Your charger is a portable battery pack. Don't know if anybody knew this but if you low on battery and your battery charger has been plugged in. You can attach it to the back of your watch and charger your watch on the go it does not have to be plugged in to charger your watch. Awesome I think if you on the move
Sent from my SM-N910V using XDA Premium HD app
Yeah, we already knew that. And it can only provide up to 50% of charge.
Don't lose it. lol
Definitely didn't know that. Thanks for the info.
They are available on Samsung's website. May want to consider getting a backup just in case.
Why does it only charge up to 50%???
GeeZnU said:
Why does it only charge up to 50%???
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think the battery in that pack is only large enough to do just that.
foxbat121 said:
I think the battery in that pack is only large enough to do just that.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The battery pack says 300, the watch is 300 but oh well its better than nothing
GeeZnU said:
The battery pack says 300, the watch is 300 but oh well its better than nothing
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's actually a 350mAh battery in the charger.
I haven't tested it charging the S sans wall charging yet as I just picked mine up today. I'd imagine it would get close to a full charge...but that would probably be while the device is off...or all connections are off (BT, WIFI, Mobile data).
foxbat121 said:
Yeah, we already knew that. And it can only provide up to 50% of charge.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Confused...mine will charge my Gear S to nearly full from empty. I've used it overnight before to test it out and it works great.
Because the battery pack sucks as a standalone charger. I charged mine to 100% (blue light) and by the end of my shift when I use it, it already has lost about 50% of the charge just sitting in my pocket. I thought I was bugging at first so one day I took it off the charger and let it sit on my bed to see if when I get home it needs a charge.. Plugged it in when I got home and the red light came on and it took like an hour to charge back to blue so it definitely don't hold charges well.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using XDA Free mobile app
---------- Post added at 11:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:29 PM ----------
pdqgp said:
Confused...mine will charge my Gear S to nearly full from empty. I've used it overnight before to test it out and it works great.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try doing that when it's just been sitting around for hours without a charge. Bet you'll only get like 40-50%
Sent from my SPH-L900 using XDA Free mobile app
I suspect either of the 2, or both:
1. Since the battery pack contacts are exposed spring pins, when it's in your pocket it could touch some conductive stuff and start discharging. Like coins, keys, some textiles with metal studs or thread etc.
2. Lithium batteries have some kind of power proportion that determines its current discharge. That's why single 3.7V 18650s usually only give up to 1A current, whereas for higher currents you need multiple batteries with larger total mAh. At 300mAh, I'm sure it will only be able to provide a low current, and probably this affects the efficiency.
joytest said:
I suspect either of the 2, or both:
1. Since the battery pack contacts are exposed spring pins, when it's in your pocket it could touch some conductive stuff and start discharging. Like coins, keys, some textiles with metal studs or thread etc.
2. Lithium batteries have some kind of power proportion that determines its current discharge. That's why single 3.7V 18650s usually only give up to 1A current, whereas for higher currents you need multiple batteries with larger total mAh. At 300mAh, I'm sure it will only be able to provide a low current, and probably this affects the efficiency.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Number 1 is kind of nulled for the fact that my test took place leaving it on my bed and not my pocket. Lost half of its juice by the time I got home. I could charge any of my lithium batteries to 100% and leave it off all day and when I power my phone or laptop hours later my battery would be at 100 or sometimes 99%. This pack does not hold it's charge well. I was honestly going to call Samsung about it but after reading this thread I see it seems to be the normal so why waste my time.
Ps. The pocket I keep it in the only other thing besides it is my blistex which I doubt will conduct.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using XDA Free mobile app
RayTrue04 said:
Because the battery pack sucks as a standalone charger. I charged mine to 100% (blue light) and by the end of my shift when I use it, it already has lost about 50% of the charge just sitting in my pocket. I thought I was bugging at first so one day I took it off the charger and let it sit on my bed to see if when I get home it needs a charge.. Plugged it in when I got home and the red light came on and it took like an hour to charge back to blue so it definitely don't hold charges well.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using XDA Free mobile app
---------- Post added at 11:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:29 PM ----------
Try doing that when it's just been sitting around for hours without a charge. Bet you'll only get like 40-50%
Sent from my SPH-L900 using XDA Free mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have tried that. Again, I take it with me on overnight travels all the time. It's charged 100% when I leave and sits in my bag 24-36 hrs before I then slap it on to charge my Gear S. Works fine and charges the device to 100% I've gone on 4 several day trips with my gear s and charger since owning it.
In fact it's still charging my gear tonight as it wore down early due to heavy GPS and phone use. the battery ack was off it's charger for 14hrs and will have my gear at 100% for me in the morning.
pdqgp said:
I have tried that. Again, I take it with me on overnight travels all the time. It's charged 100% when I leave and sits in my bag 24-36 hrs before I then slap it on to charge my Gear S. Works fine and charges the device to 100% I've gone on 4 several day trips with my gear s and charger since owning it.
In fact it's still charging my gear tonight as it wore down early due to heavy GPS and phone use. the battery ack was off it's charger for 14hrs and will have my gear at 100% for me in the morning.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Guess it's time for me to call Samsung then
Sent from my SPH-L900 using XDA Free mobile app
Related
Hi guys
I'm an iphone 3gs owner at the mo but my contract is up in a week and after doing A LOT of research over the past 3 weeks, i was pretty much decided that the GS2 was gonna be my next phone.
Then i foolishly visited the xda forums! lol (in fairness, it probably still will be my next phone).
But seriously though, setting aside the various issues some people are clearly having (reboots, battery drain, etc) what shocked me the most was hearing about the low-powered charging mechanism (apologies if i've gotten this slightly wrong).
I've heard that it only charges at ~650mah, but that the phone can easily surpass this under load (~850mah?), meaning that you could be charging the phone at the same time as using it, only to find the battery going DOWN. Can someone confirm if this is true? If it is, then i'm gobsmacked that Samsung could make such a c0ck-up. Imagine if you're using the GPS (a real battery hog) while driving (and plugged-in to the ciggy lighter) only to find that the battery dies before you get to your destination! lol. I've heard about the heat this puppy produces, i wonder did they limit the juice to stop it from burning a hole through the floor
Even though i'm bored to t1ts with my iphone (and i hate apple), what i love about it is that when i don't actually use the phone for extended periods of the day (which is quite often, due to work) it still retains it's charge really well (i get insanely good battery life). I would be really annoyed if i found the GS2 battery dropping any more than, say, 30% over the course of a busy working day (say 9am to 7pm) with virtually no use.
So, to finally get to my point! My iphone charges REALLY fast. I'm worried that it will take a stupidly long time to fully charge the GS2. Can some kind person please do an experiment for me, and see how long it takes theirs to fully charge (from fully dead to 100%) with the screen off and the phone not doing anything major in the background?
Also, it would be good to know how this compares to the GS2's competitors.
Sorry for the long post guys!
my phone is at 33% at 8:08
Will let you know how I get on. I have it on charge now
I think mine takes around 3 hours from empty using samsungs supplied charger but I will try to do a test for a more accurate time. How does this compare to the iphone?
Yep mine takes about 3 hours as well from empty to about 90% using the wall charger, then it goes on trickle charge the rest of the way. This is on standby as well.
Yepp takpes about 3 hours to get fully charged. however, i've been using the phone as a wifi hotspot all the time and yes, it increases charging time but it doesn't really matter when it takes so long anyways
winwiz said:
my phone is at 33% at 8:08
Will let you know how I get on. I have it on charge now
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
65% at 9am
It takes almost 3.5-4 hours to charge it with stock charger from empty to full.
It takes a bit more than 5 hours to charge from empty full using USB charging in my laptop.
Found out the hard way:
Charging with original EU charger AND heavy use (downloading, Wifi tethering, map ops etc.) MADE it drain faster than charging.
Two nights before left it during night with orig. charger and made it in 8 hrs only to 84% while on.
With Hama 0,8 amps charger full in 2hrs from empty and stays full even with heavy work.
NO heat issue though !
Methinks the charger is crap
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
doesn't really matter which charger. got the nokia 1,2A charger and it takes nearly 3 hours as well to fully charge the battery.
I use my ipad charger with it and its definitely more like 2 hours not 3
My car usb adapter is 1amp and has no problem keeping it fully charged while using sygic satnav
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA Premium App
troed said:
Found out the hard way:
Charging with original EU charger AND heavy use (downloading, Wifi tethering, map ops etc.) MADE it drain faster than charging.
Two nights before left it during night with orig. charger and made it in 8 hrs only to 84% while on.
With Hama 0,8 amps charger full in 2hrs from empty and stays full even with heavy work.
NO heat issue though !
Methinks the charger is crap
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Is this an ebay job to get one of these?
Any idea what the max amps the phone can take? I've been looking around, seen chargers up to 2 amps, but don't want to ruin the phone...
Edit: Sorry, posted too soon. Just saw this thread, and the battery has is rated at 1000mA, so ya, don't use a 2 amp charger
Murfle said:
Any idea what the max amps the phone can take? I've been looking around, seen chargers up to 2 amps, but don't want to ruin the phone...
Edit: Sorry, posted too soon. Just saw this thread, and the battery has is rated at 1000mA, so ya, don't use a 2 amp charger
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
if you look thru the battery driver source code, samsung capped the charging at 650 mA it seems. not sure why, other android phones use the full 1 amp.
so samsung either saw a heat problem and lowered it, or that's just the way they do their phones charging. who knows.
RogerPodacter said:
if you look thru the battery driver source code, samsung capped the charging at 650 mA it seems. not sure why, other android phones use the full 1 amp.
so samsung either saw a heat problem and lowered it, or that's just the way they do their phones charging. who knows.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wow, ok. As someone who uses 3G a lot when our internet connection goes down (all too often), I hope the charge will end up keeping up with the battery drain. Otherwise I'll be tempted to change that source and probably end up frying my phone (if it ever gets in stock :|)
Thanks for the info
For about the last 3 weeks my phone will not charge to 100%. It'll get to about 80% and that's it. Last night I got my new battery and a stand alone wall charger. I charged the new battery in the stand alone charger and put it in the phone and it reads 87%. I put the battery back in the stand alone charger and it says fully charged so I check the battery with my meters and it reads 4.195 volts and from what I've read 4200 mv is fully charged, 4.195 v is reeeeeeeeally close to a full charge. Can anybody tell me how to fix this? Is it a hardware problem? Does the phone not read voltages right? I just installed shiftao5p rom last night and still the same problem. I've read of a few others having this problem but have yet to find a fix for it. Don't tell me to calibrate the battery because I CAN NOT get to 100% so I can be able to calibrate.
If you have clockworkmod recovery you can calibrate from there. Make sure your battery is completely charged in your stand alone then go into recovery and choose erase battery stats, its in the advanced menu I believe. That might work for you. Good luck.
Sent from my PG86100 using xda premium
Robert542 said:
If you have clockworkmod recovery you can calibrate from there. Make sure your battery is completely charged in your stand alone then go into recovery and choose erase battery stats, its in the advanced menu I believe. That might work for you. Good luck.
Sent from my PG86100 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I was gonna try that when I got home tonight. After I clear battery stats in clockwork should I leave it unplugged and let it drain to zero then try to charge back to 100%?
nxslt1 said:
For about the last 3 weeks my phone will not charge to 100%. It'll get to about 80% and that's it. Last night I got my new battery and a stand alone wall charger. I charged the new battery in the stand alone charger and put it in the phone and it reads 87%. I put the battery back in the stand alone charger and it says fully charged so I check the battery with my meters and it reads 4.195 volts and from what I've read 4200 mv is fully charged, 4.195 v is reeeeeeeeally close to a full charge. Can anybody tell me how to fix this? Is it a hardware problem? Does the phone not read voltages right? I just installed shiftao5p rom last night and still the same problem. I've read of a few others having this problem but have yet to find a fix for it. Don't tell me to calibrate the battery because I CAN NOT get to 100% so I can be able to calibrate.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The charge percentage is reported as based upon battery stats. Let me explain how your battery stats may lead to some weird readings...
Lets say you've got a battery that charges to 4.2V. As it discharges, it drops off uncharacteristically slow. Then, you use a battery where the voltage drop is more linear. The stats have determined that over the life of the old battery the voltage remains fairly flat for the first 15% to 20% or so, but the new battery drops off a bit quicker so it's going to look at that voltage drop as a sudden drop in charge capacity.
This situation can be aggravated my many factors. If your battery is reading a full charge, which it sounds like it is based upon your meter readings, then the next question to ask is whether the battery is achieving the life it should based on it's mAh rating. I'd be curious to see what the battery voltage is once it's flat dead. If it's not reading somewhere around 3.6 to 3.7 volts, then the phone probably is defective and not reading voltage properly. If it is reading that kind of voltage, then it's just an annoyance and hopefully battery stat wiping will remedy it.
i can leave my phone on the charger for hours and it will only get to 99%, then it takes another hour or so to read "fully charged"
adrenalinemotion said:
i can leave my phone on the charger for hours and it will only get to 99%, then it takes another hour or so to read "fully charged"
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What kind of battery and kernel are you using?
nxslt1 said:
I was gonna try that when I got home tonight. After I clear battery stats in clockwork should I leave it unplugged and let it drain to zero then try to charge back to 100%?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes let it drain all the way till you phone shuts it self off then charge it back up to 100% again in the phone. Hopefully your phone will build the correct stats. If your phone isn't defective it should work for you. Hope all goes well.
Sent from my PG86100 using xda premium
Something else odd......the battery I'm using right now is a cheap Chinese eBay battery, 3500 mAh. It ran down to about 10% in about 3 hours so I pulled it and put in a fresh one. So I decided to put it back in and run it all the way down and then check the voltage on it. That was an hour ago when I put it in. It quickly dropped from 8% to 2% in about 10 minutes but since then I've been using the phone solid without a break trying to shut the phone off and it has not moved off 2% in about 45 minutes. Very odd.
---------- Post added at 10:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:59 PM ----------
One more thing, I do not recommended these cheap azz eBay batteries or there extended battery covers. As you know the 4g and GPS antenna is in the battey cover and these cheaper one do not work. I got the batteries and cover last night and as soon as I put one in and turned the phone on it immediately went to 1x. I finally figured out it was the antenna, or lack thereof, so I modified it to get it to work. Pure junk. I normally go with seidio stuff and will buy nothing but that from now on.
---------- Post added at 10:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:04 PM ----------
It finally shut off after sitting on 2% for an hour of solid use on the web, Facebook and youtube. The voltage is 3.682.
nxslt1 said:
Something else odd......the battery I'm using right now is a cheap Chinese eBay battery, 3500 mAh. It ran down to about 10% in about 3 hours so I pulled it and put in a fresh one. So I decided to put it back in and run it all the way down and then check the voltage on it. That was an hour ago when I put it in. It quickly dropped from 8% to 2% in about 10 minutes but since then I've been using the phone solid without a break trying to shut the phone off and it has not moved off 2% in about 45 minutes. Very odd.
---------- Post added at 10:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:59 PM ----------
One more thing, I do not recommended these cheap azz eBay batteries or there extended battery covers. As you know the 4g and GPS antenna is in the battey cover and these cheaper one do not work. I got the batteries and cover last night and as soon as I put one in and turned the phone on it immediately went to 1x. I finally figured out it was the antenna, or lack thereof, so I modified it to get it to work. Pure junk. I normally go with seidio stuff and will buy nothing but that from now on.
---------- Post added at 10:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:04 PM ----------
It finally shut off after sitting on 2% for an hour of solid use on the web, Facebook and youtube. The voltage is 3.682.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Don't know if you looked, but the batteries HTC uses are cheap Chinese junk, which is why I tell people to not replace HTC batteries with HTC batteries. Better can be had.
As for the LTE antenna, the Tbolt doesn't have just one. The LTE spec requires dual antennas. The second antenna is located in the bottom of the phone underneath the ligher colored portion. LTE reception should roll over to that antenna if the other one is some how encumbered.
That voltage looks about right. And it appears the phone detected it correctly and took the correct action. Hopefully a wipe of stats fixes things.
All I know is before I modified the antenna 4g would drop in and out constantly then it would drop to 3g and it was in and out til it finally settled on 1x. After I modified it it stayed on 4g all night with a decent dl speed.
I hope this fixes it but I've wiped stats 20 times this week in clockwork and a battery cal app with no change but I didn't get the stand alone charger til last night so fingers crossed.
I'm sorry... flat dead voltage should be around 3.1 to 3.2. If you're phone is shutting off at 3.6v, it probably isn't reading voltage correctly.
loonatik78 said:
I'm sorry... flat dead voltage should be around 3.1 to 3.2. If you're phone is shutting off at 3.6v, it probably isn't reading voltage correctly.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Any suggestions? What I don't understand is why it would charge fine for the first month that I had it.
Wish I had something wise to say, but I don't.
I charged it in the phone with it off all night, about 7 hours, and it shows 4.17 volts on the meter but it only showed 88% charge when I turned the phone on. Are you sure about the dead flat voltage? Is this just for the thunderbolt or droids in general? The reason I ask is because I ran down my incredible until it shut off and the voltage on it was 3.7, pretty close to the thunderbolt battery ran down. I think I'm getting the full use of my battery on the tbolt, the phone just wont show the correct voltage for some reason. Somebody needs to make an app that allows you to offset between what the battery voltage actually is and what the phone displays.
nxslt1 said:
I charged it in the phone with it off all night, about 7 hours, and it shows 4.17 volts on the meter but it only showed 88% charge when I turned the phone on. Are you sure about the dead flat voltage? Is this just for the thunderbolt or droids in general? The reason I ask is because I ran down my incredible until it shut off and the voltage on it was 3.7, pretty close to the thunderbolt battery ran down. I think I'm getting the full use of my battery on the tbolt, the phone just wont show the correct voltage for some reason. Somebody needs to make an app that allows you to offset between what the battery voltage actually is and what the phone displays.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
3.163 volts is what my Tbolt calls flat dead. I've never meter tested the battery, but that sounds right to me. 3.7 is the nominal voltage; a mean between the min and max. If someone else could confirm what I'm saying, that would be helpful. If you like I can post some screen shots of the app I'm getting that data from.
loonatik78 said:
3.163 volts is what my Tbolt calls flat dead. I've never meter tested the battery, but that sounds right to me. 3.7 is the nominal voltage; a mean between the min and max. If someone else could confirm what I'm saying, that would be helpful. If you like I can post some screen shots of the app I'm getting that data from.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I would rather have a meter reading on it. Last night I kept checking voltage with my app and just before it went dead it was showing about 3.3 to 3.4 volts but the meter said 3.6. I'm sure it might read a lil lower with the app since it has a load on it but I don't trust the apps. A good meter wont lie.
nxslt1 said:
I would rather have a meter reading on it. Last night I kept checking voltage with my app and just before it went dead it was showing about 3.3 to 3.4 volts but the meter said 3.6. I'm sure it might read a lil lower with the app since it has a load on it but I don't trust the apps. A good meter wont lie.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Let me see what I can do. I'll check the voltage via meter and if it matches what my app is saying, I'll assume the app is reading honest.
loonatik78 said:
Let me see what I can do. I'll check the voltage via meter and if it matches what my app is saying, I'll assume the app is reading honest.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That would be great. The stock battery is doing the same thing the other did last night. Its been sitting on 2% for about 2 hours and an hour of that was of heavy use. I dl a battery monitor and it graphs over time and the voltage has not moved off of 3.511 in at least 2 hours. This is messed up.
I hope someone can figure this out, My (used) TBolt has been like this since I got it, now my wifes just started not charging to 100% 2 days ago, looks like she has the same issue...
Ive tried the wiping bat stats, loading roms, different batteries, chargers, etc...
Nothing has fixed it yet... just having to live with it...
hoping by some miracle the 2.3 OTA may fix it.... (but not holding my breadth)
The battery of my GS charging dock can only charge 50% - 60% of the watch, is that normal? I saw a post saying according to the manual it can only charge up to 50%, but I can't find this information on the manual. Any help?
Thanks.
alwynpan said:
The battery of my GS charging dock can only charge 50% - 60% of the watch, is that normal? I saw a post saying according to the manual it can only charge up to 50%, but I can't find this information on the manual. Any help?
Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Page 9 of the manual... clearly says up to half the capacity.
esseff said:
Page 9 of the manual... clearly says up to half the capacity.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks, but not on mine...
Strange. It is in my manual in Gear Manager and all the online manuals i have seen.
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/MC/201501/20150109142348142/EN/Eng/start_here.html
So what is going on? I Just charged to 82% and now I'm not sure... is the cradle fully discharged or it just doesn't want to let it charge more?
This is a problem with dock charger. A big one IMO. It should charge 100%.
calinormy said:
This is a problem with dock charger. A big one IMO. It should charge 100%.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think you misunderstand the terminology here.
The cradle can charge the watch to 100% if connected to a USB charger, which also charges the cradle's battery at the same time.
The cradle will only charge the watch to ~50% when disconnected from a USB charger.
Watch holds about 300mA of charge. Crade holds about 350mA but the thing is there is always lost in electricity.
Long story short and simply speaking - during charging electrons and all that stuff needs to move from one place to another which generates heat... Well... not that much heat that we could feel or notice but it's quite a lot for 350mA battery which is tiny amount of energy.
Also if you are playing with your watch while it's charging from a disconnected cradle you will use energy out from a cradle and there will be not enough to charge a watch.
The other thing is that while it's charging tilting it in any direction lights up the screen which consume energy. So if it's in your bag/backpack/pocket charging from a cradle and you are walking you may even don't know about it and in the end of the day it won't charge as much as it would with the screen off for all that time while it was charging.
I think it's quite simple enough now for everybody right?
I'm getting to 60%
I've just tried it out and from fully charged cradle I got 77% from 30%... We can say it's 50% as I use "Face Watch Always On"
When I ran my test, my Gear S had run down to 0% battery. Then, I powered off the Gear S and stuck it on the charging cradle. When I turned on my Gear S, it had 60%.
My experience is ~60% when powered off, 45-50 when on but screen off and 30-40% with various tasks. My manual also says 50% capacity. They should've just made the dock bigger with higher capacity. I can't imagine there are too many people who wear it with the dock
drjosephkim said:
When I ran my test, my Gear S had run down to 0% battery. Then, I powered off the Gear S and stuck it on the charging cradle. When I turned on my Gear S, it had 60%.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes that is how the charging cradle is designed (see the manual). For full charge you'll need to plug it in. The cradle is designed to give you an extra boost if you're out and can't plug it in.
Do all of the gear s charging docks have a built in battery? Mine does not hold a charge nor have a light next to the micro usb port
heat22 said:
Do all of the gear s charging docks have a built in battery? Mine does not hold a charge nor have a light next to the micro usb port
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you buyed a used watch?
Sent from my SM-G928F using XDA-Developers mobile app
dashrink said:
Did you buyed a used watch?
Sent from my SM-G928F using XDA-Developers mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Got it from Rakuten.com. Said nothing about it being used in the listing. Looks brand new came with plastic all over in the samsung box and all... Sounds like I got bamboozled.
heat22 said:
Got it from Rakuten.com. Said nothing about it being used in the listing. Looks brand new came with plastic all over in the samsung box and all... Sounds like I got bamboozled.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yea. It sound like a refurbished watch with a unoriginal charger. Bought a couple from aliexpress for 2 bucks each. They still work great tho. I have one with me all of the time and a nice 6000mah battery pack with 2 usb output. I can charge my phone and my watch at the same time
Sent from my SM-G928F using XDA-Developers mobile app
Just as title says... is it safe as if it were plugged into an outlet?
I don't see why not.
I have done it a few times already. Just stays slightly warmer I think. I use a pma wireless charger if that makes a difference or not.
I got the official Samsung one best buy gave out. Think that's Qi
Sent from my SM-G925V using XDA Free mobile app
Not too confident to put it on for wireless charging overnight.. Would get really got by the morning
Sent from my YOGA Tablet 2 Pro-1380F using XDA Free mobile app
This is why I wish manufacturers would start posting maximum surface temp specs for their chargers.
With that said, I'm guessing that Samsung's is reasonably built and won't get too hot. It also helps that part of the device hands "off" of the charger (that's also part of why I prefer circular chargers to rectangular ones).
Just make sure you keep the charger itself on a cool surface, and if you're one of those people who likes it to be 85 degrees in your house, you might not want to leave it on overnight. You could honestly probably rig the thing to vibrate itself off of the charger after a certain time lol.
I have been charging my S5 wirelessly every night for the past 6 months. I just used a low amperage charger so that it does not charge too quickly/ heat up too much. I am going to do the same with my S6 Edge.
Szadzik said:
I have been charging my S5 wirelessly every night for the past 6 months. I just used a low amperage charger so that it does not charge too quickly/ heat up too much. I am going to do the same with my S6 Edge.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You mean you bought a charger with low amps or you use a low amp plug that's not necessarily for the charger?
Sent from my SM-G925V using XDA Free mobile app
Powell730 said:
You mean you bought a charger with low amps or you use a low amp plug that's not necessarily for the charger?
Sent from my SM-G925V using XDA Free mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I use an original Samsung wireless mat and am using a low amp wall plug with it.
I got the duracel power mat that was from amazon.com and I leave it on overnight. The power mat seems to not stay constantly charging it. When I wake up my battery is full and it's not excessively overheating. It's a PMA charger, not a Qi one.
-NVE
Well I've got the original Samsung Qi charger with the fast charge plug for the phone and I plan on charging mine overnight tonight. If the phone blows up I'll report back! I doubt it'll be an issue as the charger will surely only draw as much current from the power supply as it needs, and in-turn charge the phone at the recommended rate. I've been topping it up throughout the day on the wireless pad while I set up the phone and while it got warm I wouldn't say it got overly hot.
Edit - Charges quite fast on the wireless pad! Only been on there about two hours and it's charged from 24% to 97%! Certainly quicker than my old Nexus 4 charged. Was warm when I picked it up but will keep it on the pad overnight anyway to keep it topped up and I'll report back if it explodes!
Kiwi_Dude said:
Well I've got the original Samsung Qi charger with the fast charge plug for the phone and I plan on charging mine overnight tonight. If the phone blows up I'll report back! I doubt it'll be an issue as the charger will surely only draw as much current from the power supply as it needs, and in-turn charge the phone at the recommended rate. I've been topping it up throughout the day on the wireless pad while I set up the phone and while it got warm I wouldn't say it got overly hot.
Edit - Charges quite fast on the wireless pad! Only been on there about two hours and it's charged from 24% to 97%! Certainly quicker than my old Nexus 4 charged. Was warm when I picked it up but will keep it on the pad overnight anyway to keep it topped up and I'll report back if it explodes!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Mine made it through the night without exploding lol... in fact, mine was cool to the touch and was not even charging when I picked it up... I think the samsung charger must shut off once the phone reaches 100%
Edit: the technology must be built into the s6 edge because I just put it back on once it dropped to 99% and it charged to 100 then the light on the charger turned green, the phone lit up and said fully charged and then it was no longer charging. Definitely seems safe to leave on overnight.
Sent from my SM-G925V using XDA Free mobile app
Powell730 said:
Mine made it through the night without exploding lol... in fact, mine was cool to the touch and was not even charging when I picked it up... I think the samsung charger must shut off once the phone reaches 100%
Edit: the technology must be built into the s6 edge because I just put it back on once it dropped to 99% and it charged to 100 then the light on the charger turned green, the phone lit up and said fully charged and then it was no longer charging. Definitely seems safe to leave on overnight.
Sent from my SM-G925V using XDA Free mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My findings too! Like yourself, phone was cool to touch, and light on charger (and phone) had turned green. :good:
Which is good Wireless charge with a 2amp out
Safe Wireless Charging
I am a traveler who takes a lot of photographs with my iPhone and Samsung S6 and so far Wireless Charging has been working well for me. I have proved that in many occasions while currently here in Southeast Asia (Cambodia as of this writing). Before leaving the US I made sure I was equipped so I shopped around and found a variety of safe Wireless Charging devices. IN my travels I would find myself tired and exhausted but need to charge so tendency is I fall asleep and wake up the next day and the device has cooled down after reaching 100% (during my sleep presumably). Look for devices like these.
I hope this helps!
I just got my cradle and it took 4 hours for my battery to charge. Is that how long it's supposed to take?
thegameksk said:
I just got my cradle and it took 4 hours for my battery to charge. Is that how long it's supposed to take?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Its meant to discharge fully and then charge your battery.
stlouie65 said:
Its meant to discharge fully and then charge your battery.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't understand. The battery was fully discharged in my phone then I put it in the cradle. 4 hours later the light turned green.
I've noticed it's pretty slow. I don't know if it's 4 hours, but it's definitely at least 3
thegameksk said:
I don't understand. The battery was fully discharged in my phone then I put it in the cradle. 4 hours later the light turned green.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Your phone will never truly fully discharge the battery (safety measure) it has to save enough to shut down properly. So that is part of it... I don't know if the cradle is set up to fast charge either... I doubt it, considering the phone should last longer than four hours any way. I'm happy to have a FREE extra battery, and cradle... It charges the battery, that's all I'm really looking for... I you are unhappy with it, I suppose you could send it back...
Sent from my LG-H901 using Tapatalk
I'll try to remember to check mine next time. I don't think it takes that long though!
Sent from my pretty nifty brand new LG V10
stlouie65 said:
Its meant to discharge fully and then charge your battery.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No such thing is happening. Please do not spread misinformation.
It charges slower than the phone because it does not have Quick Charge, it's a very simple charger. Label says it puts out 1.6A at 4.4V, which means the battery probably charges at about 1A on average. Charging is never 100% efficient and charging does not progress in a linear fashion, it slows down past 80% to near-trickle, otherwise the battery would overheat.
Chargers don't discharge batteries to charge them. This isn't 1990 and our battery isn't NiCad.
I just don't know why they're calling it a cradle. You're not resting your device on it. Those are cradles, this is a battery charger.
THIS is a cradle: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ue&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_2&smid=A1LWHYTZATVG8I
However, this thread is otherwise interesting, I've used my battery charger for a few cycles, meh, it charges my spare battery overnight.
I know this is an older thread, but what's the experience with this cradle? I just got a used V10 on Swappa with this cradle and it does seem like it's taking a while to charge. I have no problem with how long it's taking, but I need to know if it's defective so I can do something about it on Swappa.
tripey said:
I know this is an older thread, but what's the experience with this cradle? I just got a used V10 on Swappa with this cradle and it does seem like it's taking a while to charge. I have no problem with how long it's taking, but I need to know if it's defective so I can do something about it on Swappa.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It doesn't have fast charging like the phone itself... It's fine.
Common sense isn't all that common