Hey all,
So, was over at the other half's house today. Before I left I asked her to stick my x10 into charge for a few mins. When I grabbed it on my way out I was surprised to see it was mostly charged, then I remembered she uses the wall charger while I normally USB. I understand the limitations of USB ports in charging, but it got me thinking.
Can charging the pack so quickly be good for the battery. I'm more up on my Ni-Mh cells than Li-ion but I would have thought that ~1hr charge cant be good in the long run? Where possible would it be better to slow charge via USB like I have been doing?
TIA,
Scratch.
personally, I have charged my phone overnight using the wall charger every night for almost 2 years and my battery appears to be fine. No temp spikes, no sudden drain
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battery drains
I nearly always charge mo phone overnight in a power socket aswell, only on a rare occasion i find the battery drains mega fast for no apparent reason. I just reboot, recharge and turn it on again... it is weird but that does the trick for me sometimes. no clue what causes the drainage, even tho its idle. got an app killer on aggressive so that should help, but i'm not sure its just the apps that drain battery.
Hello i've having a small problem with my battery of my xperia x10. i'm putting the phone for charging and instead of increasing the charging % is decrease it but i dont know why. sometimes i'm leaving the phone for charging all night and when i'm waking up i saw that my battery is not fully charged. is this a rom problem or battery problem?
btw i'm having lock bootloader, stock kernel and this custom rom Achotjan_Stock_Remplacement_And_Firmware Update
thanks a lot
It is normal....battery heats up and then starts draining, just unplug it for 5mins and then replug...now it will charge normally...and dont put your phone on charging whole night...that may decrease battery life...
Try it !!!
because nowadays batteries don't charge all the time! They're intelligent, so they charge up to 100%, stop charching, its going down till 92-94% and then recharging up to 100%, and then stop again..... so thats why even if you let you're phone charge for 10h you might end up with a 92% charged phone!
Haldi4803 said:
because nowadays batteries don't charge all the time! They're intelligent, so they charge up to 100%, stop charching, its going down till 92-94% and then recharging up to 100%, and then stop again..... so thats why even if you let you're phone charge for 10h you might end up with a 92% charged phone!
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yes but the problem if my battery is 10% and i put it for charge after few minutes is goes to 8% or is degrease instead of increase. why?
giwrgos said:
yes but the problem if my battery is 10% and i put it for charge after few minutes is goes to 8% or is degrease instead of increase. why?
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Bad usb cable? Or bad charger.
I have a usb cord that will charge my x10 but not Ion.
From market get 'current widget' app. With it you can read how much amps coming from charger. A usb charger should be about 400 ma, milli-amps or .4 amps.
~Jaramie
from my LT28at rooted & eating an Ice Cream Sandwich
ToledoJab said:
Bad usb cable? Or bad charger.
I have a usb cord that will charge my x10 but not Ion.
From market get 'current widget' app. With it you can read how much amps coming from charger. A usb charger should be about 400 ma, milli-amps or .4 amps.
~Jaramie
from my LT28at rooted & eating an Ice Cream Sandwich
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i have tested it. at the beginning started with 400-450 after a few minutes went to 100ma
giwrgos said:
i have tested it. at the beginning started with 400-450 after a few minutes went to 100ma
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Ok so that means the charger is working.
Did you notice the battery temp? compare the temps from before, during, and when it drops .
From 0% to 100% charge takes you how long? Should be 1-3 hours.
Leaning to bad battery as reason.
~Jaramie
from my LT28at rooted & eating an Ice Cream Sandwich
ToledoJab said:
Ok so that means the charger is working.
Did you notice the battery temp? compare the temps from before, during, and when it drops .
From 0% to 100% charge takes you how long? Should be 1-3 hours.
Leaning to bad battery as reason.
~Jaramie
from my LT28at rooted & eating an Ice Cream Sandwich
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i think it was 50%
giwrgos said:
Hello i've having a small problem with my battery of my xperia x10. i'm putting the phone for charging and instead of increasing the charging % is decrease it but i dont know why. sometimes i'm leaving the phone for charging all night and when i'm waking up i saw that my battery is not fully charged. is this a rom problem or battery problem?
btw i'm having lock bootloader, stock kernel and this custom rom Achotjan_Stock_Remplacement_And_Firmware Update
thanks a lot
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I have the same problem on x10 mini u20i.. I had in on stock, and now I have it on miniCM7-2.2.1.. I've been reading a bit, and I think it is a hardware issue..
My phone simply won't charge, if I plug it into a regular charger.. The phone will seem like it charges, but in reality the battery is draining (might even be draining faster than when is simply unplugged).
If I leave it charging through the night, the phone will be completely dead in the morning, and sometimes I have to leave the phone connected to my pc for hours, before it gains a little bit of juice and starts actually charging.
In fact the only way (I know of) to charge my phone, is to connect it to a pc with a USB cable, and even then I mostly have to connect the phone, disconnect it and the connect it again for the charging to initiate.
I read somewhere, that a guy was only able to charge his phone with the charger from the cigarette lighter in his car. He mentioned (from what I remember), that the cigarette lighter ran at 12V, but the normal cell phone chargers runs at 6V, and that causes problems for the x10 (mini). I have no idea if he is right though.. Does anybody know if this is a valid point or BS?
Anyway for a quick workaround, charge the phone from you PC
papagoejoe said:
I have the same problem on x10 mini u20i.. I had in on stock, and now I have it on miniCM7-2.2.1.. I've been reading a bit, and I think it is a hardware issue..
My phone simply won't charge, if I plug it into a regular charger.. The phone will seem like it charges, but in reality the battery is draining (might even be draining faster than when is simply unplugged).
If I leave it charging through the night, the phone will be completely dead in the morning, and sometimes I have to leave the phone connected to my pc for hours, before it gains a little bit of juice and starts actually charging.
In fact the only way (I know of) to charge my phone, is to connect it to a pc with a USB cable, and even then I mostly have to connect the phone, disconnect it and the connect it again for the charging to initiate.
I read somewhere, that a guy was only able to charge his phone with the charger from the cigarette lighter in his car. He mentioned (from what I remember), that the cigarette lighter ran at 12V, but the normal cell phone chargers runs at 6V, and that causes problems for the x10 (mini). I have no idea if he is right though.. Does anybody know if this is a valid point or BS?
Anyway for a quick workaround, charge the phone from you PC
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BS . 12 volts is the input volts for a car charger. All micro-USB chargers should run @ 5 volts and vary in amps. Your phone has smart charger built into kernel. The charger itself is just a power supply. Kernel controls the applied amps.
~Jaramie
from my LT28at tweaked with Ice Cream all over it.
ToledoJab said:
BS . 12 volts is the input volts for a car charger. All micro-USB chargers should run @ 5 volts and vary in amps. Your phone has smart charger built into kernel. The charger itself is just a power supply. Kernel controls the applied amps.
~Jaramie
from my LT28at tweaked with Ice Cream all over it.
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Yeah I kinda thought so.. I would think that it made no difference where the power came from, but my phone seems to disagree.. It simply does not charge, unless I plug the USB cable into a computer..
And it will only take seconds of googling to find out, that lots of people have this or similar problems..
Anyway, OP and others, the only answer I've found, is that the microUSB port easily gets dirty, and the right amount of wiggling with the cord or cleaning the microUSB port with a dry (!) toothbrush and a vacuum cleaner or air blower might help..
Charger
giwrgos said:
i have tested it. at the beginning started with 400-450 after a few minutes went to 100ma
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You'll probably need a new charger, but a generical USB charger is very, very cheap.
Before buying the new one, is useful testing your old device this way:
Please, try to charge your mobile using a computer. If you charge normally you've confirmed that your trouble is in the charger (since in that case your battery is OK and your USB cable and connectors are also OK).
But if you can't charge even in your computer, please do experiment another USB cable. If even so you can't charge, the culprit will be the battery or the USB connector (less probable).
I'm not sure if this is relevant but I had a simular issue like this but not all the time. Was a kernel issue, but before you jump into flashing a new kernel or rom, have you tried charging the phone after you've switched it off?
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giwrgos said:
Hello i've having a small problem with my battery of my xperia x10. i'm putting the phone for charging and instead of increasing the charging % is decrease it but i dont know why. sometimes i'm leaving the phone for charging all night and when i'm waking up i saw that my battery is not fully charged. is this a rom problem or battery problem?
btw i'm having lock bootloader, stock kernel and this custom rom Achotjan_Stock_Remplacement_And_Firmware Update
thanks a lot
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I had the same problem on my xperia x10 mini, when being charged it increases at first, after a few minutes the % decreases, What I did is I flashed a new kernel the nAa kernel for gingerbread and installed a custom rom, which is CM7 2.2, and voala!, I was surprised that its working again, I send the phone to sony ericsson support center and they said it had board damage, but what I think is that there was a proble on the kernel update to eclair or 2.1 that's why it happened, so just try flashing a new kernel using the flashtool, gud luck mate...
PLZ HELP
PLZ HELP..... MY PHONE x10 mini
pro....android vesion 2.1.......
Heats up while surfing internet on
2g network and the battery is also
heated up and drained so quickly
(just 10 percent from 100 percent
in 40 minutes as compared to wifi
which runs for atleast 2.5 hours)
.the loud speaker gives very very
humble sound (the same sound
when a cell phne during call is put
near a AM radio)......how to correct
it????
ahsanbhai420 said:
PLZ HELP..... MY PHONE x10 mini
pro....android vesion 2.1.......
Heats up while surfing internet on
2g network and the battery is also
heated up and drained so quickly
(just 10 percent from 100 percent
in 40 minutes as compared to wifi
which runs for atleast 2.5 hours)
.the loud speaker gives very very
humble sound (the same sound
when a cell phne during call is put
near a AM radio)......how to correct
it????
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Install a 2.3 based rom mate this should remedy the problem
Requires unlock bootloader first if you have not done already
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986692
Then install this rom this is bugless in my opinion
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357273
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does anyone know if its possible to find out if the s3 is really charging or not? ive been plugged in and it's still discharging. I need to know if its hardware or software related. when plugged in it has a lightning on the battery and it has red led when display is off but its really slow on charging
anthony001 said:
does anyone know if its possible to find out if the s3 is really charging or not? ive been plugged in and it's still discharging. I need to know if its hardware or software related. when plugged in it has a lightning on the battery and it has red led when display is off but its really slow on charging
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same here!
anthony001 said:
does anyone know if its possible to find out if the s3 is really charging or not? ive been plugged in and it's still discharging. I need to know if its hardware or software related. when plugged in it has a lightning on the battery and it has red led when display is off but its really slow on charging
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The battery does not charge to 100 %, this is not a defect in the phone but rather a sort of internal protection so as to not damage the battery. Indeed, it happens many times to leave the phone connected to the charger much more time necezzario.
The battery by doing so you may receive a surplus of energy than necessary, and in the long run, deteriorate more quickly. Samsung has inserted inside the Galaxy S3 a limiter that operates in the following way: while the phone is charging, you download slightly of 2-3% for then recharge automatically up to 100 %. This process is repeated automatically from your phone until it is removed from the charger.
Use this app.for monitoring battery ; https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ch_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNjYzcxLmJtdyJd
If necessary make a battery calibration uses these applications ; https://play.google.com/store/search?q=calibration&c=apps
While plugged in go to settings/battery and see if it is ac charging or usb charging....I've had this problem with the new cable and plug, it only charges at usb rate, use my old S1 charger now, BlackBerry one worked for me as well
devid801 said:
The battery does not charge to 100 %, this is not a defect in the phone but rather a sort of internal protection so as to not damage the battery. Indeed, it happens many times to leave the phone connected to the charger much more time necezzario.
The battery by doing so you may receive a surplus of energy than necessary, and in the long run, deteriorate more quickly. Samsung has inserted inside the Galaxy S3 a limiter that operates in the following way: while the phone is charging, you download slightly of 2-3% for then recharge automatically up to 100 %. This process is repeated automatically from your phone until it is removed from the charger.
Use this app.for monitoring battery ; https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ch_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNjYzcxLmJtdyJd
If necessary make a battery calibration uses these applications ; https://play.google.com/store/search?q=calibration&c=apps
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Hmm, im not talking about when it charges at 100 % im talking about when it charges in mid ranges like 50 or 80. It shows charging but an hour passed but it didnt even increase to 2 percent
Are you on an original rom or a custom / leaked one?
Have you tried another charger or computer?
It may take some time to charge on slower chargers (the ones only outputting 0.5Amp) but it definitively should not be discharging when connected to a charger with the screen off.
Im on stock firmware. Using the wall outlet ti charge the phone
Hi, I have a strange problem: sometime the phone stop charging (charging led also turn off) at 97%-99%. Disconnecting and reconnecting charger force the phone to charge fully. I'm using original z3 compact charger and cable (the same occurs with provided z5c charger: same 1500 mA model).
Model e5823, v 32.0.A.6.152 , Wind Italy branded model (the device is provided by operator, but with no customization at all...seem to be fully unbranded). Any suggestion?
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That's not a problem IMO. Why do you feel a need to charge it to exactly 100%?
Problem solved with a 2Ah charger instead the provided 1.5Ah
heavyhms said:
Problem solved with a 2Ah charger instead the provided 1.5Ah
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Cool. But "forcing" the phone to charge to 100% doesn't sound so good for the battery. It's better for the battery to just charge it to 95% and stop, and even better still if you stop at 90%, imo.
simonwela said:
Cool. But "forcing" the phone to charge to 100% doesn't sound so good for the battery. It's better for the battery to just charge it to 95% and stop, and even better still if you stop at 90%, imo.
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Isn't "forcing". Simply the 1.5 Ah charger seems doesn't provide enough power to fully charge battery in some case.
The Z5c simply doesn't charge with some chargers. For example, my Nissan Qashqai car has a USB plug for that, but the phone will not charge as the electrical current is not sufficient.