Note 4 is charging very very slow

[WeAreAllUnique]

I changed the data cable and now it seems to be working every time. Using an old cable from the Note 1.

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[donebrasko]

Well at least I know the problem now. All cables i use fast charging or not are showing up as USB charging regardless of Whetter I have it plugged into.

Does anyone have a solution for that?

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[WeAreAllUnique]

Well at least I know the problem now. All cables i use fast charging or not are showing up as USB charging regardless of Whetter I have it plugged into.

Does anyone have a solution for that?

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It could be a software problem.

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[doohsun]

i find fast charging only helps if you're below 20% it's slow charging when it's higher

 

[dpham00]

i find fast charging only helps if you're below 20% it's slow charging when it's higher

My Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 4 does adaptive fast charging up until about 75%, then it starts to taper



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[donebrasko]

I tried a complete wipe and it didn't work. Verizon sent me a replacement.

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[donebrasko]

Update: this is crazy I'm on the new phone and now it just started the slow charging again. I only use the Samsung charger and Verizon charger unless I'm in the car but because I have 2 batteries I rarely have to charge it. Has anyone else had this problem? I don't know if it is an app doing this or what. I wipe it completelyand it doesn't help. What's the odds of getting 2 phones back to back like this?

When I did a soft reset, the unlocked sign was showing at the bottom of the screen before it came back on. Like if the bootloader was unlocked.

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[WeAreAllUnique]

Update: this is crazy I'm on the new phone and now it just started the slow charging again. I only use the Samsung charger and Verizon charger unless I'm in the car but because I have 2 batteries I rarely have to charge it. Has anyone else had this problem? I don't know if it is an app doing this or what. I wipe it completelyand it doesn't help. What's the odds of getting 2 phones back to back like this?

When I did a soft reset, the unlocked sign was showing at the bottom of the screen before it came back on. Like if the bootloader was unlocked.

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For me it was the cable. Once I changed it to another one I haven't had anymore issues.

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[donebrasko]

For me it was the cable. Once I changed it to another one I haven't had anymore issues.

Note in my house!

Did your phone go back to normal or did you have to replace it

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[WeAreAllUnique]

Did your phone go back to normal or did you have to replace it

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I haven't replaced the phone. I just replaced the cable.

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[donebrasko]

I haven't replaced the phone. I just replaced the cable.

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All cables do the same thing now show USB charging. Last night it died while charging. I woke up with it being off and charging at 83% I went to bed at 1230 woke up at 830. This is on the Samsung charger. Now I can't sync it with the pc or save my data. So frustrating

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[clickerman]

The problem could be a bad usb port or USB card. I would take it to the dealer to see if he can connect the phone.

 

[ClaudiaP]

Mine started doing this after the Lollipop update to, I have found that if I unplug the cable from the phone and plug it back in it charges like it should. It doesn't matter if the phone is on or off.

 

[donebrasko]

What's crazy is that I'm only at 23% and I took it off the charger at 830. I'm a heavy user and it seems like in the past my phone would have had to switch batteries by now. Maybe it's just in my head. I'm about to play a game and really find out.

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[mike1515]

What app do you use to see that battery monitor?

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[Kjmlejnek]

What's crazy is that I'm only at 23% and I took it off the charger at 830. I'm a heavy user and it seems like in the past my phone would have had to switch batteries by now. Maybe it's just in my head. I'm about to play a game and really find out.

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Exact same ISSUE..... after updated to Lollipop
Thought I was crazy and got phone in December too....

 

[Michel Henriod]

I think I was able to solve the slow charging problem on my Note 4.
Since the upgrade to Android V5, it took me 6 to 8 hours to charge the phone.
I have unselected the fast charging option and it took my now about an hour to charge the Note 4 which battery was almost empty.

 

[varunaX]

Before lollipop I would get a 'fast charging' notification when I plugged it in. Now i am no longer getting this message I just realized now. Anyone else??

 

[carspidey]

My note 4 started doing the same thing today. I have a samsung charger from my galaxy tab pro that i've used before and it is charging really slow... i have restarted my phone a few times... it says USB charging... i have another charger 700mA charger for an older samsung phone and when plugged in it said AC charging... this is weird... i'll try my regular charger when i get home...

EDIT: I tried a different charger today (the one i always use) with a different cable than the ones i used yesterday and charging is back to Normal... This is weird because i've used that other charger before as well as the same cable and everything was fine. Oh well... at least i know now it's not a phone issue.

 

[highexpects]

Its weird that know one seems to know the trick to fixing the slow charging with ANY portable device.
So let me explain,
Anytime your phone, Ipad, Notebook, Laptop, Phone or whatever get really low on battery. Your phone draws more power from the charger cable trying to keep it charged, causing major heat in the phone and even more current draw from the charger cable.
Like those times when you realize your at a low percent and continue using your phone while its plugged in anyways because you have games to play or heavier apps to use like Navigator, while its plugged into the car.
The high current draw causes alot of heat in the cable and triggers a safety deal within the cable, limiting the current draw to prevent overheating damage to any device, causing about a 80% reduction in charging current (or speed). I've even seen them not charge at all anymore if they got really hot and fixed all these issues just by putting the charger cable in the fridge or freezer for about 30 mins.
This will reset the cable to work properly again.
This actually just happened on my new galaxy note edge just a couple hours ago and had to do this to get the fast charging back again.
Cheers everyone!