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Best US Note Charger, Fixed Issues, and Cheap Too!

Just wanted to tell my fellow US Note users that I found what I deem to be a great deal for a fantastic US charger.
I didn't have a converter to use the supplied European charger, so I used my old Motorola Droid X wall wart and USB cable. It worked fine, but I noticed that it made my touch screen a little less sensitive. For instance, it might make my Swypes on the keyboard break into separate lines, confusing Swype. It charged my phone, but the battery got warm; I thought all of this was normal. I tried another charger, an LG one, just to see if that changed anything, but it worked about the same.
Then from reading around, I realized that the standard charger is a 5v 1.0A charger and both chargers I was using were 5.1v 750mA/850mA chargers. I immediately started searching for a direct replacement and only after a long search I found a Palm Pre charger with the exact specs as our Note's.
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I assumed it would charge faster being a 1A charger, and it does, but what I didn't expect is what pleases me the most: the screen sensitivity when charging is immensely improved (Swype is exactly like without the charger in) and the battery stays dead cool! It is around 5c cooler according to SetCPU. Just awesome!
I'm so pleased I wanted to share. I hope this helps others who may have experienced similar issues.
The link is below (not sure if I can link directly to an Amazon item, hope this isn't against the rules.) It's super cheap and the quality is top notch! Soft touch plastic on the wall wart and also the USB cable! I just bought another as a backup. It's only 3.49 w/ free shipping!
BTW I bought it from "BobTronics" because some reviews said they got what might not be genuine Palm USB cables from other sellers. Mine is legit; it has the palm cable tie and feels high quality.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002ITKQKU/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details
P.S. I am in no way affiliated w/ the item or the seller. Just wanted to share a good buy that others might be interested in.

As a Palm Pilot -> Tungsten -> Palm Pre ->-->Pre 2 user I have to agree.
I have numerous chargers, some even labelled at 1.0 AMP, but none as good as the Palm charger. Just well built, FULL 1.0 Amp, and so pocket able.
Now if only I could put my Note on my Touchstone - I find the Samsung Dock and connector sooooo clumsy after the Touchstone.

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Just well built, FULL 1.0 Amp, and so pocket able.
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I have to agree, and the picture did not do it justice, because this thing is very compact. The diameter appears just larger than a quarter. I'm pleasantly surprised-for a change.

The DELL Streak's charger works superb, I have 3 which I have tried, for super fast charging use the ipad charger its rated at 2 AMPs.

torqu3e said:
For super fast charging use the ipad charger its rated at 2 AMPs.
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I wonder if that causes any unnecessary stress/strain on the battery or the phone itself. I was worried about the heat that came off of my phone w/ the Droid & LG chargers, probably more due to the 5.1v rather than the amperage though.

I have the same chargers that came with my HP Touchpad during the fire sale. They are excellent chargers and I also use them on my non HP mobile devices as well.
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k1ng617 said:
I wonder if that causes any unnecessary stress/strain on the battery or the phone itself. I was worried about the heat that came off of my phone w/ the Droid & LG chargers, probably more due to the 5.1v rather than the amperage though.
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Note's circuit limits the charge current at 1 amp.
2 amp Improvement is imaginary/placebo as charge times are exactly similar to 1 amp.
I have a Galaxy Tab charger rated at 2amps and it takes exa tly the same time to do a full charge as with the bundled charger at 1 amp.
Hence, no need to worry about temperatures.
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jaiiscool said:
Note's circuit limits the charge current at 1 amp.
2 amp Improvement is imaginary/placebo as charge times are exactly similar to 1 amp.
I have a Galaxy Tab charger rated at 2amps and it takes exa tly the same time to do a full charge as with the bundled charger at 1 amp.
Hence, no need to worry about temperatures.
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In that case, I am even happier w/ my 1A charger.

Car charging whilst on GPS

I have used my new Nexus4 on the road with google navigation. I was surprised to find out that the 1Amp samsung charger I have used with my SGS2 was not able to maintain the charge of the phone. After couple of hours of driving my Nexus 4 died ( I didn't start with full battery)
What is your experience? I would expect the phone not only to work whilst on cable for the whole time, but also to eventually charge the phone fully.
Now I am not sure if it is my charger or nexus 4.
I had a look on mains charger and the output is 1.2Amp, is this the problem, that the car charger is not powerful enough?

I currently use CAD300UBE, which is the official i9300 car charger, with a rated output of 700mA.
When streaming over bluetooth using Spotify, and using Google Navigation I can say that this charger does charge the phone.
My old S2 charger, also genuine did not manage to charge my S3, hence the replacement.
Phil

My recollection is that Nexus devices are looking for pins 2 and 3 (data) of the charger to be shorted. If they are not, you'll only get 500ma from the supply.

Turn the screen of when not needed in navigation,

I use a kensington 2A flush cigarette lighter so it isn't an issue, the charger is <$15, and it makes life easier when I want to charge my ipad. Only thing I regret about the charger is that I didn't get the dual port version.

I posted this in the GN forum about a year ago when the same sort of problems were coming up there. You need a 2A charger and a data only cable to make you charge like you are on a wall charger. (Charging AC - Check this by going to Settings > Battery, the top shows charging AC.
bmolloy said:
There was another thread, I think in the General that discussed all of this, what people came up with was the best combination if you want a dual port usb charger is to make sure you have a "charging only" USB cable. This cable will not make your phone think it is connected to a computer. You can tweek a data/charging cable to work but some people messed that up so it is probably worth just spending the $4 on a cable that works.
Here is my combination that works great. With this set up I can have on my navigation going with the screen on the whole time and stream Pandora over Bluetooth into my car and the battery still charges really quickly.
Dual USB Port with a 1 amp port and a 2.1 amp port (2.1 amp port is for tablets or power hungry devices - like the phone while navigating). http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0056VNVV8/ref=oh_o01_s00_i01_details
Charging Only USB cable:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VYBCAY/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details
This combo has me as "Charging AC" whenever I am in the car and I still have a port open to charge another one of the 27 or so different electronic devices that seem to clutter my life!
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Here is what it should look like in the car if it is getting enough juice to run everything at once.
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kerman19 said:
I currently use CAD300UBE, which is the official i9300 car charger, with a rated output of 700mA.
When streaming over bluetooth using Spotify, and using Google Navigation I can say that this charger does charge the phone.
My old S2 charger, also genuine did not manage to charge my S3, hence the replacement.
Phil
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I just checked my charger and it does say 700mA and also shows charging as AC. But in reality the charger was not able to charge the phone whilst on navigation.

Official HTC car charger charges my N4 effectively despite bluetooth + CoPilot/Google Navigation without issue.

CodeMonkey said:
Official HTC car charger charges my N4 effectively despite bluetooth + CoPilot/Google Navigation without issue.
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Mine too, but I actually installed a dedicated 2 amp, isolated supply in my truck, shorted pins 2 and 3 on the USB connections on the board with a couple of beads of solder, and get full charging current on both my Nexus 4 and 7.
This is the supply I used:
http://daqstuff.com/400116_5volt_switching_power_supply.htm

Motorola Rapid Rate Charger charges the galaxy nexus perfectly while on navigation.
http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Vehicle-Adapter-micro-USB-Charger/dp/B000S5Q9CA

I have now ordered thishttp://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/tom...ered-tomtom-rrp-19-99-2x-usb-1x-12v-8/1387378 I hope it does the job.
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This was always a problem even on my Gnex, so what i did is i bought a 2amp car charger, no more discharging while using... you can find them at bestbuy or futureshop if you're in Canada.
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Slow charging? get a better cable(with proof)

Yesterday I just bought a new 8000mah power bank(ProMini 8000), which has 2.1A output but I still not very satisfy with the charge speed compare to the stock Note 2 lte charger.
So I did some experiments, found out charge speed have A LOT to do with the quality of cables! Going to share the result with you guys.
here are the tests
1. First is "Note 2 LTE stock charger + Note 2 LTE stock USB cable"
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1.8A, not bad!
2. "The new power bank(ProMini 8000) + The USB cable came with the package"
1A...meh
3. "ProMini 8000 + Note 2 LTE stock usb cable"
WOAH!! 1.5A, lower than the stock charger but really not that bad!
4. "Note 2 LTE stock charger +My old Galaxy Note 1 stock USB cable"
1A, So what material is the Note 2 USB cable made of? Uranium? Even Note 1 stock USB cable can't compete
5. "Note 2 LTE stock charger + some home depot generic micro-USB to USB cable"
0.6A Well, you get what you pay for..
Honestly, I didn't expect USB cable quality make this much of a difference.
I guess the Note 2 USB cable used some higher gauge wires?
Anyway I am going out to get some more Note 2 stock cable tomorrow, for the power bank and maybe other computers.

Great info. (although thought might mention this is note 1 forum!)
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PJ147 said:
Great info. (although thought might mention this is note 1 forum!)
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Yeah man I was going to post on Note 2 forum but accidently I posted in here.
I figure this info would benefit Note 1 users as well(I myself also ex-Note 1 user , great phone! still not feeling dated now)

Important is the thickness of the cable I think...
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Good find.. Actually i too facing the slow charging issue.. Will get a new charging cable now
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I don't think it has anything to do with cable.
Try this,
1. Plug the adapter to power socket,
2. Plug the usb cable to adapter,
3. Open battery setting in your device (note 1 or 2). Before plugging the usb to your phone it should show unplugged
4. Plug the usb cable to device. It should show either AC or USB plugged.
5. UNPLUG and plug the cable until you get what you want, AC (fast) or USB (slow) charging.
I would say that our device keep it balanced between fast and slow charging to extend battery life.
Give it a try and tell me what happen.
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I believe its more about the Charger it self, should always use original charger never the less.

Like its something new. Try charging ur note with a tab2 7.0 charger. It will charge ur phone in just 40 mins.
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h.salim said:
I don't think it has anything to do with cable.
Try this,
1. Plug the adapter to power socket,
2. Plug the usb cable to adapter,
3. Open battery setting in your device (note 1 or 2). Before plugging the usb to your phone it should show unplugged
4. Plug the usb cable to device. It should show either AC or USB plugged.
5. UNPLUG and plug the cable until you get what you want, AC (fast) or USB (slow) charging.
I would say that our device keep it balanced between fast and slow charging to extend battery life.
Give it a try and tell me what happen.
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AC = adapter charging maybe? Or maybe type of current... There is no switching between two modes on plug\unplug
Oh,and there is no battery settings,only battery info in settings
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Is it true?

Slow charging? get a better cable(with proof)

Yesterday I just bought a new 8000mah power bank(ProMini 8000), which has 2.1A output but I still not very satisfy with the charge speed compare to the stock Note 2 lte charger.
So I did some experiments, found out charge speed have A LOT to do with the quality of cables! Going to share the result with you guys.
here are the tests
1. First is "Note 2 LTE stock charger + Note 2 LTE stock USB cable"
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1.8A, not bad!
2. "The new power bank(ProMini 8000) + The USB cable came with the package"
1A...meh
3. "ProMini 8000 + Note 2 LTE stock usb cable"
WOAH!! 1.5A, lower than the stock charger but really not that bad!
4. "Note 2 LTE stock charger +My old Galaxy Note 1 stock USB cable"
1A, So what material is the Note 2 USB cable made of? Uranium? Even Note 1 stock USB cable can't compete
5. "Note 2 LTE stock charger + some home depot generic micro-USB to USB cable"
0.6A Well, you get what you pay for..
Honestly, I didn't expect USB cable quality make this much of a difference.
I guess the Note 2 USB cable used some higher gauge wires?
Anyway I am going out to get some more Note 2 stock cable tomorrow, for the power bank and maybe other computers.

what app are you using to test the charging current?

DaBountyHunter said:
what app are you using to test the charging current?
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This probably
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abmantis.galaxychargingcurrent
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This app. Lies, I got an poor cable clone for Samsung 10.1 tab, and this app tells my note is charging at 1600mah, while it actually was charging at low power usb mode (measured using an multimeter).
Back on my original note 2 cable the app still show 1600 mah and my note was changing at full 1950mah measured on my multimeter.
Was easy to me coz I have an Short usb extension which I peel ti access the positive wire ( I cut it and connected my multimeter to both segment . in series scheme).
So it easy and accurate way to check if some cable actually charges at full current.
The app offered actually don't work accurately (if it's real purpose is it)
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Final proof was my note 2 stop charging with fake cable and only drains about 300 mah and of course never charges, while this app still shows 1650-1680. The note actually don't charges.
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Good emergency replacement Cable are the ones for HTC Sony and those charging cables that comes with power banks and which uses multiple interchangeable tips to match different connectors, my note 2 think it's an true usb Samsung cable.
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I just bought a Note 2 recently, T889 (T-mobile). I noticed it charges alright when plugged into my comp with the stock cable.
Now I use the stock AC adapter near my bed, but I attached a extended USB cable (10-15ft) and connected a USB to MicroUSB after that. I noticed charging my Note 2 that after 8 hours, it only charged from 60%-97%. Ridiculous. If I turn the screen on while plugged into that setup and not do anything heavy tasking to the phone, my battery would drain down even while charging.

Aria807 said:
I just bought a Note 2 recently, T889 (T-mobile). I noticed it charges alright when plugged into my comp with the stock cable.
Now I use the stock AC adapter near my bed, but I attached a extended USB cable (10-15ft) and connected a USB to MicroUSB after that. I noticed charging my Note 2 that after 8 hours, it only charged from 60%-97%. Ridiculous. If I turn the screen on while plugged into that setup and not do anything heavy tasking to the phone, my battery would drain down even while charging.
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I'd guess this is normal. Basic facts : ÜSB is a 5V-powered bus, and a 1.1 port pumps out 500mA (to all the devices connected to a same root hub on the motherboard), and the USB3 norm raised this current to 900mA, not even half of what your wallcharger provides.
I seem to recall the USB2 spec. sheet only guarantees a 500mbits/s data throughput if the cable is 1.5m or smaller in lenghth, because of inline losses. and since a datastream is nothing more than waves of current pumped into a wire, the same applies to the current a USB lead provides : the longer the cable, the more current will be lost along the way, until there's nothing left to provide.. Low-voltage current is absolutely not transportable over long distances, that's the reason why we have hi-voltage lines all across our landscapes, and the reason why you see hi-to-lo-voltage converters at every streetcorner in the US and not in europe : european 240V current can be transported (once 'downvolted' from 20kV,5kV or 380V) over up to 100m without inline losses becoming too high, US 110V current barely over 20-25m... So a 5V-powered cable, well you do the math m8

It has nothing to do with the cable. It was a rom issue. I changed roms and have not had the same issue.
I went from same charge setup (while able to drain while plugged in and phone in use), switched roms and all of a sudden it is able to charge up even while in use.

Not trying to be a spoilsport, but this has already been extensively discussed here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2112811. So there isnt much use for this thread.
As for the OP, the cost/quality of the wire doesnt matter. What matters is that the wire should offer less resistance to the current, or in other words should be as short and thick as possible. Check page 6 of the link above. I brought a $5 generic cable and it has been working perfectly for me since...full charge in around 130-150 minutes.
The app simply copies information stored in sys/class/power_supply/battery/current_avg, and if the app is wrong then that means that your system is giving you wrong information.
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Those who help noobs go to heaven. True story.

please link to ebay for good quality cable
cheaper the better.
and is it safe to use some chinese noname cables?

Can someone post pic of the factory LG USB cable?

I swear I am using the cable that came with the phone but fast charge isn't working.... Always says I'm charging in slow mode...
Looking specifically for a close up pic of the two ends of the cable so I can visually verify I have the right one...
Thanks!

Do you use the cable with the original LG Charger ?
The LG Charger is 1,8A output.
The commons chargers and USB on computers are 1A output.
SO if you plug in your cable to a computer or other charger, it's normal.

tstretch said:
I swear I am using the cable that came with the phone but fast charge isn't working.... Always says I'm charging in slow mode...
Looking specifically for a close up pic of the two ends of the cable so I can visually verify I have the right one...
Thanks!
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from the D802, but really just try another cable to the charger if it makes any difference.

Hmmm, that is definitely different than what I believe to be the cable that came with my G2. Not sure how to tell what version of us, but it's Verizon.
But yes I have tried many combinations of cables with the LG charger and none of them are fast charging. Using CurrentWidget and a couple other battery monitoring apps, I've also found that I get a much higher amperage draw from the charger that came with my galaxy s3. Anywhere from 200mA - 400mA, whereas I only get 50mA-150mA with the cable in this pic and the 1.8mA LG charger. But still all of then state that they are Slow Charging.
Can someone tell me if this is the stock LG USB cable?

Does it matter if we use the fat g2 USB vs regular one like above picture?
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Does it matter if we use the fat g2 USB vs regular one like above picture?
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You would be surprised how many times an USB cable matters, and then again when it doesn't.
For example a chromecast USB cable which I accidentally got, did not charge my phone almost at all and not DATA connection was possible. But that was a clear error and I do not think that cable should be used with anything but with the Chromecast being nicely shielded and all.
ASUS in my country uses same cables as the one pictured above (Still does not mean that his is not original LG). But if you get a normal connection on the computer same goes for AC , USB charging in places where they should be, use whatever cables you want.
Stay away rather from too generic, skinny unbranded ones from chinese pages. (Even though from them I always buy iPhone cables . BUt who would pay 15 bucks instead of 1 and they served my wife well)
So far ASUS, HTC, Samsung , LG, and Nokia cables did there job mixing across my devices.

Verizon stock cable.
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Thank you JasonSF!!!
I apparently lost mine then.. Does anyone where you can buy a cable that supports the fast charge? Or even what spec to look for?
It doesn't seem like its a very exact science..

PAGOT said:
You would be surprised how many times an USB cable matters, and then again when it doesn't.
For example a chromecast USB cable which I accidentally got, did not charge my phone almost at all and not DATA connection was possible. But that was a clear error and I do not think that cable should be used with anything but with the Chromecast being nicely shielded and all.
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Pagot - YEESS! I acutally used my Chromecast USB cable (which I'll be returned on Monday btw cause, well its just not that cool) ALL NIGHT LONG!!! I didn't think anything of it plugged it in and immediately walked away. Little did I realize, it was one of those cables that, 5 seconds after plugging in, reports that you should unplug it immediately to avoid damaging the phone!!!
I didn't see the message until the next morning and saw that my phone didn't get charged that night. And for about 2 days, I had VERY strange charging issues.. (see this post) I think they've gone away now, except that my fast charge isn't working.. But, back to the original purpose of this post, Im hoping that is USB cable related..
Anyway, it was the wierdest this, for about 2 days, certain chargers and USB cables that have always worked on this phone, didn't. The first day nothing but plugging into my computer would register any charge.. By that night most chargers worked but some wouldn't provide more than 50mA, and now, all of them seem to be working again..
SOOO, moral of the story is that in incorrect USB cable CAN damage your phone! At least temporarily.. Still doesn't make any sense to me how though.. Perhaps some protect feature kicked in and caused the symptoms I saw, but all I know is that my phone wouldn't charge anymore after using that Chromecast cable...

tstretch said:
Thank you JasonSF!!!
I apparently lost mine then.. Does anyone where you can buy a cable that supports the fast charge? Or even what spec to look for?
It doesn't seem like its a very exact science..
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There is a thread in the G2 Accessories forum discussing compatible cables.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2460881