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The review: Been using for a few days now with the Nexus 6. Works perfectly. It is thin, and compact. Minimal on the looks, just flat black. Very simple. The charging stops as soon as 100% is reached and trickle charges to keep it full (check out the video below). Placement of the phone doesn't seem to matter. As long as it’s in the middle, or close to it, the charging starts.
Overall, I am very happy with it. It’s small, but big enough for the phone, simple looking, and works every time.
I have this. I love it so far.
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Zenzr said:
I have this. I love it so far.
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video of trickle charging posted
thanks, i'll check out the video in a bit! I was thinking about this, but in the end it's just another charger and i can get the powerbot hockey puck on for $15... Is this one significantly faster, etc?
I have this also haven't had any problems with this what so ever. im actually thinking of adding it to a mount and placing it in my car to have it always have my phone charged and mounted in the car
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thanks, i'll check out the video in a bit! I was thinking about this, but in the end it's just another charger and i can get the powerbot hockey puck on for $15... Is this one significantly faster, etc?
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I'd suggest spending a little more and get the CHOE. With a Nexus 6, you'll probably appreciate the larger charging surface.
rayzaname said:
I'd suggest spending a little more and get the CHOE. With a Nexus 6, you'll probably appreciate the larger charging surface.
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True true. I need to measure and fund out how big the power bot actually is. Do you have any pics with the phone on the charger?
funkpod said:
True true. I need to measure and fund out how big the power bot actually is. Do you have any pics with the phone on the charger?
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Here's a photo I found from an Amazon review....
How about this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgbYLgZOljI, no navigation though.
I purchased it last year and its working absolutely fine since 1 year!
I purchased the one for my Nexus 5 and it is even compatible with my New Nexus 6!
This is a great charger for what is a very fussy phone as none of my N5 chargers would work unless I really found the sweet spot exactly.
Having looked at the iFixit page for the N6 I believe the issue is caused by the curved back making the gap between case and coil much larger than it should be - poor design choice by Motorola in my opinion and they should either have attached the coil to the back casing or not made it curved at all. I also think there's a software issue in Android as the constant on/off when fully charged never happened with my old N5 also on Lollipop which would simply go into trickle charge. The N6 method means that often my podcast downloads or TiTB backups would fail because I had the option to only work when the phone was on charge - again, no issue with the N5.
I now have two of these 3-coil chargers and are working brilliantly - even works through a very thick wallet case which none my old N5 chargers wouldn't even do.
Very good points. I want to get the Powerbot charger, cuz it's $10 cheaper, and I might buy two... however, If it's really tough to find the spot to charge on the N6, it might be the tougher sell.
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This is a great charger for what is a very fussy phone as none of my N5 chargers would work unless I really found the sweet spot exactly.
Having looked at the iFixit page for the N6 I believe the issue is caused by the curved back making the gap between case and coil much larger than it should be - poor design choice by Motorola in my opinion and they should either have attached the coil to the back casing or not made it curved at all. I also think there's a software issue in Android as the constant on/off when fully charged never happened with my old N5 also on Lollipop which would simply go into trickle charge. The N6 method means that often my podcast downloads or TiTB backups would fail because I had the option to only work when the phone was on charge - again, no issue with the N5.
I now have two of these 3-coil chargers and are working brilliantly - even works through a very thick wallet case which none my old N5 chargers wouldn't even do.
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So, this one does trickle charge? I'm having issues with TiBk failing because of my current charger.
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So, this one does trickle charge? I'm having issues with TiBk failing because of my current charger.
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It does if I use my Nexus 5 but not with the Nexus 6 - the issue is the phone not the charger, in my opinion Google/Motorola have either broken something or the way the N5 did it was not a good idea.
BTW, are you sure TiBk is failing due to the charging? I get the error about the state when it tries to upload to GDrive after a backup, but it fails not because of the charging but because TiBk has caused the WiFi to disconnect (backing up the WiFi APs maybe?) and the phone hasn't reconnected ("Authentication problem") and I have to manually off/on the WiFi. Again, my old N5 never had this issue even with Lollipop.
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It does if I use my Nexus 5 but not with the Nexus 6 - the issue is the phone not the charger, in my opinion Google/Motorola have either broken something or the way the N5 did it was not a good idea.
BTW, are you sure TiBk is failing due to the charging? I get the error about the state when it tries to upload to GDrive after a backup, but it fails not because of the charging but because TiBk has caused the WiFi to disconnect (backing up the WiFi APs maybe?) and the phone hasn't reconnected ("Authentication problem") and I have to manually off/on the WiFi. Again, my old N5 never had this issue even with Lollipop.
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That makes no sense. The OP states it trickle charges
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That makes no sense. The OP states it trickle charges
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That's not trickle charging as I understand it - the Nexus 5 (which I had *) and others stay on charging, the icon remains the same, but the charge current is lowered hence the word trickle - it's still continuous. What you see the Nexus 6 doing in that video is stopping, the charger stops, then when charge in the battery drops below a set threshold and it starts again.
*when I used the Nexus 5 I created a tasker profile that would play a sound when it was off wireless charge - I found it useful. When I upgraded to the the Nexus 6 and ported the same tasker profile across, the first night I was woken up a few hours later with the phone "chiming" every few minutes - the Nexus 5 never did this.
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That's not trickle charging as I understand it - the Nexus 5 (which I had *) and others stay on charging, the icon remains the same, but the charge current is lowered hence the word trickle - it's still continuous. What you see the Nexus 6 doing in that video is stopping, the charger stops, then when charge in the battery drops below a set threshold and it starts again.
*when I used the Nexus 5 I created a tasker profile that would play a sound when it was off wireless charge - I found it useful. When I upgraded to the the Nexus 6 and ported the same tasker profile across, the first night I was woken up a few hours later with the phone "chiming" every few minutes - the Nexus 5 never did this.
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Still. My Aukey doesn't do that at all. The Choe at least tries to keep it charged
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Still. My Aukey doesn't do that at all. The Choe at least tries to keep it charged
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Very true, and I do like mine and definitely recommend them :good:
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Very true, and I do like mine and definitely recommend them :good:
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Based on what I've read, I think my Aukey will die in a few weeks. Then I'll get it refunded and get a Choe
I have been using it for almost a month. Love it. Works very well, and not as slow as I thought it would be.
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My phone charges so slow and dies pretty fast too. Is there any extended batteries that will work with the ATT version.
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When you say it dies fast, how fast and how much display on time do you get?
I'm getting around 5 hours screen on time, but only 10 hours between charging. But the 5 hours screen on is allot, it means I'm playing with my new phone allot and when I settle down after a few days I should be getting real good battery life
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As to your question I have not seen an extended battery yet, but I'm sure they are on the way.
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It says i get 2 hours on screen time.
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Yea that is not so good. But I would wait a few recharge cycles before getting too concerned.
Just as a side note I am running codeworkx cwm kernel, stock ROM, rooted and debloated.
Are you still stock or have you flashed anything?
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It says i get 2 hours on screen time.
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I just found this
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=180732262208&index=19&nav=SEARCH&nid=47775386911
Have no idea if it is any good and don't know anything about the seller, but I guess they are rolling extended batteries.
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Im stock. Im just going to wait and see if my battery life gets better. If an official extended battery comes out in thr future i will buy it.
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Isn't charging slow a norm for Samsung phones? At least that's what I've heard.
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Isn't charging slow a norm for Samsung phones? At least that's what I've heard.
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Yes, they do that because Samsung feels although it pro longs your battery long term life. My infuse is the same way.
I too am a little worried about the battery life. I unplugged my phone at 5:47 this morning. By 7:15 I was down to 87%. Granted I did read a book on my phone for 13 minutes this morning but still a little dissapointed with the battery life so far. I have had my phone plugged in for 12 minutes and it has gone from 87% to 89%.
I have also experienced the slow charging. It seems to go faster if I am plugged in to the wall as opposed to the USB on my computer though.
i havent tested throughly, but i think it seems to go faster plugged into a wall outlet also.
i wonder if USB is a trickle charge, while wall wart would be a full charge..
is there anyway to see the charge stats from inside the phone? like see how much juice is being shoved back into the battery while charging different methods? an app or maybe some shell command?
If you want your new SGS2 to charge quickly when plugged into your computer, get one of these:
http://mobile.brando.com/brando-workshop-usb-to-micro-usb-cable_p04980c0704d003.html
Has a switch that will put your phone into fast charge mode, which will charge your new phone at the same speed as using a wall charger.
just curious - isn't slower charging better for the battery, anyway?
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Yes, they do that because Samsung feels although it pro longs your battery long term life. My infuse is the same way.
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Yes. The slower you charge the battery, the less capacity it loses per charge cycle.
However the Infuse has a charging flaw in which CPU and screen power usage count against charge current limit, so if the phone is in use it'll charge MUCH slower. I never got any good data from Captivate/I9000 owners on whether this applied to their devices too. Anecdotal evidence is that the Infuse charged much more slowly than these for whatever reason.
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I have also experienced the slow charging. It seems to go faster if I am plugged in to the wall as opposed to the USB on my computer though.
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By design. USB ports can only deliver 500 mA, so Samsung limits charge current to 475 on USB. Wall charger on the Infuse was 600 mA stock and I had mods in my Infuse kernel series that would bump that to 800 when the battery was below 4.0 volts, not sure about our device, haven't had enough time to read through the battery drivers yet.
Due to the issue I mention above where CPU/screen/etc current usage counts against the current limit, the difference between 475 and 600 was a lot more than 22% or so in terms of current into the battery.
Are the extended batteries popping out the bump at the back of handset. IF that is the case the whole slim sleek looks of SG2 is lost.
thoughtchirps said:
Are the extended batteries popping out the bump at the back of handset. IF that is the case the whole slim sleek looks of SG2 is lost.
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Do you want a slim phone or lots of battery time? While we'd like to have both, it's impossible to do with the current battery technology. Personally, I wouldn't mind giving up a little bit of slimness for 4-500 mA more.
I'm not having the problems others seem to be having with the battery. Mine seems to be better than average and is a LOT better than my Cappy ever was.
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I have also experienced the slow charging. It seems to go faster if I am plugged in to the wall as opposed to the USB on my computer though.
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USB ports in computers draw far less power than what a wall charger would get.
As Entropy said, trickle charge by design.
Getting 2 hours of screen time isn't good, though. It's possibly a faulty battery.. I'd give it a week of normal charge/discharge cycles to see if it works better or not.
FWIW - My heavily modded Cappy got no more than 4 hours of moderate to heavy use on a charge, making me a user of multiple batteries. My totally stock SGS2 lasts from 5:30 am until at least 10:00 pm with the same usage. I don't know why. The Cappy was not OC/UV, just rooted and running a variety of ROMs, but even when stock the battery wasn't good.
Also, the trickle charge from a usb port will take a lot longer (at least 2x) to recharge the phone than any wall charger or car charger. I had chargers all over my house for the Cappy (still do, just don't need them now) so I always had one close by. They're cheap, and beat being frustrated by not having enough power to read a good book or watch cute cats.
I hear slow charge is better too so i bought a cheap motorola wall charger a while back thats output is 550ma compared to the sgs2's charger 700ma. It works great with this phone.
If you are getting horrible battery life try either freezing media hub, factory reset or flashing cognition after i did this i dont have a problem anymore. I dont know which one fixed it but one of em did.
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I've been using this on my Skyrocket and now on my Note. I've tested it and it works great.
It lets you know what rate the charger is charging at. Very useful for troubleshooting charging issues and finding bad chargers.
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Original thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801608
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I created a little app in Tasker's App Factory to test your Skyrocket's charger.
The goal of this app is to help you determine if your charger is providing a fast charge and to see if your charger will cause the dreaded wakelock. You should be able to plug in your charger and launch the app to see your charger type and current reported in the notification bar.
I'll go ahead and tell you, this is my first attempt at something like this, so it's not pretty, but I think it works. Please provide feedback regarding functionality if it doesn't work for you.
This app was created to accompany my thread on Skyrocket battery life here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1759541
The apk is attached. Just install it and launch the app when you have a charger connected. I noticed that it seems to take a long time to start the first time you launch it. I'm not sure what I can do to fix that.
For Reference:
The app runs a cat of these files: /sys/class/power_supply/battery/charging_source & /sys/class/power_supply/battery/batt_current_adc
It uses charging_source and the values below to determine the charge type
0= No charger connected.
1= USB Normal Charge. There is 5VDC on pins 1&4 and data current is detected on 2&3
2= AC Fast Charge. AC Fast Charge. There is 5VDC on pins 1&4, and pins 2&3 are BRIDGED.
6= AC Regular Charge. This is the charge state that creates the wakelock. There is 5VDC on pins 1&4, and pins 2&3 are OPEN/DISCONNECTED.
The app uses the batt_current_adc value to determine the charge current. Anything below 500 means your charger provides a normal charge. Anything above that will likely be around 900 and that is considered a fast charge.
The Tasker project XML is attached in the second ZIP if anybody wants to see what the app is doing. Not attached here, only original thread!
Version 0.1
First attempt
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thanks for the find! ive been pondering the idea of an app to quickly read the power output off the multitude of charges in my possession lol
Very cool mate thanks for sharing.
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Works great! Fastest was at 904 mA (stock Samsung charger)
Going to test out my generic car charger tomorrow just to compare.
-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke
[Lady]: "How do you carry that huge phone in your pocket?"
[Note User]: "I'm used to having huge stuff in my pants"
SKyRocKeting727 said:
Works great! Fastest was at 904 mA (stock Samsung charger)
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I've found that the stock Samsung charger from either my skyrocket or tablet work the best. The note didn't have a charger but I assume its the same as the skyrocket charger. My sr charged super fast. Took not even an hour to fully charge it. It was an 1850.
Great find thanks!!! I tried current widget from the market for a while but I deleted it because I felt like it never read accurately.
Security issue?
I installed this app, but a few days later I was going through my settings: Accessibility options and a new item is listed -> Skyrocket Charger Test = Off. So when I toggle to On, I get a warning: Skyrocket Charger Test can collect all of the text you type, excluding passwords. This includes personal data including credit card numbers. It can also collect data about your interactions with the phone. OK or Cancel
What the f*#%?
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I installed this app, but a few days later I was going through my settings: Accessibility options and a new item is listed -> Skyrocket Charger Test = Off. So when I toggle to On, I get a warning: Skyrocket Charger Test can collect all of the text you type, excluding passwords. This includes personal data including credit card numbers. It can also collect data about your interactions with the phone. OK or Cancel
What the f*#%?
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Then dont enable it. That toggle makes it a service iirc. Go ask in the thread listed in the OP.
dubsteps said:
I installed this app, but a few days later I was going through my settings: Accessibility options and a new item is listed -> Skyrocket Charger Test = Off. So when I toggle to On, I get a warning: Skyrocket Charger Test can collect all of the text you type, excluding passwords. This includes personal data including credit card numbers. It can also collect data about your interactions with the phone. OK or Cancel
What the f*#%?
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Tons of apps from the app store say the same exact thing if you look at the permissions before you download.If you have any apps loaded on your note right now,I guarantee some of them have the same exact permissions.I wouldn't be too concerned with it really.
Hm...this is really weird...this app shows I am only charging at 100mA when I plug my note charger in...but if I put it to USB of my computer, it shows fast USB charging at 502mA...That means something wrong with my original note charger?
henryko said:
Hm...this is really weird...this app shows I am only charging at 100mA when I plug my note charger in...but if I put it to USB of my computer, it shows fast USB charging at 502mA...That means something wrong with my original note charger?
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If its creating a wake lock then it will slow charge. I think its a kernel issue.
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If its creating a wake lock then it will slow charge. I think its a kernel issue.
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Oh, that's interesting. I just went straight from stock ROM to the padawan ROM, and didn't touch the kernel myself at all...how do I check if it's creating a wake lock?
henryko said:
Oh, that's interesting. I just went straight from stock ROM to the padawan ROM, and didn't touch the kernel myself at all...how do I check if it's creating a wake lock?
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It will say it. The charger app will.
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It will say it. The charger app will.
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Wow, this is really weird then...cuz when I plug the original note charger in, it just says slow charge (A/C), charging at 100mA...only when I plug my charger for my galaxy tab, which is rated at 2A, it shows fast charge (A/C), charging at 903mA...
When you plug the stock charger in, sometimes it will say 100mA. Let it go for a minute and then check again. It will say 904mA then.
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When you plug the stock charger in, sometimes it will say 100mA. Let it go for a minute and then check again. It will say 904mA then.
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Agreed. It does do that sometimes.
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Agreed. It does do that sometimes.
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Oh, that's a relief...thought my charger is busted!! thanks guys!!
So should my charger say 904mA or 502mA? Its plugged into the wall.
Julian713 said:
So should my charger say 904mA or 502mA? Its plugged into the wall.
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Stock charger and cable should be 904mA. If it is around 500 then you are using a different cable or inferior wall charger.
I was looking through Seidio's website this morning and ran across the Innocell Plus Case for the EVO 4G LTE and was wondering if anyone has bought one. I like the idea of a swappable battery option and the fact that it is an actual case and not just an add on. I'd like to know if this interferes with NFC though. Link below:
http://www.seidioonline.com/htc-evo-4g-lte-innocell-plus-case-p/bd3-pbyhtjet-bk.htm
Few people have them, check out this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667613
Thanks. I got the answer from Seidio since it was in the post you mentioned. The answer was it does interfere with NFC.
What the heck is that piece sticking out the side of the damn thing? It's in all the pics on their site. Is it removable?
You're kidding right?
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What the heck is that piece sticking out the side of the damn thing? It's in all the pics on their site. Is it removable?
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That's the charger. In one of the pics, you see a micro usb on the inside of the case.
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That's the charger. In one of the pics, you see a micro usb on the inside of the case.
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Okay so why does it stick out so far? Seems like it will break after the first time it goes into your pocket or snagged on something. Stupid design if you ask me. The GS III version doesn't have any ugly extensions sticking out from it.
That's because the SGIII has the charging port on the bottom, not the side of the phone. Come on bud, think about that.
I have one, here're the problems
1: piece sticking out is annoying
2: if you need to take off the battery case and don't have a penny, expect to scratch the internal case
3: will sometimes wake up and my phone will be dead because the case stole the charge or something
4: battery internal is very small... like 1500mah.. you maybe get 1200mah out of it not a full charge.
However, if you're going on a plane and want to watch movies for 6 hours, it's actually pretty good..
I wrote up along long thing here: http://www.pocketables.com/2012/12/...ndle-powered-case-for-the-htc-evo-4g-lte.html
Hey guys, I have had this case since last Thursday, and so far I have not had anything you would call a "problem" with it, albeit I am a little bit disappointed that it doesnt charge the phone as much as I would want to.
So I also did notice that after the phone and case are fully charged, the case cuts the power to the phone so you end up with some discharge in your phone battery.
Another thing is it takes too long to charge. I do not sleep very much (about 5 hours a night) and apparently that isnt enough time to charge both.
My solution to the above was to charge both at once (run one charge directly to the phone and another directly to the case. I have micro USB cables to spare around my nightstand, so this was not a problem.
Now my question is, when is the best time to turn on the case? Manual claims when its at 50%, but i have heard differently.
While turning on my case at 50%, its getting my phone up to about 80% before the case dies. In others words the case its giving me an extra 30% battery life. Is anyone getting better results some other way? how much are you guys getting?
Any other tips on how to master this case would be greatly appreciated!
I don't have it but if it gives u 30% then turn it on when u hit 70 make sure u keep is sleeping also when ur case on or else ud be stressing ur phone to charge while using it.
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I had this case.. The usb port on the case became loose after awhile. It wasn't worth the price of it.
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Anyone still using this case? I'm thinking about purchasing one and want to know how it holding up and if it's worth it.
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Anyone still using this case? I'm thinking about purchasing one and want to know how it holding up and if it's worth it.
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I have been using this case since it first launched, and like one other person said the usb port came loose, and it wouldnt charge. However I contacted Seidio and they sent me a replacement in 2 days. Overall it serves its purpose for when u are in need of a charge, and cant get to a charger!
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I have been using this case since it first launched, and like one other person said the usb port came loose, and it wouldnt charge. However I contacted Seidio and they sent me a replacement in 2 days. Overall it serves its purpose for when u are in need of a charge, and cant get to a charger!
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How much of a charge does the case usually provide? If it can get me back in the 90s from the 30s I'd be in heaven. Iv work a lot of long hours and don't like leaving my phone in the car on the charger because my phone if needed for my work.
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How much of a charge does the case usually provide? If it can get me back in the 90s from the 30s I'd be in heaven. Iv work a lot of long hours and don't like leaving my phone in the car on the charger because my phone if needed for my work.
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I know what you mean, I work 15 hour days and this has saved me at times! For the most part I have been down to 30 something, and it will charge me back up to 72. This was from yesterday. Hope that helps?
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I know what you mean, I work 15 hour days and this has saved me at times! For the most part I have been down to 30 something, and it will charge me back up to 72. This was from yesterday. Hope that helps?
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Yes that would help I usually can go about 10 hours with moderate use. Talking, texting, and listening to music through my Bluetooth headphones. Then in the later part on the day my battery runs low often going dead on my way home from work which is a 45 minute drive with no phone.
I ended up sticking with my Otterbox Defender and purchasing an 5200 mAh portable battery. That gives me two complete charges from about 20% and cost less than the Innocell.
i ordered one but it never came to my apo note to ppl with apo addresses dnt order
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I don't get your problem i have 2 Batterys if o have to get thru the whole day and night without changing. But 12-15h with one Battery are no Problem for me, and i use Bluetooth Headset GPS Wlan NFC all the time
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I don't get your problem i have 2 Batterys if o have to get thru the whole day and night without changing. But 12-15h with one Battery are no Problem for me, and i use Bluetooth Headset GPS Wlan NFC all the time
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First, based on my usage over the past 3 days, I don't know how that would be even remotely possible. Right now, I have all of that turned off, and my battery is dying just sitting there laying dormant....never saw that before, even with something as small as an iphone 4.
Second, I think you actually proved my point when you said you have to use 2 batteries. I've had iphones and an galaxy note 3 and s5 before and it was never an issue before that I even had to think about having a second battery. I used to read reviews of people saying that a benefit of a samsung over and iphone was the removable battery....while it's true that the battery might be removable, with the iphone you don't need to.
You should not exaggerate, sure this is not the phone if you're a really heavy user.
But I'm using it with everything ON, and never had a problem with it, I'm charging it every night.
But if you do have battery issues, you can buy yourself the 2500mah extended battery.
http://blog.gsmarena.com/apple-iphone-6-battery-life-test/
http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-galaxy-alpha-exynos-5430-battery-test/
I am a heavy user and average about 4 hours of SOT with LTE Web Browsing and about 30 minutes of calls BUT I will probably get the 2500 Mah Battery ..
Also there may be a 20 -25% difference between Qualcomm and Exynos Versions with Exynos better ( wild guess on my part on %).
Still coming from a Note 3 , Alpha could be a shock.
Should have been 8mm thick with 2700 Mah
Battery and Ram and Camera and SD like Note 4....THEN Alpha would not be discontinued...lol.
I think you have somehow faulty phone, because this phone has awesome standby time, even with nfc/wifi/GPS on. And it can even survive 30mins of talking with just 3% of battery. Usually the battery in my alpha and in some other alphas survives 12+h with wifi/nfc on and with 3-4h SOT.
Sounds like the phone or battery is messed up. Just replaced battery. If it still doesn't fix, contact carrier
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I've had my Alpha for a week now (Exynos version) and I'm disappointed in the battery as well. I bought it for music playback and I took a six hour drive over the weekend with it functioning in airplane mode streaming music through the headphone jack. That was it. It was down to 9% at the end of my drive. Call me crazy, but that's unacceptable for it not being connected to ANY network. It was just playing music and an audiobook located on the device. Is this normal? I can return it, but I love the form factor and the audio quality is second to none, so I will probably just live with it.
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There is an extended battery that you can get if you need some extra juice.
Try latest Firmware... BOA2 gave me 20% better battery life
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If you completely disable NFC the battery lasts for more than 2 days.
Can you post screenshots of your battery use? It would be interesting to see why your phones battery die so many times faster than mine
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Can you post screenshots of your battery use? It would be interesting to see why your phones battery die so many times faster than mine
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Yes, I would love to. Please let me know how to do that. I will also try to look it up, but I haven't used android in a while so it's all new to me again.
Incidentally, I continue to be dissatisfied with the battery compared to my past iphones. I have everything turned off, e.g., NFC, bluetooth, etc. And, I hardly have any apps installed.
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@ skirush, you either have a bad phone or an app that is draining your battery in the background. And don't blame the "pathetic" battery. I'm getting 70 minutes of screen time when my battery drains to 20%. Also, I am not using the power save modes.
Did you buy your phone new? It is very odd that you are not getting better performance from your Alpha.
I'm not really sure what to do. I'm pretty pissed about this whole thing. I went out on a limb and bought it new online. Once I got the phone, I confirmed with both AT&T and Samsung that the phone was legit and both said yes. In fact, Samsung even said that the phone is covered under warranty. So, instead of returning it (due to the poor battery life) I kept it. Now, I might be too late to return it to the company I bought it from. It's been over their 14 day return policy.
I have had the feeling that its messed up ever since I first got it, but I decided to stick with it since samsung said it was legit. Now, I'm regretting it.
thumbs down for Samsung support
I called Samsung tech support/customer service. Get this, they are willing to replace the battery...IF, I first send them my battery that's currently in my phone. That's just not possible. Like most people, I have one cell phone with one battery. I don't have a landline phone. So, I don't have spare batteries just lying around to use in the mean time.
That's bs from my perspective. I've had replacements on phones sent to me before. For example, ATT sent me a replacement Note 3 and they took my credit card info on file. After I returned the old unit back to them they release a hold in the amount of the phone.
Not sure why samsung is unwilling to do this. Seems ridiculous to expect someone to send them a battery for their phone, thus rendering it useless. And who knows how long it would take them to send a new one back to me. Could be a total 2 weeks without a phone between me mailing them the old battery and them sending me a new one. Who can do that?
a battery costs about 10$ and for longer trips you may need a second one. So why don't you buy an second one and send the battery from the phone to Samsung?
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First, based on my usage over the past 3 days, I don't know how that would be even remotely possible. Right now, I have all of that turned off, and my battery is dying just sitting there laying dormant....never saw that before, even with something as small as an iphone 4.
Second, I think you actually proved my point when you said you have to use 2 batteries. I've had iphones and an galaxy note 3 and s5 before and it was never an issue before that I even had to think about having a second battery. I used to read reviews of people saying that a benefit of a samsung over and iphone was the removable battery....while it's true that the battery might be removable, with the iphone you don't need to.
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I am an ATT user so I did have the 850A version with the snapdragon and I did notice that the battery life was pretty bad, but not as bad as you illustrate - and yes this phone gets nowhere near the life as the IPhone6 (my wife has one too).
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If you completely disable NFC the battery lasts for more than 2 days.
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I totally agree with this. The NFC chip on this phone kills the battery. I dropped from 100 to 65 % in 4 hours with the phone in standby. I turned off NFC and 3 hours later it only dropped another 6%
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@ skirush, you either have a bad phone or an app that is draining your battery in the background. And don't blame the "pathetic" battery. I'm getting 70 minutes of screen time when my battery drains to 20%. Also, I am not using the power save modes.
Did you buy your phone new? It is very odd that you are not getting better performance from your Alpha.
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I had a DLNA app in the background running (just the service) and it too drained the battery as it was constantly trying to find DLNA ready devices.
Bottom line: Either you have a defective battery/phone or you have a consumer that you have not discovered yet.
BTW I switched to the 850M with the samsung chip just because I get the rooting support that the A version will propably never get. Plus the phone outright is cheaper.
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....Not sure why samsung is unwilling to do this. Seems ridiculous to expect someone to send them a battery for their phone, thus rendering it useless. And who knows how long it would take them to send a new one back to me. Could be a total 2 weeks without a phone between me mailing them the old battery and them sending me a new one. Who can do that?
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I purchased this aftermarket battery as a backup. it's been working like the original one. $6 shipped to you is a steal for me. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Replacement-Battery-For-Samsung-Galaxy-Alpha-G850-/111584617173
Sucks that Samsung is making you jump through these hoops. I would check with the retailer you bought it from if you can exchange it. If not, file a claim with your credit card. Good luck
I thought with the last few eu updates the battery was draining quicker and blamed the Rom for it.
In the beginning when i used the phone I had a SOT average of 6 hours which is fine.
But now I barely get 4.30 hours.....
I use accubattery and saw the capacity decreasing. Lots of people says accubattery is nonsense app. But as you can see it's damn accurate.
I used a usb charge tool and drained the battery once till 0 and let it charge with a 1A charger. The outcome was rather shocking to me....
My battery after 4 months is just 2.699mah!!
A decrease percentage of 20%
I will look if it falls under warranty.
If you have a usb tester please post your results and for how long you have it.
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Wow, that sounds bad, a hardware issue. I would use the warranty if possible
I don't use quickcharge (since the phone is heating up way too much) + I use battery charge limit in order to release additional stress on the battery.
Maybe it helps, I will report back whether or not I have the same issue in x months. Cheers!
How long and often did you charge the phone to? Which charger did you use?
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How long and often did you charge the phone to? Which charger did you use?
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Most of the charges were around 20% and 80% but also full battery. And once a day.
I charged most of the time with the 27Watt quickcharger. I guess that's the issue.... Or just a bad battery.
This is really concerning for me. I just ordered my global version and waiting for order confirmation. My main reluctancy in getting this phone is battery life. I am currently using the OnePlus 6t and can average 5-6 hours of SOT. And I need this type of usage for work. This has me thinking if I should cancel or just hope for the best. My only other option at this price point would be the standard op 7.
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This is really concerning for me. I just ordered my global version and waiting for order confirmation. My main reluctancy in getting this phone is battery life. I am currently using the OnePlus 6t and can average 5-6 hours of SOT. And I need this type of usage for work. This has me thinking if I should cancel or just hope for the best. My only other option at this price point would be the standard op 7.
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Wow another backhanded plug for One Plus in an XDA thread for a non One Plus phone. It might seem innocent if I hadn't seen so many posts like this in so many XDA threads for various Xiaomi and Huawei devices. This comment literally serves no purpose whatsoever except as a plug for One Plus phones.
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Wow another backhanded plug for One Plus in an XDA thread for a non One Plus phone. It might seem innocent if I hadn't seen so many posts like this in so many XDA threads for various Xiaomi and Huawei devices. This comment literally serves no purpose whatsoever except as a plug for One Plus phones.
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Your misinterpretation of literal text does not serve any purpose. nor does your comment.
This is intended for a user or Dare I say it dev since we are in a dev community that has experience with both devices that can weight in on my concern/question it would be greatly appreciated.
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Your misinterpretation of literal text does not serve any purpose. nor does your comment.
This is intended for a user or Dare I say it dev since we are in a dev community that has experience with both devices that can weight in on my concern/question it would be greatly appreciated.
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I understand your concern.....
Please bear in mind that in our Telegram group most MI9 owners does not have the issue after four months. And are rated between the original battery capacity.
My only advice now don't use 27w charger only when needed.... Because device gets quite hot when charging.
Overall I still love the device.
Just imagine when the 100 watt charger is released.
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I dont have any battery problems with my 2 months old mi 9, my battery is day and half in full use of phone and i can say that battery is very good on this phone, i cant believe how much negative complains about battery life in every forum.
My mi 9 is Global version with 64gb and i use quick charger and i have one sim card in use, always on display is turned off, fingerprint icon flashing on locked screen is off that is all.
Try XiaomiADB to uninstall all xiaomi apps and apps you dont use at all and and use Youtube Vanced much better than stock app, i dont have xiaomi acount and i think that all apps from them are draining battery.
hi, here's my experience.
My mi9 it's 1 week old, never passed 4h30min of screen time.
No facebook active, only instagram and whatsapp. Gps always on, black theme.
Rom stock 10.2.26.0
Mine in less than 2 months is slightly < 3000 mAh. I've stressed the phone with some bad charging cycles, but with regular 10watts and 18 watts chargers. I will track it in the following cycles to see how it goes. As of me, this degradation shouldn't happen this soon.
To be honest my one seems to get worse from day to day too - I can make it barely through one day now - sometimes I have to charge it two times a day.
I'm wireless charging for the last 3 months on the 27w pad every night. Phone has great battery life and on average use I have about 20-30% left at the end of the day
Same for me, my phone is 3 months old and the battery healt is around 88% for accubattery, I tryed a manual benchmark and the result doesn't change, from 1% to 100% it drains around 3000 mah, in an other forum a guy have the same issue, the battery life is normal, from 80% to 35% from 7am to 19 pm always in 4g plus, whatsapp, some web search, mail and some music, some photo, video, some app download and 30/45 min calls, always using 18w stock charger, getting always around a 3h SOT.
I'm afraid not much better for me either... new device. Only a week old. I left it on stock rom (forced to wait a week to root it anyway...) and I was getting from 100% to 30% during my normal day with fairly light use. My last phone, a Mate 20 Pro, was doing the same with 75% battery left.
Safe to say, you need to take chargers around with you if you want to use it heavily!!
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I'm afraid not much better for me either... new device. Only a week old. I left it on stock rom (forced to wait a week to root it anyway...) and I was getting from 100% to 30% during my normal day with fairly light use. My last phone, a Mate 20 Pro, was doing the same with 75% battery left.
Safe to say, you need to take chargers around with you if you want to use it heavily!!
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I only used 25% battery today as that was from 9am to 9pm so.... Is so weird you guys are getting such bad battery life..
And I also been trying accubattery for the last 2 days and it says that my battery capacity is 2,923 but I don't really mind since I always end my days with plenty of battery left.
Anyone knows if the use of the 20w Wireless charger damage the battery more than the 18w charger from the box?
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Anyone knows if the use of the 20w Wireless charger damage the battery more than the 18w charger from the box?
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I don't know, but i am using 10w wireless charger and battery seems the same as before
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el_car said:
hi, here's my experience.
My mi9 it's 1 week old, never passed 4h30min of screen time.
No facebook active, only instagram and whatsapp. Gps always on, black theme.
Rom stock 10.2.26.0
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EEA rom is embarassing in battery drain