Galaxy Tab 2 stopped recognizing USB charge

[AC Question]

I understand that USB does not output enough power to charge a tablet in use, but it used to at least be able to slow the drain on the battery somewhat. So while I had my tablet plugged into my computer with the USB cable, the battery icon displayed the little lightning bolt with a red X through it to indicate that it was receiving power but not enough to actually charge. But recently it has stopped doing that. Now when I plug it in, the battery icon doesn't change, but I do get the "connected as media device" message so I know the cable hasn't gone faulty or anything. I tried looking in settings to see if there was some sort of 'allow USB charging' option that accidentally got un-checked, but not finding anything. Does anyone have any solutions/know what's going on?

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! You should still try another cable. It's possible for the charging wires within the cable to fail, while the data transfer wires remain intact.