct. Regardless of how the hardware is set up it's up to the phone driver to request a powersupply from the computer. As it is the Galaxy only requests only 2 unit loads (200mA) from the computer, no where near the 500mA max of the USB2.0
So no simply plugging in a more capable computer won't change a thing.
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Interesting. So does the SGS actually use all of the 700mA out of the stock factory charger? If I use my 2.1 A charger could I overheat the battery?
Ok I've had it with the speculation. I've got a USB micro socket and plug on order and I'm going to make a pass through cable and measure the 4 different chargers I have here at the moment this weekend so we can put this one to rest
Stay Tunes.
Ok did a test. No the SGS does not use all 700mA. It uses 470mA. Charging is faster from the dedicated charger than the computer. I verified that the phone only draws less than 100mA from the computer socket.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14272927#post14272927
Thank you.
But can I get more current from my PC with ASUS ai Charge?
I installed the driver but the icon in the tray doesn't recognize my Samsung.
That is because it doesn't have something an Apple Product has.
Apple products get more current with that driver/software thing. But the i9000 doesn't work with it.
in the past i checked if it is possible to charge the battery faster, and not Necessarily through the phone.
i asked a guy who works with electronics and he simply explained that everything is possible, even charging the battery to full in a few minutes, but it WILL kill the battery very fast...
yeah i installed to anticipate a quick charge...but all i get is icon with a big cross...
deleting it now......its useless to me...
SpaZzzzz said:
i asked a guy who works with electronics and he simply explained that everything is possible, even charging the battery to full in a few minutes, but it WILL kill the battery very fast...
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Everything is possible when you charge the battery itself directly, but not when you charge through the phone. The phone is the charger. The computer and the wall plug only provide power to the phone. Unless you go in with a soldering iron there's nothing you can do to speed up the charge beyond what the Samsung wall adapter gives you.
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).
Okay so recently my car charger took a dump and I searched for one thats able to power my Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 while using GPS in the car. Found one bought it and it workes and has Apple and Non Apple ports so other devices can pull more than 500mA HOWEVER, it would still decharge while using GPS using a brand new monoprice cable. So I loaded up the battery monitor app and looked at how much of a charge my tablet is getting. These are my findings,
Note the power drawn showed roughly 500-800mA of draw while testing these cables
1. brand new micro USB cable from monoprice failed to put the device into a charging state. On either port of my charger or if it did it was roughly 200mA on the non-apple and little less than that on the apple port.
2. Modified cable shorted pins (green and white) to pull more power pulled roughly 1-1.2amps bringing charge rate around 400mA on the apple and non apple port.
3. OEM samsung cable pulled a solid roughly 2amps, put the device charging at around 1200ish mA on either port. Wtf? Same as my AC charger.
So it seems that the Samsung cable is the only one to charge my device worth anything. Unless I'm missing something about how these devices charge ect. This makes no sense.
Russosaur said:
Okay so recently my car charger took a dump and I searched for one thats able to power my Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 while using GPS in the car. Found one bought it and it workes and has Apple and Non Apple ports so other devices can pull more than 500mA HOWEVER, it would still decharge while using GPS using a brand new monoprice cable. So I loaded up the battery monitor app and looked at how much of a charge my tablet is getting. These are my findings,
Note the power drawn showed roughly 500-800mA of draw while testing these cables
1. brand new micro USB cable from monoprice failed to put the device into a charging state. On either port of my charger or if it did it was roughly 200mA on the non-apple and little less than that on the apple port.
2. Modified cable shorted pins (green and white) to pull more power pulled roughly 1-1.2amps bringing charge rate around 400mA on the apple and non apple port.
3. OEM samsung cable pulled a solid roughly 2amps, put the device charging at around 1200ish mA on either port. Wtf? Same as my AC charger.
So it seems that the Samsung cable is the only one to charge my device worth anything. Unless I'm missing something about how these devices charge ect. This makes no sense.
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The Tab uses more power to charge since tablets have bigger batteries or more batteries. Standard micro USB chargers are not built to draw in as much power as Tab chargers. It is all in how it's wired and the amount of teeth. Also my Tab uses its own wall adapter to draw in more power.
I was looking into that its the difference between a 5 or 11 pin micro usb connectors. I would assume, oh well I'm only out a few bucks for the two cables, now I need to fine an 11 pin one to keep in my car.
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Sprite Terminator:
http://store.spritesoftware.com/?page_id=280
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I had the same issue with other tablets. They draw more power so they need a different USB cable.
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Hi,
Wanted your thoughts and opinions on charging speeds. I've never actually timed how long it takes to charge. i leave it overnight and it's ready when i wake up.
When i plug the phone into the charger, it flashes up slow charging for 2 seconds then disappears. which got me wondering how much it's actually using.
i used to use Current Widget app on my Samsung S3 which told me exactly how much current the phone was taking from the charger. typically it was 1A via AC/mains and 499mA from a PC. Plugged in to AC, I could play a power hungry game and it would still charge the phone at a good rate.
The LG kernel doesn't like these apps - the mA value is all over the place but it's typically <500mA displayed.
I could buy a USB ammeter to work out how much the USB charger is supplying but do you have any other methods of finding out? Do you know what your phone uses?
at home, i use a Xtrememac dual USB charger, 2x 2.1A output with a shielded 3M USB cable. for those wondering, it's the same regardless what cable i use. Have also tried with generic usb chargers, iPad chargers and official and OEM cables from LG and various other manufacturers. Have also used a data-shorted USB cable from PC which is the same result.
I haven't tried the LG charger yet (mainly as it's a 2 flat-pin plug and i don't know where i put the box) but i think i recall it being a 1.8A charger.
I use an application called "charger report" which can display current consumption and Xtar "USB detector" device. They both show the same numbers. But Xtar USB detector can detect voltage of a charger. The charging current of LG g pro 2 is 1.4-1.5A when the smartphone is not used and higher when I use it. Using USB detector I found out that this smartphone can charge with maximum current a charger can give only if the charger's voltage is 5.3v. So it chargers at full speed with original charger and two other chargers I have: a charger from my Lenovo s6000 (2A 5.4V) and from my Asus t100 (2A 5.3V).
i tried that app too and got the same results as with Current Widget.
i'll buy a "usb detector". thanks.
I forgot to mention that it take approximately two hours for charging indicator to reach 100% when the smartphone reports that it fully charged. And it's necessary to left it connected to a charger for ten to twenty minutes to be really fully charged. Otherwise charging indicator will soon drop to 90%. One can tell if a smartphone is still charging by touching a charger or by looking at current consumption: a charger would be warm and current would be higher than 200mA.
Is the GP2 Quick Charge (1 or 2) enabled? I can't read anything about it other than it's in Snapdragon chipsets. Not sure if it can be disabled or not.
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Is the GP2 Quick Charge (1 or 2) enabled? I can't read anything about it other than it's in Snapdragon chipsets. Not sure if it can be disabled or not.
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The Snapdragon 800,801 and 805 is for Quick Charge 2.0
The Snapdragon 600 for 1.0
ok, does anyone use a Quick Charger with their GP2? is it noticeably faster?
not yet available in Austria, I have read it kills the battery life on
ray-lee said:
Hi,
Wanted your thoughts and opinions on charging speeds. I've never actually timed how long it takes to charge. i leave it overnight and it's ready when i wake up.
When i plug the phone into the charger, it flashes up slow charging for 2 seconds then disappears. which got me wondering how much it's actually using.
i used to use Current Widget app on my Samsung S3 which told me exactly how much current the phone was taking from the charger. typically it was 1A via AC/mains and 499mA from a PC. Plugged in to AC, I could play a power hungry game and it would still charge the phone at a good rate.
The LG kernel doesn't like these apps - the mA value is all over the place but it's typically <500mA displayed.
I could buy a USB ammeter to work out how much the USB charger is supplying but do you have any other methods of finding out? Do you know what your phone uses?
at home, i use a Xtrememac dual USB charger, 2x 2.1A output with a shielded 3M USB cable. for those wondering, it's the same regardless what cable i use. Have also tried with generic usb chargers, iPad chargers and official and OEM cables from LG and various other manufacturers. Have also used a data-shorted USB cable from PC which is the same result.
I haven't tried the LG charger yet (mainly as it's a 2 flat-pin plug and i don't know where i put the box) but i think i recall it being a 1.8A charger.
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Hey ray-lee!
I just bought this phone and as it seems it could get someday similar problems as my former phone the Galaxy Note 2.
That phone has had problems with charger and cable also. I had to buy another set of charger and cable since the original ones gave up a few months after i purchased the phone (it was used). The cable managed only 500mA wich is very slow for a battery that strong. One night was once not enough to charge my phone from 30% to 100%. As it seems it is problematic to manufacture cables, that can hold up and continually grant the 1,8 A that would charge our device in just 2 hours. I read somewhere that the G Pro 2 is one of 5 devices that has blazing fast speeds on charging the battery. If you handle the cables with caution hopefully you will not encounter problems. If so my guess is, that you will have a hard time in finding a cable that can hold up. Sadly the stock cables are always more expensive. I do not get it, why companies dont build travel adapters that only charge ur phones built solid with sturdy cables to ensure the transmission of high currents. That way with charger + usb cable is just stupid, even when tis is an all in one solution.
I like this phone very much and i hope, that the cables will not be that sloppy as the cables that Samsung had/ still has. With Current Widget i get readings around 1500 mA (1,5 A) when connected to the stock charger. And yes the LG Charger is an 1,8 A one. I have also flat pins, but received an adapter to be able to connect it in Hugary.
Just sharing thoughts here, that will maybe helpful to someone...
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2amp charger, charges my Pro 2 in apprx 1 hour while my old LG 1amp charger fills it in 1.40 hours apprx
ray-lee said:
Is the GP2 Quick Charge (1 or 2) enabled? I can't read anything about it other than it's in Snapdragon chipsets. Not sure if it can be disabled or not.
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i "think" as long as device has snapdragon it is Quick Charge enabled
I use the "Charging Report" app on my phone, and it reports proper values.
(Around 1500mAh with the LG charger, and around 1600mAh with the 2.0A Samsung charger.)
If your phone is charging slowly, check the CABLE. Cable can broke too.
(Many people complain about their Samsung charging cables, because they just stop delivering power after a while and just charge the device slowly.)
Anyone tried Quick charge 2.0?? https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon/quick-charge
enkhtwshn said:
Anyone tried Quick charge 2.0?? https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon/quick-charge
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All Devices with the Snapdragon 800 have Quick Charge 2.0!
letschky said:
All Devices with the Snapdragon 800 have Quick Charge 2.0!
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So anyone tried it? That is the question
Yes, I have the Motorola Turbo Charger.
coastalmikey said:
Yes, I have the Motorola Turbo Charger.
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How long does it charge from 0-50 from50-100 from 0-100?
There aren't many chargers out there. and the ones that are, are usually US 2 pin. I need a UK 3 pin or travel charger (changeable pins) really.
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To achieve full charging speeds, a Quick Charge 2.0 enabled device must be paired with a Quick Charge 2.0 certified adapter
Pics attached. I have read on the site below that if its made in vietnam that its fake, is this true?
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/blog/2016/05/how-to-spot-a-fake-samsung-fast-adaptive-charger/
When hooked up to ampere it charges at just over 1 amp.
The S7 (as far as WIRED chargers go) uses the same charger as every other Samsung S series phone (which is the same charger that OTHER Samsung smartphones use back to the S3 - and the Nexus, for that matter); it's why when I got gifted the S7, I did not have to use a different charger, charger cable, etc. I had two J3 chargers (one I had been using with my GNex - the other was, in fact, a spare) - so now I have them separated. Where the S7 gets different is the support for wireless (not wired) charging; however, I don't use wireless charging at all (therefore, the difference is, in fact, irrelevant).
One OTHER use for my gifted S7 so far (since I am not using it as a phone) is with the rather slick app called DroidCam (which lets you use an Android device's camera as a webcam) - in fact, the S7's rear shooter is one of the nicest cameras for this (if you are also using the phone's tethering feature, it's even more sensible that you use it as a webcam). The only minus is that you can't use the UWP version of Skype - you must use the desktop version. If you have the S7, you can also use the 5GHz band to connect your camera to Skype - even if you don't have a wi-fi adapter in your connected PC (I use a wired gigabit connection with Skype desktop).6 A s66hame I can't use it with other Windows-based camera applications.
I'm not sure what the previous reply blabbered about, but as an actual response to your question, I have to say yes, that abomination of a British socket wall plug charger is genuine Samsung. Just make sure the output corresponds with your phone for a healthy long life.
Cant say by just looking at it but you could plug it in your phone and donwload amper check the Amperage if its low then defo a fake one if not congratulations
Chegueva said:
Cant say by just looking at it but you could plug it in your phone and donwload amper check the Amperage if its low then defo a fake one if not congratulations
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i sent all three of them back in the end, however i did check with amperage and it was charging my phone at just over l000 mah. What should it be charging at?
1000 is not bad . Fake chargers dont even get to 500. You should get 1000 to 1600 i believe.
lofty5 said:
Pics attached. I have read on the site below that if its made in vietnam that its fake, is this true?
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/blog/2016/05/how-to-spot-a-fake-samsung-fast-adaptive-charger/
When hooked up to ampere it charges at just over 1 amp.
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My original charger was made in Vietnam too, got my phone on contract so 100% genuine
OEM Samsung Charger
lofty5 said:
i sent all three of them back in the end, however i did check with amperage and it was charging my phone at just over l000 mah. What should it be charging at?
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If the charger allows your S7 to display "fast charging" when you first plug it in, it is probably a legitimate charger. My S7 charger will charge my phone from 10% to 100% in about an hour. I had a fake charger that I bought on Ebay which did not allow the phone to go into fast charge mode. Luckily, I have a friend who owns a phone store.
He plugged my phone into a real Samsung charger and the "fast charging" displayed on my phone. Upon examining the fake charger, we noticed it did not have the UL approved writing on the charger base. Of course you wouldn't have that because you have the Europe charger. I did not test amperage of my charger but it says 2.0 Amps on the unit.