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[Q] Nexus 4 Charging Very Slow

I am not sure if anyone else is experiencing this but I am seeing that i'll charge my phone for somewhere between 5-8 hours using the original wall charger and cable but it will not fully charge. It gets to about 70-80%. Is this happening to anyone else?

Any other details? Rooted? ROM?
My phone fully charges from 10% to 100% in about 2 hours or less
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5-8 hours is definitely not normal. It fully charges from 0 to 100% in 3h 45min Max and even that is a little bit of a stretch. For me its more like 3hours.
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Check your chaging status. If it says USB, thats your problem. Without further knowledge of your setup, I cannot advise you any further

Just happened to me, plugged into original charger before going to sleep, woke up and it shows only 80%. Plugged into Samsung charger, now up to 90% in 20 minutes.

fuego77 said:
Any other details? Rooted? ROM?
My phone fully charges from 10% to 100% in about 2 hours or less
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Stock everything. It's happened about 4 nights now.

I find that sometimes my stock charger detects as USB instead of AC. You can see if it is charging that way in the battery details in the settings. When it is stuck on USB it is way slower.
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Yeah and if you want it to charge a little bit more faster you turn off the device

Check about phone, make sure it says Charging (AC) and not Charging (USB). If it's USB then thats the reason why, use another charger.
My stock charger that came with N4 went to USB but then for some reason, after I replugged it, it went to AC and has been AC ever since.

zephiK said:
Check about phone, make sure it says Charging (AC) and not Charging (USB). If it's USB then thats the reason why, use another charger.
My stock charger that came with N4 went to USB but then for some reason, after I replugged it, it went to AC and has been AC ever since.
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+1 and don't trust these USB adaptor that come with the phone now. Get a straight across wall charger.. I just received my LG wall charger and it's perfect! Doesn't switch to usb and all.. I suggect getting this.. http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=150959459340 beautiful charger! No USB ****!
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Genestealer said:
Just happened to me, plugged into original charger before going to sleep, woke up and it shows only 80%. Plugged into Samsung charger, now up to 90% in 20 minutes.
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Something happen to me
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noodles2224 said:
+1 and don't trust these USB adaptor that come with the phone now. Get a straight across wall charger.. I just received my LG wall charger and it's perfect! Doesn't switch to usb and all.. I suggect getting this.. http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=150959459340 beautiful charger! No USB ****!
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Trust me, this works perfect! None of that USB-AC jumping.. always order a straight AC Wall Charger. Dont trust the USB adaptor that comes with phones no a days. in 2 1/2 hour fully charged. thats a normal charge.

noodles2224 said:
Trust me, this works perfect! None of that USB-AC jumping.. always order a straight AC Wall Charger. Dont trust the USB adaptor that comes with phones no a days. in 2 1/2 hour fully charged. thats a normal charge.
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Thank u I just bought one. +10 maybe this will solve my charging wake lock problem.
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Jefferyrbrown1983 said:
Thank u I just bought one. +10 maybe this will solve my charging wake lock problem.
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youre welcome. fast shipping too! it was supposedly be here monday, i got it today.. beautiful charge. AC all the way. Good use for the USB cord is ADB and updates
cant seem to spread the word enough because youre the only one that replied about it. couple threads that ive mentioned it but nope, they think its phone related problem or the cord.. cord, yes, because its a USB cord to an AC adaptor, duhhh!!! nothings perfect

I was having a problem where mine, with the charger that came with it would charge very slowly, once overnight only got to 80% in ~8 he's i watched it and sometimes would not even show charging on the lock screen. I switched to my HTC one s charger and it is charging with great speed. Issue with these chargers?
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n82k said:
I was having a problem where mine, with the charger that came with it would charge very slowly, once overnight only got to 80% in ~8 he's i watched it and sometimes would not even show charging on the lock screen. I switched to my HTC one s charger and it is charging with great speed. Issue with these chargers?
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did your HTC One S have an adaptor like the Nexus 4 or any other phone now a days... I think thats the probllem. having an adaptor from USB to AC PLUG messes with these phones. Like I said before, above post.. buy an LG AC Wall Charger.. works great.
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noodles2224 said:
n82k said:
I was having a problem where mine, with the charger that came with it would charge very slowly, once overnight only got to 80% in ~8 he's i watched it and sometimes would not even show charging on the lock screen. I switched to my HTC one s charger and it is charging with great speed. Issue with these chargers?
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did your HTC One S have an adaptor like the Nexus 4 or any other phone now a days... I think thats the probllem. having an adaptor from USB to AC PLUG messes with these phones. Like I said before, above post.. buy an LG AC Wall Charger.. works great.
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Same thing.... AC -> USB adapter, http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6wI_F-SRlio#t=182s
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Just noticed this as well. Plugged my wife's one s charger and it returned to normal.

Genestealer said:
Just happened to me, plugged into original charger before going to sleep, woke up and it shows only 80%. Plugged into Samsung charger, now up to 90% in 20 minutes.
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Sorry to jump on a thread and go completely off topic but love the screen name
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Wow, glad I found this thread. I was wondering what the cause of this was, as well. I've been using my GNex charger since it switched over.

[Q] Runs directly from 5V DC?

Does Nexus 7 run directly from USB or charger power when connected to USB cable? Or is it so that the device continues to run on battery while the battery is simultaneously being charged? This is an issue related to the longevity of the battery. The easiest way to test this is to try and run the device on DC power while the battery has been removed. I have neither the tools nor the guts to check this out. Suggestions from anyone and everyone are welcome.

Tablet won't turn on without battery while being plugged in/charged, I tried it.
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Kuchar09 said:
Tablet won't turn on without battery while being plugged in/charged, I tried it.
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and if we remove the battery while the tablet is running? (obviously while plugged in)

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and if we remove the battery while the tablet is running? (obviously while plugged in)
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Humm... Interesting, it stayed on. If i restart without a battery it will actually restart to the home screen but then restart if u try to click on anything.
So I guess ignore my first post, these are different results then I got a month ago.
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Settings-->Battery
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Humm... Interesting, it stayed on. If i restart without a battery it will actually restart to the home screen but then restart if u try to click on anything.
So I guess ignore my first post, these are different results then I got a month ago.
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Battery settings shows "X" seconds on battery and that X never changes if the tablet is connected(to PC/charger), no matter what you are doing. I connected the tablet to PC front panel USB, switched it on, it showed 100% charged and 0s on battery. Now I fired up Stability Test and after an hour or so battery settings showed 95% charging, 0s on battery. Your and my findings establish a point, i.e. The USB power provides direct power to the tablet upto a certain wattage, beyond which- as in case of a demanding load- the battery also/solely provides power. The battery is always being charged in background if it is not already fully charged.

[Q] Nexus 4 taking FOREVER to charge

I've had my Nexus 4 for about 2 weeks now and currently it is taking a ridiculously long time to charge. It has been hooked up with the original USB to Micro-USB cable for about 3 hours at it went from 12% to 8% (wtf...) to 10% now and hasn't moved for the past hour. Someone help please

Try charging it from another charger it or a PC. Sounds like your charger is probably faulty.
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steviewevie said:
Try charging it from another charger it or a PC. Sounds like your charger is probably faulty.
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Thanks for the reply, I switched USBs and it is not going any faster

Reboot
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When you say you switched USBs, you mean a different charger?
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steviewevie said:
When you say you switched USBs, you mean a different charger?
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Yea

i've got the same issue.
reset the phone may help.

Yeah you could try a factory reset. Failing that, re-flash the stock ROM. Failing that, RMA it.
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steviewevie said:
Yeah you could try a factory reset. Failing that, re-flash the stock ROM. Failing that, RMA it.
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I'm not entirely sure wether this is a "good" answer but are you charging by USB meaning plugged in your computer or laptop?
Because I've had it with several phones that if you put it in your laptop it doesn't charge or very very slowly. In the PC it goes faster but not as fast as straight from the wall.
Try plugging the charger in a wallplug, see if that helps? And also if you really want to charge by PC, flash a kernel (see Franco's thread) and put it on "Fast charge USB", then it should go at the same speed as wallcharged. (dunno how on stock rom)
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If you meant that you've charged by plugging it into the wall in OP, then I'm sorry, I don't know Or just a faulty charger.

Daydream
disable daydream (while charging)

This also happens to me and I found out that when I plug my phone wall charger, in the battery menu it shows that the phone is charging using "USB" instead of“AC".....any help?
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shinewithme said:
This also happens to me and I found out that when I plug my phone wall charger, in the battery menu it shows that the phone is charging using "USB" instead of“AC".....any help?
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Do you have a custom kernel installed? Maybe there is a faulty setting in there. Worst case scenario is RMA, but try having the phone plugged in and then power the phone down. Once it's off, press the power button (don't hold it) and see if a battery animation comes up. If it does, then keep it plugged in for a few hours and see if it charges any faster...

try a different cable. For me, the cable went bad. when connected to the oem wall wart, my phone would sometimes be charging USB, sometimes A/C. After changing the cable (not the wart), always charges A/C now.

Install a battery utility and verify how much current it is drawing.

[Q] Why does the S4 i9505 charge so slow ?

So is it me or does the s4 charge really really slow ?
is this the same for everyone ?
any fixes ?

gremlininthesystem said:
So is it me or does the s4 charge really really slow ?
is this the same for everyone ?
any fixes ?
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How long does your phone charge from low to full? Mine is around 2 and 1/2 hours maybe? Im using my Nokia 808s USB charger though. havent tried charging it with the included white charger, cable is too short for me.

gremlininthesystem said:
So is it me or does the s4 charge really really slow ?
is this the same for everyone ?
any fixes ?
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Hi,
What is your charge time?
Mine is 2 to 2 and a half hours.

Which battery and/or charger are you using? After coming from the S2 I have noticed a large decrease in charging time with my S4, so this is very surprising to me.

Well I tried charging from my computers use port at work today only rise 20% in 2 hours
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gremlininthesystem said:
Well I tried charging from my computers use port at work today only rise 20% in 2 hours
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Well, laptop's USB port is not a charger - it's too weak for such a large battery.

gremlininthesystem said:
Well I tried charging from my computers use port at work today only rise 20% in 2 hours
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...*facepalm*. You're not using original charger and you're complain that the one you use doens't works so well? Do you know that original charger is pulling 2000mA out, while your usb-port is pulling between 300mA and 500mA (depends if it front or back usb-port and the quality of usb port). Do the math, 2600mAh battery and 300mA / h. Full charge should take: 2600:300 = more than 8.5 hours.
With original charger S4 recharges from 0 to 100 in 1h 49minutes. If you take a solar charger it will charge even slower (like 48 hours for 0-100%).
Next time try to use your brain before complaining.

oliver005 said:
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Next time try to use your brain before complaining.
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no need to be rude. Not everyone knows that USB voltage varies.

Zymesh said:
...Im using my Nokia 808s USB charger though. havent tried charging it with the included white charger, cable is too short for me.
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Your Samsung power brick has the cable physically attached to it? If not, you can just use a longer cable with the Samsung power supply.
The included power supply is 2 Amps, whoever is getting long charging times, make sure you use either the original Samsung power supply, or comparable in amperage supply.
Mine charges in 2 and a half hours.

Mine takes 2 to 2.5 h to charge from 0 to 100 percent. You should only use the new white charger, it's more powerful than the black one from s3, it's output is 2.0A ,old one is only 1.0A. Newer use other chargers as they may mess up your battery or phone.
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kreoXDA said:
Your Samsung power brick has the cable physically attached to it? If not, you can just use a longer cable with the Samsung power supply.
The included power supply is 2 Amps, whoever is getting long charging times, make sure you use either the original Samsung power supply, or comparable in amperage supply.
Mine charges in 2 and a half hours.
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I have to check the amps but based on google the Nokia Charger is at 1.3 Amps. I need to remind myself to switch the short Samsung to longer Nokia cables.
Is it safe to get a higher Amp charger, the one that the iPad uses to charge my S4? No drawback execpt for a faster charging time right?

Zymesh said:
I have to check the amps but based on google the Nokia Charger is at 1.3 Amps. I need to remind myself to switch the short Samsung to longer Nokia cables.
Is it safe to get a higher Amp charger, the one that the iPad uses to charge my S4? No drawback execpt for a faster charging time right?
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Take it this way, grilling meat takes for example 45minutes to cook completely. You take it to some powerful furnace like 2000degrees for 5minutes then what do you expect from it to give you back? Well cooked meat or some burned meat outside and maybe raw inside?
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put it this way... the s3 comes with a 700ma charger. it charges a bit slow. and has a 2100mah battery.
the s4 comes with a 2 amp charger. thats 2000ma. it doesnt charge slowly if you use this charger. i personally am going to pop it on this charger when i get home from work and then keep it on my 700ma charger overnight... no reason to waste that powerful output, it will simply waste electricity.
make sure:
1. you use the charger that came with it
2. you use a cable thats as long as (or shorter than) the stock charging cable. longer usb cables tend to charge the phone slower.
also keep in mind usb ports charge any phone slowly. the s4 will charge even slower on them because the battery is oversized compared to most.

I'm using note 2 charger and if I surf Web while charging, literally it is not charging at all.. battery is not going up or down.. Note 2 was not like this.. i could charge battery even if I play 3d game..
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u r right. but may and im pretty sure its just a software issue.
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fade2green514 said:
put it this way... the s3 comes with a 700ma charger. it charges a bit slow. and has a 2100mah battery.
the s4 comes with a 2 amp charger. thats 2000ma. it doesnt charge slowly if you use this charger. i personally am going to pop it on this charger when i get home from work and then keep it on my 700ma charger overnight... no reason to waste that powerful output, it will simply waste electricity.
make sure:
1. you use the charger that came with it
2. you use a cable thats as long as (or shorter than) the stock charging cable. longer usb cables tend to charge the phone slower.
also keep in mind usb ports charge any phone slowly. the s4 will charge even slower on them because the battery is oversized compared to most.
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wow... what a science expert... first time i heard that longer cables charge slower... LOL
u funny dude.. there is no such thing like that buddy!
its just a software issue. S4 is just released and the chipset is very new. u people should wait for sometime...its a matter of few firmware releases from samsung for S4 and all the issues will be resolved. just like the latest issue resolved the over heating issues.

gremlininthesystem said:
Well I tried charging from my computers use port at work today only rise 20% in 2 hours
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:laugh: u made my day bro :good:

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Well I tried charging from my computers use port at work today only rise 20% in 2 hours
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USB is too low a voltage to charge a modern smartphone all that quickly, my S4 take 2.5 hours roughly to full charge on the stock charger.

androidizen said:
USB is too low a voltage to charge a modern smartphone all that quickly, my S4 take 2.5 hours roughly to full charge on the stock charger.
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Voltage is exactly the same. It's amperage that you're thinking of.
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Anyone tried using phone while charging? Mine charges 1% per hour while surfing web
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reservin said:
Anyone tried using phone while charging? Mine charges 1% per hour while surfing web
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Im using the white 2amp charger. It doesnt go down even when watching movies. Are you using the charger that came with your s4? There might ba a problem with your s4?
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Phone not charging to 100%

Every time I charge my phone it only goes up to 95%. I leave on the charger all night while I'm sleeping and it never reaches 100%. Was wondering if anyone else has had this issue as well?

No problem here. Try different cable or charger or both
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Eddawgs13 said:
Every time I charge my phone it only goes up to 95%. I leave on the charger all night while I'm sleeping and it never reaches 100%. Was wondering if anyone else has had this issue as well?
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Run the battery down to almost empty. Then power off and recharge. I know someone who had the issue and he just needed to drain his battery.

Nope, me or my wife (same phone) have had that problem.
Check the AC adapter and cord.
If all check out, return phone ASAP
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Eddawgs13 said:
Every time I charge my phone it only goes up to 95%. I leave on the charger all night while I'm sleeping and it never reaches 100%. Was wondering if anyone else has had this issue as well?
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That's a sign of a bad battery or a problem with the charger or USB cable. If you have any old chargers and jab cables lying around (even if not QC3.0) try one of them. If that still doesn't fix it, then you have a defective battery.
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I'm having the same problem, I've used the stock charger and cable and a belkin cable as well, also plugging it into my trucks USB port. I can only get my battery to 92% no matter which method I use.

johnny tsunami said:
I'm having the same problem, I've used the stock charger and cable and a belkin cable as well, also plugging it into my trucks USB port. I can only get my battery to 92% no matter which method I use.
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For both of you, maybe call LG and request a new battery?
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droidrev71 said:
Run the battery down to almost empty. Then power off and recharge. I know someone who had the issue and he just needed to drain his battery.
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I tried this. Actually let the phone die and let it recharge while keeping it off. Now it gets a full charge. Thanks for the advice!

Eddawgs13 said:
I tried this. Actually let the phone die and let it recharge while keeping it off. Now it gets a full charge. Thanks for the advice!
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You're very welcome. Glad it worked out for you.

spexwood said:
That's a sign of a bad battery or a problem with the charger or USB cable. If you have any old chargers and jab cables lying around (even if not QC3.0) try one of them. If that still doesn't fix it, then you have a defective battery.
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I stated I knew someone with the issue and you are saying that that batteries are bad..shrug... It's a software issue that has come up on other devices besides the V20.