Do Tablet Chargers Die?...

[pastafreak]

Suddenly,my charger is not working...or at least it is not charging the battery in my Nexus 7. Is it likely to be the charger...or could it be the battery itself?
I had noticed that charging seemed to be taking unusually long the past week or so.

[alavahalf]

You are not alone ...

[pastafreak]

Thanks,but I m not sure that's the problem...yet. I still have some power,but when I connect the charger,the charging icon does not show it to be charging.

[andres]

I am having similar problems at the moment and I have connected the USB cable that came with the tablet into my laptop. It is charging but only very slowly.

[alavahalf]

Have you got another lead to try .. if you have and if you try it and get the same result, that would eliminate the lead.
The same process would apply with trying an alternative charging power source.

[pastafreak]

I don't have another lead,or another source of power..ie a laptop. :-(
I'll probably have to take it into town tomorrow and have someone look at it.

[alavahalf]

It is a really common problem with the Nexus and there are tons of info when you google it. Try one more thing and clear the cache ...
http://www.technobezz.com/fix-nexus-7-slow-charging-battery-drain-issue/

[tamborine]

Use this 13amp USB

http://tinyurl.com/o4q4dtz

[wolf63]

The recharger lead doesn't fit very well into my Kindle Fire. I think that it is a bit bent (I think that I may be responsible) as it either fails to fit into the Kindle or falls out far too easily. Could it be that it isn't hitting the connections?

My other problem is that young Francis has been sucking this connection whilst it is still plugged into the mains power. I have taken to hiding it and putting him on the naughty step. I just felt the need to share this useless fact with you Pasta. Us slaves have to stick together.

[ummmm]

My hudle charger lasted about 6 months.

[pastafreak]

Well,it looks like its the charger lead. Specifically the bit that fits into the charging port. It is no longer a tight fit,so wobbles. I just had to charge my tablet by bending the cable back so the connectors stayed connected. This is not the original cable...the same thing happened with that :-(
So off to maplin tomorrow for a new one. Thanks for all suggestions.

[pastafreak]

PS...so wolf was right ;-)