Hi,
I was wondering if it will be OK to use a 2A & 5V with Evo 3D. Evo 3D dies after a while when it's connected to HDMI Dock. Their is not enough current to keep it alive. And with a 2A 5V charger will also charge my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.
Thanks.
donniezazen said:
Hi,
I was wondering if it will be OK to use a 2A & 5V with Evo 3D. Evo 3D dies after a while when it's connected to HDMI Dock. Their is not enough current to keep it alive. And with a 2A 5V charger will also charge my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.
Thanks.
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If I remember my physics correctly, you should be OK because the phone will only use the amperage that it needs.
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If I remember my physics correctly, you should be OK because the phone will only use the amperage that it needs.
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That's what I have heard. Also it might heat a little bit.
quiet simply yes
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quiet simply yes
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I a little worried about it might heat and might adversely affect the life of phone. As long as it's not too bad, I am fine with it. I plan to leave my phone on dock, so, I will be connected to 2A charger with extended period of time but then their should be some safe guard implemented by HTC to handle such scenarios.
Thanks.
donniezazen said:
I a little worried about it might heat and might adversely affect the life of phone. As long as it's not too bad, I am fine with it. I plan to leave my phone on dock, so, I will be connected to 2A charger with extended period of time but then their should be some safe guard implemented by HTC to handle such scenarios.
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I've actually heard from friends that their phones got hot when they did not provide enough amps. Using a 500mA charger for the 3d got their phone piping hot for some reason.
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I've actually heard from friends that their phones got hot when they did not provide enough amps. Using a 500mA charger for the 3d got their phone piping hot for some reason.
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I am not sure I understand you. You mean to say even an extra 500mA, that is 1.5A total, would get phone hot. HTC 3D requires at least 1A of current, so, it won't charge with a 500mA charger.
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I am not sure I understand you. You mean to say even an extra 500mA, that is 1.5A total, would get phone hot. HTC 3D requires at least 1A of current, so, it won't charge with a 500mA charger.
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What zcink said. They were using old low amp chargers.
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I used to charge my 3D with the stock charger but it gets a little hot, now I use a old blackberry charger and it never gets hot again, charge faster and I have a long cable now lol
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I use my Usb 3.0 port to charge, it is higher amps then the stock charger and works great. No heat issues and charges fast. The Usb on my car radio on the other hand is .5 amp and does heat it up.
Sounds good.
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Will A Higher Amperage Make It Charge Faster Because I Noticed When I Charge My Phone With My iPad Charger It Gets Done Quicker?
HTC 3D requires at least 1A of current, so, it won't charge with a 500mA charger.
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Not true. The phone will charge with any amperage. I have an old car charger that only puts out 200mA, and it charges just fine. Obviously it doesn't charge very fast, but it's enough to keep the phone topped off when I need it.
Will A Higher Amperage Make It Charge Faster Because I Noticed When I Charge My Phone With My iPad Charger It Gets Done Quicker?
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No, and as stated above, it will not hurt the phone either. The Evo will draw at max around 1 amp. You can use a 2 amp charger, but the phone will not charge any faster, as it will only draw 1 amp. I use my tablet charger once in a while, which is also 2 amps, and can confirm the phone is only drawing a little over 1 amp from it.
When I connect phone with TV through HDMI dock. Phone draws more power than 1A charger supplies. Will 2A charger be able to provide that extra charge, so, phone wouldn't die or depleted of power?
I don't mind heating as long as it's not frying phone chip anytime soon.
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If the charger is rated higher than one amp you should be alright, but I wouldn't recommend using one rated lower than 1 amp (or 500mA for usb/car chargers)
I just fried a charger not too long ago because I plugged my touchpad into it and it was only rated at half what that draws.
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So I went on a 2 hour trip using my EVO as a gps. I had it plugged into the car charger the entire time. Little did I know the EVO was using the battery faster than it was charging. I've done this many times with the EVO 4G with no problems. Any suggestions? The phone is basically useless as a gps for any long distance trips. The battery will never last.
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get current widget, it tell you how fast your phone is charging, and when unplug how fast your phone is draining in mah, note your mah usage when unplug, then note your mah usage when battery is fairly low and plugged in to charge with the car charger.
if your battery is low (below 50%) and your phone still won't charge faster than 500mah on the car charger, it will not keep up with GPS uses, be aware that as the battery approach full, it charges slower and slower, near 97~99% it will only charge @ about 100mah rate.
I bet you have a cheapy car charger that only supply 500 mAmp, get one that can supply 1000 to 2000 mAmp (1A to 2A... 2A usually for DUAL usb outlet type charger)
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Mine wasn't charging unless it was plugged into the wall until I typed ##3828# and checked "enable USB charging". Now it charges while plugged into a computer or car as well.
Password is your MSL, lots of posts how to get it. Not responsible if you mess your phone up.
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bitslizer said:
get current widget, it tell you how fast your phone is charging, and when unplug how fast your phone is draining in mah, note your mah usage when unplug, then note your mah usage when battery is fairly low and plugged in to charge with the car charger.
if your battery is low (below 50%) and your phone still won't charge faster than 500mah on the car charger, it will not keep up with GPS uses, be aware that as the battery approach full, it charges slower and slower, near 97~99% it will only charge @ about 100mah rate.
I bet you have a cheapy car charger that only supply 500 mAmp, get one that can supply 1000 to 2000 mAmp (1A to 2A... 2A usually for DUAL usb outlet type charger)
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Can you point me in the direction of a 1000/2000 chargers?
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Mine wasn't charging unless it was plugged into the wall until I typed ##3828# and checked "enable USB charging". Now it charges while plugged into a computer or car as well.
Password is your MSL, lots of posts how to get it. Not responsible if you mess your phone up.
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So i enabled usb charging and when I go back into the ##3282# menu it it always reverts back. How do you get it to stick.
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get current widget, it tell you how fast your phone is charging, and when unplug how fast your phone is draining in mah, note your mah usage when unplug, then note your mah usage when battery is fairly low and plugged in to charge with the car charger.
if your battery is low (below 50%) and your phone still won't charge faster than 500mah on the car charger, it will not keep up with GPS uses, be aware that as the battery approach full, it charges slower and slower, near 97~99% it will only charge @ about 100mah rate.
I bet you have a cheapy car charger that only supply 500 mAmp, get one that can supply 1000 to 2000 mAmp (1A to 2A... 2A usually for DUAL usb outlet type charger)
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Also, I have a decent charger. It's one of the ones that has two ports on it. By the way I was only charging the EVO 3D I didn't have anything else connected.
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So i enabled usb charging and when I go back into the ##3282# menu it it always reverts back. How do you get it to stick.
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Usually in that mode you have to click menu then hit commit modifications..
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So i enabled usb charging and when I go back into the ##3282# menu it it always reverts back. How do you get it to stick.
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After checking the box, hit menu apply changes
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I've never had a problem using this older but more powerful iGo AutoPower 3000 car charger. Overstock has them for $6.50+shipping and you get a bunch of power tips with it but not a microUSB tip.
http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/iGo-AutoPower-3000-Car-Charger-Power-Adapter/3668307/product.html
The power specs on the package I have say:
DC Input: 11.5-16 VDC
Power Output: Up to 15 Watts continuous
Radio Shack sells the iGo a97 tip for $10+taxes but Amazon has the tip for $6+shipping(free shipping if you have prime).
http://www.amazon.com/iGo-Kindle-Motorola-RAZR2-KRAZR2/dp/B0012J52OC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310316568&sr=8-1
From my understanding, the tips have a resister in them which limits the mAmp output but I'm not sure what the a97 tip specs are since iGo doesn't seem to release that info. Hopefully it's 1A like the wall charger. I can verify that the newer single output iGo chargers are limited to .75A. So even if the tip is 1A, the charger is the limiting factor, hence why I recommend the older, more powerful one.
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Also, I have a decent charger. It's one of the ones that has two ports on it. By the way I was only charging the EVO 3D I didn't have anything else connected.
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Read the label on the charger, make sure it say at least 1A or even better 2A
lots of cheapy dual USB on ebay that's not rated for 2A
if you got a 2A charger and current widget still show 500ma charge rate,
then you may have to figure out if your phone is charging in USB charge mode with the car charge (limit to 500ma by the phone per USB spec) or in AC charge mode (charge at up to 1A)
I just came across this other day that point out this problem.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-m...B9U8Q/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_3?ie=UTF8&index=3
look at the mouse over box comment... of course every charger is different so don't just blindly do the mod if you have a different charger.
as for the other guy asking for 2A charger....
Ebay and Amazon have alot, just make sure they specificly say 1A for single USB or 2A for dual USB output.
for 2A dual USB, the OEM HTC thunderbolt one seem to be the best but also most pricey, some alternative are the Motorola dual usb and the Tmobile my touch 4g dual USB
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Usually in that mode you have to click menu then hit commit modifications..
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It's weird, I click the box for usb charging then click commit changes and a little box pops up "no changes made" I'm not sure how to save the changes.
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It's weird, I click the box for usb charging then click commit changes and a little box pops up "no changes made" I'm not sure how to save the changes.
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Was having the same issue;
I used the car charger I had for my EVO, left it on for 3+ hrs, with little to no increase from where I put it on at. Ended up using a buddy of mine sharger and viola. Imex99 explained the reason for it. Just buy a new charger with 1A/2A output rating and you'll be good.
I'm having the same issues. I click enable usb charging and then commit, but it keeps reverting back to disabled with no difference in charging capability.
Speaking of car charging, why does the battery temperature vary so much between AC & USB, versus Car charging?
With the supplied HTC AC charger or USB connected to a computer, the battery's charging voltage is 4.333 volts and the temperature is 81*F.
With a Sprint Car Charger, the charging voltage is 4.333 volts but the temperature is 95.5*F
Even chargers rated at 1A/2A may not have the appropriate pins soldered together to enable 1amp charging. Please see this thread I made when I had the Evo 4G:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=767961
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I've never had a problem using this older but more powerful iGo AutoPower 3000 car charger. Overstock has them for $6.50+shipping and you get a bunch of power tips with it but not a microUSB tip.
http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/iGo-AutoPower-3000-Car-Charger-Power-Adapter/3668307/product.html
The power specs on the package I have say:
DC Input: 11.5-16 VDC
Power Output: Up to 15 Watts continuous
Radio Shack sells the iGo a97 tip for $10+taxes but Amazon has the tip for $6+shipping(free shipping if you have prime).
http://www.amazon.com/iGo-Kindle-Motorola-RAZR2-KRAZR2/dp/B0012J52OC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310316568&sr=8-1
From my understanding, the tips have a resister in them which limits the mAmp output but I'm not sure what the a97 tip specs are since iGo doesn't seem to release that info. Hopefully it's 1A like the wall charger. I can verify that the newer single output iGo chargers are limited to .75A. So even if the tip is 1A, the charger is the limiting factor, hence why I recommend the older, more powerful one.
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i use this too. works great
I have a portable battery pack which can be used to recharge tablets & mobile phones whilst out & about. Its output is rated at 5.1V 2000mA. I think the stock mains charger that comes with the Evo 3D is 5.1V 600mA. Would it be safe to use this battery pack to recharge the Evo?
Thanks
The stock charger I have for a cdma EVO 3D is 5V and 1000ma, which is standard for all HTC phones. I've used my dads charger which is rated 5V 1800ma output and had no problems. But I only kept it connected for about 30 minutes.
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You'll be fine, that's probably more of the battery packs capacity and not output.
But no matter how many amps a charger can supply, the EVO is what controls the draw, and our phones will only draw a max of 1amp or 1000ma
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dwl99 said:
I have a portable battery pack which can be used to recharge tablets & mobile phones whilst out & about. Its output is rated at 5.1V 2000mA. I think the stock mains charger that comes with the Evo 3D is 5.1V 600mA. Would it be safe to use this battery pack to recharge the Evo?
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I seen a post just like this on ppcgeeks....
I would stick with the stock charger just to be safe If you try another one out just keep a eye on it while it is charging to make sure nothing gets hot or a fire starts.
Like Chuki82 said it doesn't matter what the output is because thats only the maximum output. The Evo 3D will take what it needs, so nothing bad will happen.
The only complaint I've heard is when the charger is too WEAK for the phone. Then the phone sometimes gets very hot like it is overcharging, but does not charge. As others have posted, too many mA is OK.
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Wondering if anyone has tried it? I remember reading that the wall charger from my Tab 10.1 was more powerful than for the phones because it would take FOREVER to charge. Wonder if it's compatible with our S3?
Anyone?
I believe that anything that charges on USB is just getting 5 vt, so any charger would work with any phone/tab if it is charging through USB. I would guess that the wall chargers are also putting out 5vt and would therefor be fine with any mini USB plug charging device.
Easy to check, plug it in and see how it works. (Buy insurance first )
Yes,
I have been using my tab 10.1 charger since the first day I got my sgs3.
It DOES charge faster, about an hour for a full charge from <8%
No problems I have noticed, and I am using blazer rom.
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gyrra said:
Yes,
I have been using my tab 10.1 charger since the first day I got my sgs3.
It DOES charge faster, about an hour for a full charge from <8%
No problems I have noticed, and I am using blazer rom.
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An hour, eh? Nice. I thought it would charge faster but not that fast.
And im definitely talking about the using an outlet, not usb.
Thanks for the confirmation!
No problem,
I knew you meant the AC charger, and that's why I posted. USB charging is slow until someone adds in the fastcharge ability to a kernel for our s3's
Glad I could be of help.
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Gave you your first thanks!
if this helps i used a blackberry charger and it worked.. i have had no issues.
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lostsoul565 said:
if this helps i used a blackberry charger and it worked.. i have had no issues.
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Not talking about blackberry either. The wall charger for the Tab is more powerful than phone chargers. Thats the only charger im asking about.
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Not talking about blackberry either. The wall charger for the Tab is more powerful than phone chargers. Thats the only charger im asking about.
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Any modern device will limit its own current draw to what is needed to do the job. While it is certainly possible for a charger to be underpowered resulting in slower charging it should not be possible for a charger to be overpowered. That is, there is some maximum charge speed the phone is capable of and that limit is expressed as its maximum mA draw. a charger that sources under the max mA will be slower than one that meets or exceeds it. A charger that exceeds the max mA will not charge any faster than any other charger that also exceeds the device's max mA regardless of the differences in their source capacity.
So, if that makes sense to you then you should know it ought to be safe to use a powerful charger and that if faster charging results then the stock charger is in fact underpowered for the device it was paired with.
Disclaimer: Any engineer worth his salt is going to current limit the charging circuit on the phone. However, if this were not the case then providing increased charging capacity will most certainly damage the device.
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Any modern device will limit its own current draw to what is needed to do the job. While it is certainly possible for a charger to be underpowered resulting in slower charging it should not be possible for a charger to be overpowered. That is, there is some maximum charge speed the phone is capable of and that limit is expressed as its maximum mA draw. a charger that sources under the max mA will be slower than one that meets or exceeds it. A charger that exceeds the max mA will not charge any faster than any other charger that also exceeds the device's max mA regardless of the differences in their source capacity.
So, if that makes sense to you then you should know it ought to be safe to use a powerful charger and that if faster charging results then the stock charger is in fact underpowered for the device it was paired with.
Disclaimer: Any engineer worth his salt is going to current limit the charging circuit on the phone. However, if this were not the case then providing increased charging capacity will most certainly damage the device.
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Basically youre saying the phone itself wont pull in anymore draw than it knows it can handle. So I guess if it does charge faster than great. Long as it dont fry im happy!
Hi all,
When I use the charger that came with the HTC One my phone charges great, rapid.
But when I use any other charger that I have in my home/office it charges very slow. Even with a 2.1 amp charger!
The charger that comes with the phone has an output of 1 amp.
I've tried multiple other chargers (1 amp and 2.1 amp) and they all trickle charge.
Anyone else noticing this?
Thanks
Joe
I'm using old charges at home and in the office and it did seems slow but had not heard of rapid charge. Will the phone indicate this rapid charge mode? If not, is it real?
I'm getting slow charging even on the stock HTC charger. Not sure how I can enable this rapid charge cause 4+ hours from 0-1% to full is a bit ridiculous.
use orginal charger is best , maybe it has some relationship with your battery life
If anyone is coming from phones with smaller batteries, remember the larger the capacity the long it takes to charge.
I use the cable and charger from my Nexus 7 and it charges fast. Off my USB it is slow.
Real AC chargers have two pins shorted. You can hack a USB to micro USB cable and short the same two pins to enable AC charging with any adapter, wall, USB, or car. Should be pins 3+4, but don't hold me to that.
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flooty333 said:
Hi all,
When I use the charger that came with the HTC One my phone charges great, rapid.
But when I use any other charger that I have in my home/office it charges very slow. Even with a 2.1 amp charger!
The charger that comes with the phone has an output of 1 amp.
I've tried multiple other chargers (1 amp and 2.1 amp) and they all trickle charge.
Anyone else noticing this?
Thanks
Joe
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Real AC chargers have two pins shorted. You can hack a USB to micro USB cable and short the same two pins to enable AC charging with any adapter, wall, USB, or car. Should be pins 3+4, but don't hold me to that.
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i've done exactly this, and damned if the One still refuses to draw more than ~500 ma off of anything but the 2.1 A wallwart it came with (i don't have any others to try with). i'm about to dig out an old inverter to see if that will actually work. wish i'd paid more attention to my EE dad when i lived at home; i've gotten a serious crash course in this stuff while trying to get my One to charge in my car, when it's on.
edit: so i got my old inverter out, and spent about 15 minutes testing. i used the 2.0A adapter that came with my Nexus 7 to test, as well as the 3.1A Mediabridge adapter i got here. my phone was at about 45% when i started testing. unplugged, Battery Monitor Widget reported a drain of anywhere between 500ma and 650ma (running Ingress, wifi on). plugged in to the Mediabridge adapter showed, at best, a drain of 50ma. the Nexus adapter plugged in to my inverter charged at a fairly consistent ~120ma. i didn't touch my phone the entire time.
i left my Nexus 7 at work so i can't use it to repeat the test, but i will do so tomorrow. the cable i'm using is this one. i'm not crazy about having a ridiculous DC-AC inverter in my car for my phone, but if that's what i have to do so it can be used and not drain, then so be it. admittedly, i don't really understand these things enough to explain these variations, but i plan on learning ASAP. perhaps somebody else can shed some light on why the device charges different, and how it identifies an AC-USB adapter vs a DC-USB adapter.
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Math doesn't support what is happening though. Phone has a 2300mAh battery. The OEM charger outputs 1A (1000mAh)
At most, it should be around 3 hours for full charge, when in fact it is closer to 4-4.5 hours. It's the last 10% that is the issue, it will trickle charge to 100% rather than rapid charge.
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Math doesn't support what is happening though. Phone has a 2300mAh battery. The OEM charger outputs 1A (1000mAh)
At most, it should be around 3 hours for full charge, when in fact it is closer to 4-4.5 hours. It's the last 10% that is the issue, it will trickle charge to 100% rather than rapid charge.
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Yes, I think that's exactly what the HTC does... I read a pretty good article recently about Li-Ion batteries that talks about how trickle charging is the best for battery life, and it wouldn't surprise me if HTC got a little aggressive the way the this phone charges since we can't swap the battery ourselves.
I'm trying one last car charger, which matches the wattage of my Nexus 7's 5Vdc/2A AC adapter (which I've had the best luck with, when charging the phone while in use): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009TBF7IG/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
If that doesn't work, I'm going to put a 300W inverter in my car with the AC adapters themselves and stop buying stinking DC adapters. This phone clearly pays very close attention to the wattage available from whatever it's plugged in to.
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I use the cable and charger from my Nexus 7 and it charges fast. Off my USB it is slow.
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Same here, 2a Nexus 7 brick with a long Logitech USB cable, much faster than stock (and longer)
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Yes, I think that's exactly what the HTC does... I read a pretty good article recently about Li-Ion batteries that talks about how trickle charging is the best for battery life, and it wouldn't surprise me if HTC got a little aggressive the way the this phone charges since we can't swap the battery ourselves.
I'm trying one last car charger, which matches the wattage of my Nexus 7's 5Vdc/2A AC adapter (which I've had the best luck with, when charging the phone while in use): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009TBF7IG/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
If that doesn't work, I'm going to put a 300W inverter in my car with the AC adapters themselves and stop buying stinking DC adapters. This phone clearly pays very close attention to the wattage available from whatever it's plugged in to.
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I'm fortunate my car has a built in inverter that I use for charging my phone.
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I'm fortunate my car has a built in inverter that I use for charging my phone.
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My next car will too, because I can only imagine that power requirements for these devices is going to increase.
That said, I think I have a winner, and instead of retyping my posts, I'll just link to that thread instead: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41797839&postcount=6
Since the snap Dragon 600 has fast charging capabilities, why didn't HTC Include it in the kernel??? I've noticed my 2500 mAh note battery charges faster than my 2300 MAH HTC one
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I have an old 0.7A charger and was told that a 1A charger would be faster..
But how far higher can I go? Is there a 2A charger?
Track607 said:
I have an old 0.7A charger and was told that a 1A charger would be faster..
But how far higher can I go? Is there a 2A charger?
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1A is stock for S3.
Maximum recommended is 1.5A,more may brick your whole device,if not the battery.
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Track607 said:
I have an old 0.7A charger and was told that a 1A charger would be faster..
But how far higher can I go? Is there a 2A charger?
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I guess using modified"boeffla or googymax " kernels will let your phone charge much faster
Maximum rating of the charger is irrelevant, the phone will only draw a safe amount. If you override that limit then you may blow the internal charging IC or rupture the battery.
Don't post questions in the general section.
The S3 can't charger faster than 1A, it will only draw what it can, I've used a HP Touchpad 2A charger since the day I got the phone, it still won't draw more than 1A. You can use custom kernals to draw more, but you'll find lots of stories of people who did it and fried the charging board.
I tested using 1.1Ah, and for the storioes I've read, it's the maximum value you can use with security.
Hi, you can have more than 1A, but you need to change the limit with boeffla (i made it for the USB charge)
theronkinator said:
The S3 can't charger faster than 1A, it will only draw what it can, I've used a HP Touchpad 2A charger since the day I got the phone, it still won't draw more than 1A. You can use custom kernals to draw more, but you'll find lots of stories of people who did it and fried the charging board.
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I tested using 1.1Ah, and for the storioes I've read, it's the maximum value you can use with security.
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Using 1.2A from months in boeffla kernel without any trouble, using stock charger.
I tried 2A once and it was fast (0-100 in 1hr) but its not recommended 1.5 max
Also I increased charging speed to 1600mah that time and it was working
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Dramatically increasing charging current will also dramatically decrease battery service life
Just get a second battery and desktop cradle, instant recharging without any wear on the phone motherboard.
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Hi, i am getting a new charger for my tablet pc which uses a 5.35V 2A output charger and was wondering whether i can use this to charge my galaxy S3. so that i do not have to carry 2 chargers?
IS it advisable?
My S3 came with a 1A charger, my wife's S3 came with a 2A charger. I used her charger a few times and it worked fine. As of last week my charger is working fine, if I use hers with my phone I only shows "USB" in the battery info and takes forever to charge. I don't know if her charger did damage to my phone/battery but that felt strange, so I stopped using her charger.