Interesting. I've used the high power Kindle charger and I thought that it
might have the same issue. Is it Nexus-specific? Is there a specific high
powered Nexus charger that I should be using? I didn't notice anything
special about the one that came with it, and I'm pretty sure I shoved it in
the drawer that all of my other generic USB wallwarts go in.

--Matt


On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Steve Wormley <[email protected]> wrote:

> The Nexus 7 charging issue only occurs if you use a charger that can only
> put out 0.5A, or, more often, the Nexus can't tell and only uses 0.5A(like
> an iPad charger)
>
> There are various incompatible ways for dumb chargers to indicate their
> power output. The one the Nexus 7 wants is the data lines on the USB cable
> tied together.
>
> If I use an iPad charger it will slowly discharge if the screen is on
> full. When I put in the extension cable I cut open and shorted the data
> lines together on the Nexus 7 side it charges fine with an iPad charger
> even with the screen on full, Wifi, GPS and Bluetooth on.
>
> There are also reports of a similar looking problem when a compatible
> charger is used with a low quality cable that just can't pass enough
> current.
>
> -Steve
>
>
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