I think my USB cable which came with the stock charger is damaged. On the micro USB end, what's supposes to be in the middle/center is now sticking a little out. (I say again on the micro USB end, the one you stick in your phone. Should I replace the microUSB cable and keep the charger?
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binaryfalcon said:
I think my USB cable which came with the stock charger is damaged. On the micro USB end, what's supposes to be in the middle/center is now sticking a little out. (I say again on the micro USB end, the one you stick in your phone. Should I replace the microUSB cable and keep the charger?
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Does it work properly?
Yeah, works. I went out and bought a a micro USB cable, but it charges much slower than the stock one. Can one of you take a look on those photos and tell me if the jack is okay?
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Does your phone charge? Also when you put your cable in your phone does it seem to stick out or does it look flush.
If it looks flush and if it's charging and there doesn't seem to do any damage to the actual phone I wouldn't worry about it.
My samsung charger, the actual USB cable is bent and it still charges just fine and doesn't affect my actual Micro USB slot for the phone.
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It looks OK. I can wiggle it a tiny little to the right and left though. I wasted damn 12 euro on that new cable (I know I overpaid, I just wanted to charge my phone safely, ironically it just charged it slow as hell. The cable looked a bit cheap anyways.. I'll just give it away. )
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binaryfalcon said:
It looks OK. I can wiggle it a tiny little to the right and left though. I wasted damn 12 euro on that new cable (I know I overpaid, I just wanted to charge my phone safely, ironically it just charged it slow as hell. The cable looked a bit cheap anyways.. I'll just give it away. )
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it should be fine, however if you want you can pick up something like this.
http://www.amazon.com/Mediabridge-Hi-Speed-USB-2-0-Micro-B/dp/B004GF8TIK/ref=pd_sim_pc_7
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I charged the phone in my car for about 10 minutes today with no issues. When I got home and went to bed, I plugged the phone into my charger that I've used forever; a Motorola charger that originally came with my wife's old BlackBerry. I use it because the cord is about 5ft instead of 3 which seems to be the norm these days.
I didn't look at the phone again for about 20 minutes. When I did, I noticed that the backlight was flickering like crazy and that the edges of the screen were bleeding. When I unplugged it to get a closer look, I freaked out. Over the next few minutes, the flickering went away and the bleed disappeared. I couldn't even get a picture or video of it. I got the OEM charger out of the box and am using it now with no issues.
Weird.
You were using a charger for another phone? Wow man, never do that.
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Do you happen to have daydream on?
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My phone flickers from bright to dim when I use my car charger. Most likely the cord's teeth to hold it in the phone are worn out/flush against the head of the charger. Replace the old cord with a new one and it should be fine.
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Richieboy67 said:
You were using a charger for another phone? Wow man, never do that.
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I knew that would be the first reply. Typical XDA.
Richieboy67 said:
You were using a charger for another phone? Wow man, never do that.
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I do that with every phone I've had with no problem. I have random chargers plugged in all over my house and I use other people's chargers at work too
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http://addictiontogaming.com/stuff/stephen/2011-11-21 21.25.01.jpg
It kind of looked like this but about 5x as intense. Not my photo.
Probably something to do with heat, as you were using a different charger.
Nexus 4 is glass after all, so it generates even more heat.
Well you have been lucky if you just use any charger around unless you are sure they are the correct voltage etc. They are all probably similar though seeing as they use the port that plugs into a USB. Still I wouldn't do it across manufacturers.
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lowrider262 said:
I do that with every phone I've had with no problem. I have random chargers plugged in all over my house and I use other people's chargers at work too
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so do i lol, i had a super long blackberry one but i gave it to a guy when i sold my n9 :/
I am sure they are all close but it is still taking a chance and will void your warranty for sure unless you lie about it..
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I always use different chargers. Mine are a mish mash of all kinds. They all usually output 5v and 1Amp or there abouts.
Living room - Sony charger with blackberry USB cable.
Living room - playbook charger
Bedroom - HTC charger with archos USB cable
Kitchen - Samsung charger
Work - HTC charger with Nokia USB cable
The playbook charger outputs 2Amps and that is fine too.
The only charger I have ever had and issue with on any phone is an LG one I got with an optimus 2x. That used to cause BSOD even on the LG.
Whether it voids your warranty or not, they would never be able to tell what charger you had been using.
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Probably something to do with heat, as you were using a different charger.
Nexus 4 is glass after all, so it generates even more heat.
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glass itself does not generate heat
Same thing happened to me, except on the stock charger but it has something to do with overheating. Mine is recovering, but took a while and is still showing some ghosting.
I my nexus turned up with 66% battery, I toyed with it all day and at 4% decider to charge it. Only to find out the charger didnt work!
I narrowed it down to the cable itself, and being a brand new cable I couldn't quite get it. Looking in the end of the smaller USB I can see there are only 4 pins, the one I am using from my galaxy nexus has 5 could this be why? Does everyone else have all 5 pins?
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I was about to post and say that micro USB should have 5 pins... But then I actually looked at my n10 cable and it does only have 4. Pin 4 is missing (second from the left if you treat the longer side of the connector as the top). makes sense I guess, pin 4 serves no purpose in this type of cable.
sg86 said:
I my nexus turned up with 66% battery, I toyed with it all day and at 4% decider to charge it. Only to find out the charger didnt work!
I narrowed it down to the cable itself, and being a brand new cable I couldn't quite get it. Looking in the end of the smaller USB I can see there are only 4 pins, the one I am using from my galaxy nexus has 5 could this be why? Does everyone else have all 5 pins?
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Mine has 4 pins too.
What you should do: try charging a phone with charger
Or try the cable with a phone to a pc. That will tell if it's the cable.
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I've jsut found out that my charging cable(factory cable) is screwed.Sometimes it charges,sometimes not.My question is:can it damage the battery,or any hardware parts of the phone causing permanent issues?Of course,now i changed the cable to a good one...
If it sends the wrong voltage then yes but I highly doubt that since the USB Plug controls the voltage with the resistors and such.
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andyabc said:
If it sends the wrong voltage then yes but I highly doubt that since the USB Plug controls the voltage with the resistors and such.
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So i shouldn't worry about it,right?
lowert said:
So i shouldn't worry about it,right?
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All safe.
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lowert said:
I've jsut found out that my charging cable(factory cable) is screwed.Sometimes it charges,sometimes not.My question is:can it damage the battery,or any hardware parts of the phone causing permanent issues?Of course,now i changed the cable to a good one...
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No you are completely safe.
Like said above, the usb cable just transfers power. The power source decides how much it charges your phone.
That's why charging your phone with your computer/laptop takes alot longer then using the wall charger.
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failly said:
No you are completely safe.
Like said above, the usb cable just transfers power. The power source decides how much it charges your phone.
That's why charging your phone with your computer/laptop takes alot longer then using the wall charger.
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Yep, it does 500Mah each port but if only one port is in use on a 3 port laptop then it would be 1500Mah.
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Awhile back my N4 charging port crapped out on me and is no longer working. It will not charge through a cord whatsoever and ADB doesn't pick it up. I wanted to know if I have any chance to root it. Or really just install CyanogenMod. Any hope? Thanks!
You will need a cable to install a custom recovery, which is needed for rooting your device.
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How do you charge?
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Jposton said:
How do you charge?
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Probably since pin that transfer data is broke, but the one that does the charging is still intact/functional. Samething happened to my Captivate that got water damaged.
It's possible the buy the USB board and replace it, its pretty cheap on ebay.
I charge with the Wireless orb.
warranty replacement or take it apart and fix it. the usb port is on a daughterboard that would probably be relatively cheap to replace if you don't trust your soldering.
There may be hope to unlock and root without usb if you're on 4.2.2. Not if you're on 4.3 already though (yet at least).
My nexus 7 have a problem, that can turn o, every time rebooting, won't accept any charge, how can be?
...i have almost the same issue with my 2012 N7, stock&root....it just will not charge (tried different chargers!) It shows "charging" but it uncharges...now it is dead!!! ....a known issue??
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Sounds to me like you either have a broken lead on one of the charging pins inside the MicroUSB charging port or either your battery has malfunctioned.
I also have the Nexus 7 2012(grouper) and have a "tighter" connection using my Samsung ATIV SE MicroUSB cable, but the cable for my Galaxy S4 tends to fall out easily.
Remember that most aftermarket MicroUSB cables do not have all the pins inside the connector and most MicroUSB Chargers only have the 5V charging pins..
Try plugging your tablet into a USB port on a computer and see what happens..
Hope everything works out!
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Solved!!!! Yes, it was the microusb port....got a new one and now it works perfect again!!!!
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roadrunner1 said:
Solved!!!! Yes, it was the microusb port....got a new one and now it works perfect again!!!!
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I have changed my usb-port as well, and the battery icon when the tablet is shut off shows that it is charging, however the OS when turned on doesnt seem to recognize that the charging cable is present. Also PC connection doesnt seem to work... Any ideas?