Smartwatches are the new ‘it’ thing, and if you too joined the party, you probably have many questions about how they work. It’s normal; they are the newest technological advancement, and their functions change with a light speed. However, one most important task you must do is charging your Smartwatch daily, or at least when the battery dies.
There are certain cases where the Smartwatch doesn’t want to charge. It may be due to internal damage or another issue, but don’t worry. In this article, you will discover all the possible ways how to charge a Samsung Watch. So, let’s get started and discover!
How to Charge a Samsung Watch
Luckily, charging your Samsung Smartwatch isn’t rocket science, so if you want to know how to charge it, all you need is your charger and a power supply. You must connect your charger to the Smartwatch and plug it onto the power source. That’s it; now your Smartwatch will start charging.
However, here are all the possible ways you can do it; thus, let’s take a look at each of them in more detail.
Using a regular charger
The most common and widely recommended way to charge your Samsung Smartwatch is using a regular charger and power source. All you need to do is connect the charger to your Samsung Smartwatch’s port and then connect it to a power source, either a power socket or a power bank. Then, the Smartwatch will start charging automatically.
Wireless charging is one of the most innovative ways to charge your Samsung Smartwatch if your smartwatch model is compatible with this model. You can do it two ways: charge it using your phone via PowerShare or a wireless charging pad.
PowerShare is an excellent charging function that most of the newest Samsung Smartwatches have and can save the day by transferring some of your battery percentages to your smartwatch.
First, you’ll need to ensure that the battery has a sufficient percentage so that it can transfer to the smartwatch. In this case, if your battery is below 30%, you won’t be able to charge your smartwatch. This is how the process goes:
- Open your phone settings from the slide-down menu and find the Power Share icon.
- Click on the icon and add it to be accessible on both your phone and the smartwatch.
- After you tap it, you’ll get a notification that your smartwatch is connected, and it’s charging.
- When it’s charged, turn off the option if it already automatically didn’t.
Using a wireless charger
The newest Samsung Smartwatches come with impressive charging functionally, offering you the convenience of portable charging; this means that there are no cables attached to your smartwatch; however, you’ll still need a power source.
What you’ll need is a Qi-certified wireless charger that is compatible with your model of Smartwatch. These are the steps on how to wireless-charge your Samsung watch:
- Take the USB charging cable and plug it into the port of the wireless charging dock. Usually, it’s placed on the back side of the device.
- Now, take the other end of the cable and connect it with a power source; you can use a power socket, or you can plug it into your laptop.
- Now, place your watch inside the dock with the back of the watch turned towards the dock.
- The charging will start automatically in a couple of seconds.
Without a charger, using a USB cable
If your original charger gets broken or you don’t have it by your side, but you need to charge your watch immediately, you don’t have to run and purchase a new one since a regular USB cable can perfectly do the job.
However, ensure that you won’t need the cable in the feature since you’ll need to cut it to connect it with the smartwatch.
Luckily, Samsung Watches are compatible with almost all regular USB cables, so in this case, this is how you do it:
- Take the USB cable’s end that’s meant to go into the charging port and cut it so that you can get to the wires. There will be four of them in different colors like red, white, black and green.
- To be able to charge your smartwatch, you’ll need the black and red ones. However, make sure they won’t get in contact with each other.
- Now, connect these two cables to the charging points and place cello tape so that they’ll stay in the right position.
- Now, connect the smartwatch to a power source, a power socket, or a power bank, or if you don’t have one near, you can connect it to your computer.
What to Do If Your Smartwatch Isn’t Charging?
In case your smartwatch is not charging, there are a few things you can do to fix this problem:
- Check for software updates;
- Check whether there is some internal damage on your smartwatch if it’s been exposed to too much water;
- Reebooth the Smartwatch by pressing the Home and Back keys simultaneously until you see a “Rebooting “message on the screen;
- See if there is any problem with the charger. In case you are using a charger for another smartwatch, it might not be compatible with the model you are using.
Read more: How to Know if Apple Watch Is Charging
Conclusion
Now you know how to charge a Samsung Watch. However, even though this isn’t anything complicated to learn, you must know that how you charge your smartwatch is crucial in terms of its performance and how long you are going to use it.
Even though it might sound like a common myth, avoid charging your smartwatch too much, especially when there is only little battery percentage use.
Also, we suggest sticking to the methods that are compatible with your type of smartwatch model; otherwise, you might risk getting it damaged.