Car charging with navigation doesn't work?

[StrifeSD]

I have a max 1000 milliamp (1amp) car charger with the usb cable that came with the Nexus and if I'm streaming music and using navigation it doesn't charge the battery. If I check the battery status it shows as charging (AC) which I've read is the better of the two. What can I do to actually get it charge? Buy a higher amp car charger? Do the higher amp chargers damage the battery? Thanks!

 

[dmmarck]

I have a max 1000 milliamp (1amp) car charger with the usb cable that came with the Nexus and if I'm streaming music and using navigation it doesn't charge the battery. If I check the battery status it shows as charging (AC) which I've read is the better of the two. What can I do to actually get it charge? Buy a higher amp car charger? Do the higher amp chargers damage the battery? Thanks!

(1) It will only draw 1 amp, if I recall correctly.

(2) By not charging do you mean the charging symbol does not come up, or are you simply discharging at a higher rate than you're charging? If that's the case, there's not much you can do other than prioritize (music or navigation, etc.).

 

[StrifeSD]

Yes, it shows up as charging but it is discharging at a higher rate.

 

[dmmarck]

Yes, it shows up as charging but it is discharging at a higher rate.

Then I don't believe there's much you can do. Make sure WiFi and 4G/LTE are off. Are you running a kernel/rom? You can look into that, see if you can save power on that end.

I have similar problems, and what I've done is simply choose one or the other. On my crappy car charger it still gets outpaced (by a bit), but it's not going to completely drain quickly.

 

[StrifeSD]

Not running a custom kernel. Stock build version 4.02 I think.

For long trips it kinds of sucks that it won't charge.

 

[kharrigan]

FWIW, iPhones also discharge faster when plugged in and streaming music and using navigation. So, yeah, prioritize.

 

[rich_halvorson]

My Samsung infuse will discharge too if I also have the screen on and gps at the same time, the display is one of the biggest killers. If it is a long trip turn you screen off when you don't have a turn for a long time, when you hear you have a turn comming up turn the screen back on.

 

[Aguaski]

I use Co-Pilot Live for navigation on long trips because it uses locally stored maps. I found the data stream required to run Google Navigation to be extreme enough to discharge quicker than I could charge. I still prefer Google Navigation for short in town navigation.

Also, get your phone out of the sun and away from any heat blowing out your vents. I do most of my driving in AZ and found that a windshield mount exposed my phone to too much sun which made the phone run hot and discharge quicker. After discovering this I switched to a vent mount cradle which worked great during the summer when I was blowing cold ac out my vents, but once winter hit I started running heat out my vents and had the hot phone problem again. Now I use a ProClip cradle that keeps my phone out of the windshield and away from my heater vents. Keeping your Nexus cool will work wonders when running navigation.

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[dflores]

Try a 2.1 amp charger. They're under $10 online. I have one, but it can still manage to discharge faster than it's charging.

 

[recumbentbob]

Mine charges and navigates just fine with a Verizon car charger.

 

[Ryokurin]

Dim your screen. If you keep it 100%, even if you let navigation dim it it's going to use more power than the average charger can provide. I usually don't go above 50%