This seems to be a weak link with the Galaxy Tab. This cable is working so far. Be very careful with it and you may get a long service life. The cable itself isn't as thick or robust as some others I own for my Micro USB devices. I was not able to find anything 6 feet in length with a heavy cable.
If you have troubles with your 10.1 being dead and unresponsive, just giving a strange blink of the battery icon when plugged in, it is not responding to charging either. Samsung is aware of this, or atleast a support person said to me that they were. It is best to not let it drain down to nothing. CHARGE IT before it goes to nothing.
If unresponsive, pressing the power and volume up together should force it to see it's charger. Frustrating, I know. You may have to do this several times and leave it on charge for a day or so. Note that it will eventually start to charge as indicated by the battery charge indicator on the screen.
I ordered this cable as a spare ( I wanted a long cable ), and to rule out a bad cable as the root of my dead tablet issue shared above. Both the cable I thought was bad and this new one charge just fine. I make sure to charge the tablet to 100% every few days or when it gets below 50%.




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