NEXUS 7 2013 Flimsy USB Cable

[Atiya]

Anyone has the same experience

The USB cable for my charger was so flimsy now it doesnt charge

Thank god its a universal port

Im using my nokia Charger now to charge my tablet...very fast

 

[srkmagnus]

Anyone has the same experience

The USB cable for my charger was so flimsy now it doesnt charge

Thank god its a universal port

Im using my nokia Charger now to charge my tablet...very fast

Do you notice any kinks or other visible damage on the cord?

 

[B. Diddy]

Haven't noticed any problem so far, but mine is pretty new. Did you make a habit of wrapping the cord pretty tightly around the charging block? Maybe there was too much flexion where the cable meets the plug, leading it to break on the inside.

 

[George Stevens]

. CableAnyone has the same experience

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Yep, same here, kaput.

 

[jerrykur]

Use a wireless charger and never worry about a cable.

 

[Devlyn16]

I had hoped you would have learned from your experience with the Nexus 10
http://forums.androidcentral.com/go...-other-chargers-specs-please.html#post2685310

You need to take care when plugging and removing the USB cord. But based on your numerous posts about the N 10 and now this problem I very much believe you should switch to wireless charging asap.

 

[B. Diddy]

Isn't wireless charging significantly slower, though?

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[leonard land]

Sometimes the cable still works for charging but not for data transfer. That's the case with my original cable that came with the n7.

 

[sparksd]

Isn't wireless charging significantly slower, though?

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I have not timed it but I it appears that with the two Qi chargers I have - the Tylt and the Nokia DT-900 - that wireless charging is not significantly slower.

 

[jerrykur]

Isn't wireless charging significantly slower, though?

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I really have not noticed, but it is so convenient to charge my devices they never need much of a charge. The only time my Nexus 7 is off charger is when I am using it, so it rarely needs more than a 10-20% charge. On my Droid DNA it is off charger from morning till evening. By then it has lost about 30% of it's charge, and once I get home I put the DNA on the charging pad until the next morning.

 

[Atiya]

This time I bought my unit from bestbuy in colorado. hehehe
anyway . the cable was okay.. No dent or whatsoever because I was taking care of it. I jsut noticed that for the past few days.i would live the tablet charging . I left it at 30% , when i came back after 3 hours it just went up to 33% or sometimes none. so that got me worried. I thought it would have the same problem as with my nexus 10 which is in purgatory (god rest its soul) , but i trie dthe charger from nokia and it charged up in just 4-6 hours or even less.

SO i would say that the cable was the problem. i just noticed that the cables from the charger are flimsy so that mean its not durable . im using the Nokia to charge now

I had hoped you would have learned from your experience with the Nexus 10
http://forums.androidcentral.com/go...-other-chargers-specs-please.html#post2685310

You need to take care when plugging and removing the USB cord. But based on your numerous posts about the N 10 and now this problem I very much believe you should switch to wireless charging asap.

 

[Lupelamenta]

This is one of the few times, it is NOT operator error. Unit is only 4 months old. After charging flawlessly, two days ago, it just wouldn't charge. At first I thought it was the tablet itself that wasn't charging, but then I observed the lightening bolt charging indicator go off the moment I moved the charger cable wire to check whether it was plugged into the outlet correctly.. After hours of frustration and experimentation, I realized that both the charger and the cable were completely useless. They had worn out after only 4 months of use. The slightest movement of either the charger or the cable would stop the charge.

After researching, I learned that I could use my iphone charger and and a cable I had from monoprice-- voila tablet was charged 100 percent!