So I recently purchased the nexus phone and I have a question about wireless charging that is not phone specific. I know that having the correct voltage for your phone is very important and the wrong voltage can ruin your battery. Does wireless charging still apply to these rules? If know how do i know what my phones battery takes and what the wireless charges puts out.
Thanks everyone!
Related
I'm not too keen on the wireless charging itself but I've seen something my charge do that made me say hmmm...
A few times as I've been driving with my Droid Charge at the helm as the GPS device in the Verizon/Samsung dock I have observed the following:
the screen will quickly say "Wireless charging (something turned on)" and then "Wireless charging turned off"
Needless to say I do not have any sort of inductive plate or anything of the sort...and this was done while plugged into the regular car 12v port.
Does the phone have built in capability of recognizing wireless charging? anyone know why it would have thought it was turned on while in the dock? If I'm not mistaken this happened while the phone was fully stock.
It knows through magnets in the dock. It can only really charge through the inductor batterybay cover you have to buy seprate
Sent from my SCH-I510 using XDA App
Verizon was running a deal of the week on inductive battery covers i dont remember how much but im thinking of getting one myself.
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A
I recently bought an Anker battery for my HTC Sensation and I've seen significant improvement in just a short period of time. I want to be able to maintain the battery properly and correctly so it will last a long time. So my question is, what is the proper specification needed for a car charger?
I've read that the car charger must match the battery specs so it doesn't damage it. I bought a generic brand a long time ago while using my stock battery and the car charger never really charged my phone while I was using GPS on it. So I then bought another car charger, but instead it overcharged my phone really fast. I'm not very technically apt in this field regarding voltages, amps, and ultimately battery itself so please tell me the proper car charger to purchase.
I think 5V 1A universal USB car charger will do
I recently bought an Anker battery for my HTC Sensation and I've seen significant improvement in just a short period of time. I want to be able to maintain the battery properly and correctly so it will last a long time. So my question is, what is the proper specification needed for a car charger?
I've read that the car charger must match the battery specs so it doesn't damage it. I bought a generic brand a long time ago while using my stock battery and the car charger never really charged my phone while I was using GPS on it. So I then bought another car charger, but instead it overcharged my phone really fast. I'm not very technically apt in this field regarding voltages, amps, and ultimately battery itself so please tell me the proper car charger to purchase.
1. Do Qi Chargers also have the function where it stops charging the device after reaching 100% and lets it drop down a few, then recharge? Or does it over charge.
2. Does leaving the Qi Charger on without a phone on it or anything dangerous in any way? And does it use much electricity?
Your battery asks for charge when it's low and pulls it at the rate a charger can supply. If it's charged it shouldn't be asking for anything so should theoretically be fine
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
The qi standard requires that the device and charger talk to each other to regulate charging. A proper qi charger will always drop down to trickle mode when the device is fully charged. Also, the charger will only function when a qi device is present, so it's perfectly safe to leave the charger plugged in 24/7. Electricity usage should be minimal, although the charger will constantly scan for devices, so it won't be zero.
Having said that, just like with A/C adapters, cheap, generic chargers may not fully implement the qi standards, which can result in damage to your device, so bargain chargers aren't always your best bet. Also, there is a known issue with the Tylt Vu (which may or may not have been fixed by now), where it sometimes gets stuck in full charge mode, resulting in excessive battery heat and/or damaged devices, so I'd steer clear of that particular charger until they find and fix that issue.
1. Yes, Qi chargers (brand names, not something from Hong Kong Ebay) trickle charge. Meaning that they charge fully, let it drop a few, and charge back up.
2. Leaving the Qi charger on the phone does not harm it at all. In fact, if it did, I wouldn't have bought a Qi charger.
Sorry to bump such an old thread, but doesn't your phone's charging curcuit control the trickle charging?
hi all,
I'd like to submit you a strange behaviour of my beloved nexus 5.
Suddenly, with every charger and cable I can merely reach 200 mAh, very slow charging that actually doesn't allow the phone to charge up. On the other hand, wireless charging works quite well, at least i can recharge the battery.
What do you think? could it be related to the flex cable/bad usb port? USB otg works....
on the other hand, could it be a motherboard related problem? (but in that case, why does wireless charging work?)
thanks for your ideas guys!