charging your nexus 4 with 2amp?

**Kayla Poindexter** · 03-20-2013, 03:57 AM

The standard charger I have is a 1.5 amp. Is okay if I charge with a 2amp or 2.1amp charger without causing battery problems? Will it charge faster? If anyone has tried this I'd appreciate the info (:

**Patrick Schroedl** · 03-20-2013, 04:08 AM

As far as I know, the Nexus 4 does accept 2/2.1A input without issue. All of the chargers I use are rated as such, as are my car chargers. I have not tested them against a 1.5A charger to see if it is faster, but it should be, yes. Don't worry much about using a charger that the N4 isn't rated for; most phones and tablets will only draw as much as they can from a charger.

Theoretically, a 2.1A charger would charge the Nexus 4's 2100mAh in one hour, but realistically you're looking at more like 1.5-2.5 hours for a charge depending, obviously, on the charger (brand as well as amperage).

**Kayla Poindexter** · 03-20-2013, 04:22 AM

Oh okay because my n4 charger is 1.5 a and it chargers's in like 3 hours maybe 3 and a half. Takes forever. And then my friend said I should get a note 2 charger from amazon and said it would charge my phone a lot faster than what I have now. Thanks for the info(:

**wunderbar** · 03-20-2013, 09:37 AM

you're fine

**Jeremy8000** · 03-20-2013, 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by Kayla Poindexter

The standard charger I have is a 1.5 amp. Is okay if I charge with a 2amp or 2.1amp charger without causing battery problems? Will it charge faster? If anyone has tried this I'd appreciate the info (:

The OEM charger you received was 1.5A? I'm almost certain mine was shipped with a 1.1A charger (got it back in December). I wonder if they changed it...

As to a 2A or 2.1A charger, it will certainly charge it. The only concern I would have would be that if the N4 draws on the higher available current to charge more quickly, it may lead to faster wear on the battery. Whether or not that presents a concern would depend on how much of an actual impact this would be, along with how long you anticipate owning the phone.

**Kayla Poindexter** · 03-20-2013, 12:52 PM

Well I plan on owning it for a year and a half. And I can't really find any 2.1 amp chargers anywhere on amazon so I was thinking about purchasing a galaxy note 2 charger. You think that would work?

**eve6er69** · 03-20-2013, 02:18 PM

You might be able to find a cheaper one also.

Remember the BlackBerry playbook had a 2.1amp charger stock and there is a rapid charger from BlackBerry also that has a 2.1 output.

I currently own a BlackBerry smartphone and a playbook but the playbook chargers charge my 9900 bold in half the time.

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