to charge s3 using usb cable from another mobile manufacturer (BB) connected to laptop.
I know there are differences in wall chargers (Amp, V) but I guess usb cables are standardized?
also I have another question regarding charging @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1803142
maatus said:
to charge s3 using usb cable from another mobile manufacturer (BB) connected to laptop.
I know there are differences in wall chargers (Amp, V) but I guess usb cables are standardized?
also I have another question regarding charging @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1803142
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I think it shouldn't produce any harm to the device.
Read THIS for more information about charging through USB.
Absolutely no problem with this.
Just make sure you don't end up using something like this. For those who don't get it, those fake chargers fed 12V directly to the USB connector, supplying almost 2.5 times the nominal USB voltage. Doing this WILL fry most USB devices on the market, S3 included.
Been using 3 others usb cable for charging. No problem so far.
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Hi! I'm having issues with my S3 charging via USB using mains. I tried 3rd party cable & original cable, both doesn't seem to work. The screen says its charging but after 30 mins, when went to check, the percentage remains the same. It was only when i switch off the phone that i managed to charge it. Any solution to this?
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have you tried other USB ports . or a usb port with more power??
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have you tried other USB ports . or a usb port with more power??
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hmm. tried 2 different 3rd party USB power plug.
My experience so far: with standard charger + cable, this thing charges really slowly! An impatient person might even get the impression it's not charging at all. In fact if I use my S3 while connected to the wall (charging!), the battery will actually discharge instead of charge. Bottom line: plug it in over night, and consider buying extra batteries.
What's wrong with original cable? I'm using my portable hdd microusb cable, works well plugged into Xbox for charging
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Mine charge pretty quickly (standard charger + USB cable)
But it does charge slowly if i use USB cable to my PC or laptop
Charging from a PC USB port not designed for charging will be slow as you aren't really getting all the juice you need. Best thing is to charge from the mains. My charger's fuse went the day I got my phone. As luck would have it, my Xperia X10 charger works just fine. So I now use that instead.
I experience almost impossible charging via anyone usb on my PC. I get info from device manager that the running port to my S3 outputs only 96mA, which is quite insufficient for charging. This is the first one smartphone which cannot be charged via USB port. I've had Galaxy Note, Galaxy SII, HTC Desire HD, HD2, etc... everyone is charging quite well from the usb ports... It's annoying...
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I still haven't seen an answer here about the issue with S3 Charging via USB.
Mine is charging VERY slowly and it's infuriating. My HTC Desire S charges Via USB fine.
How can I find an official answer/fix from Samsung?
Charging problem should be related to kernel problem. I also encounter this issue before, but after i flashed Persues kernel then the problem fixed.
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Charging problem should be related to kernel problem. I also encounter this issue before, but after i flashed Persues kernel then the problem fixed.
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Sounds plausible. So how do I do that?
Can anyone else tell me if they have any issues charging the sony xperia using an adapter other than the one supplied?
I have one that I use for everything, iphone, kindle, garmin watch, sansa mp3 player. Yet when I hook up the sony usb charger cable to it the battery light blinks and viewing in the battery section of settings shows it alternating between 'charging' and 'discharging' at the same frequency as the flashing light. This frequency is roughly 1 second. I managed to stabalise the charging on this OEM adapter once. It always charges perfectly on the supplied adapter.
Also I have a portable 5V charger that again I use for all my gadgets as listed above. They all work fine. Not the sony tablet. 'Charging is not supported with this accessory' I'm told this time.
This tablet is looking worse and worse to me. The fact that this tablet was supposed to be bog standard 5V and came with the usb setup (making it simple to use with my portable charger) was one of the major reasons I bought it. Yet I can only use the supplied adapter and am stuck to the A/C supply.
Anyone else seeing similar problems?
Problem? Sony tableyt s dont use the usb port for battery charging
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Problem? Sony tableyt s dont use the usb port for battery charging
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Anyone that owns the tablet will understand what I am saying. The charger cable comes in a 2 piece. A usb to proprietary connector lead and an A/C adapter. You connect the proprietary end of the cable to the tablet. You connect the full USB connector end of the the cable to the adapter. You plug the adapter into the mains and it charges your tablet.
What I am saying is that if I use an alternate A/C adapter (i.e. one that accepts a USB connection and is rated for 1.5 amps and 5V) it does not charge the tablet correctly. I can't see why this would be as these adapters are all supposed to be built to a standard. Sony has something different in theirs I think. I believe it is non-standard.
(There is no USB port on the tablet so clearly this is not what I meant!!)
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Anyone that owns the tablet will understand what I am saying. The charger cable comes in a 2 piece. A usb to proprietary connector lead and an A/C adapter. You connect the proprietary end of the cable to the tablet. You connect the full USB connector end of the the cable to the adapter. You plug the adapter into the mains and it charges your tablet.
What I am saying is that if I use an alternate A/C adapter (i.e. one that accepts a USB connection and is rated for 1.5 amps and 5V) it does not charge the tablet correctly. I can't see why this would be as these adapters are all supposed to be built to a standard. Sony has something different in theirs I think. I believe it is non-standard.
(There is no USB port on the tablet so clearly this is not what I meant!!)
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From what I understand we should be able to use a 3rd party charger if it can supply at least 1.5 amps of current at 5VDC. The only limitations that I have seen is some of the 3rd party iPad chargers (USB plugs) won't work with some android devices so the USB standard must not be as standard as one would tend to think. If your charger is blinking and intermittently charging there is a good chance that it can't sustain the current that the tablet is trying to draw.
Bought one of the 3FHUBEG HDTV adapters today to mirror my S3 onto my tv. According to the guide i should plug the official charger into the adapter and then plug the charger into the wall. When i do this i get NOTHING on my tv screen and the phone will not charge. I thought the adapter was DOA so after trying many things i removed the wall charger and instead i plugged the usb into my pc and voila it worked and the phone started charging and the S3 mirrored onto my tv.
It seems to be working okay this way but why isnt it working when i plug the usb end of the charging cable into the uk plug adapter and then connect it to my socket? Would i be doing any damage by just powering it via usb on the tv?
Im really confused. I charge my phone normally overnight and it works no problem with the usb charging lead plugged into the wall socket and then the micro usb into the phone but for some strange reason the phone will not power the HDTV adapter this way and will only work by USB power and not mains power. Any help appreciated. :good:
Check your cable first, some of them have 4 pins only and this can be a reason. If not, I'm not sure but wall charger have 1A output and this can be too much for adapter. USB output is 550mA so nearly half of it. Charging from USB won't damage anything, it'll only take longer to charge your phone.
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Check your cable first, some of them have 4 pins only and this can be a reason. If not, I'm not sure but wall charger have 1A output and this can be too much for adapter. USB output is 550mA so nearly half of it. Charging from USB won't damage anything, it'll only take longer to charge your phone.
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It's definately a 5 pin and its an official cable. I'm just concerned as every video i've seen etc shows the charger being plugged into the wall. When i was charging it via usb, as its a slower charge, the phone seemed to be losing more power using the HDTV adapter than the charge was capable of charging, i.e the phone battery was draining power quicker than the USB could charge it. Absolute mystery.
Hmmm, maybe it's just so badly made...
Look here http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/...ries/EPL-3FHUBEGSTD-reviews?subsubtype=others
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djembey said:
Hmmm, maybe it's just so badly made...
Look here http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/...ries/EPL-3FHUBEGSTD-reviews?subsubtype=others
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Wouldn't surprise me with Samsung. I actually bought this adapter so i can stream certain things from my phone to the tv as the browser i have on my Samsung SMART tv is pants. Common theme developing here :silly:
Certain power points seem to not charge but certain power points do the charging job perfectly?
what's a "power point"?
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what's a "power point"?
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The place where you plug your charger in.
that's a faulty charger then
Define 'power point'. Are you talking about different Usb cables, different chargers, different wall sockets or jiggling the cable's connector to the phone?
In the latter: replace the cable and you may need to clean the contacts on the phone (eg with a hard toothbrush)
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I think he means wall sockets
ysah i think he means wall sockets also at which it would still need to be a fault with his charger as its there that the voltage is converted to the voltage and ampherage that the phone uses.any differences in voltage that is given to the socket would most likely be on a very small scale
Ah I see. Does Sammy do one to one exchanges of the charger if its faulty?
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Does anyone here use aftermarket chargers? Thinking of an innergie one.
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I swapped.my cable, seems to charge better than the stock one..
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I have the same problem, but with all cables
I just posted to an other threat about charging problems, so i will copy/paste it:
I have the problem that the phone only want to charge with soms chargers.
I can connect the phone to the original charger or to a pc or any device without problems, the phone will charge.
Even with an old blackberry charger (only 2 wires, no data) and car charger can i charge without any problem!
But when i connect the phone to the htc charger of my old phone, or to an iphone charger i see the phone is connected but it won't charge.
When i open batterymonitor i see that the charger is connected, but the phone still use his battery.
I tried this with all kinds of charders and all kinds of micro usb cables. Then i thaught there was maybe a resistor or chip or something build in some chargers, because i couls only charge with chargers with 2 wire cables.
Then i took a usb extension cable and i disconnected the two data wires so only the + and - 5V cables were left,
but still no success. If anybody knows where the problem is, please let my know
with kind regards! Martijn
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I just posted to an other threat about charging problems, so i will copy/paste it:
I have the problem that the phone only want to charge with soms chargers.
I can connect the phone to the original charger or to a pc or any device without problems, the phone will charge.
Even with an old blackberry charger (only 2 wires, no data) and car charger can i charge without any problem!
But when i connect the phone to the htc charger of my old phone, or to an iphone charger i see the phone is connected but it won't charge.
When i open batterymonitor i see that the charger is connected, but the phone still use his battery.
I tried this with all kinds of charders and all kinds of micro usb cables. Then i thaught there was maybe a resistor or chip or something build in some chargers, because i couls only charge with chargers with 2 wire cables.
Then i took a usb extension cable and i disconnected the two data wires so only the + and - 5V cables were left,
but still no success. If anybody knows where the problem is, please let my know
with kind regards! Martijn
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In the case there would be more people with this problem:
The problem is not caused by the charger but by the cable. If i use a cable that's a bit to small or to long i get problems. If you want a longer cable to charge your phone, you need a good and big one, not a cheap tiny cable. I only use good cables now and had no more problems for the last year or so...
I just hooked up my new Plugable 7 port USB 3.0 switch and although the speed is fine I noticed that the N3 still only charges at a lowly 450mA. Knowing that it should be capable of more, up to 4A in total, I decided to try a trick I'd been using for my Galaxy Tablets. These tablets won't normally charge from a non Samsung charger but with an inline dongle they will.
So I put the inline dongle between the switch and the USB 3.0 cable and presto, 1800mA charging current to my N3. Of course there is no data connection at that point but it's one less samsung adapter I need to keep around.
You can find the dongles here.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/190677630730?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
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I just hooked up my new Plugable 7 port USB 3.0 switch and although the speed is fine I noticed that the N3 still only charges at a lowly 450mA. Knowing that it should be capable of more, up to 4A in total, I decided to try a trick I'd been using for my Galaxy Tablets. These tablets won't normally charge from a non Samsung charger but with an inline dongle they will.
So I put the inline dongle between the switch and the USB 3.0 cable and presto, 1800mA charging current to my N3. Of course there is no data connection at that point but it's one less samsung adapter I need to keep around.
You can find the dongles here.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/190677630730?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
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Umm dude use a normal charger oh i don't know the one it came with lol. I have no issue charging at 1800 mAh with standard charger. I understand you're using a port to connect other various devices but reason it's charging at that low rate is because it's USB and not seeing as AC. Just charge your phone in a wall socket and use your port for your other devices.
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how do you guys get 1800mAh on a USB port?
i can't get more than 450mAh from the USB port
It only goes above 1000+ from the wall
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I just hooked up my new Plugable 7 port USB 3.0 switch and although the speed is fine I noticed that the N3 still only charges at a lowly 450mA. Knowing that it should be capable of more, up to 4A in total, I decided to try a trick I'd been using for my Galaxy Tablets. These tablets won't normally charge from a non Samsung charger but with an inline dongle they will.
So I put the inline dongle between the switch and the USB 3.0 cable and presto, 1800mA charging current to my N3. Of course there is no data connection at that point but it's one less samsung adapter I need to keep around.
You can find the dongles here.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/190677630730?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
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I just ordered two of those. Thanks...for a really good idea.
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Umm dude use a normal charger oh i don't know the one it came with lol. I have no issue charging at 1800 mAh with standard charger. I understand you're using a port to connect other various devices but reason it's charging at that low rate is because it's USB and not seeing as AC. Just charge your phone in a wall socket and use your port for your other devices.
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how do you guys get 1800mAh on a USB port?
i can't get more than 450mAh from the USB port
It only goes above 1000+ from the wall
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What are these people above talking about?
Their response is irrelevant to the OP's post.
Why not try to READ the entire post FIRST, stop wasting our time reading your irrelevant BS.
CraigAmey said:
So I put the inline dongle between the switch and the USB 3.0 cable and presto, 1800mA charging current to my N3. Of course there is no data connection at that point but it's one less samsung adapter I need to keep around.
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interestingly enough, it seems to only work on USB 3.0 ports
i have the cable version of that dongle you are using
on USB 2.0 ports still doesn't go over 1000 mAh, but it does double the usual rate of 450 mAh
cable quality seems to make a difference too
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What are these people above talking about?
Their response is irrelevant to the OP's post.
Why not try to READ the entire post FIRST, stop wasting our time reading your irrelevant BS.
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i did if you read my post you'd understand he did a trick to where it charges @ 1800mA in the usb 3.0 port which is essentially a wall socket. he uses a port for several devices, if he didnt care that he cant access usb then whats the point in wasting a space on a port and just use the wall socket.
What if you don't have a wall socket or forget to bring your AC adapter?
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What if you don't have a wall socket or forget to bring your AC adapter?
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Were are plugging in that usb port?
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maybe you but the OP stated a 7 Port which means most likely it needs a power source i.e wall charger.
1. Even with an available wall power source, a USB Hub next to your keyboard is more convenient than the wall socket charger behind the computer.
2. A $5 adapter is cheaper than the original AC transformer.
3. You might not have the AC adapter with you when you're away from home but closer to another computer
4. A coin sized adapter is much easier to pack than an AC adapter
I'll be honest, I find myself in NUMEROUS situations where I have plenty of spare USB(3) ports but no spare wall plugs. My office is a prime example of this, from a 2-gang wall socket, we have 2x 8-socket extensions and those are all full. Some of those have another 4-gang extension coming from them, again full (mostly bloody adapters, so power draw isn't actually that higher - and yes we know it's a safety risk).
My computer, on the other hand, has something like 12 USB ports, of which about 8 are in use. Makes sense to me.
As someone pointed out the 7 port USB switch does have an AC adapter that provides 4A total. It's not that I don't have AC outlets at my desk, I have 10, but they're hidden behind a 400lb desk and not the easiest to get to whereas the USB switch sits within arms reach and is always on and available.
I also have several AC outlets around the house that have integrated USB charge ports. Given the number of devices that charge from USB these days these are very convenient but won't charge a Galaxy Tablet at all without the adapter. If you travel you will also find these at a lot of airports now too, usually located on the pillars in the waiting area.
In my experience at least it's a lot easier to find a spare USB port than an AC outlet, and that's assuming you have your charger with you. The adapter plug just helps you extract more charging current from what's available.