does the phone really charge so slow??
There's already a few threads discussing the slow charge time. Seems to be an issue for many. All Galaxy S phones seem to take a lot longer to charge than say an iPhone.
My Nexus S always makes it through a good 16+ hour day without needing a charge, and I always charge overnight while sleeping, so I haven't personally noticed this as an issue.
Like any smartphone these days, it's probably a good idea to just partial charge during the day when you're in a situation (like the car, or at your computer desk) that lets you. It's not necessary to do the full drain, full recharge only with the current battery technology.
Its odd, mine and my wife's phones take maybe 3 hours to get to full from sub30% yet that seems to be the outlier.
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Are you charging it on the supplied wall charger or through a computer's USB port? It charges significantly slower through a USB port than from the wall charger
bajansurfer said:
Are you charging it on the supplied wall charger or through a computer's USB port? It charges significantly slower through a USB port than from the wall charger
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Its seems to go just as fast for me either way
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kenvan19 said:
Its seems to go just as fast for me either way
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Wall charger charges a bit faster than USB since its rated at 700 mA rather than 500 mA. Best bet would be to go with a car charger that charges at 1000+ mA.
i used wall charger..
Hi guys i have a wall charger from my nokia n97 mini which is 1200mA. Can i use it or i will destroy the battery?
alexxdj said:
Hi guys i have a wall charger from my nokia n97 mini which is 1200mA. Can i use it or i will destroy the battery?
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If the voltage is correct, the amperage should not be an issue...the phone should only draw the current it actually wants/needs.
But bear in mind, if your phone blows up, it's not my fault, I have no experience with that charger or it's actual ratings.
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Charged it all night.
Is this a problem, or normal?
Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks!
Could your cable possibly have come loose? I haven't seen anybody with this problem.
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How are you charging your infuse?
With the stock cable and wall charger, stock cable and computer, or some other way?
If you are using the stock wall charger maybe the charger is going out. First try charging it another way and that should tell you if it is the wall charger, USB port on the computer, the phone, or even the battery on the phone that might be going out.
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even i see that charging on infuse is very very slow... but not as slow as u have reported.. for me it takes like 6-7 hours for full recharge... that i feel is too slow compared to other phones i had... maybe bcos of larger battery... but even then it'll be a pain during travel..
benyben123 said:
Charged it all night.
Is this a problem, or normal?
Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks!
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sasa111 said:
even i see that charging on infuse is very very slow... but not as slow as u have reported.. for me it takes like 6-7 hours for full recharge... that i feel is too slow compared to other phones i had... maybe bcos of larger battery... but even then it'll be a pain during travel..
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From what I have read the phone charges at 600ma an hour so it should charge in around 3 hours. Maybe you have stuff running in the backgound. Try charging with the phone powered off just as a test and see what happens. I go from zero to 100% in under 4hrs with phone on and under 3hrs with it off. It also depends on HOW you charge it (wall charger, car charger, computer).
As for traveling, you can buy cheap batteries on eBay for $5 or 3 for $10 and some that even come with a free-standing charger. They are so small and light you could almost carry a weeks supply.
Wall charger with phone at idle and stock charge current limit should be 3-4 hours from dead at most.
A phone in operation will take MUCH longer to charge.
So, i am charging it with this very cheap-bought-on-ebay-from-China kinda cable, and attached to it is an adapter of sorts.
see pic.
Thats your problem cheap equipment leads to poor performance
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THANKS!
Sorry to ask (and annoy), but any chance you can link me to a GOOD charger for this phone?
Go to samsungs website and get the one that came with infuse or do a little searching on eBay. Look for OEM replacement
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tyshemi said:
Go to samsungs website and get the one that came with infuse or do a little searching on eBay. Look for OEM replacement
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OEM! got it! Thank you
Yea buddy
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benyben123 said:
So, i am charging it with this very cheap-bought-on-ebay-from-China kinda cable, and attached to it is an adapter of sorts.
see pic.
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It probably isn't capable of delivering the proper current. I've seen chargers marked as 1A capable that were really only capable of 300-400 mA.
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THANKS!
Sorry to ask (and annoy), but any chance you can link me to a GOOD charger for this phone?
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Official HTC chargers seem to work well - they're rated 1A instead of 0.7. The official Samsung charger also seems to be underrated as far as current, I pull 0.8 amps out of it on a regular basis with no problems.
http://cgi.ebay.com/OEM-USB-Data-Charger-Micro-USB-Cable-HTC-Sensation-4G-/170670339203?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item27bcbeb483#ht_3410wt_1324
Will this work?
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http://cgi.ebay.com/OEM-USB-Data-Charger-Micro-USB-Cable-HTC-Sensation-4G-/170670339203?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item27bcbeb483#ht_3410wt_1324
Will this work?
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That cable should work - it's more about the charger you plug it into that matters. Anything name-brand rated above 1A that is compliant with the USB Battery Charging specification should work. (Read: iPad/iPhone chargers need modifications or the phone will treat them as USB and limit charge current to 475 mA - but still that should be better than your current situation.)
For cables, I'm 100% happy with Monoprice cables. I have a pile of these in various lengths and they work great:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10303#1030307
For charging, get the 28/24 cables with ferrite cores - These have heavy-gauge power wires.
Hello, I just got my Nexus S this morning and as I am from Australia the UK wall charger that came with it is incompatible so I am charging via usb.
I did a forum search and read some threads and found out a full charge takes about 3 hours. My problem is the battery is charging only %1 every 5 minutes. At this rate it will take something like 7 hours to fully charge.
My question is: Is usb charge slower than a wall charge and would it be ok to charge my phone with a Sony Ericsson wall charger because I don't have anything else? I thought it would be alright but I am just checking because I only got the phone today and don't want to break it.
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Hello, I just got my Nexus S this morning and as I am from Australia the UK wall charger that came with it is incompatible so I am charging via usb.
I did a forum search and read some threads and found out a full charge takes about 3 hours. My problem is the battery is charging only %1 every 5 minutes. At this rate it will take something like 7 hours to fully charge.
My question is: Is usb charge slower than a wall charge and would it be ok to charge my phone with a Sony Ericsson wall charger because I don't have anything else? I thought it would be alright but I am just checking because I only got the phone today and don't want to break it.
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You can use any micro usb charger like your old phone or any htc charger etc. No problem. i always charge with any usb charger more than 500 mAH like 1A.
USB only has output capabiliy is 500 mA or so
charger got 800 mA or 1 A , i don't remember exact number ...
Thanks guys, I thought it would be fine but it was good to be sure.
If u want a better wall charger use a HTCs and get a thicker data cable... my phone charges fast .. the Modular AC that comes with samsungs phones suck ass lol .. and the think USB too.. buy a data cable that's thick and Ull be happy =D
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I think macbooks have more juice in their USBs so I guess it depends on the computer.
But standard is 500mAh.
Ipad chargers and other tablet chargers are good for fast charging.
Are a couple of sites that sell good chronic ones.
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I was using the stock 700mA charger that came with the SGSIII and immediately switched to the 850ma charger as the stock one wasn't giving it enough power to do anything even while charging. Well I just found my 1amp micro usb charger earlier today and have started using that because the 850 wasn't doing the job either with Pandora running while im doing stuff around the house. The S3 charges fine when I'm not messing with it at all but even the 1amp charger isn't keeping this beast completely charged when I'm watching youtube or something like that. Are there any 1.5 to 2amp chargers out there that will keep it from dying so fast even while using it? Thank you for any input you guys can give me . Oh and by the way I don't have power saving mode on as I can't stand the slowness of my phone and the display on max. When its charging I expect the charger to do its job and thats why I'm asking if a 1.5 or 2amp charger would do better. Thanks everyone.
-Nick
Metalhead520 said:
I was using the stock 700mA charger that came with the SGSIII and immediately switched to the 850ma charger as the stock one wasn't giving it enough power to do anything even while charging. Well I just found my 1amp micro usb charger earlier today and have started using that because the 850 wasn't doing the job either with Pandora running while im doing stuff around the house. The S3 charges fine when I'm not messing with it at all but even the 1amp charger isn't keeping this beast completely charged when I'm watching youtube or something like that. Are there any 1.5 to 2amp chargers out there that will keep it from dying so fast even while using it? Thank you for any input you guys can give me . Oh and by the way I don't have power saving mode on as I can't stand the slowness of my phone and the display on max. When its charging I expect the charger to do its job and thats why I'm asking if a 1.5 or 2amp charger would do better. Thanks everyone.
-Nick
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The S3 limits the input to a little less than 1 AMP, so anything faster is useless.
chamberc said:
The S3 limits the input to a little less than 1 AMP, so anything faster is useless.
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That's strange because I use my 2amp car charger and it never loses power even when screen brightness is all the way up and navigation is going. Then I switched to my old 700mA charger and it drains really fast. So I'm pretty much confused now hahaha.
I know this is a bad subject to bring into discussion but notice the S4 charger for the wall charger charges faster I bought a generic car charger for my last phone and it couldn't even keep up with the charge if I was using the GPS...... Any idea what a good car charger brand is or even Samsung makes for for the S4? I really would like a nice car charger that won't screw things up with my phone thanks all if you can just put your input if not thats ok too...
i bought this http://www.amazon.co.uk/MOFRED®-Mic...sr=1-1&keywords=samsung+galaxy+s4+car+charger should be good
The Motorola with the blue light, pn SPN5400A.
I am also looking for a car charger that quickly charges the battery like the stock wall charger. I went from 1% to 50% in around 45 minutes with the stock wall charger the other day.
Try to find a 2000mA (2A) car charger
i would just get something like this i were you guys. I have one and it works great http://www.ebay.com/itm/171038027580?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
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i would just get something like this i were you guys. I have one and it works great http://www.ebay.com/itm/171038027580?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
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its 1 amp.
get at least a 2 amp charger @ OP
I agree 2Amp tends to be the way to go from what im learning but still looking for a great car charger lol
Is there a way within the UI to see how much charge the phone is getting? I have a generic USB car charger and I want to know if it's .5, 1, or 2 amps.
Generally I'm happy if I can use Google Maps navigation on a charger without losing any battery % but it would still be nice to know if I'm getting the fastest charge possible.
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Is there a way within the UI to see how much charge the phone is getting? I have a generic USB car charger and I want to know if it's .5, 1, or 2 amps.
Generally I'm happy if I can use Google Maps navigation on a charger without losing any battery % but it would still be nice to know if I'm getting the fastest charge possible.
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Not that I know of but I am not too good when it comes to these kinds of questions lol sorry
snakecharmer23 said:
Is there a way within the UI to see how much charge the phone is getting? I have a generic USB car charger and I want to know if it's .5, 1, or 2 amps.
Generally I'm happy if I can use Google Maps navigation on a charger without losing any battery % but it would still be nice to know if I'm getting the fastest charge possible.
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Generic car chargers, usually offers 700mah or 1000mah for the most.
It seems that getting 2000mah charger is the only good solution.
snakecharmer23 said:
Is there a way within the UI to see how much charge the phone is getting? I have a generic USB car charger and I want to know if it's .5, 1, or 2 amps.
Generally I'm happy if I can use Google Maps navigation on a charger without losing any battery % but it would still be nice to know if I'm getting the fastest charge possible.
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Battery Monitor Widget from the market will. It shows discharge rate when off charge on charging rate when on charger.
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snakecharmer23 said:
Is there a way within the UI to see how much charge the phone is getting? I have a generic USB car charger and I want to know if it's .5, 1, or 2 amps.
Generally I'm happy if I can use Google Maps navigation on a charger without losing any battery % but it would still be nice to know if I'm getting the fastest charge possible.
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Battery Monitor Widget can show you the charging rate. I have the Pro version.
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Battery Monitor Widget can show you the charging rate. I have the Pro version.
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Could you show a screen shot of where that app shows the charging rate?
I bought one from best buy it charges just as good or even faster than the stock charger. It's a Rocket fish 3 amp
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Beastn said:
I bought one from best buy it charges just as good or even faster than the stock charger. It's a Rocket fish 3 amp
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I have the same one. Works great.
Just keep in mind battery monitor widget does a best guess calculation on Samsung devices because Sammy refuses to put the code in that reports the actual current. Back on GB on my Captivate one of the roms had the code and it was nice but Samsung in its infinite wisdom deems it more important to include 500MB of bloat and omit this tiny important driver.
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Can someone recommend a car charger that I can buy in the UK that can charge the S4 reliably at 2A? I tried a few so-called 2A chargers, but they are only able to deliver 1.1A (as measured by the Galaxy Current App), while the wall charger delivers 1.9A.
Mr.Pintu said:
Can someone recommend a car charger that I can buy in the UK that can charge the S4 reliably at 2A? I tried a few so-called 2A chargers, but they are only able to deliver 1.1A (as measured by the Galaxy Current App), while the wall charger delivers 1.9A.
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I've ordered this 2a charger for the car and am just waiting for it to arrive now (from South Korea...).
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221224291949?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2648
Pleomax is apparently a subsidiary company of Samsung, so I'm expecting compatibility/functionality to be good.
I ordered the following holder to go with it too, from the same manufacturer and seller, its currently in the same shipment as the charger:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SAMSUNG-G...AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item4ac397a9c3
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Can someone recommend a car charger that I can buy in the UK that can charge the S4 reliably at 2A? I tried a few so-called 2A chargers, but they are only able to deliver 1.1A (as measured by the Galaxy Current App), while the wall charger delivers 1.9A.
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Just to point out.... While you do need a 2A+ charger, the cable also plays a huge factor. I've measured anywhere from 460mA to 1900mA depending on the cable plugged into it.
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Last year when I bought the Note 2 and saw it used a faster charger than my previous phone and had such a gigantic battery, I bought a lot of 2.1A chargers to replace my older 1A chargers.
Now that I got a Nexus 5, I'm wondering if the 2.1A chargers will either :
*Charge Faster? (if anyone has tested it, how much faster)
*Cap out and only charge as fast as the device permits?
*Damage the device because the phone cant regulate that charge speed?
anyone?
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anyone?
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The new battery`s limit the input by a charger to a acceptable level, you don`t have to worry regarding damage to the battery or phone due to a too high input (overcharging).
Any device made in the past few years will only draw as much as they're capable of using. Keep in mind that USB chargers are rated as a MAXIMUM, not as a constant. They CAN put out 2.1 amps, does not mean they MUST.