New to the TB - I have a question about the battery. No it's not about how fast it drains. My concern is charging time. My previous phone was an iPhone 3g. It would charge in about three hours. 1 hour would net you about 50% charge.
My TB seems to take FOREVER to charge. As of writing this post - it has taken one hour to charge from 55% to 65%. This is with the screen, data, gps, wireless and bluetooth off. the only thing on is the voice portion. Anything more would be airplane mode.
At this rate it would take 10 hours to charge this phone. On the iPhone, you would get 10 hours usage and 3 hours charge. On the TB you get about 3 hours usage and ten hour charge time.
Does this seem right?
That's not right if you're using the AC charger which came with it. Are you?
If you're charging over USB, it's going to take a long time. Charges via the A/C Adapter usually take about 3 hours, same as your I-phone. The first charge I recommend leaving it on for 4-5 hours to make sure battery is fully charged.
BTW, there's really no reason to turn off all of the features just to charge your phone. I leave all of those features on and still charge in < 3 hours.
well I have been charging by pc usb port on both mac and pc.
Tonight I plugged into ac adapter. It took 1 hour to go from 85% to 99%. 50% faster, but still excessive. It's a ~6 hour charge time instead of 10 hours.
I would love a 3 hour charge time.
Custom kernel that is under volted should help
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gcodori said:
well I have been charging by pc usb port on both mac and pc.
Tonight I plugged into ac adapter. It took 1 hour to go from 85% to 99%. 50% faster, but still excessive. It's a ~6 hour charge time instead of 10 hours.
I would love a 3 hour charge time.
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going from 0 to 75 % will be faster than 75 to 100.. charging isnt a linear thing. as you reach the the end of the charging cycle you are trying to move charge across the battery with a 5V potential but fighting the potential now built into the battery...
gcodori said:
well I have been charging by pc usb port on both mac and pc.
Tonight I plugged into ac adapter. It took 1 hour to go from 85% to 99%. 50% faster, but still excessive. It's a ~6 hour charge time instead of 10 hours.
I would love a 3 hour charge time.
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Depending on the level you start at, somewhere around 85% is where charging changes over from constant current to constant voltage. If you charge with the AC adapter, you'll find it takes ~2 hours to go from 0 to 85, and another hour to go from 85 to 100.
Get Battery Monitor Widget by 3c06 from the Market to see this graphically.
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Just wanted to see everyones charging times, this is from about empty to 100% or when the led turns green. Just choose the closest one that suits you.
Mine gets it done in 2 1/2 hrs.
Didn't mean to thank you.
It takes like 2.5 hours also thru wall charger.
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Used to take many (5-6) hours when doing it via USB, but the fastcharge patch in some of the kernels has changed that to almost wall-speed (2-3 hours) charging.
depending on what I have running, I have charged from dead in just over an hour. If you need a quick juice-up turn turn off Data/Wifi/BT/GPS and you can get a good 60-70 in just over half an hour. You won't miss much world action in that time......heck, it's barely 2 rounds of COD.
2 1/2 hours with wall charger.
same here 2 1/2 hours with wall charger
A lot less with an HTC Charger
As discussed in the downgrade from 1.5 hboot thread, the "official" HTC chargers output more power than a lot of the generic chargers so if you use the wall charger that came with the device it should charge quicker
1 1/2 hrs - 2 usually
but the rom im using only gives 5 hours of heavy use :\
I joke I joke, 5hrs of 4g connection is not bad, not great but not bad.
currently using Romeos3d Iceslated II with stock kernel I believe. the ported Ics has some battery drain issues when your actually using the device
Like 6 hours, I use the battery wall charger and pop a new battery in. So no downtime and always have my phone with me.
I have no idea. I plug it in when I go to sleep and it is charged when I wake up.
mine took 4 horus to fully charge.. any 3rd party battery that you can recommend?
It takes me 2.75 hours to charge from 1%. The HTC wall charger works best since it puts out 1A at 5V. You can buy this OEM HTC charger w/cable really cheap on Amazon. I got the one with the OEM HTC cable. I have one in my computer room, living room, and travel bag. It takes me 4-5 hours using my Sprint car charger. I need to look for an 1A+ car charger.
it usually takes 3 hours if I activate the mobile data connection with auto-sync enabled, if I don't, it only needs 2,5 hours to get fully charged, but I usually prefer the first one.
how long is your charging time....on and off
Full charge within less than an hour (I don't bother fo check the exact time)
Are you sure? Mine takes about 4 hours.
Kermit33 said:
Full charge within less than an hour (I don't bother fo check the exact time)
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are you serious????
From a dead tab, that won't even start with the charging cable in it, it takes almost 2 hours, depends on which apps you have installed and running in your tab also your brightness can make charging hard, if you want the tablet to charge faster, the you have to shut down your tab and then charge
I discharge my tablet completely, then it takes about 4 n half hours to fully recharge and in sleep mode battery discharges like 1% every 12 hours, and with heavy use it sucks the complete juice in 8-9 hours.
So I always charge by Folded Magazine for 5 hours..
ok thanks....
on the webpages they say 5h charging time...
mine is 3h with tab switched off...so i´m wondering...maybe with tab in use...
anybody else?
Kermit33 said:
Full charge within less than an hour (I don't bother fo check the exact time)
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That's what I usually do - I'll charge my tablet when the Low Battery warning beeps for the second or third time and it takes not more than an hour to get it fully charged.
I did time the charging this evening when only 2% battery life is left and it took 1 hour 35 mins to charge it to 100%. My tablet is 3 months old and there are 29 apps installed (excluding those pre-installed) and HK is on 220 voltage.
Brightness on my machine is set to Automatic.
Just a quick question.
Is it harmful to consistently plug your phone in and out all day. I got a lot of opportunity to plug my phone in to charge from the PC or a wall charger. Sometimes it would be plugged in for only 15 minutes and other times it could be up to 2 hours. At times it would be on 70% or 90% when I plug it in so its not like it needs the charge but I can never resist a boost.
I could get the chance to do this 6 to 7 times a day every day.
Would this have any negative effect on the phone or the battery????
No. This is also what I do.
Actually, charging the phone at night and leaving it at 100% for 4-6 hours every day has a negative effect over the battery as it discharge unnecessary and recharge again and again.
iurkin said:
Actually, charging the phone at night and leaving it at 100% for 4-6 hours every day has a negative effect over the battery as it discharge unnecessary and recharge again and again.
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I never new that!!!
Out of habit I plug my phone in going to bed and plug it out each morning. Even if there is 85% or more I still plug it in. Have to change the way I do things.
Surely does
You can read more on this topic online if you want.
I have had my watch for almost 3 months and recently I've noticed that it is taking longer to charge. I used to be able to put it on the charger in the morning when I woke up and leave it on the charger until I left for work about 1 hour and 10 minutes later and it would easily charge from about 50% to 100% in less than 1 hour. Now it seems that I can only get into the mid 90's charging for an hour and 10 minutes from approximately 50%. I don't like to leave the watch on the charger overnight so I would like to be able to fully charge in the morning, even though my battery life is good and I don't run the risk of killing the watch with one day's use.
It looks like it just needed a restart. Charging nice and fast tonight.
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same problem here since android 6.0.1
It seems to be hit or miss. It fast charges fine sometimes and others it is not fast. Last night it charged from 35%-80% in no time. I left it on the charger overnight and when I looked at it this morning it was stuck at 97% and battery stats showed that it had not changed since reaching 97%. I restarted it and it charged up to 100% within a couple of minutes.
How many of yall use the fast charger overnight? I do have a BlackBerry charger (850mA) which takes like 4.5hours to fully charge, so I use that to charge overnight.
Is it okay to use the fast charger for overnight charging?
I do. I have the phone for a short time (2-3 weeks) But no problems yet.
i charge in the morning for 30min -1h or in the evening to 90%+. i always charge to around 90% for batteryinfo to reset.
While the poco is charging the phone says its better to charge often short instead of overcharging the battery.
To your question, it should be alright to charge overnight. Just make sure it has good ventilation (not on your bed or under things.
If you want to preserve battery life cycle, then no. The closer to 100% you get, the worse it is for battery.
I prefer charging at night and in the morning if it's below 70%.
Otherwise, I will charge in the morning before work, and in the afternoon.
I only charge to 80% where possible
I had a bad experience with LG flex 2, I always used fast charger to charge overnight and with 2 years I got 2 dead batteries. Now I use Battery Charge Limit app and slow charger overnight. It stops charge at certain level like 75%. And that lasts for a full day for me.
asanidar said:
To your question, it should be alright to charge overnight. Just make sure it has good ventilation (not on your bed or under things.
If you want to preserve battery life cycle, then no. The closer to 100% you get, the worse it is for battery.
I prefer charging at night and in the morning if it's below 70%.
Otherwise, I will charge in the morning before work, and in the afternoon.
I only charge to 80% where possible
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I used to do this. But I've noticed that on days I don't fully charge the device, I have to plug in again mid day / evening, ending up using more than 1 battery cycle. If charged to a 100% at the end of the day it'll still have 20-30% left
ergo911 said:
I had a bad experience with LG flex 2, I always used fast charger to charge overnight and with 2 years I got 2 dead batteries. Now I use Battery Charge Limit app and slow charger overnight. It stops charge at certain level like 75%. And that lasts for a full day for me.
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This could be the result of a few factors.
Does the phone automatically cut off power when fully charged. Most new phones do cut off power or at least slow down the charge rate. If it does not, overcharging is one of the worst enemy of battery longevity/lifespan.
After power cut off, does it resume after the power gets below a certain level, or does it charge at a slower rate. Charging at a slower rate helps but it is still overcharging, so the slower the better.
As I mentioned previously, battery temperature. Fast/quick charging doesn't actually affect battery longevity/lifespan as long as the heat is controlled properly. A phone charging at 50 degrees Celsius at 5 watt (5 volt, 1 ampere) will be dead (unusable) faster than a phone charging at 35 degrees Celsius at 18 watt (9 volt, 2 ampere).
the_radeon said:
I used to do this. But I've noticed that on days I don't fully charge the device, I have to plug in again mid day / evening, ending up using more than 1 battery cycle. If charged to a 100% at the end of the day it'll still have 20-30% left
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If by battery cycle, you mean how many times it is charged, then true.
In terms of battery longevity/lifespan, then it's not very good.
Useful info:
https://www.androidauthority.com/maximize-battery-life-882395/
https://batteryuniversity.com/index.php/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries