Longer Charging Cable

**landjo77** · 07-18-2012, 04:00 PM

My only complaint with the Nex 7 tablet so far is the lack of a long charging cable. I tried to use the one from my VGNex along with the ASUS charger that was provided, and it won't charge the tablet! Anyone know of a longer cable (preferably 5-6 ft) that works, and where to get it? Thanks!

**stkorn97** · 07-18-2012, 04:43 PM

Most micro usb cables work. I just got 2 10ft cables from firefold.com

**TheStereoMike** · 07-18-2012, 06:55 PM

**markyoung04** · 07-18-2012, 07:09 PM

My delightfully long charger from my old BB Storm 2 worked great as didthe cord from Bionic

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**John-Smith** · 07-19-2012, 11:41 PM

I just ordered this 6ft USB cord earlier today, it came out to a whopping $2.47 with shipping. I think it will be worth it.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...idcentral00-20

**lostmarine** · 07-22-2012, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by landjo77

My only complaint with the Nex 7 tablet so far is the lack of a long charging cable. I tried to use the one from my VGNex along with the ASUS charger that was provided, and it won't charge the tablet! Anyone know of a longer cable (preferably 5-6 ft) that works, and where to get it? Thanks!

Agreed it drives me MAD. Luckily I have a few others that work with it and I haven't noticed it taking longer to charge it when I use other ones.

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**zedorda** · 07-22-2012, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by landjo77

My only complaint with the Nex 7 tablet so far is the lack of a long charging cable. I tried to use the one from my VGNex along with the ASUS charger that was provided, and it won't charge the tablet! Anyone know of a longer cable (preferably 5-6 ft) that works, and where to get it? Thanks!

My VGNex cable works fine for charging my Nexus7.

**pdhahn** · 07-22-2012, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by John-Smith

I just ordered this 6ft USB cord earlier today, it came out to a whopping $2.47 with shipping. I think it will be worth it.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...idcentral00-20

Thanks for the tip. I took a shot at one too, so if they're terrible we'll both be able to cry about being out $2.47. That's like 10 chicken nuggets at McDonald's.

**shafferb** · 07-23-2012, 03:04 AM

Errr, anybody heard of eBay ? It's not that is this exactly a rare-earth element. Long ones are anywhere from 99 cents (feeeeel the pain) to about 3 bucks. Lions and tigers and bears, Oh My!

**biogon** · 07-23-2012, 10:18 AM

See Problems charging with 3rd party MicroUSB cables

My generic Micro USB cable also charged my N7 slower when paired with the stock N7 charger.

**pdhahn** · 08-01-2012, 10:00 AM

Same situation here. My 6" usb cable combined with the stock charger charges the device very slowly. Although from what I hear that's not really a bad thing since supposedly it's better for the battery.

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**biogon** · 08-01-2012, 01:21 PM

My Motorola-supplied cable with the N7 stock charger also did not turn on the "charging" notification.

I purchased a HP Touchpad charger -- 2.0A and a much longer cord at approximately 5 feet -- and it works just like the stock N7 charger and cable for $10 on Amazon.

**natehoy** · 08-01-2012, 01:45 PM

Charging my nexus on an old 400ma charger left over from an old BlackBerry right now. Just barely enough to maintain power when the screen is on and I've charged from 25% to 53% over the course of 6 hours, but it works fine.

I usually use my 1 amp charger from my thunderbolt for overnight charging and it also works fine if slowly.

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**rbr451** · 04-18-2013, 03:18 PM

I, also, was disappointed with the short 3' cable that came with my Nexus 7 and spent a lot of time searching for a longer one that actually worked.
Then I remembered that I have several USB extension cords I picked up at the Dollar Store. I plugged the short cable into one and the other end of the USB cable into the charger.

Problem solved. It works fine.