thanks for the reply,
yes I'm certain the phone's charging port is fine and have two Note 3's in the house to cancel out issues with the power plug or battery (the phones are 8 months old, and batteries last all daylong). My brother has the same phone and his cable works fine in my phone
My original cable isn't damaged beyond regular use -- the pins have simply bent a little so that when i plug it in, i have to rest the cable plug against something so that it sort if pushes up a little for contact to be made -- it works just as normal and fully charges as usual within 2hrs. In fact i'm still using it because it charges the fastest as compared to the other two cables.
And yes, clearly the cables suck compared to the original, but what I'm trying to find out is what exactly am I supposed to look for in an aftermarket cable so that it works identically to the OEM cable? (i.e. same ~1200mA of power)
What's causing the difference in amount of mA flowing through?
The Cable that i bought from amazon actually seems like good quality, its from a reputable seller, and the seller actually posted the feature that it is USB 3.0 and will work for the Note 3, along with screenshots that 900 mA will flow through from the (the only reason i bought it). This wasn't true when i tried it, because it only went up to 350mA.
I know simply buying the OEM cable will solve the problem, but I'm still curious as to how this works and why there's a difference?
Ive included some photos to show the comparisons.
Thanks!
http://imgur.com/KCtGsSC
http://imgur.com/qxJOjVc
http://imgur.com/mkInXxM - ordered from china
http://imgur.com/9svtZOC - ordered from amazon
http://imgur.com/MPXxe2C - from original cable