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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > > -- LITTLE GIRL: But which cookie will you eat FIRST? COOKIE MONSTER: Me think you have misconception of cookie-eating process.
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