Do you see a cheaper one rated at 4.2 amps?

Originally Posted by adit9989

Thank you for the links. I've got the charger and it works, it charges with navigation, BT and WiFi on. It is the only charger to do this, 2 other cheap eBay ones (also "rated" as 2.1 A and as "tablet" chargers) do not work. Those "cheap" one will charge the tablet if it's off but can not be used for navigation, at least not for a full day of driving as will slowly discharge the tablet. They will work with a phone, no problem, but Nexus 7 require a little bit more juice.The charger from link it's even faster than charging with the original 110V charger at home. Once again, thanks for sharing.

PS. I also use a cheap 90 degree eBay cable, and in my testing the cable did not make any difference, but I did not try with a really long one. Just make sure you have the 4.2.2 firmware, as with the original firmware you needed a special cable to get to AC charge mode, if not it defaulted to PC modeonly (in the latest kernel any cable will work).

Got the grabit charger, but when I plug it in, only the 1A slot lights up. Connect the N7 to 2A, it won't charge but slowly drains. Wonder if I got a defective unit. Emailed Wireless Emporium, will wait and see...

As far as I know, there is only 1 little blue light in that charger. I can't really see mine anymore, since is behind the tablet. Anyway, if it doesn't charge the tablet, than its defective. Try a different cable, if no success, get an exchange. I drove from Canada to Florida using my N7 for GPS navigation, and that little Grabbit charger always had my tablet charging, no issues


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I just wanted to mention that I have also bought this charger here
Amazon PowerGen-Charger-Motorola-KeyBoard-included/dp/B0088U6OZY/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1351432753&sr=8-15
since I'm desperate to find a charger cable combination that works.

The one you guys mentioned on the first page. Except I'm not allowed to put a link in here.

With my Nexus seven running Route 66 the nexus is slowly discharging. 1 hour drive resulted 31% to 19% drop. I have used the OEM cable. I'm running Android 4.2.2.

I must have spent about £60 on different chargers cable name it ... none of them seems to work ... not even this one.

The irony is that I primarily bought the Nexus for navigation

Originally Posted by CFRTim

As far as I know, there is only 1 little blue light in that charger. I can't really see mine anymore, since is behind the tablet. Anyway, if it doesn't charge the tablet, than its defective. Try a different cable, if no success, get an exchange. I drove from Canada to Florida using my N7 for GPS navigation, and that little Grabbit charger always had my tablet charging, no issues

Thanks. They told me the Grabit has one year warranty so I can get an exchange. I will test it again and decide if I should do an RMA.

Received the Anker 15W from Amazon.ca. Tried it today it's working good so far. Keeps it charging when navigating.