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New battery charger

Hello,
my battery charger stopped working and i need a new one. I read a few review and i'm a bit confuesd, not every chargers with the capability to deliver 1000mAh works with every device. So which one oft them works with the desire s and delivers 1000mAh and not just 500mAh?

just buy a oem wall charger ,, easily found on ebay and also cheap

does it has any difference between 1000 and 500mah chargers? now i'm using original liveview charger with 500mah on it but also have 1A iPhone charger.

vartotojas123 said:
does it has any difference between 1000 and 500mah chargers? now i'm using original liveview charger with 500mah on it but also have 1A iPhone charger.
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I also have a 1A charger (coming from a SGS3), but I haven't had any problem

MatthewJoe said:
I also have a 1A charger (coming from a SGS3), but I haven't had any problem
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same here

Overheating
im using an old S2 charger i think, its got an output of 5V, 0.7 amps and after flashing a costom rom, jellyfirebean im getting serious overheating issues, but only while charging with the phone on.
however i cant confirm this is the chargers problem yet
just a note, its the phone that heats up not the charger

coolkid12239 said:
im using an old S2 charger i think, its got an output of 5V, 0.7 amps and after flashing a costom rom, jellyfirebean im getting serious overheating issues, but only while charging with the phone on.
however i cant confirm this is the chargers problem yet
just a note, its the phone that heats up not the charger
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no the phone never heats up using original wall charger

Talha7866 said:
no the phone never heats up using original wall charger
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Double that. Overheating can be only caused by the phone itself, or a defected battery (means it is near death, but for serius heating, you will notice like 1hrs of battery life for the phone).
On another note for the topic. I use 3 type of chargers for my phones:
At home my ASUS tab's one (which is rated 5V 1A at the standard USB, plus the extra for the dock, but it is ASUS specific), at work an old ZTE "dumbphone" charger (which is rated 5V 0.75A, and is a high frequency switching type, so really energy-efficient) and for any other my old SE X8's one, which is 5V 650mA (which is also switching type). Also dedicated charger cables, 1 nokia, 1 SE, 1 HTC and 1 ZTE at my car.
The phone's original 5V 1A is NRFB at the box of the phone, but I have a security backup Samsung charger (rated 5V 500mA and pass-trough type, so not really efficient, but stable) which works just fine. The S is not capable (or not enabled just yet) of fast charge mode AFAIK so no really chance for 500mA or more when charging (even when GPS and 3G on, and screen on max, which is aroung 430mA when I last measued it with a service cable).

reporting back
yeah i can confirm it was the 2 year old htc battery
i am now using 2 anker 1600mah batterys and they last a LOT longer + come with an enternal charger so i always have one charged, it also charges the old htc battery too externally so i can now use 3 battieries mwahahahaa
note i did have to delete battery stats in cwm to recalibrate

No Charger?

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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N00BY0815 said:
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.

N00BY0815 said:
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.

levizx said:
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 )

aspot72 said:
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.

levizx said:
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

aspot72 said:
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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levizx said:
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
levizx said:
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.

What amp charger does the Note 4 have?

Is it 2a?
I pre-ordered it and wish to have backup wall/car chargers ready to go for next week.
Tnx

It's a 2A Quickcharge 1.0 unit. Quickcharge boosts the voltage (to ~9v from 5v) when the phone is less than 50%, so you can't get just ANY 2 amp charger and expect it to work as quickly.
If you care (or are willing to wait) Quickcharge 2.0 wall plugs should ship in ~2 months. That boosts the input to 15 volts (IIRC) and will supposedly charge from 0% to 100% in about 45 minutes.

yeah I guess I can wait. I can always keep an old 1a plug by the bed for long overnight charges.
Does samsung sell oem chargers at release date?

9V 1.67A and 5V 2A is what it says on the charger
9V 1.67A is the rapid charging part

it's a dual voltage charger. 5v @ 2.0A and 9v @ 1.67A

For some unknown reason, I have a 2.1 amp car charger and cheap 1 amp ac charger. My HTC One M7 charge slow but the Note 4 charge much faster using the same charging device. I dont know what it is, but I like it!

So the charger on Samsung's website is not the same one that came with the Note 4?
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/ETA-U90JWEBXAR

chong67 said:
For some unknown reason, I have a 2.1 amp car charger and cheap 1 amp ac charger. My HTC One M7 charge slow but the Note 4 charge much faster using the same charging device. I dont know what it is, but I like it!
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I think it's the Fast Charging 2.0 hardware in the Note 4?

catscanmeow said:
I think it's the Fast Charging 2.0 hardware in the Note 4?
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Not sure it has anything to do with the Fast Charging hardware. The Fast Charging works with the provided charger, which is a dual voltage one. I used my iPhone's/iPad's car charger with my Note 4 and didn't notice a speed-up in charging time.
On a tangential note: I can't find anyone who sells the Note's fast charger separately yet and I needed another one for use with the Note 4 at the office. So I used the Asus charger that came with my original 3G Nexus 7 (which remains forgotten on a shelf). It works pretty well. I noticed that the Asus charger charged all my handsets (HTC One M8, Nexus 5, Z2, Oppo Find 7) pretty reliably -- the M8 and Nexus 5 seemed to charge faster compared with their stock chargers.
Anyone who's held the Asus charger knows it's a little bit bulkier and a few ounces weightier than the usual chargers that come with smartphones these days so there may be a hardware component to it. Whatever it is, it's probably the best standalone charger I've had the cables connect via a USB port so you can use it with your iPhone too.
If you can find at a garage sale or some random tech shop, you should pick one up. Works great with everything.

matrix2004 said:
So the charger on Samsung's website is not the same one that came with the Note 4?
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/ETA-U90JWEBXAR
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it's different

jpbl1976 said:
So I used the Asus charger that came with my original 3G Nexus 7 (which remains forgotten on a shelf). It works pretty well. I noticed that the Asus charger charged all my handsets (HTC One M8, Nexus 5, Z2, Oppo Find 7) pretty reliably -- the M8 and Nexus 5 seemed to charge faster compared with their stock chargers.
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Dude how many phones do you own !

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Like this support for gala×y Note 4
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Moto G3 charging time

I am using an Indian Moto G3. 16 GB variant.
The charger packed along with the phone takes 3 hours for 0->100%. Can I use some other charger that will do it faster? Please let me know. And will using a different charger damage the phone?
This is a big deal for me. Thanks in advance.

Phagocyte93 said:
I am using an Indian Moto G3. 16 GB variant.
The charger packed along with the phone takes 3 hours for 0->100%. Can I use some other charger that will do it faster? Please let me know. And will using a different charger damage the phone?
This is a big deal for me. Thanks in advance.
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you should have no problem using a different charger. i use a quickcharger (not that this has QC capabilities, but i have one from my other phone here at work) as well as a 1.5A and 2.0A charger at home, there's only been a couple charge cycles so far but no issues.
i haven't had any issue using various chargers with any of my phones, the bigger difference will be using a cheap charger vs a quality one.
the weak charger included is most likely a way to cut costs down, which is also why it's not a usb cable with an adapter, but an integrated charger.
i also use a 1.5A charger with my moto 360 vs the crappy one they included in that, no issues so far.

You can use up to a 2A charger, which should cut charge time in half.

Have u used a 2A charger on the G3? Charge times?

I use a premium brand charger 2.4A output takes about 2+hr to fully charge. Won't use the pathetic 550mA charger came with my phone. For $235 with tax cheaporola could include a better charger with a separate good quality usb cable.

Does the moto G5 supports the Turbo Power 15W charger?

An answer in Lenovo's support forums says the G5 does not support Turbo Power, but it comes with a 10W rapid charger. The problem that here in Brazil not even this 10w charger gets shlpped with the phone, neither can I find it for sale, so I'm thinking about getting a 15W Turbo Power charger, does anyone knows if it'll charge the G5 (25W and above are reportedly not working with the G5)

It won't work, But you'll get fast charge tho (NOT TurboCharge, which is even faster. Just standart fast charge)

Randonio said:
It won't work, But you'll get fast charge tho (NOT TurboCharge, which is even faster. Just standart fast charge)
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Will fast charge charpe it faster than a 5V-2A charger?

freeZbies said:
Will fast charge charpe it faster than a 5V-2A charger?
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Maybe? I'll test it, and say the results

Randonio said:
Maybe? I'll test it, and say the results
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Ok, if you do it, that'll hilp a lot, since moto G5 came with this standard 2A charges.

I bought my Moto G5 in Brazil near the launch date, it did come with the 10 W charger (5V-2A, W = V x A, do the math). As far as I know, Snapdragon 430 support Quick Charge 3.0. I bought a ROCK charger with Quick Charge 3.0, just waiting for it to arrive from Aliexpress, should work just fine.

Sephirothrx7 said:
I bought my Moto G5 in Brazil near the launch date, it did come with the 10 W charger (5V-2A, W = V x A, do the math). As far as I know, Snapdragon 430 support Quick Charge 3.0. I bought a ROCK charger with Quick Charge 3.0, just waiting for it to arrive from Aliexpress, should work just fine.
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Well, I didn't know that this would result in 10W. Anyways, as far as I know the moto G5 doesn't support Turbo/Quick charge, despite using the Snapdragon 430. I say thay because none of the TurboPower chargers in Motorola's website cites the G5 as supported (only G5+/G5S), in addition, I read many reports in Lenovo's official forum repporting it doesn't support Quick/Turbo Charge, like here: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Moto-G...g-with-Qualcomm-quick-charge-3-0/td-p/3828209
In other words, a 15W charger is not supposed to provide great advantages over the regular charger that came with it.
Anyways, thanks for showing me a 5v-2a equals 10w, I googled and confirmed it.

freeZbies said:
Well, I didn't know that this would result in 10W. Anyways, as far as I know the moto G5 doesn't support Turbo/Quick charge, despite using the Snapdragon 430. I say thay because none of the TurboPower chargers in Motorola's website cites the G5 as supported (only G5+/G5S), in addition, I read many reports in Lenovo's official forum repporting it doesn't support Quick/Turbo Charge, like here: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Moto-G...g-with-Qualcomm-quick-charge-3-0/td-p/3828209
In other words, a 15W charger is not supposed to provide great advantages over the regular charger that came with it.
Anyways, thanks for showing me a 5v-2a equals 10w, I googled and confirmed it.
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You are welcome.
To be honest I have been using the Quick Charger but can confirm if it's working or not. I usually just plug the phone before going to sleep, when I wake up it's already 100% . I will search if there's anything available to detect if it's using the quick charge or not.

Did it work?

I'm using my wife's charger from her G4+ and it seems not boost the charger at all. It takes the same time with my own charger. Normally, batteries got a regulator that protect the battery from being overpowered and, maybe, exploded. So, if it was setted to 2A max it won't work anyway. Also, the official charger detects, through USB interface, if the device support Boosted Charging before sending 3A. If you wanna save your money, my advice is don't buy it.

Moto G5 doesn't support Qualcomm 2.0 or 3.0 which charge at 9V or 12V. My original charger used to charge at 5.2V and up to 1.5A, but it doesn't anymore, now doesn't go over 5.0V. Very difficult to charge when powered on when normal charger only manages about 0.6A . Also have problem with portable battery packs, best option is to connect external battery when full, and it just about stops internal battery falling. Maybe the connector wearing out, have tried different cables....

mstombs said:
Moto G5 doesn't support Qualcomm 2.0 or 3.0 which charge at 9V or 12V. My original charger used to charge at 5.2V and up to 1.5A, but it doesn't anymore, now doesn't go over 5.0V. Very difficult to charge when powered on when normal charger only manages about 0.6A . Also have problem with portable battery packs, best option is to connect external battery when full, and it just about stops internal battery falling. Maybe the connector wearing out, have tried different cables....
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Sometimes it can be as simple as a tiny piece of pocket lint/crud in the USB charging port. You can buy cans of compressed air to blow them out same as used on Camera lens or check with magnifying glass and then a toothpick with care to clean anything found out.
HTH

Blast from past on old phone! The usb port eventually failed completely, fortunately the little board is easy to replace, but the replacement board only lasted a few months. I still have the phone as a spare and charge the removable battery out of the phone.

mstombs said:
Blast from past on old phone! The usb port eventually failed completely, fortunately the little board is easy to replace, but the replacement board only lasted a few months. I still have the phone as a spare and charge the removable battery out of the phone.
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Sorry about that
But glad you still have the phone