Samsung galaxy a5 2017 charging problem

[Android Central Question]

My Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 is not Fast Charging any more. My phone used to take between 2-2.5 hours to fully charge. Now it takes about 9 hours. I always charge using an official Samsung Charger and charge using a wall socket not using USB. My phone's settings are definitely set to Fast Charge. However, when I have done texts, the phone charges the same slow speed with the phone set to Fast or not Fast Charge. The phone never used to do this and started do this a few days ago for no reason.

Please can someone advise. Thanks

 

[Mooncatt]

The usual culprit is the USB cable starting to go bad, so a new cable is the first thing I'd try.