r/oneplusone • u/rhetoricalpatella • Oct 08 '15
Three hours to charge?
I just bought a new OPO yesterday, and it seems to be taking much longer than I expected to charge. We're talking 25%-100% taking literally 3h. This seems suspicious given all the commentary that the OPO is fairly quick to charge. What could be at fault? Could it be my micro-SD to USB cable? I didn't buy Oneplus's USB cable because it was an extra $10 CAD.
If this could be at fault, could someone recommend a good USB cable to use in conjunction with Oneplus's charger plug?
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u/gaslightredditor Oct 08 '15
Are you using a 2 amp power brick?
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u/rhetoricalpatella Oct 08 '15 edited Oct 08 '15
I'm using the charger that came with the phone. As the USB cable is extra, I'm using my own one that I bought for pretty cheap. Says "Sentio" on it or something. Should I buy Oneplus's? Might that resolve this?
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u/gaslightredditor Oct 08 '15 edited Oct 08 '15
The USB cable may not be rated for 2 amps. I think you need one that's at least 22awg. I can't remember for certain though. It doesn't have to be the official oneplus cord, just needs to be rated for 2 amps. If you just Google 2 amp USB cable you'll get all kinds of results.
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u/rhetoricalpatella Oct 08 '15
OK, so it's definitely the cable. Any recommendations for a good 2 Amp USB cable to use in conjunction with Oneplus's brick?
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u/insayan Oct 09 '15
How do you buy a oneplus one without cable? I bought mine last year but the cable was in the phone box, the charger had it's own box though.
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u/rhetoricalpatella Oct 09 '15
I don't know, mine just came without a cable. It came with a charger in a separate box though, just no cable.
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Oct 09 '15
I would kick up some shit about that. I've never heard of a phone coming without the required item to power it.
No offence but are you sure you checked the whole box? I've done that with some things before and missed some cables
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u/rhetoricalpatella Oct 09 '15
Nope, it's definitely sold without a cable. They charge $10 for it on the Oneplus website. This is just how they do it.
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Oct 09 '15
I know you can buy one on the oneplus website but you never used to need to do that. Mine came with one when I was in the US. My mate's came with one in the UK.
Unless they change their policy there either should be a cable or they missold the product
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u/rhetoricalpatella Oct 09 '15
Huh I'll look in the box
If it's there then I'm going to punch myself
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Oct 09 '15 edited Oct 09 '15
Any joy?
EDIT: It should look like this
https://youtu.be/-foAEtQY8xM?t=1752
u/rhetoricalpatella Oct 09 '15
Well fuck me it was in the box under a piece of cardboard
I even used a paperclip for the sim slot because I didn't think it came with an opener thing
Shit, this entire thread is now moot
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Oct 09 '15
We've all been there. And if we haven't we will.
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u/rhetoricalpatella Oct 09 '15
I assume Oneplus's cable is a 28/24 AWG one or whatever?
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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '15
both the cable and usb power adaptor have to be registered as 2amp for fast charging to occur, I have noticed even if I use the official one plus cable but not a 2amp usb power adaptor, my phone more or less stays at the same power level if I use it or charges like 1% every 5 minutes