Note 10.1 and car charger compatibility

**kippypipe** · 10-04-2012, 12:06 PM

Trying to charge my Note with my Griffin car usb charger, charger shows green light, when plug in to Note, charger shows red light, and Note battery icon shows a red X. Is my charger not powerful enough?
P.S. charger works with my mp3 player.

**betsuni** · 10-04-2012, 05:13 PM

Yep, that means you probably have a 1 Amp charger which works fine for phones and mp3 players but not tablets.

**35fan** · 10-06-2012, 03:16 PM

I can recommend the Belkin Car Charger for Galaxy Tablets. Got one from Amazon, works great.

**ongre10** · 10-06-2012, 08:12 PM

Your tablet needs a higher amperage charger make sure it is 2.0 amps or above. A lower amp charger may work if the tablet is off but may take a long time.

**Karlos Callens** · 02-21-2013, 05:09 AM

I have a galaxy Note 10.1 and bought a green ring Belkin Car charger (2.1 A) and this one also doesn't work. Same thing: Note battery icon shows a red X and no charging. There must be something else than the 2 A alone.

**Ziltoid78** · 05-16-2013, 02:29 PM

I have 2 different 2.1 amp plugs, and have tried with two different cables. No way it works. I think the tablet can recognize if you use a samsung charger, and only allows that. I also have a 2 amp wall charger, same thing. Only when I use the charger that came with the pad, and the expensive car charger I had to buy, will it work. Clever bastards!