Charging S5 with micro USB (not micro USB3) charger from S4

[Dualmonitors]

Can there be any downsides to using the S4 charger which has only micro USB (not micro USB3) plug? That means only the right hand side of the micro USB3 female port is used on the S5.

If i keep the original S5 charger at my desk, I need another charger by my bedside.

What might be your solution short of bringing the S5 back and forth daily?

Thanks.

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[hardrocker89]

Purchase another charger? I'm thinking of going the wireless charging route myself

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[kregstrong]

No they both charge at the same speed if ur using the same amp power brick. USB 3.0 is mainly for file transfer speed

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[Dualmonitors]

so essentially, the left half of the micro USB3 port is for data only? only the right half portion is for charging?

 

[scrabbley]

my S5 charger looks exactly the same as my S3 one, it only fits in the right hand side of the port. Should it be different? There was only one cable in the box.

 

[Chris Abbott]

My charger fits in the whole thing. It's got like 2 parts. Looks like this...except white obviously.

 

[scrabbley]

My charger fits in the whole thing. It's got like 2 parts. Looks like this...except white obviously.

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/3163871/usbmicrob.jpg

Yeah mine is not like that! I wonder why. I'm in the UK and got the phone through Vodafone. Anyone else not have this cable included?

 

[Chris Abbott]

I can not remember the thread or even the forum for that matter, but I def remember some people reporting the same thing as you. Not sure if they were in UK or not. I'm in the states for what it's worth. Weird!

 

[Dualmonitors]

My charger fits in the whole thing. It's got like 2 parts. Looks like this...except white obviously.

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/3163871/usbmicrob.jpg

mine is just like the way Chris Abbott described it. the micro USB3 side has seemingly 2 parts connected by a very thin bottom piece of thin metal. one side is slightly larger than the other side. this slightly larger side is the power charging side, as my S4's micro USB2 plugs right into it and the S4 charger charges it overnight seemingly fine. My concern and thus this thread was intended to find out IF there are negatives or downsides of complications or ruining something by using the S4 charger which ONLY goes into the right half of the micro USB3 port of my S5. So far, no one has yet address that specifically.

 

[scrabbley]

My concern and thus this thread was intended to find out IF there are negatives or downsides of complications or ruining something by using the S4 charger which ONLY goes into the right half of the micro USB3 port of my S5. So far, no one has yet address that specifically.

Well obviously I've only been using a cable which goes into the right half of the port since I got the phone on Friday, as that's all I have! It charges the phone fine, no issues so far, except wondering why my cable didn't have 2 parts.

 

[Chris Abbott]

Amazon.com: Zeimax Samsung Galaxy S5 Cable USB 3.0 Data Sync & Charging Cable for Samsung Galaxy Note 3 / S5 N9000 N9002 N9005 Note III (White): Cell Phones & Accessories

$4 if you want to buy it lol.

 

[Dualmonitors]

Well obviously I've only been using a cable which goes into the right half of the port since I got the phone on Friday, as that's all I have! It charges the phone fine, no issues so far, except wondering why my cable didn't have 2 parts.

imho, you've been short changed.

micro USB3 and USB3 (non micro) in general has a huge throughput compared with USB2. thus, whenever you use the included cable to connect to a computer to transfer files, it is way way faster to use a USB3 cable rather than a conventional USB2 cable. you should call Vodafone to inquire.

 

[hardrocker89]

I would think using usb 3.0 would charge faster as well

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[scrabbley]

imho, you've been short changed.

micro USB3 and USB3 (non micro) in general has a huge throughput compared with USB2. thus, whenever you use the included cable to connect to a computer to transfer files, it is way way faster to use a USB3 cable rather than a conventional USB2 cable. you should call Vodafone to inquire.

I will give them a ring, thanks. Really weird that they'd put in an old cable though.

 

[mojaxson]

I received the white cable that plugs in to both parts of the port. how ever right now im using the usb charger from my S3 to charge the S5 here at work.. it only goes in the right side of the port

 

[scrabbley]

So I rang Vodafone who said it was a Samsung issue, then rang Samsung who said it was a Vodafone issue :/ anyway Samsung have agreed to look into it but I don't hold out much hope of getting the right cable.

I found this on the Guardian review of the S5

Like the Galaxy Note 3 before it, the S5 packs USB 3.0 for faster file transfers, but Samsung strangely fails to ship a USB 3.0 cable in the box - there's only a standard USB 2 microUSB cable.

It's really strange. But I guess if Samsung are shipping them with USB 2 cables then they can't do any harm to the phone...

 

[mjcecil]

Can there be any downsides to using the S4 charger which has only micro USB (not micro USB3) plug? That means only the right hand side of the micro USB3 female port is used on the S5.

If i keep the original S5 charger at my desk, I need another charger by my bedside.

What might be your solution short of bringing the S5 back and forth daily?

Thanks.

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By definition, there should be no disadvantage from a charging perspective. The micro-usb socket was designed in a split fashion SPECIFICALLY to accept a previous-generation micro-usb connector, so that USB 3.0 sockets are backward-compatible with usb 2.0 cables (but data rates are only as fast as the target device can support over those previous-generation cables, i.e. a USB 3.0 device will not speak to a USB 3.0 socket at higher than USB 2.0 speeds when using a previous generation cable). Pins 1 and 5 (first and last in the trapezoidal section) are the only ones responsible for powering the bus, and they are present in both types of connector. The remaining pins in the other half of the connector (the rectangular section) are there for the higher-data-rate full-duplex communications.

As an added bonus, as long as you have a 2.1A charger, you also won't receive the "charge faster with the original charger" message.

Mark

 

[Dualmonitors]

i actually like the uber well designed Anker 5 USB port 40-watt, 8A desktop charger.

it really cleans up the mess of "wall warts" so you have that one single deck of cards-sized Anker, with 5 USB ports, which really should suffice for most folks' devices that they use day-to-day. these ports are supposed to be "smart" so they do a handshake first, ascertaining what the needs are, and then it would put out sufficient juice to satisfy that device it is trying to charge.

as i might have previously mentioned, after perusing the websites and users' reviews of both Anker and Mophine, i get the distinct impression that Mophie is overly Apple-oriented and Anker, on the other hand, is brand agnostic. This is a big advantage to those of us with numerous non-Apple devices. I have a Samsung TabPro, S5, etc. I definitely want an accessory maker who supports wholeheartedly Android devices and not as an afterthought.

 

[schwanz583]

Yeah mine is not like that! I wonder why. I'm in the UK and got the phone through Vodafone. Anyone else not have this cable included?

All GS5's in the states come with the USB3.0 cable.. all over seas GS5's come with the older USB2.0 cable.. not sure why but that seems to be the trend..

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[jk175d]

I've been charging with my old S3 charger and car charger no problem. Strangely the first time I charged it, it wouldn't go past 80% this way. After I used the USB3 cable to charge it up to 100% the USB 2 cables worked all the way.