Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo charger USB cable

[vzwuser76]

Yes on the moto cord or USB cable both sides contain pro gs there's a set of prongs on one side that are further apart and on the other side the charging prongs ( prongs meaning the the metal raised points on usually the flat side of the end if the cable that plugs into your phone) the other side of the cable end that plugs into your phone has another set of raised prongs that are closer together. If you'll notice on most USB charging cables there's only prongs on one side. This is partly or mostly why the moto has the turbo charging or faster charging capability this should help you determine which is the moto turbo cable. It does make a gift different NDE in charging speed my husband and I can charges our phone to 100% in 20 minutes from 0-20% to start. Hope this helps. Good luck!!!!!

I just looked at the 2 charging cables I have handy. One is from my Turbo, and one is from my Droid Maxx. They are completely identical, the prongs are in the same spot, the markings are the same, even the lines where both halves of the connector come together are the same. And both display "Turbo charger detected" when connected between my Turbo and the Turbo charger. I don't know if you were using a generic USB charging cord, but from what I've seen, all Motorola USB cords are the same. I used to have a 2013 Moto X, and that had the same cord as the Droid Maxx as well. So since neither the Maxx nor the 2013 X had rapid charging, I think it has less to do with needing one specific cable, and more to do with using one (anyone) that came with a Motorola phone. Just my $.02.

Edit: I just did a little test of the cords I had in the house. The cord from my Nexus 7 and one of the generic cords I had worked fine, the cable from my old Galaxy S3 and a different generic cable did not. On the generic cable that didn't work, the actual connector part (metal part) is slightly shorter than the others. Otherwise, there is no difference between the generic that did work, the Motorola cables, the Nexus 7 cable, and the Galaxy S3 cable. So there appears to be no rhyme or reason to what will or won't work, you might just have to plug it in and see if the "Turbo charger detected" message appears or not to know if it will or won't work.

 

[Susan Pierce]

Re: Turbo charger USB cable

Well crap. I just threw a bunch of USB cables in a drawer (including the one from the Turbo). Are there any identifying marks? I didn't know the CABLE was special!

The droid turbo usb has a rounded USB connetor where it connects to the phone where your fingers kind of concaves to your fingers makes it more comfortable. And it also has a motorola emblem on the usb where it connects to the wall plug in. Hope that helps you.

 

[vzwuser76]

Re: Turbo charger USB cable

The droid turbo usb has a rounded USB connetor where it connects to the phone where your fingers kind of concaves to your fingers makes it more comfortable. And it also has a motorola emblem on the usb where it connects to the wall plug in. Hope that helps you.

You are correct, however the design is the same as those on every Motorola phone since I believe 2013 (Moto X 2013 & 2014, Droid Turbo, Maxx, Ultra, & Mini). So visually there isn't a way to tell. What I did after I heard about this was to simply plug them into the Turbo Charger and look at the screen. When the correct cable is used, it will say "Turbo Charger detected". Then I marked that cable.

 

[VZWsucks]

Same here... I use a thick longer non stock cord with my turbo charger and it works fine. I've known about the thicker cables for a while.

 

[zen45]

I have about 4-5 usb cables that fit the nturbo, but only one works with the turbo charger they all work fine for my wife's phone !

 

[Thejfx]

Wanted to charge my phone with the Turbo charger while keeping it on my desk. So I grabbed a longer USB cable and found it didn't work with the charger. That's when I noticed how much thicker the cable is that cable with the charger. Not one of the many USB cables I have is as thicker and none of the thinner ones I tried worked. Guess I could just use an electric extension cord unless anyone knows where to find the right kind of USB cable?

By the way took right at 2 hours to charge on the Turbo charger from 5% to 100%. Phone got pretty warm.

To find the cable that was included with the TurboPower charger look on the wire for small print. There you will find the model number of the cable. The model that comes with the charger is SKN6448A.