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Charging while using gps :(

Before I got this charge I ran nothing but HTC phones on tmobile. while being plugged into car charger and using gps the battery level goes down fast. It doesn't maintain the charge or add to it while navigating. Is this a samsung thing? Any remedies?
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That cannot be right. Make sure your car charger, when it charges your phone, is pulling AC instead of USB.

GPS uses very little juice. Just get the 950ma Motorola charger from Amazon for 5 bucks. Something is messed up if your phone doesn't charge
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xdadevnube said:
GPS uses very little juice. Just get the 950ma Motorola charger from Amazon for 5 bucks. Something is messed up if your phone doesn't charge
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I think you both are onto something. I'm gonna pick up new car charger, than see what happens..
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Mine doesn't discharge, but it doesn't charge hardly at all. I'm using the Verizon dual port charger (the one that has a USB port on it as well as the standard charging end)
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I use a Monoprice 2A USB charger with an OEM USB cable. Charges extremely slowly or just stays level, but never drains.
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kvswim said:
I use a Monoprice 2A USB charger with an OEM USB cable. Charges extremely slowly or just stays level, but never drains.
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With GPS on, you barely Charge with that charger? I know its limited by the kernel at 800mA or so, but damn, that should charge you up fine.
I rock GPS in the car all the time and I still Charge pretty quickly...

xdadevnube said:
With GPS on, you barely Charge with that charger? I know its limited by the kernel at 800mA or so, but damn, that should charge you up fine.
I rock GPS in the car all the time and I still Charge pretty quickly...
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All depends on what you're running at that time-4G, cell and GPS reception, etc.
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Make sure you are using a high amp charger. I like the one from Motorola.
Even so, with 4g and the screen on - the phone charges slowly. Turn the screen off and it charges much quicker.
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Charging via usb on extension lead and via usb plug

Hi guys a quick question. I charge my smartwatch via the usb port on my masterplug extension lead and ir charges just fine. However sometimes I have to plug it in a few times to get it charge.
Also when I try using charging via a usb plug such as a sony ericsson pkug or my nexus 7 charging plug it doesnt charge. My question is how do you guys charge your smartwatch
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I used to charge through my nexus 4 mains for the first week until it stopped charging and did some research and found its damaging for the smartwatch battery. After that I plug it in my PC and installed auto shutdown programme which shuts down in 90 mins after charge is complete
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anees167 said:
I used to charge through my nexus 4 mains for the first week until it stopped charging and did some research and found its damaging for the smartwatch battery. After that I plug it in my PC and installed auto shutdown programme which shuts down in 90 mins after charge is complete
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Thanks. How do I know if my battery is being damaged?
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You will start to see the battery life getting worse on the smartwatch
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Is anyone's MAXX running warm while charging?

As the title states, anyone's phone getting hot while charging?
I had read reviews before buying that the phone stayed cool.
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I charge wirelessly and the phone gets hot.

Using stock charger, never. With and without defender.
Using Verizon 2.1a micro usb, yes. It gets warm.
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Wouldn't worry about it.. My Galaxy S 4 use to get incredibly hot never a issue
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bwheelies said:
As the title states, anyone's phone getting hot while charging?
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With my Ultra, I noticed it was hot when charging using a USB charger from my PC. I turned off the screen (it had been displaying DayDream) and I think that helped.

Using Nexus 7 (2012) Charger?

Would it be detrimental to use the stock charger that came with the 2012 Nexus 7 to charge the device? I asumme they're different voltages or amps, but not sure if the Nexus 7 charger can adapt? Cheers!
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im charging mine on my N7 charger, i also charged my N4 on it, no problems

I'm using different chargers (Samsung, HTC, Motorola) and all of them are working fine with my Nexus 5 as well as with the I9100 my wife is using.

One word of precaution.
I used a car charger that outputs 2.1A with my galaxy S4 while driving and using the navigation for about 8-10 hours.
Eventually the phone's mobile and GPS chips died.
The phone cannot lock any signal whatsoever.
Before I'd been using the phone for 1 months without a single problem.
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Considering you used it to 10 hours, the device probably got super hot which is compounded by the device being charged at the sametime so hardware failure isn't a surprise.

mattcooper said:
Would it be detrimental to use the stock charger that came with the 2012 Nexus 7 to charge the device? I asumme they're different voltages or amps, but not sure if the Nexus 7 charger can adapt? Cheers!
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they are both Lithium Poly chargers. you'll be fine

you can always use any charger that fits! All micro-usb chargers are 5V so there are never any issues for the phone. Type of batteries etc does not matter. It is only the voltage that matters. The max current (Ampere) of the charger affects charging time as long as the ampere is lower than the max current the phone can handle.
The "charger" only provides a stable voltage with over-current protection, nothing else, all battery related intelligence is placed in the phone.

Why does my Nexus 5 charge at .86 amps?

I have a device that measures voltage and amperage that a device is being charged at. When I have my Nexus 5 plugged in it reads at .86 amps but when I plug in my cheap Kyocera phone it charges at 1.01 amps. It isn't really an issue I am just curious what is happening.
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As far as I know, could be wrong, it depends on the charge already in there. It will suck through a load of power when nearly dead, then start to draw less ampage as the charge increases.
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