Does anyone else's G3 not like any micro USB cable other than the OEM that came with it? I've bought half a dozen micro USB cables here and there and my G3 keeps giving me an error that the cable is incompatible and that I need to use the cable provided.
I'd really like to use a 6', possibly fun, flat, and/or braided. Any suggestions?
The G3 is really weird about USB cables. Sometimes I have seen even the OEM one it came with called incompatible even with the OEM charger. At the same time, a cheap Walgreens cable will (usually) work. The OEM charger is 1.8amp and identical to the G2 charger. I have used everything from Motorola chargers from Droid3 to Asus chargers for N7, to an old Apple white cube and they all work, usually.
The best 6ft cables I have ever used are the cheap but gold-plated Monoprice ones. They pretty much always work, regardless of the charging block.
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trent999 said:
The G3 is really weird about USB cables. Sometimes I have seen even the OEM one it came with called incompatible even with the OEM charger. At the same time, a cheap Walgreens cable will (usually) work. The OEM charger is 1.8amp and identical to the G2 charger. I have used everything from Motorola chargers from Droid3 to Asus chargers for N7, to an old Apple white cube and they all work, usually.
The best 6ft cables I have ever used are the cheap but gold-plated Monoprice ones. They pretty much always work, regardless of the charging block.
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It's such a frustrating crap shoot. I bought a 3' at Five Below that my G3 likes just fine but the more expensive ones I've tried keep getting rejected. I'll try the Monoprice and see if I have any problems. Thanks for the help.
Mine G3 like mideabridge USB 2.0 from amazon but 5-6ft I think.
I have two of them one wore out fast the other works great.
The only problem I have is interferes with my bumper case.
I have one other cable that the G3 lines but it is short 1 ft or something and I don't remember were I got it, probably amazon.
I have tried multipal cables on the same charger.
My monoprice car charger will do fast charge with the right cable(OEM or Meadia brige)
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justbenny2k said:
Does anyone else's G3 not like any micro USB cable other than the OEM that came with it? I've bought half a dozen micro USB cables here and there and my G3 keeps giving me an error that the cable is incompatible and that I need to use the cable provided.
I'd really like to use a 6', possibly fun, flat, and/or braided. Any suggestions?
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I use the verizon branded fonas 6 ft 2.1 A micro usb led on tip AC charger and the plain non vz one. Both work just fine.
Used anker 1' that came with my astro e4 13000mah battery.
I try to barely use the original charger to keep it nice for resale. Plus my chargers are a bit faster and are thus better for phones battery health anyway.
I hope the free battery and charger hurry up and get here!
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jfriend33 said:
I hope the free battery and charger hurry up and get here!
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I had to contact LG and email them my info since I bought my G3 before the promotional period. I hope they make a decision in my favor
I have a 6' cable from target and it works just fine with my 2.4A charger. I only had an issue once but it was due to an app causing a problem and running in the background and draining the battery. Got rid of it and its fine now. No issues except that one
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I have a USB cable from my old Nokia E series so I plugged it in my Atrix and see the phone charged, connected to PC. Is there any harm to the Atrix of doing that for long period? If not I can use it as office charger for the hungry Atrix. Thanks
chuotdx said:
I have a USB cable from my old Nokia E series so I plugged it in my Atrix and see the phone charged, connected to PC. Is there any harm to the Atrix of doing that for long period? If not I can use it as office charger for the hungry Atrix. Thanks
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I use three different cables for mine and only one is the OEM. One is the one for my touchpad and one is from an older (non-moto) phone. It will be fine.
ya you will be fine i also have use a assortment of none OEM cables and have not has any sort of issue
only issue I found is that when I use my gf's LG charger the screen becomes non responsive, but as soon as i unplug it it comes back. only doesn't work when plugged in. but it still charges fine.
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only issue I found is that when I use my gf's LG charger the screen becomes non responsive, but as soon as i unplug it it comes back. only doesn't work when plugged in. but it still charges fine.
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I got same issue on mine. That's bit annoying actually.
@ OP
It still being micro USB, it isn't a motorola stuff but a general standard... It may probably be slower to charge.
You can read about it on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus#Charging_ports_and_accessory_charging_adapters
(I can't link as I don't have enough posts, sorry)
some cables have better quality even if not branded. try it out on your pc, connect a lot of devices so the electricity consumption increases and if the Atrix doesn't lose connection it's a good cable.
btw, the problem with the touch screen happens with all capacity touch screen devices due to itself works with static. some chargers/cables will give you this problem and there are even some models (mostly Motorola) that get affected easily, although Atrix is not one of them, yay!
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I got a RocketFish gold-plated 5-pin for about $15 at Best Buy. Much better than the OEM charger. Works with anything.
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i have a couple blackberry wall chargers that make my atrix screen unresponsive as well. i think they came from the blackberry bold for verizon?
Layman76 said:
I got a RocketFish gold-plated 5-pin for about $15 at Best Buy. Much better than the OEM charger. Works with anything.
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Never, I mean NEVER, buy cables at best buy. As long as you didn't buy an hdmi cable from there its not too bad I buy my cords online from amazon usually. Where i can get ones that work just as well for a couple dollars or less. Perfectly good hdmi cords for $1.50 lol. 6 foot micro-usb gold plated as well for a couple dollars... from amazonbasics
Hey, so I just upgraded from a sensation and I am having weird issues with some USB cables.
When I use the 1 USB cable that I have with my Anker 9000mah astro2 battery pack, a cable that works just fine plugged into my sisters Nexus 4 and my old sensation, it won't charge! If I pull it to the side in either direction or stick my thumbnail in between the cable and port THEN it charges; but if I stick the same cable into my HTC wall plug, it charges with no issue! WTH?
Then if I take my official HTC cable and plug it into the Anker and my phone it charges with no issue either??? It also doesn't like the shorter cable that Anker provides with its chargers, no matter what that's plugged into. And it has an issue with another shorter USB cable that I use to charge the Anker battery.
But it works with every other cable so far.
Is this common? Does anybody else find their port is picky? Not sure if I should replace it, don't see the need yet as it's only with a few cables so far.
Thanks.
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This phone isn't particularly picky, however, it becomes VERY apparent when you're using a low-quality cable with this phone.
For mine, it works 100% A-OK with like 7/8 cables I've tried, however, every so often I'll find one ****ty cheap china cable that doesnt let my computer see my phone, and makes my phone get uncomfortably hot when charging.
It's more picky than my old Inspire, but mostly it's just a matter of not using ****ty cables.
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This phone isn't particularly picky, however, it becomes VERY apparent when you're using a low-quality cable with this phone.
For mine, it works 100% A-OK with like 7/8 cables I've tried, however, every so often I'll find one ****ty cheap china cable that doesnt let my computer see my phone, and makes my phone get uncomfortably hot when charging.
It's more picky than my old Inspire, but mostly it's just a matter of not using ****ty cables.
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Huh. Well maybe it's a good thing its picky, early warning system I guess Haha. Still weird that my phone doesn't have problem with one cable if it's plugged into the wall but does if it's plugged into my anker.
I went ahead and ordered 2 original HTC cables for $4 on Amazon to replace the cables it doesn't like, we'll see if the phone works with them like my original cable that I'm using right now. Fingers crossed.
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Yep. Early on, I had a cheap Chinese retractable cable in my truck. Plugged in and in 20 minutes sitting unused the phone got blazing hot and drained from 20% battery to 5%
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Yep. Early on, I had a cheap Chinese retractable cable in my truck. Plugged in and in 20 minutes sitting unused the phone got blazing hot and drained from 20% battery to 5%
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Yikes! Gotta love low quality cables. Haha.
Does anybody have experience with monoprice cables? Just found them yesterday and they seem dirt cheap with good reviews.
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So far, loving the LG G3, but I noticed the chargers that used to charge my S3 seem to not be compatible with my LG G3. In my car I have a 3.1A charger and I tried both ports and received a red X on the battery icon saying that charging has stopped because it is not supported and may damage the phone. I know that the adapter that it comes with is 1.8A, so 2amps from a car charger should be fine, could it be the wire?
Also tried using a wall ac adapter (previously used to power Chromecast but using USB power instead) and that also gave me the same error, even though that one is also 2.1A
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So far, loving the LG G3, but I noticed the chargers that used to charge my S3 seem to not be compatible with my LG G3. In my car I have a 3.1A charger and I tried both ports and received a red X on the battery icon saying that charging has stopped because it is not supported and may damage the phone. I know that the adapter that it comes with is 1.8A, so 2amps from a car charger should be fine, could it be the wire?
Also tried using a wall ac adapter (previously used to power Chromecast but using USB power instead) and that also gave me the same error, even though that one is also 2.1A
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The one thing I've noticed with my G3 is that it's extremely hard to plug any other charger into the phone other than the stock g3 one... I almost thought the port on the phone was junk since my fairly new S4 USB charger should easily fit into this phone.... So I don't know.
Just something quarky with this phone I think..
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G2 was same way. These phones are extremely picky on which cable is used to charge it.
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moosc said:
G2 was same way. These phones are extremely picky on which cable is used to charge it.
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do you know why? is there an adapter needed?
i have tons of micro usb's and would prefer not to buy more lol
Nope only thing i think is the chips charge faster. Thats why some chargers or cords say slow charging. Real pia
kevlo911 said:
do you know why? is there an adapter needed?
i have tons of micro usb's and would prefer not to buy more lol
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Eeenteresting...Stock charger, Dell tablet charger, Griffin mini dual port car charger and miscellaneous Monoprice cords all charge my phone full speed without any warning pop-ups.
where can someone pick up an oem G3 usb cable? i've tried googling the part number but nothing comes up but there are plenty of G2 oem cables, will the G2 be a suitable alternative?
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where can someone pick up an oem G3 usb cable? i've tried googling the part number but nothing comes up but there are plenty of G2 oem cables, will the G2 be a suitable alternative?
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G2 cable is fine. A USB cable is a USB cable. I use cables from my old Blackberry. I even use the USB wall adapters...the one with the wire still attached to the wall plug.
I am using about 4 different USB cables and they all work. Go monoprice.com is where I go for cables.
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I second Monoprice. I buy all my cables there and I've never been let down.
Using cables from my Galaxy S4, since I bought some spares.
The cables need to be heavier gauge to carry current. That's all.
Plug in a cable, if it works it works, if it complains about not charging throw it away and find another cable. Stock cable isn't necessary for the phone to charge.
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G2 cable is fine. A USB cable is a USB cable. I use cables from my old Blackberry. I even use the USB wall adapters...the one with the wire still attached to the wall plug.
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Anyone that had the G2 experienced first hand that a lot of aftermarket cables weren't compatible with the phones fast charging feature.
As someone with a G2 and a G3, the cable and charger that came with both were identical.
I actually just had an issue with an old USB cable where it's pretty much woren to crap and I picked up a generic one at Target and it works fine as well. 6ft no name one and it works great.
Best cable is mos spring micro usb cable from Sewell direct
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jfriend33 said:
Best cable is mos spring micro usb cable from Sewell direct
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MOS Spring | Micro USB Cable - Aluminum Heads, Steel Spring Relief & Exoskeleton Braided Jacket - Deep Grey, 6 ft. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K0OVJHO/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_VHMbub0J9NGAT
They also have mos menos that the unused cable can rest on. Nice for cable management.
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MOS Spring | Micro USB Cable - Aluminum Heads, Steel Spring Relief & Exoskeleton Braided Jacket - Deep Grey, 6 ft. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K0OVJHO/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_VHMbub0J9NGAT
They also have mos menos that the unused cable can rest on. Nice for cable management.
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Sweet thanks!
I found a few oems on eBay. Some had charging block included. Others had oem block with 6 or 10 ft cable. Pretty tempting.
I don't think a ten footer would charge as fast though.
I'm just wondering, what charging cables people use for the LG G5. I have the Quick Charge 3.0 by Aukey, but the cable that came with the phone seems to be a hit and miss with full charging speed. I find when you unplug it and plug it back in, sometimes the charging speed will jump up.
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I'm just wondering, what charging cables people use for the LG G5. I have the Quick Charge 3.0 by Aukey, but the cable that came with the phone seems to be a hit and miss with full charging speed. I find when you unplug it and plug it back in, sometimes the charging speed will jump up.
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Besides the cable that came with the phone I bought a couple of USB 3.0 Type A to Type C cables made by Anker from Amazon. I forgot how much they cost but I can assure you that quality is top notch and performance is excellent.
I have the 2metre AUKEY one. Not sure if it's related but since I upgraded to Nougat, phone takes longer to charge!
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I have the 2metre AUKEY one. Not sure if it's related but since I upgraded to Nougat, phone takes longer to charge!
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I've heard a lot of people complain bout LG phones with 3rd party chargers. The charger would support quick charge, but phone won't. I think LG blocks some 3rd party chargers. Because some chargers wouldn't work, but switch rom and they would. That is straight bs of LG to pull.
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I just got my friends who have LG G5's an AUKEY QC 3.0 charger and told them to use the cable that came with their phone for now. I do need to recoommend some USB-C cables to them that are capable of QC 3.0, but yes from all I've read, quality of cables is a major issue. Some work and some don't even the manufactures on Amazon don't know how to answer questions about their products when you ask.
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I have the 2metre AUKEY one. Not sure if it's related but since I upgraded to Nougat, phone takes longer to charge!
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I've noticed it doesn't seem to charge nearly as fast as LG claims it should. It takes the standard 2-3 hours, depending on what battery % it's at. I try to not let it go below 30% when I can. It doesn't even say fast charging anymore, just charging..
I think the cables are still too expensive. Also, I have so many micro USB cables
I bought 5 adapters on ebay ( 4,50€ here in Germany ) from MICRO- USB to USB Type C. So far everything has no problems and yes QC3.0 on my Anker PowerBank works as well.