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Originally Posted by gemniii42 View Post
I'm on travel and have been running my N810 off a usb charging cable for a week now and it never seems to get above 75% charge, (per the battery-status app). At home off the wall wart it would got to 100%. Is this to be expected?
While the USB charging adapter likely provides less power to your tablet than the bundled AC adapter, your tablet should eventually reach a full charge with either one. The exception to that would be if you're keeping your tablet busy enough while connected to the charger that all the incoming power goes to current activity rather than to charging the battery. For instance, playing media (especially streaming) at full volume and brightness can easily soak up all the juice a low power charger can provide.

Personally, I've used both a cheap knock-off and a genuine USB power adapter to charge my N800, and both easily charged my tablet fully.
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