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G9X USB charging is not working

Started Jan 5, 2016 | Discussions thread
Barry Margolius Senior Member • Posts: 1,859
Re: G5X charges fine with USB for me

Well my new camera finally showed only 3 (out of 4) bars of battery power, so I could test out USB charging.

I plugged my G5x into the USB charger/cable that I use for my cell phone, and everything worked fine: The camera's red light came on.  It stayed on for about 1.5 hours and then went out.  The battery gauge then showed a full battery (4 bars).

There are a couple of reasons why this test may not be germane to this thread:

1. The camera tested was a G5X, and the thread is about the G9X.  Maybe they have different hardware or firmware in this regard.

2. I connected it to a plug in charger that provides up to 2 amps of power to the USB device.  That is considerably more than I would get plugging it into a computer USB port.  I will try that next, but it will take a couple of days to run my battery down again.

I am much relieved by this result as USB charging was one of the primary reasons I decided on this camera.  I plan to use it as a travel camera (among other uses), and I just seem incapable of remembering to bring the camera battery charger.  I always carry a USB charger in my travel kit, so there's no problem there.

-barry

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