Faster charger?

conan1600

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Ok i bought this gt n8013 with 4.1.1 and i love it all except for one very horrible thing. It charges so slow its driving me insane. I am sorry if there might be a post about this already but i searched and didnt see any. Is there a way to make it charge faster like buying a faster output charger or something? A setting? I mean wow i could grow old before this thing charges.
 

midas69

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How slow is slow? This thing has a pretty big battery so it's going to take a while. From 20% about 5 hours is about normal.

The speed at which it will charge is governed by the device, not the charger, assuming you're using a powerful enough charger. IOW it will take about 2 amps. Even if you try a 5 amp charger, it will still only take 2 amps.

This of course is all assuming that you're using the charger and cable that came with it. That's very important.
 
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conan1600

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Yea im using stock charger. It took around 7 hours to charge and compared to asus that is super slow. Asus tf300 charged in an hour and a half while browsing the web on it. Not that im an asus fanboy cause im not. They really screwed the pooch on that device with the nand and the ram but they got the charging right. Turn it off and its even faster. Now i understand slow charging keeps battery life longer but i honestly would rather pay for a new battery in a year than keep one tetheted to a cord for 2 years.
 

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Yea im using stock charger. It took around 7 hours to charge and compared to asus that is super slow. Asus tf300 charged in an hour and a half while browsing the web on it. Not that im an asus fanboy cause im not. They really screwed the pooch on that device with the nand and the ram but they got the charging right. Turn it off and its even faster. Now i understand slow charging keeps battery life longer but i honestly would rather pay for a new battery in a year than keep one tetheted to a cord for 2 years.
Mine actually charges faster turned on with nothing running in the background.

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conan1600

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Is that with or without the dock?
No dock though if it makes it charge faster ill buy one lol. Or whatever would do the trick. I actually use this pretty well all day long about 5 to 6 days a week very very heavy. I use it for everthing. I have a few dell xt3, a dell xps i7 with 3gb gpu, 2 dell desktops and a host of other laptops ect, but the new tablets have moved into a zone that is powerful enough for me to bother with now. They, with the usb adapter and external drives ect have changed the way i do business. At any rate i in general use a tablet about 9-15 hours a day so charging as you can imagine is important. I would like very much to make this my go to device even if i have to figure out how to purchace a second battery and configure some sort of charging dock or external battery or in the best case scenario make it charge fast fast fast lol.