Power Cable - Nook vs. Nook Color

[Grimm]

Originally Posted by afv011

The nookColor will only fast charge with its original cable. You can use a nook cable to charge it (it will not show as charging on the UI though), but it will charge, just slower.

This is true. My Nook Color cable is kind of loose so it doesn't always make a good connection but the cable from my old, broken Nook Classic charges the device fine while I'm alseep; it also work for sideloading from my laptop.