my z5c came with regular 1.5a charger (which take to charge to 60% 60 minutes , and 75min to 80% 2.5hrs to 100%
i saw aukey QC 2.0 for about 14$
and charge to 60% is twice as fast(30mins) but to 100% is only 30min diffrent 120mins
is worth buying it?
thx
It's worth every penny and a must without a replaceable battery. It's the only way I could get my phone to last throughout the workday was to quick charge at lunch.
I wonder what you work that you have time to drain your battery so fast
when I leave the house at 6am and come home at 5pm I have about 75 to 85% left. When I go to bed at 11pm I still have about 50%. (and no Stamina mode etc) Maybe I'm not that kind of power-user...
Anyways. I bought a quick charger (Anker Power Port+ 1 and Power Drive+ 1 for car) to be prepared for situations where I need power very quick.
To OP: Quick chargers are not meant for charging full capacity in high speed but for charging a certain amount very quick, but the end goes slower. So when you have about 10% left and you're for example about to go out at night, then you can quick charge it to let's say 40 or 50% in a short time. So your battery will last the night at best. That's the main purpose of quick chargers.
I have aukey qc 2.0. To be honest it doesn't charge as fast as qualcomm says. But still it charges about 55% in first 30min phone charge to is less than 5%. From 0% to 100% it takes about 105-110min
Qualcomm has done test in laboratory condition, I think it means no WiFi no data almost 0 apps etc.
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I wonder what you work that you have time to drain your battery so fast
when I leave the house at 6am and come home at 5pm I have about 75 to 85% left. When I go to bed at 11pm I still have about 50%. (and no Stamina mode etc) Maybe I'm not that kind of power-user...
Anyways. I bought a quick charger (Anker Power Port+ 1 and Power Drive+ 1 for car) to be prepared for situations where I need power very quick.
To OP: Quick chargers are not meant for charging full capacity in high speed but for charging a certain amount very quick, but the end goes slower. So when you have about 10% left and you're for example about to go out at night, then you can quick charge it to let's say 40 or 50% in a short time. So your battery will last the night at best. That's the main purpose of quick chargers.
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Emails,texts, calls, and a lot of data input to spreadsheets. My phone is screen on pretty heavily from 8am until 4pm.
This was a good day here lol I average about 5 hours of screen on time and see that's about the same for everyone, except my 5 hours are 5 straight hours and really need to be 8 or 9.
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As the title says:
Anyone tried high capacy batteries for our Wizard?
I found one Ebay a 2350mAh battery and would like to know if it really expands the battery life a lot!
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I have the extended battery for my T-Mobile MDA. Works great, gets about 3 days under continuous usage at work. Never had the normal battery, but with the extended it doesn't seem to have any battery issues I read about before purchasing my device. I got mine on ebay too, they're from some cheapo Japanese manufacturer, but working well so far.
what's the mah that comes standard with our varios?
I bought one of those 2400 mAh batteries and it makes the difference of a couple of days. It's funny, tho...the standard battery sits at 100% forever and then when it starts dropping, it appears to drop relatively quickly. The 2400 mAh battery, on the other hand, appears to drop fairly quickly until it hits 50%. Then it sits there forever before dropping below that. But anyway, the stock battery would last me about three days, the large one lasts about 5.
Thanks for the answers!
I checked but it seems that the extended batteries are also a lot thicker.
And you will get a new backcase because otherwise it wont fit...
I do like a good extended battery but I dont want my phone to be any bigger
An alternative might be one of those battery powered "quick chargers"....I saw a link for one on a .nl site somewhere in this section. Anyway, I believe it uses a AA battery and it appeared to have a wizard compatible plug. You could always keep a couple charged NiCad AA batteries in your pocket and if your phone battery runs low, give it a boost with the charger. Then you get some extra battery life without increasing the size of the phone itself.
i have one from lion battery.....love it.
got pictures of how much bigger the battery sticks out on the mda ? thanks in advance
It will stick out a fair bit:
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I find the standard (1250mAh, not the 1000mAh) battery lasts for two full working days plus travel time worth of heavy use. I use it for listening to music for about six hours a day as well as working.
I charge it every two days and find this good. If I only use it as a phone it can go all week with one charge.
I replaced the standard Cellexpert battery with the one from Sino that is also rated at 1250 mAh and it seems to last approximatelly 50% longer than the original one. Maybe it is fresher or the mAh rating is more conservative than that of Cellexpert.
(http://cgi.ebay.com/BATTERY-FOR-O2-...5QQihZ004QQcategoryZ75446QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
O2 uses the 1.25Ah battery as standard. Don't see the point in the 1Ah battery if the 1.25 is the same size...
Too Big
I bought one. but it's too big for my case. It works at least twice as long as the standard. I use it when camping or boating with a big waterproof case, were the size isn't an issue.
My standard battery works OK. as long as I let it discharge about 80% every couple weeks.
my mda dies (drops below 20%) after ~8-9 hrs of use. granted i'm on it a lot. i still dont understand how they could POSSIBLY rate this phone's standby time of 240 hrs.
banta80 said:
my mda dies (drops below 20%) after ~8-9 hrs of use. granted i'm on it a lot. i still dont understand how they could POSSIBLY rate this phone's standby time of 240 hrs.
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cuz they turn the screen to nothing, set every shutoff timer to 1 second, and turn off all radios. try it! max battery life!
I would love more battery, but this thing is a behemoth anyway (for those of us who won't use a holster) and i'm not willing to go any thicker.. bah.. looks like i'll carry a second battery charged in a bag as an emergency go to.
I get about 24hrs of MP3 playback on my Wizard with the 1250mAh battery screen off and volume at 80%. It lasts more than a week on standby with minimal use.
next question. with the oem battery, did u guys charge it for ~ 4 hours on the initial charge, or did u guys charge it over night?
I charged it off the USB port for less than 4 hours and the batterylife is still really good.
So, I'm not sure if anyone has this problem. I pull my phone off the charger in the morning when I wake up, and it's immediately at 96%. Is this a defect with my phone, or is it something I can fix?
Thanks
It's normal. It's actually better on the battery this way. There were some debates about the EVO and kernels that performed SBC charging.
This has been covered in another thread but here it is again...
HTC has used a new charging method on the e3d so it will charge to 100% then stop charging until it hits 95% at which point it will start charging again.
Sent from my EVO 3D using XDA app
connerrs said:
This has been covered in another thread but here it is again...
HTC has used a new charging method on the e3d so it will charge to 100% then stop charging until it hits 95% at which point it will start charging again.
Sent from my EVO 3D using XDA app
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Please link me to this thread, cause I didn't find it when I looked before my post.
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Please link me to this thread, cause I didn't find it when I looked before my post.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1143929
i use the battery monitoring widget.. it has a log that shows you the actual % of the battery while charging.. sometimes the phone will be displaying 100% while charging but in the logs you can see the battery is decreasing and not at 100%.
which is why when you pull it off the battery drops right away.
I'm glad I decided to search first, otherwise I would have the whole XDA community after me wanting to kill me.
Anyways, I have one of those notification icons that show me the battery percentage, but it NEVER reaches 100%. I am constantly checking it to see if I have reached 100% and nothing. Even when I leave it plugged it all night, it only gets to 99%.
I have also tried *#*#4636#*#* and it also shows 99%. Is this normal?
Your battery will technically never be at 100%. As even the most minute drain places it at 99%. Doubtful that HTC is that precise, I understand your frustration
Ok, but my evo 4g WOULD show 100%. That's why I was confused/worried when my 3D showed only 99% max.
This is a frustrating quirk with these phones. I also use battery monitor widget (love it BTW) and its pretty clear how the phone acts around a full charge. See below, graph of battery percentage overnight sitting on the charger.
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If i happen to pull the phone off the charger when it is actually full (or as close to as it will get) then it seems like the battery really lasts much longer throughout the remainder of the day. If i pull it at say a 95% mark then it seems to be down to 80-85% by the time im out the door in the morning after a few emails / dickin around. If i pull it when its full then i only seem to lose a few percent, maybe up to as much as 5% by the time im out the door....
SBC kernel fix / help remedy any of these behaviors?
"Li-ion cannot absorb overcharge, and when fully charged the charge current must be cut off. A continuous trickle charge would cause plating of metallic lithium, and this could compromise safety. To minimize stress, keep the lithium-ion battery at the 4.20V/cell peak voltage as short a time as possible."
Don't panic, it's all as it should be. Don't try to outsmart your smartphone.
Recently they found that charging to a little less than 4.2V you get more charge/discharge cycles out of your battery.
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Hey guys, I know these threads aren't exactly welcome, but this was kind of weird.
I was carrying out my papers, listening to my Spotify playlist. After about three hours, I had 34% battery charge left. About ten minutes later, 11%. Then my phone died, because the charge was gone and it didn't get past the boot logo.
I arrived home about 10 to 15 minutes ago and tried to boot my phone, it booted and had 24% charge - how does that work?
Here's a screenshot
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I'm running MIUI polimorph JB 4.1.x.
Any explanations would be nice.
CyanogenModded Very China-like, from my Samsung Galaxy S III
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Internal resistance of the battery increased due to high temperature, voltage dropped to shut off threshold. After the phone was allowed to cool the resistance dropped and voltage returned to the actual 24% level remaining.
It sounds like your battery could do with replacing.
boomboomer said:
Internal resistance of the battery increased due to high temperature, voltage dropped to shut off threshold. After the phone was allowed to cool the resistance dropped and voltage returned to the actual 24% level remaining.
It sounds like your battery could do with replacing.
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Sounds reasonable, but I don't think so. I was doing my paper round at ~1 degrees C and my phone was in my front pocket of my jacket, so it was pretty cold. (Now thinking of that, maybe I should have written that in the OP, as well.)
But I think you're right with the battery exchange. Ever since I got my replacement S III I've been having better and yet again worse battery charge-durations. It lasted longer, but took from ~10PM charging through my XBox 'till 2PM when I go out and stuff...
But still, thanks
My S3 (2nd phone) battery lasted ages when I first got it but now a few weeks later it seems the battery just doesn't last as long as it did when brand new. I'm simply going to replace the battery with a new 1 every 3 months
Small price to pay for 24hrs plus battery life with at least 6hrs intense screen on activities. Gaming & videos mainly at work
Sent from my GT-I9300
There are several possible causes to your issue
- When batteries are cold, their capacity drops so when you get home it warms up and has some charge left
- Your battery's electronics had an incorrect counter. Do a full load/unload cycle and it should calibrate correctly
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There are several possible causes to your issue
- When batteries are cold, their capacity drops so when you get home it warms up and has some charge left
- Your battery's electronics had an incorrect counter. Do a full load/unload cycle and it should calibrate correctly
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I don't think it would be a faulty counter. The phone was so dead it didn't reach the boot logo.
I'd say option one is most likely.
CyanogenModded Very China-like, from my Samsung Galaxy S III
LG Familyguy59/Beatsleigher
Last night I used the wireless charger for the first time. Seemed to work great and had 100% when I woke up this morning.
It's about two hours later and I notice my battery is down to 55%. The phone is warmer than usual, two hours later as well. I haven't been doing anything special besides texting and some light Facebook.
For the last week I have been getting about 24 hours on one charge. The battery usage predicts I'll be out of juice after three hours.
I'm using this charger: PLESON Fast Wireless Charger Cell QI Fast Wireless Charging Pad Stand
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I have the same battery life (around 40% remaining when I go to bed each night) whether I use the wired charger or my Tylt Vu wireless charger to charge my phone at night. Granted, the Tylt Vu only uses slow charging. But if your phone is fully charged, it shouldn't matter which type of charger you use.
My first priority would be to check for rogue battery draining apps.
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But if your phone is fully charged, it shouldn't matter which type of charger you use.
My first priority would be to check for rogue battery draining apps.
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Right. I've heard discussions of whether different ways of charging can affect total life of battery... LIke QuickCharge might be rougher on battery than slow charging.
But if a battery is charged, then it's charged. It won't deplete faster in one cycle depending on how it's charged.
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Right. I've heard discussions of whether different ways of charging can affect total life of battery... LIke QuickCharge might be rougher on battery than slow charging.
But if a battery is charged, then it's charged. It won't deplete faster in one cycle depending on how it's charged.
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Yes, makes sense. In my screen shot you can see my two highest battery drains. Is there another way to tell if an app is killing battery besides the list on the battery usage screen in the settings? The warmth of the phone even two hours after it was off the charger is a dead giveaway, but the app list was pretty sparse.
Thanks!
I just got the Realme GT 2 Pro after replacing my 3 year old Xiaomi one. I want to use this new phone for at least 5 years, and I've been learning ways to help the battery not die quickly. I've learned to charge the phone until 80% and I've been doing that for a week and a few days now. It does annoy me that the battery feels weak since I am missing 20% charge. I'm contemplating to just charge it normally, but on a 10W charger rather than the 65W charger it has. Should I continue charging it up to 80% or just use it normally?
20-80% is best but decay is inevitable
You could probably get AccA and set a charging cap.
https://github.com/MatteCarra/AccA
If you look at charging chart, the OS keeps battery at around 75% overnight
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Down the road, replacing battery does not seem hard.
AccA Need root?
I cannot see the point of this, and with all respect I doubt this phone would be worth using after 5 years. More likely will not get any security updates by then and I dont think it will have much custom support either. On the other hand the manufacturers just sh1thing out 100s of phones a year, god knows what phones we would have in 5 years time, but for example I wouldn't want to use an old Sami S8 or 9 as my daily phone.
It is a good device and I like its battery life. I use it as a secondary phone therefore I share the battery usage with my other phone. In my usage I get a day and a half or 2 days out and would still have around 30-35% left. That's when I normally charge my phones, never let it discharge totally. I have seen in some articles that some experts don't recommend charging it over 80% due to the quicker wear of the battery. Honestly I cannot back this up.
There are a few things however what I can.
Do not charge when the phone is in use, like you have a long gaming session and you charge at the same time. The heat is the biggest enemy of the battery and charging and intensively using the phone at the same time could cause quicker wear out.
The second thing I never do is plug it up to charge overnight. With the quick charge tech this device has, its not even needed because its charges up in around 30mins for me. As soon as charged I disconnect. I noticed on my older iPhone when I charged it overnight, it caused quicker wear.
The above is my experience had over the years using several smartphones, but I hope it helps. Or just good luck using your GT2 pro in 5 years time
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AccA Need root?
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