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Nexus 7 General Discussion / Re: Charging time.
« on: September 02, 2012, 06:22:55 PM »
I found the problem why mine charges so long and I'm the one to blame. I have been using a diff cable, one that I have in the past already, and I bought a 6ft cable as well, both of them takes about 6 hours to fully charge my N7. If I use the OEM cable and charger, charging time is about 4 hours, which is exactly what I was expecting.
I wonder if anyone has found an aftermarket charger that charges our N7 as fast as the stock one. The one they sell at Google play store is $25. Chargers for my other devices from Amazon are dirt cheap. Hope I don't have to shell $25 for an extra charger.

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Nexus 7 Accessories / Re: USB cable & charging question.
« on: August 15, 2012, 01:14:59 PM »
that makes sense. I'm glad I get to know more of these stuff. I have a follow up questions and I hope this is the appropriate place to ask it. I guess I was paying attention to the wrong spec on the charger. Here are the spec sheet.

Asus wall charger(Nexus 7):   input 100-240~50/60Hz 0.3 A    output 5.0V 2.0A
Apple wall charger(iPad 3):     input 100-240~50/60Hz 0.45 A  output 5.1V 2.1A

now this is what I noticed. Of course the devices(iPad and N7) charged with no problem using their own chargers. Additionally, the iPad charges using the Asus charger but the N7 wont charge using the Apple charger. I can see that the output of the Apple is a little more (voltage and amperage) than the Asus. Can you explain this if you can? I hope I'm not asking for too much. Thank you in advance.  :D


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Nexus 7 Accessories / Re: USB cable & charging question.
« on: August 14, 2012, 10:16:11 PM »
the weirdest part of all the trials and errors that I've had is that the OEM cable only works with my laptop and OEM wall charger. I would assume it would be the best of all the cables but it doesn't work with the iPad charger (10W but I'm not sure how much Amps), car charger, or the portable battery. Only the 1 ft cable works on all chargers, problem is, it's short, meaning I can't charge and use my device at the same time.

Oh well.


Thanks for a quick response btw.  :)

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I really didn't care about the rear facing camera when I bought it as I have never used one on my iPad. This device is a smaller form factor though and I find myself bringing this more often compared to my iPad. There are a few occasions that I wished I had a rear camera to share photos to family and friends of something I saw at the very moment.

I would love to have extra storage space. Either give us a 32GB or 64 GB internal memory or an SD expansion slot. Again, I came from an iPad and have been pampered with extra storage space. But I think the better of the 2 options is the expandable SD card slot so you can have extra space after you buy the device, this sounds cheaper to do in the long run as well.

last but not least is 3G/LTE connectivity. I think the reason I need this compared to my wifi only iPad is that again, I don't usually carry my iPad everywhere but I find myself carrying this often. Also this is the perfect device to use as a portable GPS navigation system and the best of the best software out there uses internet connectivity.

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Nexus 7 General Discussion / Charging time.
« on: August 14, 2012, 10:01:53 PM »
unfortunately for me, it feels like mine chargers longer than I expected. So far it takes me 36 mins to charge 10% on my nexus with screen on standbye and wifi turned on. That equates to an even 6 hours to fully charge my device. A little too long compared to some of the devices I've had in the past (I must admit that they're all Apple products; Macbook Air, Macbook Pro, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPad 2, iPad 3), they all charge to 100% in less than 4 hours. Maybe I'm not used to micro USB chargers yet.

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Nexus 7 Accessories / USB cable & charging question.
« on: August 14, 2012, 09:49:47 PM »
I will try and make this as clear as possible because it is hard even for me to see the pattern of how charging works for this device. So far, these are what i have:

cables:
OEM cable,
6-ft cable,
1-ft cable,

chargers:
OEM wall charger,
iPad wall charger,
portable battery charger(with both .5Ah and 1Ah sockets),
USB car charger.

so far these are the combination that works:

OEM wall charger + any of the cables I have available
any charger + 1ft cable.
Macbook air + any of the cables I have available

This means that my portable battery charger and car charger only works if I use the 1 ft cable.

I understand that chargers have diff amperage and that might be the reason why some works and some doesn't. I'm wondering what the diff in the cables that I have though. How come some of them work and some don't? And why is my 1ft cable even better than the OEM that my N7 came with? I've had Apple devices for the longest time and they are all interchangeable. I thought micro USB would be the same. I was mistaken. Can someone here shed some light on this matter?

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