Hi,
I bought HTC Sensation as a second-hand (used) phone, and I got a charger which has written "Made in China" on it.
Although it does look like the same as I see in unboxing videos, i have some confusions. So, I tried to charge my phone with it and left it overnight. The battery was half charged in that long time and was losing charge percentage if used heavily while charging.
Since then, I did some attempts and notices following results:
>I used my brother's Sony Xperia Arc's charger on my phone and the results (charging speed) are better now.
>I also used Samsung's USB cable to charge via pc and it is also giving good results.
>When I used HTC's (so called) usb cable which I am using for charger to 'connect and charge' via laptop, it shows same result as when connected to charger.
>It was written Charging (USB) when charging via HTC charger and Charging (AC) when charging via Sony's charger.
>I can also see a noticeable difference that HTC's (again, so called) charger has output of 200mA and Sony's original charger has output of 850mA.
I understand that this makes a big difference.
Now, I want to ask that does HTC really give chargers of 200mA?
Finally, coming back to the title, how can I recognize if my charger is fake or not? Any indications etc.?
(I am trying to attach some pictures of it).
Aaaaaand, one more question!
Does battery always drop down by 10-15% or even 30% if I use camera for less than 10 minutes or is 'my' battery having problems?
Ur charger is original but I think the adaptar has problems as I do hve the same charger with 200mah it's f9 my phones gets charged
N Ya HTC is renowned in worest battery n update sectors
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U on stock Rom?
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shrex said:
Ur charger is original but I think the adaptar has problems as I do hve the same charger with 200mah it's f9 my phones gets charged
N Ya HTC is renowned in worest battery n update sectors
hit thanks if I hve hlped you
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U on stock Rom?
hit thanks if I hve hlped you
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adapter problems? i don't get it. (I'm a noob :-/ )
yes I am on stock ROM.
I want to buy a new charger but should I buy an htc charger with 200mah if I am given this option or should I look for a higher power, like 850mah?
And, can you tell me what is your average battery life? And what is your average charging time in hours?
Btw I have hit the thanks button, I feel like it's my duty to hit thanks whenever someone helps me
Thanks a lot for your reply.
If u want to buy the charger I'll prefer u buy an HTC original charger even its 200mah
My bettery life 3g 5 to 6 hrs n 2g is around 8 or might one hour up n down ....
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N I hve to charge full night for full battery but it gets charged very fast bfore it reaches 80%
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shrex said:
If u want to buy the charger I'll prefer u buy an HTC original charger even its 200mah
My bettery life 3g 5 to 6 hrs n 2g is around 8 or might one hour up n down ....
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N I hve to charge full night for full battery but it gets charged very fast bfore it reaches 80%
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Thanks for your reply, it's really helpful.
and yes mine also charges very fast till 80% (with Sony charger)
Do you use it continuously and heavily with very short breaks for 8 hours or does it just sleep on standby?
If I leave mine on standby, it drops only zero to 5% charge in whole night. If I use it for like 6 hours while installing apps and browsing via opera mini, it drops down from 100% to 30%, sometimes even lesser.
I bought many adapters from Ebay, and all were fakes, If you would put original and fake charger together you would see little differences like little bit moved logo. Also it depends on cable, do not you longer than 1,5m. I have 2,5m cable and it is behaves as you written, it is too long distance for it, I do not really undarstand it but it does not charge it normaly. Normaly you should buy 1A charger. I bought 0,5A external charger and it has same results as you mentioned. 850mAh should be allright but I thing that best you can do if you are going to use more USB charging ports - buy on Ebay 4 USB PORT charger witch gives really good result and best thing that you can charger 4 things at same time on your cables. I am using it all time. That was best investment in chargers. Price about 7€
All is well HTC phones behave the same way
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Beloch said:
I bought many adapters from Ebay, and all were fakes, If you would put original and fake charger together you would see little differences like little bit moved logo. Also it depends on cable, do not you longer than 1,5m. I have 2,5m cable and it is behaves as you written, it is too long distance for it, I do not really undarstand it but it does not charge it normaly. Normaly you should buy 1A charger. I bought 0,5A external charger and it has same results as you mentioned. 850mAh should be allright but I thing that best you can do if you are going to use more USB charging ports - buy on Ebay 4 USB PORT charger witch gives really good result and best thing that you can charger 4 things at same time on your cables. I am using it all time. That was best investment in chargers. Price about 7€
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Thanks a lot for your input. I will buy htc charger because sensation users have told me that the charger is fine and that the problem is with mine only. I don't think that length of cable can be the problem because my SE's charger is a bit longer than htc's and it charges faster. My old Nokia's charger length was also very long and it also used to charge quickly, actually it still does (on other nokias). I will buy from market.
Normaly you should buy 1A charger
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what's 1A ? I have only heard that mAh determines the speed of charger. Is Ampere and mAh similar?
usman farhat said:
Thanks a lot for your input. I will buy htc charger because sensation users have told me that the charger is fine and that the problem is with mine only. I don't think that length of cable can be the problem because my SE's charger is a bit longer than htc's and it charges faster. My old Nokia's charger length was also very long and it also used to charge quickly, actually it still does (on other nokias). I will buy from market.
what's 1A ? I have only heard that mAh determines the speed of charger. Is Ampere and mAh similar?
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1A is 1000mAh. My charger is a 1A 5v output. 200mAh sounds a little low. Even a USB port is 500mAh.
usman farhat said:
Thanks for your reply, it's really helpful.
and yes mine also charges very fast till 80% (with Sony charger)
Do you use it continuously and heavily with very short breaks for 8 hours or does it just sleep on standby?
If I leave mine on standby, it drops only zero to 5% charge in whole night. If I use it for like 6 hours while installing apps and browsing via opera mini, it drops down from 100% to 30%, sometimes even lesser.
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Don't worry if the battery takes more time to charge aboove 80%, it is due to the electrolyte in the battery....the material used has that characteristic....and it is used widely...it cannot be helped as of now....
ferrao_malchom said:
Don't worry if the battery takes more time to charge aboove 80%, it is due to the electrolyte in the battery....the material used has that characteristic....and it is used widely...it cannot be helped as of now....
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yes I know this, if i have 80% charge, I already have enough to fulfil my most requirements..
Hope they invent batteries with more capacity soon
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1A is 1000mAh. My charger is a 1A 5v output. 200mAh sounds a little low. Even a USB port is 500mAh.
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Thanks, I will be looking for 850-1000mAh
Hi mate.. Don't worry about original HTC charger.. Numbers on it are lil bit confusing but it outputs 1000mA(1A) so its powerfull enough to charge any phone out there if not broken or st..
Hello,
your charger seems ok, when you carefully look on sticker, there are input and output characteristics. For input you have 240V and 200mA (current is irrelevant for input, it is lower because of high voltage on input) and for output 5V and 1A (you should look at this value of current) which is normal for original chargers. If you have battery fully charged in 2h than you dont need to buy another one. Charging is always faster on the beginning because of higher voltage difference and on the and it slows and probably change charging type so dont worry, it is ok.
mAh is value for capacity (battery capacity based on current usage), mA is for current value (current usage, charging current etc.), very big difference...
mAh (milliampere-hour) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampere-hour
mA (milliampere) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampere
Regards
Thanks for your replies.. The charger whose images I had posted is still sleeping in my drawer because it charged very VERY slowly (yes, it's in caps). I thought that it was original and had some problem in that specific set. So, I bought a same new charger of 1A and I mistakenly connected in on a wall socket which was slightly loose. After some minutes, it started making noises of continuous sparks within it. So I disconnected and tried on another socket without the mobile connected this time. So the charger again produced a big spark which affected the voltage of whole house for a second, thank God it did not touch me. It now rests in garbage. Now I bought same charger again thinking that the loose socket part was my fault, but the same thing happened again when I connected it on another SLIGHTLY loose socket, where all chargers of home normally go. And I got the same results. So then I realized that I am not going to get an original one. Finally I bought a kyocera charger, for 1.5$ (converted amount) which is still working by the grace of God.
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Hi Guys,
I am looking for an Emergency Battery Charger for Desire HD.
Mainly i want something on the cheap and light to carry. Here is what i have found. Please help me, which one should i buy:
1)350MAH EMERGENCY BATTERY CHARGER
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/350MAH-EMERGE...sAccessories_PDABatteries&hash=item27b565b877
2)Proporta USB Turbocharger 1200
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Proporta-30...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1289178938&sr=1-1
3)USB 7 In 1 Emergency Battery Charger 48000mAh (Not sure if this will work)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-7-1-Emerg...ories_MobilePhoneChargers&hash=item35ad2b52c4
4)1500mAh Extended Backup
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Extended-Back...709?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item45f6a04fa5
the first one seems rubbish, only 350mah? and the output current is half that of a usb port.. i don't think it will even charge your phone at all and probably only slow down the battery discharge.
I've found this one:
http://a-solar.eu/EN/micro_charger_am500.htm
It'll arrive today so I can say how it works only this evening.
ahmadashar said:
1)350MAH EMERGENCY BATTERY CHARGER
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/350MAH-EMERGE...sAccessories_PDABatteries&hash=item27b565b877
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lukesky said:
the first one seems rubbish, only 350mah? and the output current is half that of a usb port.. i don't think it will even charge your phone at all and probably only slow down the battery discharge.
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i bought the first one (it was really cheap) and have it on my keyring with my keys, yes, of course it only slows down the battery dying, what did you expect? it is a tiny battery for EMERGENCY use, not a backup battery that can fully charge your phone multiple time for god's sake!
anyway, from 15% battery it charged it to 80% in about 35 minutes
Not a particularly cheap option but I use a Powermonkey Traveller. Although it was relatively expensive it can charge 'almost' anything with it's range of adaptors. It's seen me through many a smartphone, PSP, DSi, camera emergency!
Just my thoughts...
axel2383 said:
I've found this one:
http://a-solar.eu/EN/micro_charger_am500.htm
It'll arrive today so I can say how it works only this evening.
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if you test it =) might you answering my questions, please?
the product says: "You can charge this charger by USB or Sunlight."
USB ... >> OR << ... Sunlight ?
what does that mean? if the battery charging through sunlight i'm not able to charge the phone? Or won't it be possible that the battery charges throught sunlight while the mobile is charging ?
work that thing only with sunlight oder may with roomlight too?
thanx =)
have order there freeloader pico
Will let you know how i get on once i get it!
ahmadashar said:
I am looking for an Emergency Battery Charger for Desire HD.
Mainly i want something on the cheap and light to carry. Here is what i have found. Please help me, which one should i buy:
1)350MAH EMERGENCY BATTERY CHARGER
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/350MAH-EMERGE...sAccessories_PDABatteries&hash=item27b565b877
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For six quid you can't really knock it, sure it's not the most powerful of devices but it serves a purpose. just ordered one myself
Also looking at this, more to cover my travel time on flights between London and Moscow where I'll be giving my DHD some serious welly...
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/nexxus-power-pack-pro-portable-charging-kit-p23899.htm
I am thinking I will make my own power pack with a couple of electric components, 2 x 3,7V 2500 mAh NiMH packs and a nice case. Will post photos of it when I am done, maybe in a couple of weeks. Just ordered the stuff from interwebz, cost me under 10$
neigo said:
if you test it =) might you answering my questions, please?
the product says: "You can charge this charger by USB or Sunlight."
USB ... >> OR << ... Sunlight ?
what does that mean? if the battery charging through sunlight i'm not able to charge the phone? Or won't it be possible that the battery charges throught sunlight while the mobile is charging ?
work that thing only with sunlight oder may with roomlight too?
thanx =)
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It means that the external battery can be charged by USB or sunlight: I've tested that if it's charged by USB in daylight is more rapid to charge it.
If the external battery is attached to the phone, the phone charges itself and if the charger is under sunlight it charges itself.
thanx =)
and will it only charge under sunlight or maybe in the room too ?
panyan said:
i bought the first one (it was really cheap) and have it on my keyring with my keys, yes, of course it only slows down the battery dying, what did you expect? it is a tiny battery for EMERGENCY use, not a backup battery that can fully charge your phone multiple time for god's sake!
anyway, from 15% battery it charged it to 80% in about 35 minutes
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So let me get this rite. U used the first on to charge from 15% to 80% in 35 mins... if this is correct then it is perfect!!
Just a question. Did it ran out of charge after 35mins, if not how much u were able to get out of this.
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neigo said:
thanx =)
and will it only charge under sunlight or maybe in the room too ?
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it recharges itself a bit less, but it charges
ahmadashar said:
So let me get this rite. U used the first on to charge from 15% to 80% in 35 mins... if this is correct then it is perfect!!
Just a question. Did it ran out of charge after 35mins, if not how much u were able to get out of this.
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yes, i used the whole emergency charger to recharge the phone and charged both properly when i got home
Sorry you bring up an old thread... but thought this may be useful picked myself up a Nexxus power pack pro, 2000MAH With car charger UK wall charger and relevant cables for £10 in the clearance section of maplins just fully charged my phone from dead with it
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i bought one of these a few weeks ago. its excellent.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nokia-N900-Em...PDACharger&hash=item1c16b48938#ht_2503wt_1139
massive 5000mah battery (charged my DHD twice and still had juice). only thing it its quite big and heavy. works well though and if you have 2 USB cables you can charge 2 devices at once. came in useful when my girlfriend forgot her charger when she stayed over. definitely not something to carry in your pocket, but for leaving in a bag it cant be beaten.
How about this one? It's looking exactly for emergency
Energizer Portable Battery Charger For HTC Desire HD
http://cgi.ebay.com/Energizer-Porta...neChargers&hash=item20b4bd61c6#ht_2436wt_1140
or If you need something really solid and powerful, check this out
Energizer XP8000
http://www.energizerpowerpacks.com/vn/products/xp8000/
jkoljo said:
I am thinking I will make my own power pack with a couple of electric components, 2 x 3,7V 2500 mAh NiMH packs and a nice case. Will post photos of it when I am done, maybe in a couple of weeks. Just ordered the stuff from interwebz, cost me under 10$
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Hey man, did you complete your work or even start whole trade of yours
Not the cheapest but will charge almost "anything" and it has a 5000mAh battery, go to Amazon and search for Veho VCC-A007-PBP Pebble.
I use this 5000mAh battery pack. It works very well, I get about 4 full charges from it and is able to charge 2 devices at the same time.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/TeckNet-Uni...dible-Blackberry/dp/B000NDQ92W/ref=pd_cp_ce_1
I bought the 4th one - 1500mAh Extended Backup. It works well enough for me. I get more or less a full charge out of it.
before i got my galaxy s i used to own the htc desire,
now when i charge the galaxy s with its own charger i never get more than 12 hours of standby and the battery just dies
with the htc desire charger i get more than one day of battery life, actually now after 1d 45min since being unpluged i still got 42% of battery life (with the exact same usage as my everyday usage)
now after checking the output voltage in both i found out that they both output 5volts , but the galaxy s is 0.7 amps, while the desire is 1amp
so do you think that i should keep using the htc desire's charger to charge the galaxy s, or this slight increase in amp can damage the phone.
by the way , i tried 2 different samsung chargers , and they both give me no more than 12 hours of standby time , so i know that i do not have a problem in the charger.
any help will be appreciated
thanks
You are tempting me to buy a htc charger as I am dying to get it past 12 hrs of usage.
sabbourh said:
before i got my galaxy s i used to own the htc desire,
now when i charge the galaxy s with its own charger i never get more than 12 hours of standby and the battery just dies
with the htc desire charger i get more than one day of battery life, actually now after 1d 45min since being unpluged i still got 42% of battery life (with the exact same usage as my everyday usage)
now after checking the output voltage in both i found out that they both output 5volts , but the galaxy s is 0.7 amps, while the desire is 1amp
so do you think that i should keep using the htc desire's charger to charge the galaxy s, or this slight increase in amp can damage the phone.
by the way , i tried 2 different samsung chargers , and they both give me no more than 12 hours of standby time , so i know that i do not have a problem in the charger.
any help will be appreciated
thanks
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I'm in the same situation as you and after charging with HTC charger I got a lot of extra battery life!!
I don't think that the increase in amps could damage the phone or battery
thx for the info i will test this to i'm getting now one day off heavy use with my sgs
report will also follow
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The total amount of extra battery life was about 50% for me yesterday. Great!!
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Gonna try with my old Diamond's wall charger. 5V 1.0A. Let's see...
oooh! Is it a desire or the desire HD? might buy that charger too!
I didn't even know chargers make a difference? How is it a charger even does that?
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For what phone of Desire family is it? Or all of them have the same?
If possible, please tell me the exact code name of adapter
I´ve lost my charger and need new anyway, and this looks like interesting option
Thanks in advance! .)
My Samsung Charger just stopped working and I only have my HTC HD2 charger to use so I haven't got a clue. Just shows how rubbish the Samsung one is though i barely used it as it is and its broken.
This is very peculiar to me.
The charger shouldn't be making a huge difference, but the way I see it, if the charger is output more current to the battery in a faster period of time, it might be charging the battery "more" or over charging, or the samsung undercharging.
The battery life of a phone SHOULD be determined by the mAh rating of the battery. and if both chargers are charging the phone until "100%" then they should not be draining at different rates.
The best way to test this is to get a sustained load and put it on the batteries and see if they match up to the rated mAh ratings. I wish i was still in school so i had access to this stuff so i could test it.
who cares if more amps cause damage, the only damage it will cause is to the battery.
the average battery should last the same as the phone - say 3 - 4 years ??
so if using the HTC charger ruins the battery is 2 - 3 years, who gives a **** lol, aslong as my battery life increases, im happy to buy a replacement charger in 2 - 3 years, BUT by then i would have moved on to another device anyway.
I say if it works, USE IT !!! to hell with the consequences, live life to the max !!
Thanks for sharing this info. I will give it a try with my friend's HTC charger...
Just to add to this.
USB outputs 5v +- 10% & between 500-900mA so if you charge via USB this would have the same effect would it not?
thanks alferret for that info , i really wanted to know that, so now i guess there's no harm in using the htc charger,
i am using it now as my phone charger , and i am getting no problem so far
thanks
Guys if your charger breaks the problem might be the chargers plug or mini usb (iv bought a cheap charger and it was charging but i could not use the phone literally i thought iv burned the screen)iv opened up mine and one of the wires(mine was the black one)was detached try opening with something sharp its really easy to do
just try it those cables detach really easy
Or if your really lazy buy one if you wanna
Funnily enough, yesterday at work I used a Sony Ericsson charger, just top up my phone a bit. Went from 80 to 100 percent in virtually no time.
Strange. I will check my chargers at home
Mine too , after one month and i`m using an LG charger
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My Samsung Charger just stopped working and I only have my HTC HD2 charger to use so I haven't got a clue. Just shows how rubbish the Samsung one is though i barely used it as it is and its broken.
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On Motorola and HTC phones (maybe others as well), chargers are a Micro USB cable with a USB adapter. I wish Samsung would do the same. Much more eco-friendly.
Thanks for the info. I will give it a try with my wife HTC charger.
hey guys i am having two chargers, one the stock one and another from htc hd2
when ever i charge my battery with stock charger., it takes 3 hours to get 100 pc and mA seen with my battery monitor widget is 570 mA
but if i use htc charger it charges in 1.45 hours and mA varies in 600 to 1200
should i use htc charger??
will it harm my phone or battery??
please reply fast
hemanbond said:
hey guys i am having two chargers, one the stock one and another from htc hd2
when ever i charge my battery with stock charger., it takes 3 hours to get 100 pc and mA seen with my battery monitor widget is 570 mA
but if i use htc charger it charges in 1.45 hours and mA varies in 600 to 1200
should i use htc charger??
will it harm my phone or battery??
please reply fast
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Probably not the best idea to bark orders like, "please reply fast", especially at this particular time in this forum.
Your mA should be somewhere in the neighborhood of 4350mA fully charged. What you've stated above doesn't make sense.
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What you are seeing is the difference between a low amperage charger and higher amperage charge (or watts if you prefer)
The so called "rapid chargers" will push a higher milliAmp to charge devices quicker
i.e. the difference between an iPhone charger and an iPad charger iPhone = 5volts 1amp, iPad = 5volts 2+amp (technically is 2watts, but i'm not in the mood to convert to amps)
Now whether or not it may damage your phone I can not answer, however I have been using a 2watt iPad charger on my phone for quite some time with no ill effects... just charges a we bit quicker.
mA is per second ...have u ever seen battery monitor widget??
should i use htc charger or not?
I don't have to see battery monitor widget.
mA or milliamp or even milliampere is a measurement of electrical current through any given conductor (the amount of power something can push or pull at any given time)
Batteries are rated in milliamphour or mAh, which is the amount of current a battery can store and release in any given hour.
The HTC charger shouldn't cause any problems because the battery charging controller should be built into the phone and the batteries are protected to hinder overcharge or over-discharge.
However, I will not state that it cannot cause any issues because I'm not a Moto engineer, so I don't know for sure what the hardware can withstand.
But, as I said earlier, I charge my phone on an iPad charger consistantly, and have not had any ill effects as of yet, and I can almost guarantee that the iPad charger pushes more current than your HTC charger.
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Which Battery Monitor Widget are you using? Made by 3c? or fsinib?
I'll check what my phone states while charging on the iPad charger.
nephillim said:
I don't have to see battery monitor widget.
mA or milliamp or even milliampere is a measurement of electrical current through any given conductor (the amount of power something can push or pull at any given time)
Batteries are rated in milliamphour or mAh, which is the amount of current a battery can store and release in any given hour.
The HTC charger shouldn't cause any problems because the battery charging controller should be built into the phone and the batteries are protected to hinder overcharge or over-discharge.
However, I will not state that it cannot cause any issues because I'm not a Moto engineer, so I don't know for sure what the hardware can withstand.
But, as I said earlier, I charge my phone on an iPad charger consistantly, and have not had any ill effects as of yet, and I can almost guarantee that the iPad charger pushes more current than your HTC charger.
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Which Battery Monitor Widget are you using? Made by 3c? or fsinib?
I'll check what my phone states while charging on the iPad charger.
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it is battery monitor widget pro which has features like history update rate and history size
i dont know much about maker though.
but ur post was very helpflu
thankyou sir
Always glad and willing to help. I'll check out the Pro version and let you know what I find.
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I've got the app installed, have to wait for a full charge cycle before it will start returning proper current... I'll let you know what I find A.S.A.P.
I've been using the 2 Amp HP Touchpad charger for almost 6 months without any ill effects.
Hey i was just curious whether more electricity flowing through my phone would damage it but as you all guys said it wont as the battery has some anti overcharging system and you guys have been using other then stock chargers ...then im also using ...thanx to all
Motorola has a Travel Charger that apparently supplies 8watts which converted at a fixed 5volts is 1.6Amps or 1600mA
Motorola states that it is compatible with our phone...... I think we'll all be just fine with whatever charger you want to use!
http://www.motorola.com/us/consumers/P833-Travel-Charger-For-Tablets-and-Phones/102614,en_US,pd.html
some info
hemanbond said:
hey guys i am having two chargers, one the stock one and another from htc hd2
when ever i charge my battery with stock charger., it takes 3 hours to get 100 pc and mA seen with my battery monitor widget is 570 mA
but if i use htc charger it charges in 1.45 hours and mA varies in 600 to 1200
should i use htc charger??
will it harm my phone or battery??
please reply fast
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i've been using battery monitor widget & system tuner (both free) for nearly 1.5 month
the current u r seeing "570mA" with stock charger is ur charging current +/- ur consumption current
another charging current "600-1200" is from htc charger
our stock charger has max o/p capacity of 850mA @ 5.1V .... similarly u can check htc's o/p capacity (i guess it is 1.2A @ 5V)
observe your consumption while heavy/moderate usage & standby it will vary
it is simply average current consumed in 10 min. timespan (pretty sure we can't change it)
m plannin to buy both after stable ICS release
tc njoy :highfive:
What charger should I use? It comes with the wire but no adapter. What voltage should the adapter be as I do not want to ruin the battery of the Moto G.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 and HTC One X charger.
Any USB charger will be fine, they're all 5v. The cheaper ones will have a low mAh though.
Both your Samsung and HTC ones are suitable.
No charger? thats a bummer..
it means that charging time would be varied depending of the source. Not a wise move here by Motorola since people might buy cheap charger and ruined the user experience. Especially when they're targeting 1st time smartphone consumer in less develop country
hmm..
It's going to get more and more common as the world is flooded with USB chargers.
Well not really true... Here in germany every shop adds the adapter to the package themselves. Most of them added a 1000mA one, because it doesnt ruin the battery that fast. You can see that in pretty much every unboxing video. But in fact we e.g already got like 5-6 chargers in our households, so what...
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As it would be my first smartphone, I'm looking into the wall plugs. I've found one in my local shop for ~10 euros. It's from Philips, with 5V/10,5W/2,1A and has two USB sockets (that's why it's 2 amps).
My question is, as I've no experience with smartphones, how long would it take to charge from 0 to 100?
With that charger it would take roughly 2 hours to charge your device with 2075 mAh battery.
The Brazilian 16gb dual chip edition comes with a charger.
duhprest said:
What charger should I use? It comes with the wire but no adapter. What voltage should the adapter be as I do not want to ruin the battery of the Moto G.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 and HTC One X charger.
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LOL... I was surprised as well, when got the box (a tiny package similar to iPhone) and found only phone and USB cable inside.
But don't worry, any charger with 1A will do the job, so your chargers from S2/HOX will be OK.
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Well not really true... Here in germany every shop adds the adapter to the package themselves. Most of them added a 1000mA one, because it doesnt ruin the battery that fast. You can see that in pretty much every unboxing video. But in fact we e.g already got like 5-6 chargers in our households, so what...
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That's nice attitude towards customers...
I am using the old HTC charger (1A),which came with HTC Diamond (has a nice glowing HTC logo ) and its OK. It charges battery fully within 100 minutes when phone is OFF.
Will try also 400mA (Alcatel) to see what's the difference.
I use only branded chargers, as had issues with some cheap aftermarket chargers in the past.
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Most of them added a 1000mA one, because it doesnt ruin the battery that fast.
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That's just silly, PM chips actually limit your charging current. So 2000mA charger won't do you any harm and would come in handy while charging pads.
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That's just silly, PM chips actually limit your charging current. So 2000mA charger won't do you any harm and would come handy while charging pads.
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It may depends on phone make/model.
I've used few times 2A charger from Samsung Note 2 and phone/battery become hot and battery didn't lasted long... Also during charge it had hissing sound, so back to 1A chargers and all OK.
I think lower output does charge battery longer, but battery last longer as well...
Will get back when charge with 400mA charger (probably on Tuesday or Wednesday )
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It may depends on phone make/model.
I've used few times 2A charger from Samsung Note 2 and phone/battery become hot and battery didn't lasted long... Also during charge it had hissing sound, so back to 1A chargers and all OK.
I think lower output does charge battery longer, but battery last longer as well...
Will get back when charge with 400mA charger (probably on Tuesday or Wednesday )
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I guess that could happen with bad pm chips. But I've never seen this behavier on any Moto phones so far.
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I guess that could happen with bad pm chips. But I've never seen this behavier on any Moto phones so far.
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I can't comment on this as my last Motorola was the StarTAC 130 some 15 years ago
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I can't comment on this as my last Motorola was the StarTAC 130 some 15 years ago
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I think with pretty much with every Snapdragon chip you get the bundled PM chip, and the last bad experience I had with a Snapdragon was with 8225/q and that was just inaccurate battery reading. I would think anything newer would handle 2a charger just fine.
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I think with pretty much with every Snapdragon chip you get the bundled PM chip, and the last bad experience I had with a Snapdragon was with 8225/q and that was just inaccurate battery reading. I would think anything newer would handle 2a charger just fine.
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Well, thanks to MotoG's superb battery back up I don't mind what charger and how long does it takes.Now I need to charge only twice a week, unlike with my previous devices, as they needed every 2nd day. Sticking with my favorite HTC 1A charger
Long-term reduction in battery capacity using high amperage charger
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That's just silly, PM chips actually limit your charging current. So 2000mA charger won't do you any harm and would come in handy while charging pads.
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I only partly agree with you here. Although the Moto G will restrict charging to a maximum of 1500mA, so using a 2A charger will not cause any direct damage to the phone circuitry or immediate damage to the battery; using a higher amperage, fast 2A charger to charge at 1500mA over time will likely cause more reduction in battery capacity. See this XDA post for my logic in coming to this conclusion:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2564158
UPDATE and CORRECTION:
I have more authoritative information directly from Battery University that changes the conclusion I draw above based on my effort to extrapolate from the Battery University website article.
The extrapolation I did in the post listed above was based on the additional loss of battery capacity cited when going from a 1C to 2C charging rate. But according to direct communication from Battery University, when charging at a rate below .7C there should be no measurable improvement to capacity by using slower charging rates. Charging above .7C would still be expected to add more stress to Lithium Ion Polymer batteries and likely add to long-term reduction of capacity.
So, what this means for the Moto G and Nexus 5 is that there should be no measurable difference between charging with 2A, 1.2A, 1A, or 850mA chargers as far as effect on long-term battery capacity goes. Both the Moto G and Nexus 5 are supposed to automatically restrict the charge rate at 1500mA even when using a faster charger, which is just at or below .7C for both phones. So, as long as the charger dependably keeps to 5V, a higher amperage 2A charger will be faster but pose no problem to long-term capacity.
Thought I'd give my thoughts on the Qualcomm Quick Charger 2.0.
Just received the HTC One M9 yesterday.
After a full charge with the stock charger, I had it running for 13 hours without charging.
Woke up this morning and noticed that it had dropped to 34% so I decided to try the Qualcomm Quick Charger 2.0.
Wow! Impressed how fast it went to 100%! Actually I had my doubts about it going 60% in 30 minutes, but it does seem legit.
In my opinion, it is worth well purchasing, specially if you suddenly find yourself with no power left and in need of charging it fast!
Attached battery history (sorry, in Danish )
The used charger:
http://shop.emea.htc.com/dk/p_htc_store_product.aspx?i=270539
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Should mention that it dropped to 34% due to heavy usage. Its actually quite good in my opinion, keeping power compared to my old HTC One M7
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Attached battery stats
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Thought I'd give my thoughts on the Qualcomm Quick Charger 2.0.
Just received the HTC One M9 yesterday.
After a full charge with the stock charger, I had it running for 13 hours without charging.
Woke up this morning and noticed that it had dropped to 34% so I decided to try the Qualcomm Quick Charger 2.0.
Wow! Impressed how fast it went to 100%! Actually I had my doubts about it going 60% in 30 minutes, but it does seem legit.
In my opinion, it is worth well purchasing, specially if you suddenly find yourself with no power left and in need of charging it fast!
Attached battery history (sorry, in Danish )
The used charger:
http://shop.emea.htc.com/dk/p_htc_store_product.aspx?i=270539
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I got the CHOE brand Quick charge and it is indeed very impressive. What Ticks me off is that's the charger that should have been in the box with the M9. That's poor of HTC to flaunt a much better charger on their website after shipping out the normal ones to their loyal customers.
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I got the CHOE brand Quick charge and it is indeed very impressive. What Ticks me off is that's the charger that should have been in the box with the M9. That's poor of HTC to flaunt a much better charger on their website after shipping out the normal ones to their loyal customers.
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I don't have the M9, but from unboxing videos it looks like HTC included the Quick Charge 1.0 charger with the phone. Looks very similar to the one that came with the M8. But I agree, with the M9, HTC had NO excuse not to include a Quick Charge 2.0 charger.
I was wondering if you guys knows if the actual charger of my Nexus 6, could be compatible with the HTC One M9 ?
As it's not included in the M9's Box... If i can keep my actual one, that'll be great !
I've bought this charger too, very happy with it! Charged +88% in 68 minutes
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How long it takes to charge from 0~100 ? less than 2 hours ?
My phone said 5 more minutes till full charge when I unplugged it and made the screenshot in the previous post, so I guess full charge from 0 to 100% will take less then one and a half hour. I'll give it a try soon.
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How long it takes to charge from 0~100 ? less than 2 hours ?
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Why would you let your phone get to zero? That's just plain dumb
I was so impressed that I ordered another one for work .
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My phone said 5 more minutes till full charge when I unplugged it and made the screenshot in the previous post, so I guess full charge from 0 to 100% will take less then one and a half hour. I'll give it a try soon.
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That will be great if it
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Why would you let your phone get to zero? That's just plain dumb
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No , just to know if there worth difference before buy it
Just so everyone knows, fast charging a Lithium batter would work best going from 0 to 70-80% any more than that the battery charges really slow, that's just how chargers are designed for lithium tech.
Example, from 0% if the charger is giving out 2Amps, then as soon as it reaches a high point of 80% the power output goes down from 2Amps to around 1Amp, and so on it keeps declining as the battery get higher.
Does this work with any good quality micro USB cable?
Quick Charge with Verizon phone?
Has anyone with a VZW M9 had any great success with a quick charger? And if so, what have you used?
I have the Tenergy Fast Charger, and it is faster than the charger that came with the phone, but it's definitely not super fast. We're talking just slightly over 1% per minute.
This makes me wonder if Verizon has somehow limited quick charging with this phone such that any charger I try is going to be met with limited success or if I should indeed try a different charger.
Is anyone else having trouble getting the fast speed? I have a T-Mobile variant and it seems to be only getting about 1% per minute as well. At 60% charge, it estimates that there is about 50-60 minutes remaining to completion.
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Has anyone with a VZW M9 had any great success with a quick charger? And if so, what have you used?
I have the Tenergy Fast Charger, and it is faster than the charger that came with the phone, but it's definitely not super fast. We're talking just slightly over 1% per minute.
This makes me wonder if Verizon has somehow limited quick charging with this phone such that any charger I try is going to be met with limited success or if I should indeed try a different charger.
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I have the same one and it will fully charge the phone it a little over an hour. They are quite a bit faster than the stock charger.
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Is anyone else having trouble getting the fast speed? I have a T-Mobile variant and it seems to be only getting about 1% per minute as well. At 60% charge, it estimates that there is about 50-60 minutes remaining to completion.
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Same here, with both Samsung adaptive fast charger and Motorola quick charger from a nexus 6. No idea why, but after using an s6 that charged extremely quickly, it's a little confusing.
I wonder if some of the carrier variants that received the update had the QuickCharge 2.0 functionality disabled. I've tried the Aukey, Anker, Getwow and Onite chargers and they all are not charging at the rated spec.
Quick charge is neat, but it's also destructive for the battery. 95% of the time my phone is only on charge over night, so no need for speed there. I'd rather it have the regular charger for the overnight charge, and maybe having a quick charger for on the go situations.