S5 charging cable

[Jim_in_VA]

Can you use a standard micro USB cable to charge the S5 or do you have to use their proprietary one?

 

[Golfdriver97]

The cable should be universal. It is the charger that may be the issue. If the charger isn't rated the same as the original, you might take longer to charge.

But I honestly tend to stick to using the one that came with the device.

 

[Beretta96]

Yes, you can use an ordinary charging cable. I'm using one right now.

 

[Jim_in_VA]

ok thanks. What is the purpose of the extra wide cable plug that Samsung uses for the S5?

 

[CKR83]

ok thanks. What is the purpose of the extra wide cable plug that Samsung uses for the S5?

The cable that comes with the S5 is a USB 3 cable. It will allow faster data transfer to your phone -- providing you hook it up to a USB3 port on a computer.

As long as your power source provides at least 5V/2.1 amps, you can use a miniUSB cable to charge the phone. It'll plug into the right hand side of the port. I don't know if it'll transfer data though -- haven't tried that yet.

 

[williams448]

MicroUSB 2.0 cables are fully functional with you GS5, charging & data transfer.

 

[mgfjd12]

Can you use a standard micro USB cable to charge the S5 or do you have to use their proprietary one?

You can use any cable but don't buy the cheapest cables because they are limited amperage transfer. So many people have troubles charging slow because of cables

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[StevenBaker]

The Samsung galaxy S5 comes with a USB 3.0 port. It is well known that USB 2.0 is a standard port which is use to charge the phone and transfer data.