I'm wondering if the Nook Tablet uses the same USB charging cables/plugs as the Nook Color?
If so, I'm guessing a USB filter plug for Nook Color also works with the Tablet.
I'm already looking out for misplacing my charger and being stuck with a dead Nook until I can locate a replacement. So far I'm not finding aftermarket NT chargers, or NC chargers relabeled as NT-compatible.
I believe you can use the NC cables to charge it. It was answered in the FAQ on BN.com but I lost the link. And the NT cannot be charged using another cable other than the stock one. At all. Well -- that's not entirely true; using a different cable will not let it discharge...and I have noticed that over time it VERY slowly charges it.
zaptoons said:
I'm wondering if the Nook Tablet uses the same USB charging cables/plugs as the Nook Color?
If so, I'm guessing a USB filter plug for Nook Color also works with the Tablet.
I'm already looking out for misplacing my charger and being stuck with a dead Nook until I can locate a replacement. So far I'm not finding aftermarket NT chargers, or NC chargers relabeled as NT-compatible.
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NT and NC use the same charger and cable.
Awesome, thanks!
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ok so with my gf's nook COLOR it seemed to suffer from the known issue with charging. i.e the "n" symbol will light up but wont actually charge. Does the tablet suffer from the same dilemma? Just wondering because I am debating maybe picking up a nook tablet for her but since she doesn't know anything about this and i dont feel like messing with it so often I figure I'd save myself the headache . Thanks
It's not a bug. You need to use the charger that comes with it or another USB based adapter with a high enough output
You can actually charge the NT with a microUSB cable connected to a computer. I believe as long as you have the screen turned off, the battery will charge. I've charged it with the screen off and with the NT completely powered off.
I forget where I read from but the NT cable has an extra 12 pins which enable fast charging when plugged into the adapter provided. So keep in mind that it will take many more hours to fully charge the NT when connected to the USB port of a computer since the output is much lower than the adapter provided.
the oem charger was used with the NK. I just wanted to know if there were any reports of the NT having the same issue.
uploder said:
the oem charger was used with the NK. I just wanted to know if there were any reports of the NT having the same issue.
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There are no reports of the same issue. There are also no custom roms for the NT.
I never experienced the issue with either my NC or NT.
We dont have any custom roms.
As the stock USB cable just sucks when using the nook in portrait view while charging... is there a cable with an angled mini USB connector that can be used to charge the device (at full current)?
I have bought several off of ebay, some real cheap and only worked a couple of times and some that were inexpensive that are pretty good quality. I bought a couple of right angle and left angle from a seller (tigerdirect) and they have worked out well for me. I would also like to note that mini usb to micro usb adapters do not work for the nook.
Links?
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cables-Go-Right-Angle-USB-2-0-A-Micro-B-Cable-USB-/350524636347?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item519ce57cbb
http://www.ebay.com/itm/6FT-USB-MICROUSB-B-/350517524453?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item519c78f7e5
http://www.ebay.com/itm/6FT-USB-LEFT-ANGLE-MICRO-B-/320818032477?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab23eaf5d
This is a huge cable seller on ebay. Kind of hard to navigate through all the choices there are. I think they have over 45,000 items on ebay.
will these quick charge or slow?
Wurstwarenfachverkäuferin said:
As the stock USB cable just sucks when using the nook in portrait view while charging... is there a cable with an angled mini USB connector that can be used to charge the device (at full current)?
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I feel that I should note, when I plug the charger for my Droid 3 into my nook, it does charge. It doesn't show as charging though. Under settings it actually specified NOT charging, but it charges none the less.
The cable for my droid is NOT angled, but this indicates that they are universal. Just a bit of related information
I was mainly concerned about the ability to charge the NT at full current* with a replacement cable (and an angled one, of course). However, the angled micro USB plugs I've seen so far, are still quite long and I wouldn't want to rest the NT on them while reading in portrait view. Now I am kind of curious if one could mod a separate charging jack into the device overcoming the major design flaw of USB charging...
*which, as indicated somewhere in the NT-cable-thread, could be a special feature of the proprietary design of the NT cable (though not sure either if that proprietarity goes for both sides the full sized and the micro USB)
Wurstwarenfachverkäuferin said:
I was mainly concerned about the ability to charge the NT at full current* with a replacement cable (and an angled one, of course). However, the angled micro USB plugs I've seen so far, are still quite long and I wouldn't want to rest the NT on them while reading in portrait view. Now I am kind of curious if one could mod a separate charging jack into the device overcoming the major design flaw of USB charging...
*which, as indicated somewhere in the NT-cable-thread, could be a special feature of the proprietary design of the NT cable (though not sure either if that proprietarity goes for both sides the full sized and the micro USB)
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The stock cable has special circuitry and a longer 12 pin microusb end. It is the only way currently to get full high amp charging...any standard microusb will be limited to 500mA...standard USB charge limits. The only "special" thing about the stock brick is that the data pins are fully shorted.
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Moving this thread to Q&A as I originally posted it on general:
I recently bought a nook tablet with 1.4.0 version of the nook OS and managed to root it using the usbdriver and nookandzergy script after a brief struggle (mainly involving getting the usbdrivers loaded as my computer had pre-installed drivers). However, after rooting I am finding that the nook is not charging anymore. The battery icon says that it is at 61% and charging, however the battery charge level is actually going down. I tried charging with the tablet turned off but it didn't help either. I am using the charger and cable that came with the nook and these were working fine before the rooting. Any thoughts on what could be causing this behavior?
just keep it in and maybe it is the percentage that is really off
rooting... does not change hardware
unless through your 'struggle' you managed to damage one of the pins in the usb or the nook itself( may happen from insertion and removal over and over again)
Looks like the charger is busted
was able to charge using the PC and my phone charger. Will be getting a replacement charger from B&N.
Hey all.
I broke my nook tablet's cable accidentally.
Can anyone tell me what type of usb it is? It's not the usual micro usb type all the android cellphones have.
I'm from mumbai. Please tell me where i can get nook tablet's original usb cable or replica .
kumar009 said:
Hey all.
I broke my nook tablet's cable accidentally.
Can anyone tell me what type of usb it is? It's not the usual micro usb type all the android cellphones have.
I'm from mumbai. Please tell me where i can get nook tablet's original usb cable or replica .
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It actually is microUSB. I lost my OEM cable (which is slightly different, i think they added a couple pins to enable fast charging) but I use a motorola cable and it works fine for charging. it just takes a ridiculously long time and it doesnt charge while you're using it. unless you have a B&N store around you (which i'm going to assume you don't) you can't really get a new cable. maybe online but i wouldn't do it, chinese cables are cheap, bad, and potentially dangerous
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It actually is microUSB. I lost my OEM cable (which is slightly different, i think they added a couple pins to enable fast charging) but I use a motorola cable and it works fine for charging. it just takes a ridiculously long time and it doesnt charge while you're using it. unless you have a B&N store around you (which i'm going to assume you don't) you can't really get a new cable. maybe online but i wouldn't do it, chinese cables are cheap, bad, and potentially dangerous
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yeah the B&N store or its products are not available here in local markets or online stores.
I am gonna try charge it on the regular micro usb cable. thanks for your suggestions.
@skepticmisfit
hi, it worked well. I switched the tablet off, put it plugged in all night to my laptop, and by morning at 9 it was fully charged.
Thanks for your suggestion. :good::good::fingers-crossed:
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@skepticmisfit
hi, it worked well. I switched the tablet off, put it plugged in all night to my laptop, and by morning at 9 it was fully charged.
Thanks for your suggestion. :good::good::fingers-crossed:
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Yes the B&N cables are special, the pins are longer and more of them to tell the nook to fast charge. But as you found out, any micro USB cable can work, just slow slow charge it. And you can't use the device and charge at the same time as you will be using more energy than is being supplied. Oh another help is to turn off wifi when charging from USB, having that on will have the device charge slower as the the radio will be accessed occasionally.
I did find this http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FMMPDT4/ref=twister_B00FMMOSYU the connector looks longer than standard USB so perhaps it would work. I can't say for certain of course. I also saw used Nook Tablet power adapater/cable sets on amazon as well (original OEM). And a final suggestion would be to get one from ebay. I have seen a few there as well.
I am surprised B&N won't ship the cable at all. Seems like they would want to sell/move them. I was looking at them the other day and you can see how the V2 is from the photo. The connector on the nook side is not long and easy to snap off/apply stress to like the original. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/nook-color-new-cable/27359237?ean=9780594459453
If anyone ever gets the KS cable, please post so we know it works for sure. It looks like it will, and I may even contact them to see. I think the biggest problem with the original nook color/tablet cables was the nook connector was too long/straight and easy for people to break (that and the connector wasn't reinforced like it should have been).
@skepticmisfit
I see some sellers from china who can ship the cable to my local address. I'll see if I can get a good one.
Also, keeping the cable connected to the laptop's USB 3.0 port is useful. :good::good::good:
kumar009 said:
@skepticmisfit
I see some sellers from china who can ship the cable to my local address. I'll see if I can get a good one.
Also, keeping the cable connected to the laptop's USB 3.0 port is useful. :good::good::good:
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Have you got the Nook Tablet USB cable??? can you provide me some links..
Thanks
mac4rfree said:
Have you got the Nook Tablet USB cable??? can you provide me some links..
Thanks
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No. It seems i don't need a nook's stupid cable at all. The tablet gets charged on usb 2.0 port too. I am using the CM11 nightilies ROM and gapps minimal, that is efficient in terms of battery usage.
kumar009 said:
No. It seems i don't need a nook's stupid cable at all. The tablet gets charged on usb 2.0 port too. I am using the CM11 nightilies ROM and gapps minimal, that is efficient in terms of battery usage.
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Does it fast charge? I thought the NT would only fast charge if you use the B&N cable? Or is the fast charging lock to their cable only work with the stock ROM?
Hi,
I have lost my nook charger, please help. Where I can find & which shop.
shubhrawale said:
Hi,
I have lost my nook charger, please help. Where I can find & which shop.
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You don't really need a replacement Nook charger, any 5V 2A USB wall-charger plug and a regular micro-USB cable would do although it would take a bit longer to charge.
While Digi is right, there are official Nook cables and chargers (refurbished) on ebay at the moment. You can still get the cables from Barnes and Noble but I don't know if they will ship to India or not. I would try searching for "nook tablet" on ebay.
Also if you are going the generic charger/cable route, be sure to have the screen and wifi off while charging. If you have the screen on, it will discharge faster than you can charge it.
One final note, even if you are going to get a official charger (which I would recommend as it is so much faster) it would be wise to plug it in to a generic cable/charger combo for now. It is NEVER good to leave the Nook laying around with a dead battery. It will kill the battery in short order. And it is harder to get a Nook Tablet going again with a generic charger if the battery gets too low (shuts down on you).
My mom and dad found a White Nook and it says Critical Battery Alert. I had it on the charger that they found with it from close to 10 pm to around 6 am and same message and I tried another cable with that adapter and nothing changed and I have tried another power adapter and nothing has changed but it does show an orange light next to the power cable slot light up but it has never powered on at all and I have no clue what is wrong with this Nook because I have never used a Nook before
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My mom and dad found a White Nook and it says Critical Battery Alert. I had it on the charger that they found with it from close to 10 pm to around 6 am and same message and I tried another cable with that adapter and nothing changed and I have tried another power adapter and nothing has changed but it does show an orange light next to the power cable slot light up but it has never powered on at all and I have no clue what is wrong with this Nook because I have never used a Nook before
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Is this a Nook Tablet or Nook Color or Nook 1st Edition? The micro usb charging socket on the Nook Tablet is deeper than normal and you definitely need the B&N cable to get a good connection (the micro plug on the cable is longer than normal). It sounds like you are describing one of those cables--it has a light built into the black plastic plug? Orange generally means charging, green is done. The B&N charger is also much higher amperage than the typical usb charger so if you are using a charger you just had around rather than an actual B&N one it may take a lot longer to charge.
It may be that the battery has just given up entirely. These things are old, after all. But before I decided to get rid of it I'd probably open it up, disconnect and reconnect the battery and try again. You should be able to find illustrated or video disassembly instructions via Google. You could probably find a replacement battery if you wanted to go that route.
As far as I can determine it's the First one ever made and I found a Battery on eBay for little over 13 dollars and I guess I wait to that comes in and see what that does
cooltwou said:
As far as I can determine it's the First one ever made and I found a Battery on eBay for little over 13 dollars and I guess I wait to that comes in and see what that does
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So you have a Nook 1st Edition (or "Classic"). Since you will have to take it apart when the battery arrives you might as well take it apart now, remove the battery for an hour or so and then put it back in. Then try charging again. Some posters seem to think this solves the problem of the Nook locking up when the power runs out.
There's no forum on XDA for the Nook Classic, and unfortunately the nookdevs are gone but here is a link to an archive of the work done for the Nook Classic, including custom apps if you root the device.
There was a recent posting on the Nook Simple Touch forum by someone who wanted to root their Classic and finally found a good method, if you get it working and decide you'd like to extend its functions.
And, finally there was at one time a reasonably active community of Classic users on the Mobile Read forums.
Thanks for the information but I don't know if root it or not I just want to get it to work right now