C55D-A5108 USB ports underpowered

When I plug in my phone (Galaxy S4) to tether and charge, the port doesn't put out enough juice to charge it up. Instead, it's just enough to make it discharge really slowly.  That's better than nothing, but even when not tethering, it takes most of the day to charge my phone. Is there a fix for this? 

The culprit isn't Windows or the laptop if you're successfully charging other devices with the same cable from your dissappointing equation.
The USB 3.0 (Blue plug / right pair and closest to the front edge) produces less voltage and my C55's consistently howl if all USB ports are in use while on main battery and connecting hi draw devices to the USB 3.0 port like a single stranded DVD drive.
Is your system power scheme set at HiPerformance, and have you verified the "eco" utility is turned off while experiencing these problems.  Notifying me of the handful of rainforest leaves I saved last year by using the dimmest LCD settings and kneecapped CPU stopped being enriching after my grown up teeth started appearing, but its murky supervision of the systems internal power consumption demands being disabled if not uninstalled then prohibited from being installed ever again.
Assuming you've already reset the BIOS default, verified the issue occurs regardless of the USB 3.0 port in legacy 2.0 mode or native USB3 mode and determined the issue isn't occurring elsewhere than the Toshiba, you can start a service call or just ask a WalMart associate if you can test your phone on one of their units.
These inexpensive C55AMD's are invading even Antarctic retailers and gaining access to an unfettered unit is more than easy.

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