Why won't my Note 3 charge with my original wall charger?

Question

For the past couple of days I've been getting a notification on my phone when I plug my phone into the wall charger.  It tells me for a faster charge, use the original charger.  I am using the wall charger I received with my phone at time of purchase.  Last night it took 10 hours to charge from 20% battery life.  Is there anything I need to do to help the charger charge normal?

Answer 1

I noticed my Samsung Note 3 battery was not charging properly while on vacation. The phone screen was blinking on several time while charging. After charging for 8 hours, the battery was only 50% charged. I was using the charger that came with the phone.  I tried swapping out the phone charging cable with a older Micro USB cable. The phone then charged completely with no issues. It did however take longer to charge. I had already purchased a replacement cable for the phone. The size of the phone connection concerned me and I thought I may have problems later on. What's happening is the twisting of the cable while connecting or handling the phone while charging, is putting stress on the connection. This will cause the cable connection to fail.  Now when I charge the phone overnight I use the regular cable. However if I need to use it while charging I will use a older Micro USB cable or just disconnect the cable completely. The older Micro USB connection is smaller and therefore a little more durable. Also to help the battery charge last longer, turn off mobile data, wifi and Bluetooth when not use. I learned that trick with my old phone. I hope this tidbit of info helps others with same problem.