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[Q] MHL Adapter - charging but still dropping battery

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...
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4

big samm said:
I don't have this problem with the official oem samsung adapter.... Even in the manual it says to use a 2a charger from samsung to get power...
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Great to know that!
Can you confirm that by using the official Samsung adapter + 2A charger the phone battery doesn't drop?
Other questions:
1. What's your S4? I9500 or I9505?
2. What's your firmware? Stock? Google Edition? Other?
3. What's your kernel? Stock?

veloso said:
I bought a MHL Adapter (microUSB - HDMI) from DealExterme [1].
It works well, even without power, but when I put the original charger (2A), the S4 starts charging but can't even hold the charge. The charge will slowly dropping over time.
Is this normal?
[1] MHL to HDMI Adapter Cable for Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300 / S4 i9500 / Note II N7100 - Red + Black ($9.40)
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Firstly, I don't have an S4, but I do have a Note 2 which also comes with a 2A charger. In my experience when using an MHL adapter the phone will only charge very slowly at best. If you are making it work hard, the battery will slowly drain. If I understand correctly, this is because of a limitation regarding how much power a normal USB port can supply.
When your phone is connected to a wall charger, go into settings and 'more' and tap 'battery'. At the top it should tell you it's charging, and that the type is A/C. Now plug in your MHL adapter, and plug the charger into the MHL adapter and go back into the same settings page - on my Note 2 (and also my HTC Sensation), this page now shows 'USB' instead of A/C. If the same is true with the S4 (and I'm pretty sure it will be), this is the source of the problem. It wouldn't matter if the charger was 1A, 2A or even more, the phone will only draw so much from what it thinks is a USB port. It's a pain, but there you go.
When you connect your phone to a TV via MHL, try lowering the screen brightness on the phone to minimum manually. If you have a quick search, there's also an app on here that should allow you to power of the S4's screen completely and still allow you to output a picture to the TV. Sorry, I don't have the link to hand.

Its the cable. The MHL cable is just a poor cable, if it says USB like Ouzo says then you would need to short the data pins on it or use a charge only cable (the charge only cable may not even work though).

DarkStarr said:
Its the cable. The MHL cable is just a poor cable, if it says USB like Ouzo says then you would need to short the data pins on it or use a charge only cable (the charge only cable may not even work though).
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I get the part that my MHL adapter might be delivering energy in "USB mode" instead of "AC mode".
My big question is: by the report of "big samm", it seems that the original Samsung MHL adapter does not suffer from this problem. Ie: it delivers energy in "AC mode". Is this true? I can trust and spend $ 40 on it?
If anyone can confirm, I appreciate!

I would just go for a real one from samsung so that way you won't have any problems with the battery charging because it's designed to charge + play

DarkStarr said:
Its the cable. The MHL cable is just a poor cable.
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Dennelly said:
I would just go for a real one from samsung so that way you won't have any problems with the battery charging because it's designed to charge + play
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The problem is that I still don't have a confirmation whether in fact the original MHL Adapter solves this problem and the investment is very high (4x the price I paid for the alternate adapter).
I dont know if it's really "designed to charge + play."
Ouzo said:
there's also an app on here that should allow you to power of the S4's screen completely and still allow you to output a picture to the TV.
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The app is Screen Standby. It freezes and closes when the wizard asks to verify root + busybox. Ignoring this part of the wizard it works but when it make phone screen black all my touches start to have a delay of 8s. Any movement on the screen takes 8 seconds to be played on TV. Totally buggy.

Quick Test
I did a quick test here (without "Standby Screen" app):
Device: S4 I9505
ROM: PAC-man 4.3
Battery before: 17%
TV: Samsung 40F6400 @ 1920x1080 / 30p
Adapter: "MHL to HDMI Adapter Cable" from DealExtreme
Charger: Original Samsung 2A (from S4)
USB cable: Original Samsung White
Charging mode: "USB"
Player: MX Player with H/W+ decoder
Video: Medabots S01E21 480p x264 (20 minutes)
Brightness: minimum
Wi-Fi: ON
Battery after: 13% (-4%)
Estimative: 12%/hour drain

veloso said:
The app is Screen Standby. It freezes and closes when the wizard asks to verify root + busybox. Ignoring this part of the wizard it works but when it make phone screen black all my touches start to have a delay of 8s. Any movement on the screen takes 8 seconds to be played on TV. Totally buggy.
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Ah, ok, I control my phone with a Bluetooth keyboard with built in mouse (works very well for many things, but not games designed for touch input, though there is an app to help with this in the Play store), I didn't realise you'd still want to touch the screen.
Maybe someone with a genuine Samsung MHL adapter can tell us what the battery screen shows when theirs
is in use with the Samsung charger attached. Also, you could ask nztechfreak, he knows all about such things....

Ok i just checked the manual again and it says " Use only Samsung approved chargers (over1a) there you go...
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.
--OctOS Powered VZW GS4 Dev Edition

Adding wireless charging

Hi there,
So I added all the needed items to phone to get wireless charging and wow so nice at work on my desk but wait lets try it by my bed at night.
and that's where the issue comes in. The charger works perfect from ANY PC usb port. but 3 different wall chargers and BAMM NOTHING at all..
anyone have this issue before? I tried even pluggin the charger into a surge protector first, nothing changed.
to the chargers I got. Qi Wireless Charger Charging Pad For Samsung Galaxy S5 S4 S3 Note2/3 + Receiver
lc-x5 wireless charger
second one I got for wifes GS4 has the same issue.

rootedornothing said:
Hi there,
So I added all the needed items to phone to get wireless charging and wow so nice at work on my desk but wait lets try it by my bed at night.
and that's where the issue comes in. The charger works perfect from ANY PC usb port. but 3 different wall chargers and BAMM NOTHING at all..
anyone have this issue before? I tried even pluggin the charger into a surge protector first, nothing changed.
to the chargers I got. Qi Wireless Charger Charging Pad For Samsung Galaxy S5 S4 S3 Note2/3 + Receiver
lc-x5 wireless charger
second one I got for wifes GS4 has the same issue.
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I got a couple of $10 charging pads off amazon and they work fine with an old LG (4.8v 1a) and an even older Blackberry (5v 700ma) power adapter.

Well I discovered that the .7amp and the 2amp do not work but I had a 1amp
That ened up working from my gs4 mini. Weird but works perfect now.

Fast charging stopped working

My S6 is 2 weeks old today and I noticed that fast charging (using adaptive charger I got in the box) has stopped working
Yesterday at work I put my phone on charge and went back to it after 20mins and noticed it had stopped charging.
I thought maybe it the 2pin plug point so I changed plug points and it starts charging.
Come back later and it stopped charging.
Changed plug point again and the same thing happened.
Getting irritated I put it on my wireless charge mat instead.
Today I decided to test the charger and low and behold it's now working but it's charging at the normal rate.
I tested this by using my old S4 charger and I got the same time to full message.
Before when I plugged in my adaptive charger it said fast charging now it just says "Cable charging"
Do you guys think it's my phone or my adaptive charger?
I don't have another adaptive fast charger to test with
EDIT: I was running XtreStoLite ROM, I used ODin and reloaded the latest AOD8 Vodafone SA firmware but still fast charging isn't working.

I'd say it's the charger. There have been instances of them shorting. The last Note 4 I had did the same thing.

Perhaps a silly question, but am I right in thinking that the fast charging only works when the battery is below 20% or so? I tried plugging mine in yesterday when at 40% charge and it just said 'cable charging' (using the out-the-box charger and cable)

alanjrobertson said:
Perhaps a silly question, but am I right in thinking that the fast charging only works when the battery is below 20% or so? I tried plugging mine in yesterday when at 40% charge and it just said 'cable charging' (using the out-the-box charger and cable)
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When you use the fast charger, it'll say fast charging no matter how full your battery is.

Gboss01 said:
My S6 is 2 weeks old today and I noticed that fast charging (using adaptive charger I got in the box) has stopped working
Yesterday at work I put my phone on charge and went back to it after 20mins and noticed it had stopped charging.
I thought maybe it the 2pin plug point so I changed plug points and it starts charging.
Come back later and it stopped charging.
Changed plug point again and the same thing happened.
Getting irritated I put it on my wireless charge mat instead.
Today I decided to test the charger and low and behold it's now working but it's charging at the normal rate.
I tested this by using my old S4 charger and I got the same time to full message.
Before when I plugged in my adaptive charger it said fast charging now it just says "Cable charging"
Do you guys think it's my phone or my adaptive charger?
I don't have another adaptive fast charger to test with
EDIT: I was running XtreStoLite ROM, I used ODin and reloaded the latest AOD8 Vodafone SA firmware but still fast charging isn't working.
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Geez boet, how much does an S6 go for in SA?

I am having the same problem with my S6.
The fast charge doesn't work afree a week.
Last night I plugged in @ midnight with the original charger and cable at 5% and all apps shut down
It said "charging" and not "fast charging".
530am....only 97%.
This is pretty frustrating. It seems to have stopped in the last couple days.
Thoughts?

If you connect the USB cable to your PC and it detects your phone, it's proof that it's the adaptive charger. It happened to me on my Note 4, and I had it replaced with the warranty. Problem solved. Try it and you won't have any more problems. Garanteed!

Japultra said:
When you use the fast charger, it'll say fast charging no matter how full your battery is.
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Thanks - have now realised that I had to push the USB cable extra hard into the charger - that switched it from showing 'charging' to 'fast charging'

luckyluis said:
If you connect the USB cable to your PC and it detects your phone, it's proof that it's the adaptive charger. It happened to me on my Note 4, and I had it replaced with the warranty. Problem solved. Try it and you won't have any more problems. Garanteed!
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Oddly...when I connect it to my computer...it charges (slowly of course).
But the computer never detects it.

Update
@Biggenz the S6 32gig is around the R9000 mark
@BoondckSaint try another Adaptive Fast Charger, apparently even the Qualcomm ones work too. If it still doesn't fast charge take it into SCC.
@alanjrobertson my problem started out like that, I'd have to unplug and re-plug the cable in then it would work. Now more often than not it just doesn't Fast Charge
So, I took my phone in to Samsung Customer Care and after trying numerous chargers my S6 would just say "Cable Charging" and never show "Fast Charger Connected" in the notification bar.
They tested my charger on another S6 and S6 Edge and they both worked fine and Fast charge was working. Had the correct "Fast Charger Connected" in the notification bar too.
I had to leave my S6 there and they will repair it. The technician said it's either the USB connector is faulty or the mainboard needs replacing.
I'm abit disappointed now as my s6 is only 2 weeks old and it's already had to be booked in for repairs.

Hopefully no such issues for me - it seemed to be very much linked to the USB plug at the charger end not being the whole way in but will be keeping a close eye on it!

alanjrobertson said:
Hopefully no such issues for me - it seemed to be very much linked to the USB plug at the charger end not being the whole way in but will be keeping a close eye on it!
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I hope its just the USB plug m8. I'm suffering without my S6

Gboss01 said:
My S6 is 2 weeks old today and I noticed that fast charging (using adaptive charger I got in the box) has stopped working
Yesterday at work I put my phone on charge and went back to it after 20mins and noticed it had stopped charging.
I thought maybe it the 2pin plug point so I changed plug points and it starts charging.
Come back later and it stopped charging.
Changed plug point again and the same thing happened.
Getting irritated I put it on my wireless charge mat instead.
Today I decided to test the charger and low and behold it's now working but it's charging at the normal rate.
I tested this by using my old S4 charger and I got the same time to full message.
Before when I plugged in my adaptive charger it said fast charging now it just says "Cable charging"
Do you guys think it's my phone or my adaptive charger?
I don't have another adaptive fast charger to test with
EDIT: I was running XtreStoLite ROM, I used ODin and reloaded the latest AOD8 Vodafone SA firmware but still fast charging isn't working.
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Have you tried depleting battery all the way down until S6 goes off by it self? Then charge it while is off all the way to 100% or leave it all night. Then see difference. Also one hint which is not quite related to your problem,but just for people to know. Fast Charging is NOT working from 50% and up to 100%. This is normal. So Fast Charge works from 0%-50%,NOT ABOVE!

stefan063 said:
Have you tried depleting battery all the way down until S6 goes off by it self? Then charge it while is off all the way to 100% or leave it all night. Then see difference. Also one hint which is not quite related to your problem,but just for people to know. Fast Charging is NOT working from 50% and up to 100%. This is normal. So Fast Charge works from 0%-50%,NOT ABOVE!
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The Samsung Care Center replaced the USB port on my phone and its fast charging again perfectly. Wasn't anything to do with the battery thankfully.
Before replacing the USB port the phone always showed "Cable charging" whenever it was plugged into the fast charger.
Now it shows Fast Charging in the notification area.

I am also having the same problem with mine it can be seen in odin but no mtp no matter which computer i use ... (yes drivers were correctly installed) also not showing fast charging with stock charger and about 4 different cables that i know work with it in the past. My phones been flashed will this void my warranty for usb repair ?

xionation said:
I am also having the same problem with mine it can be seen in odin but no mtp no matter which computer i use ... (yes drivers were correctly installed) also not showing fast charging with stock charger and about 4 different cables that i know work with it in the past. My phones been flashed will this void my warranty for usb repair ?
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I took mine in and they fixed it. This was at the Samsung centre in my city. Took them a week because they didnt have any USB ports at their branch and had to wait for it to be couriered from Johannesburg

I'm having the exact same issue with my S6. Only a couple of months old and only showing Cable charging and intermitantly stops charging. I'd say definitely charging port. I've tried the samsung fast charger, the sony z4 tablet fast charger, my aukey quick charge 2.0 car charger and my aukey portable quick charge 2.0 portable battery. Bit annoyed

Same issue here. comp does detect it then it drops over and over. same with whatever charger im using or cord. 2 months old 920W8.
i see one of these in my future.........................
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...Port-Flex-Cable-Mic-Flex-Repair-/231521417652

Yes. same like mine. Just push the cable extra hard into the charger. it works! thanks!

mine ose as you say but their was an inbetween stage off it booting in to the vertual reality app seriously anoyying but then just wouldn charge then started fast charging for a day then again to vtgear what ever its called then stopped charging completely n then would only charge at cable charge rate ( 4 hours till charged ) its currently at samsung repair center im waiting aan email

Gear S2 Charger Compatibility

First day with the classic, I got home just now and have my spare moto 360 charger sitting on the desk. Put the S2 on there to see if it would charge, it sits just fine and I would imagine that it's lined up but it appears that it charged it for a second and then doesn't continue charging. The 360 charger will remain lit as a device on there is being charged but the watch doesn't accept the charge. Anyone tried it with any other Qi chargers? Don't tell me it's some proprietary crap.

Havent had much luck with my Gear S2. I have to take the straps off to get it to lay flat on any Qi pad. Official Samsung Qi pad will charge for a second or two before it starts flashing blue and the watch stops charging. The cheap pad I purchased from Amazon doesn't do anything at all when I place my watch on it.
So I took apart my cheap charge pad and took the coil out. If I rest the watch directly on the coil it actually charges but it gets very hot after just a few minutes. Guess we have to wait for Samsung to start selling new docks or for a 3rd party to make one strong enough to power the coil in the S2.

It would seem that the S2 does not actually use Qi, or some proprietary variant. For me it's charging neither on the Moto 360 charger nor on various Qi charging pads from Ikea that I have.

Not my video but this guy says it works with moto 360 charger
https://youtu.be/QbRAlbvXFXI
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It doesn't, and the video does not prove the opposite. It just shows that someone places a S2 onto the Moto360 charger and that charger and S2 recognize each other. This is what everyone can see, but as said, the S2 is not charged actually.
I would comment on the video if it wouldn't require G+ membership.

This one shows a guy using another wireless charger.
https://youtu.be/_i1XMdLBfjA
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And that guy is as stupid as the other one because in his video you can even SEE that it doesn't charge!
BTW, he's also just as stupid as his Swabian dialect. And yes, I am allowed to say that, because I'm from Germany as well.
Just have a closer look, especially when he places the S2 onto the Samsung charging pad. You see how the charge indicator icon on the S2 appears and disappears right away. Then he swipes down so that you can see the icon again. And now you see that the little flash in the battery icon (which is on when the watch actually charges) is not there. So no charging.
Just because someone is able to upload something to YT does not mean he/she is right. Or smart.

BigBlue007 said:
It would seem that the S2 does not actually use Qi, or some proprietary variant. For me it's charging neither on the Moto 360 charger nor on various Qi charging pads from Ikea that I have.
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Strange, mine works perfect ...
My watch just fits in the handle (facing 90 degrees) and the straps are touches nothing.

What handle? What charger are you using?

BigBlue007 said:
What handle? What charger are you using?
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The standard charger that came with the s2.
Maybe it wasn't explained well. The watch just set nicely on the charger vertically and laying against the charge part of the charger. The strap is not close to anything ... not even close to an issue

chemaster said:
The standard charger that came with the s2.
Maybe it wasn't explained well. The watch just set nicely on the charger vertically and laying against the charge part of the charger. The strap is not close to anything ... not even close to an issue
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They're talking about using the s2 with other qi chargers. There's not a problem getting it to charge on the included charger.
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BigBlue007 said:
It would seem that the S2 does not actually use Qi, or some proprietary variant. For me it's charging neither on the Moto 360 charger nor on various Qi charging pads from Ikea that I have.
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So... Yeah. It looks like everyone just assumed it would support Qi, since that was the standard that Samsung supported before the newest phones released this year (that supports WPC and Qi).
Looks like they may have went in a different direction entirely with the S2. This just gets better and better...
http://www.samsung.com/africa_en/support/skp/faq/1093362
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Unfortunately they didn't state what's the reason why standard Qi chargers don't work. They just confirmed they don't work...
Nice find anyway...
@chemaster: You might want to re-read the thread...

I'm not saying you guys are wrong about the charger but the manufacturer is supposed to say use with the supplied charger only. But here is a reviewer on AC that says the charger that came with the s2 is qi.
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BigBlue007 said:
And that guy is as stupid as the other one because in his video you can even SEE that it doesn't charge!
BTW, he's also just as stupid as his Swabian dialect. And yes, I am allowed to say that, because I'm from Germany as well.
Just have a closer look, especially when he places the S2 onto the Samsung charging pad. You see how the charge indicator icon on the S2 appears and disappears right away. Then he swipes down so that you can see the icon again. And now you see that the little flash in the battery icon (which is on when the watch actually charges) is not there. So no charging.
Just because someone is able to upload something to YT does not mean he/she is right. Or smart.
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haha yeah i am from austria and i loled.
just got my gear s2 today and tried it with tylt charger, although just holding it against the back side and trying to find a spot where it will charge. but it did not. i also got the fast wireless charger from samsung today and it seems to work for a few seconds and then loose the connection and stops charging. sometimes after more than 10 or more seconds. so maybe it just recognizes the charger, but it seems like it gets a charge for some time and then stops.
i have a few other qi chargers at home from ikea and other and will try those as well and will report back. would be awesome to have some more options to actually charge the watch than just the charger that comes with it and no replacement to buy from samsung.
that was one of the best things of the sony smartwatch 3, to charge it anywhere you could possibly imagine.
Edit:
so i just got home and tested all of my other qi chargers. the ikea lamp charger does not work nor does the adata CE700.
but i noticed one strange/cool thing: the original nexus charger for the N5 in fact does work perfektly. i put the watch on and they connect and stay connected and i just saw it charged from 95% to 96% so far no heat or anything.
so i guess its qi compatible after all, but i don't get it that some or better to say a few will work and most of them not.
cheers

chemaster said:
The standard charger that came with the s2.
Maybe it wasn't explained well. The watch just set nicely on the charger vertically and laying against the charge part of the charger. The strap is not close to anything ... not even close to an issue
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Uhh this thread is about using a charger other then the gear s2 charger, but you said your using the stock charger? We know it charges just fine on the charger it came with we talking about using other QI or wireless chargers.
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I have both a moto 360 and gear s2. I have swapped chargers and my findings are as follows.
The 360 works great on the charger of the gear s2. it charges at normal speed and works without any issues.
The Gear S2 does seem to charger slower or stop and start charging when being placed on the moto 360 charger, but that all seems to be due to size. The larger diameter of the moto 360 holds the watch higher up on the charging pad. When I place a spacer to lift the gear s2 high up on the charger it seems to work just fine. I think it's all about placement.
And for those trying the stupid Samsung wireless charger and getting a flashing blue light. It does that with the phone that's supposed to be on the charger and the is threads with pages and pages of complaints about that issue. I can only imagine that using this small watch on it will only make it more prone to do what it already does. So I don't want to even rate that!

donky kong 017 said:
.but i noticed one strange/cool thing: the original nexus charger for the N5 in fact does work perfektly. i put the watch on and they connect and stay connected and i just saw it charged from 95% to 96% so far no heat or anything.
so i guess its qi compatible after all, but i don't get it that some or better to say a few will work and most of them not.
cheers
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No, it doesn't. The original charger for the Nexus 7 et al behaves exactly like all other wireless chargers:
It charges for some seconds then stops (in this case flashing a red LED)
I guess that the "sweet-spot" for charging in the S2 is so small (and elevated through the bent-down strap holders) that is could be charged on QI pads but doesn't due to its very (non-flat) shape... just my 2cts
ThyMaster

ThyMaster said:
No, it doesn't. The original charger for the Nexus 7 et al behaves exactly like all other wireless chargers:
It charges for some seconds then stops (in this case flashing a red LED)
I guess that the "sweet-spot" for charging in the S2 is so small (and elevated through the bent-down strap holders) that is could be charged on QI pads but doesn't due to its very (non-flat) shape... just my 2cts
ThyMaster
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i guess you are right about the sweet spot. i think its hard to find the right spot where it will charge.
but about the n5 charger (maybe you mean another one) i mean the magnetic square one. it will actually charge on it. i had to find the right spot, but it did actually charge. i can make a video if you want

Hi,
Well, I do have the same charger - square and with magnets in it. But I never managed to continuosly charge my S2 Classic.
ThyMaster

ThyMaster said:
Hi,
Well, I do have the same charger - square and with magnets in it. But I never managed to continuosly charge my S2 Classic.
ThyMaster
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Hm ok ?. I got the sport version and I can only manage it when I get rid of the straps, otherwise they will be in the way
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Wireless Charger - Pauses / Flashing Blue

I have an S7 and the Samsung Fast Charge Wireless pad.
It has been working for a couple of months, and now suddenly it will not charge.
When I put my S7 on the pad it initially starts to charge, and then I get a message saying "Wireless Charging Paused" with a blue flashing LED.
I have googled around and for the S6 people mentioned that putting the phone in "daydream mode" fixes this problem, but I dont have this option on the S7.
Has anyone encountered/solved this issue?

For anyone else having this issue...
I googled around and tried 10 different suggestions, none of which worked. A lot of people seem to be having this type of issue.
Then, I unplugged the USB cable from my wireless pad, waited a few seconds and plugged in again. VOILA. That worked.
Sometimes the answers are so simple....

I also have a Samsung Fast Charge Wireless stand with the Samsung fast charge wall charger and cable that it came with, and a Galaxy S7 Edge. I have never had this issue before, but since upgrading to Nougat a couple of weeks ago this seems to be happening frequently (wireless charging paused). I tried removing the slim case (which I never had to before), rebooting the phone, vertical or horizontal, and it had no impact. I also found that unplugging the wireless dock and then back in again fixed the issue. I don't have this issue with the older non-fast Samsung wireless charging pad (small square one). I am guessing there is some new battery/charging protection in Nougat that is a bit buggy and causing the stand to wig out until unplugged.

This happens to me and is why Smasung makes the worse wireless chargers ever. Won't ever go near a Samsung charger again. I bought a new and cheaper third party wireless fast charger and it charges every time with no charging paused issue, so there's obviously quality control issues with Samsung chargers and they never seem to fix the issue. People need to save their money and buy anything but a Samsung charger

Wireless Charging of Samsung 6 edge+
I got a Samsung wireless charger a year or so ago and at first it worked fine. After a while I got tired of walking across my office every time the phone rang. I moved the wireless charger from the Samsung wall charger to a USB port sharing device on the computer. Admittedly I never looked at the notification on the phone when it chimed, I assumed it was charging whenever it chimed. It took a while (I must be slow) but I started noticing that the phone was not always (or perhaps ever) charging. However, It also didn't seem like it was chiming each time I put the phone on the wireless charger, like I wasn't putting the phone exactly where it needed to be. When I moved the USB plug around in the socket,the power chime was going off and on. Even when it gave the chime indication that it was properly receiving power, I (finally) noticed the phone showed "Charging Paused". I assumed it was due to a plug problem on the adapter. To solve that problem I moved the USB cord to a direct port on the computer but kept getting the "charging paused" message. Out of frustration, I moved the wireless charger back to the Samsung wall charger. Immediately the phone chimed and indicated that it was charging normally. So perhaps the power from the USB port is not high enough to consistently charge the phone through the wireless charger?

Solved
I had this same issue with my Samsung wireless charger.
For anyone having the issue, here is the solution that worked for me.
shanebart.com/samsung-wireless-charging-paused/