I have a device that measures voltage and amperage that a device is being charged at. When I have my Nexus 5 plugged in it reads at .86 amps but when I plug in my cheap Kyocera phone it charges at 1.01 amps. It isn't really an issue I am just curious what is happening.
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As far as I know, could be wrong, it depends on the charge already in there. It will suck through a load of power when nearly dead, then start to draw less ampage as the charge increases.
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Before I got this charge I ran nothing but HTC phones on tmobile. while being plugged into car charger and using gps the battery level goes down fast. It doesn't maintain the charge or add to it while navigating. Is this a samsung thing? Any remedies?
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That cannot be right. Make sure your car charger, when it charges your phone, is pulling AC instead of USB.
GPS uses very little juice. Just get the 950ma Motorola charger from Amazon for 5 bucks. Something is messed up if your phone doesn't charge
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xdadevnube said:
GPS uses very little juice. Just get the 950ma Motorola charger from Amazon for 5 bucks. Something is messed up if your phone doesn't charge
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I think you both are onto something. I'm gonna pick up new car charger, than see what happens..
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Mine doesn't discharge, but it doesn't charge hardly at all. I'm using the Verizon dual port charger (the one that has a USB port on it as well as the standard charging end)
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I use a Monoprice 2A USB charger with an OEM USB cable. Charges extremely slowly or just stays level, but never drains.
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kvswim said:
I use a Monoprice 2A USB charger with an OEM USB cable. Charges extremely slowly or just stays level, but never drains.
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With GPS on, you barely Charge with that charger? I know its limited by the kernel at 800mA or so, but damn, that should charge you up fine.
I rock GPS in the car all the time and I still Charge pretty quickly...
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With GPS on, you barely Charge with that charger? I know its limited by the kernel at 800mA or so, but damn, that should charge you up fine.
I rock GPS in the car all the time and I still Charge pretty quickly...
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All depends on what you're running at that time-4G, cell and GPS reception, etc.
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Make sure you are using a high amp charger. I like the one from Motorola.
Even so, with 4g and the screen on - the phone charges slowly. Turn the screen off and it charges much quicker.
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Would it be detrimental to use the stock charger that came with the 2012 Nexus 7 to charge the device? I asumme they're different voltages or amps, but not sure if the Nexus 7 charger can adapt? Cheers!
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im charging mine on my N7 charger, i also charged my N4 on it, no problems
I'm using different chargers (Samsung, HTC, Motorola) and all of them are working fine with my Nexus 5 as well as with the I9100 my wife is using.
One word of precaution.
I used a car charger that outputs 2.1A with my galaxy S4 while driving and using the navigation for about 8-10 hours.
Eventually the phone's mobile and GPS chips died.
The phone cannot lock any signal whatsoever.
Before I'd been using the phone for 1 months without a single problem.
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Considering you used it to 10 hours, the device probably got super hot which is compounded by the device being charged at the sametime so hardware failure isn't a surprise.
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Would it be detrimental to use the stock charger that came with the 2012 Nexus 7 to charge the device? I asumme they're different voltages or amps, but not sure if the Nexus 7 charger can adapt? Cheers!
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they are both Lithium Poly chargers. you'll be fine
you can always use any charger that fits! All micro-usb chargers are 5V so there are never any issues for the phone. Type of batteries etc does not matter. It is only the voltage that matters. The max current (Ampere) of the charger affects charging time as long as the ampere is lower than the max current the phone can handle.
The "charger" only provides a stable voltage with over-current protection, nothing else, all battery related intelligence is placed in the phone.
If I'm not mistaken the brick says 1.5 outout and my htc one charger had 1. Is it gonna charge faster or something? This could be a dumb question.
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Yeah its a 1.5 and it it should charge faster
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Yes and the new bundled charger supports QuickCharge 1.0
is there any downside to using a charger that outputs more than 1.5a?
no downside to too many, just too few. more amperage, higher possible current (at the same voltage)
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djh816 said:
no downside to too many, just too few. more amperage, higher possible current (at the same voltage)
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Is there a permanent downside to using one with too few amps? Or just the obvious one that the phone won't charge fast (if at all)
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Is there a [permanent downside to using one with too few amps? Or just the obvious one that the phone won't charge fast (if at all)
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No, it will just be less current. In some cases this may mean the phone won't charge at all (for example, a low current power adapter while you are using a hotspot would most likely still drain your battery slowly). Low current won't cause damage but your phone may take longer to be able to turn on when it fully depletes and has to recharge.
Real world example: my phone ran out of battery while I was in my car and I tried to use a cigarette port charger and then immediately power it back on as I had done numerous times at home with the A/C adapter. Unfortunately the car adapter was lower current so it took about 10 minutes for my phone to charge back to a point where it would power on. During this time I was blindly driving around haha.
When I leave it overnight it only charges to 98%. Any idea
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Leave it charging all day as well. Your battery life will be amazing
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It's trickle charging most likely, meaning that it charges to 100% then let's the battery drop a few percent and charges again slowly. I've never plugged in my N5 (I exclusively charge wirelessly) and it always charges to 100%.
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When I leave it overnight it only charges to 98%. Any idea
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I use the Nokia DT-910 and my phone is always at 100% when I wake in the morning. Could be a faulty wireless charger.
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dec1153 said:
When I leave it overnight it only charges to 98%. Any idea
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What type of wireless charger are you using?I have the Google wireless charger and have no issue. It takes slightly longer than standard wall mount type.I bought a cheap wireless charger also,brought it to work used it twice as it was junk took forever. Now my son uses it as a lasso for our dog.
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I use the Nokia DT-910 and my phone is always at 100% when I wake in the morning. Could be a faulty wireless charger.
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Agreed
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I have the qi wireless charger. Apparently my DC cable isn't strong enough to supply the current it needs
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Hi,
The Nexus 5 charger that included in the box had 5v 1.2A power output. Is it okay to use charger or power bank with higher power output such as 5v 2.1A or 5v 3.6A. Will it cause any harm to our phone?
Thank in advance.
2.1 will be fine. Nexus 5 is physically limited to I think 1.5 so 2.1 will only deliver 1.5
It is possible to burn out the circuit with too high a rating but I don't know if 3.6 would be enough. I wouldn't risk it though
Holy crap that is a lot of voltage. If it does work, your battery capacity would gradually worsen faster than a trickle charge. I purposely use a .5 A charger for overnight when I sleep because it helps the battery last longer over time.
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Since the nexus 5 is limited internally to a specific current capability, a higher amp charger will do nothing past what its rated at. Heck, you can even get a 10 amp charger and still be fine. Your device will inly use what it needs.
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Holy crap that is a lot of voltage. If it does work, your battery capacity would gradually worsen faster than a trickle charge. I purposely use a .5 A charger for overnight when I sleep because it helps the battery last longer over time.
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Err, I mean a lot of current.