Samsung Note 5 taking 8 hours to charge?!?!
peanutandmax
Enthusiast - Level 1

I got my Note 5 back on September 11th. Orginially the fast charging worked fine. I was getting a full battery in less than two hours. Lately, its just been taking longer and longer until last night it said it would take 8 hours and 17 minutes! I know what you're thinking I was using the wrong charging cable or adapter. Wrong, I was using the same everything since I got the phone. I havent dropped the phone yet or gotten it wet. I really dont want to have to wait an entire night for my phone to charge. Help! Thank you.

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vzw_customer_support
Customer Service Rep

peanutandmax, oh my! 8 hours and 17 minutes is a long time. Let's speed this up. Have you tried a different outlet? We also encourage you to power the device off and back on. This can always help. Keep us posted on your progress.



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peanutandmax
Enthusiast - Level 1

I tried a factory reset, changing the outlet, and turning off the device during charging. Unfortunately nothing has worked.

Sushiray
Newbie

Can you borrow or get a new charger? In my case I left my OEM charger at in-laws, so tried using my old i-fone adapter and my old wire/cable. It charged but took almost as long as yours. Was told that the specs of i-fone charger not very compatible tho albeit, charged very slowly. When I got my OEM back one can very well appreciate it, takes less than 1/2 hr. To fully charge. Life is "wonderful" now.

Could be yours just became defective.

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CHAR3G
Enthusiast - Level 1

Same issue with my Note 5. Tried New oem samsung cord and charger,  different outlets, reboot....Samsung is useless. After 40hrs of exploring i was told by Verizon it will be fixed in the next update; it was a software issue.   NOT,  i received update 2 days ago to no avail. Also smart switch does not see my Note 5. As soon as Apple does a 'note pen' I'm moving to the dark side. This is my last ditch effort.

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smith6612
Community Leader
Community Leader

The Apple Pencil for a phone won't be simple enough. With Apple rumored to remove the headphone jack from the iPhone 7, I'm not sure where they're going to find room to fit a pencil. A bit O/T. But I'm being as realistic as possible.

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pherson
Champion - Level 1

Besides, and I know it may be a bit of a stretch, but you can use a stylus on an iPhone just fine. My other device is a note 4, so I got used to having a pen.