Poll of the Day > phone wasn't charging.

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went away for 20 minutes and it was at the same percentage, all it said was charging. i restarted the phone then twice after letting the battery go down it charged. does this sound like the cable? cat knocked it over last night, the cable. the cable plugs into the phone but isn't the cable for it, i have the original but need a wall charger that fits it.

i don't know a whole lot about phones tbh, just started using them in the last two years if you could help. thank you.

sounds like the cable has a kink in it, get new cable

try a different cable

Wireless charge if your phone has it

Sounds like you should try another cable

Who doesn't have like a zillion cables and chargers these days?

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If your phone says it's charging, but the battery level isn't going up, it means your power source is too weak to keep up with the amount of power your phone is actively using.

First off, your description is confusing. If you're using a AC to USB DC wall adapter, it might be too weak. If your cable is too low quality to deliver the power, or either one is damaged, that could also be an issue.

Alternatively you shut off your phone entirely and let it charge for a while so that it can use what little power it's being given. But you need a better charger.

Basically don't use the cheap shit from the grocery store checkout line to charge your phone

Yellow posted...

Basically don't use the cheap shit from the grocery store checkout line to charge your phone

@Yellow
just got a new wall charger from a local convenience store that had the type c fit i needed, it also has a fitting for the other type. i hope its good.

what's weird is when i charged with it, it said charging and it did end up charging, had me worried because it usually shows a time of how much left to charge which it didn't.

however based off your other post, if i end up with charging issues again, will powering it off then charging do the trick? just hope nothing wrong with the phone itself, it'll be a year next month that i've owned it. never been dropped or anything.

RJP_X posted...

@Yellow
just got a new wall charger from a local convenience store that had the type c fit i needed, it also has a fitting for the other type. i hope its good.

Using a cheap wall charger might be an issue. You need to think about two things, the wattage of your charger and the quality of your cable.

If you look on the back of your adapter you should see a value for amps and volts. Multiply those two together to find out how many watts it can put out. I use a 65w charger, and it looks more like a laptop charger than a convenience store wall USB adapter. A lot of cheap adapters will only put out 10w.

Check out some of these, maybe.
https://www.amazon.com/Replacement-ADLX65YDC2A-ADLX65YLC2D-ADLX65YDC3A-ADLX65YDC2D/dp/B08R67QLTM/ref=sr_1_11?crid=1VPR494ZMRQEO