Charging the Nexus 4 with a portable battery

[tlucca]

Hi all, I'm not sure if this is been covered before but I couldn't find it in any of my searches. I have a portable battery to charge my Nexus 4, it has both 1 amp and 2.1 amp output. I'm using a stock Micro USB cable but or I can only get USB charging on the phone it doesn't show up as AC charging . Do I need a special cable to allow for AC charging with the battery? I have the stock rom and I don't know if the phone supports fast charging. Any help would be much appreciated as the USB charging is very slow . Thanks, Tom

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[badbrad17]

Hi all, I'm not sure if this is been covered before but I couldn't find it in any of my searches. I have a portable battery to charge my Nexus 4, it has both 1 amp and 2.1 amp output. I'm using a stock Micro USB cable but or I can only get USB charging on the phone it doesn't show up as AC charging . Do I need a special cable to allow for AC charging with the battery? I have the stock rom and I don't know if the phone supports fast charging. Any help would be much appreciated as the USB charging is very slow . Thanks, Tom

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A lot of portable chargers need a shorter cable to charge properly. My Anker battery came with a really short cable and it charges from dead to a full charge in less than 2 hours.

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