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Help Nexus 7 will only charge by USB

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Panq

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I went to a different country and borrowed a friend's Samsung phone charger, which worked.

Ever since I got back, I haven't been able to charge my Nexus 7 by plugging it into the wall using its original charger. Up until today that was the only charger I'd ever used, but now it won't work.

However, I tried taking it out of the wall plug part and just using the USB cable in my computer, and it connects fine, shows up as a Nexus 7, and charges just fine.

But no matter what I try, it will not charge when connected to the wall socket.

Any ideas on why that could be? This is a real shame as I assume it's out of warranty now, but I don't really need an upgrade for what I use it for.

I thought maybe the different charge had made something loose, but it can't be that because it will charge by USB with the same cable. Maybe the different charger was providing a different voltage or something?
 
You need to try a different charger (but with the same USB cable), or alternatively try charging a different device with your N7 charger. Either will show whether the charger has developed a problem, which I suspect it has.

The use of the Samsung charger is a red herring; it would have no effect on the subsequent use of the original charger.
 
That's weird, Panq...

Like John said, try a few other combinations (I was also gonna suggest a different wall socket and/or verify the socket hasn't somehow gone bad (had it happen to me)).

Since the device does charge, it probably is an issue with the charger.

Let us know!
 
John Bean said:
Damn, a faulty wall socket is such an obvious thing to check first I completely missed it!
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It was the first thing I tried. ;) The wall socket is fine.

John Bean said:
You need to try a different charger (but with the same USB cable), or alternatively try charging a different device with your N7 charger. Either will show whether the charger has developed a problem, which I suspect it has.

The use of the Samsung charger is a red herring; it would have no effect on the subsequent use of the original charger.
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Damn, you are totally right. I tried it with my phone charger in the wall and it charged fine.

I can't believe I didn't think of this. The fact that it stopped working only after I came back from holiday and used a different charger made me feel sure that was the cause. I guess it was a coincidence and the charger somehow broke during the flight or when it was in my suitcase. Which got me thinking... so I had a look at it. It's one of those chargers where it comes in two parts (the back of the charger slides up and off the plug part), so I gave it a push and it clicked into place. Now it works. :o
 
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