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How long does your nexus s battery take to charge?
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crappy charger. someone asked this a day or so ago here. on phone so cant give you a link. try a search (not being a ****)
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I donno...between 3 and 3.5 hours roughly. Pretty fast.
I'm using stock charger that came with phone.

No light indicator to indicate charging or fully charged? I've been charging via USB and it gets to 94%, so fully charged and stops charging. That's as high as it will get...
About to go work out, going to put it on wall charger and see what happens!!
Anyone else have this problem or just me because of the usb charge?

Mine only goes upto 94% br well with the wall charger.
Apparently It's a safety feature
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Mine goes to 96% typically and I've once seen it reach 97%, it's a bug, not a safety feature. As a safety feature, to prevent it from overcharging, it's supposed to charge up to 100% then stop charging until it reaches a safety level such as 95% then resume charging again. This is just a bug in the system.
Takes me just over 3 1/2 hours from dead to fully charged.

Mine goes up to 98%. Once in a while it will go up to 99%.
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1500mAh/700mA = 2.1h, i.e. less than 2h.
It will never (ever) reach 100% if your charger and phone is working correctly. It IS a safety feature. Eventhough the phone is connected to the charger, it still uses battery to run. The charger stops charging when it gets close to 100% and charges some more when it's safe to do so. Meanwhile the phone uses the battery to stay alive and if you unplug it between theese charging cycles it will be anything between ~93 and ~99%.

It seems like forever honestly with this phone. My Evo would charge in about an hour and a half. This phone takes easily 3.5 hours if not more.

For some reason Samsung chargers take longer to charge a phone.
If I use my HTC charger the phone charges a lot quicker
I also read this somewhere on another site
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Vakas said:
For some reason Samsung chargers take longer to charge a phone.
If I use my HTC charger the phone charges a lot quicker
I also read this somewhere on another site
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HTC chargers are typically 1000mah and samsung chargers are 700mah... So there's the difference.

what is up with this phone i went to sprint got a new battery not knowing this was an issue of not getting to 100%. i came from att and having the htc inspire kinda like the evo i guess it would fully charge in about an hour and last me about 12 hrs of actual use. the nexus s takes about 3 hours to fully charge and i get about 5 hours with 0% brightness im thinking about going back and returning the phone.

luar949 said:
what is up with this phone i went to sprint got a new battery not knowing this was an issue of not getting to 100%. i came from att and having the htc inspire kinda like the evo i guess it would fully charge in about an hour and last me about 12 hrs of actual use. the nexus s takes about 3 hours to fully charge and i get about 5 hours with 0% brightness im thinking about going back and returning the phone.
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While I do not what is draining your battery so quickly, the reason for the charge time is stated in the post above yours. The charger that came with the Nexus S is a 700mAh charger, while many others (notably HTC's) use the full 1000mAh charge possible on a MicroUSB line. More power over the same amount of time = faster charging.

Samurai Drac said:
While I do not what is draining your battery so quickly, the reason for the charge time is stated in the post above yours. The charger that came with the Nexus S is a 700mAh charger, while many others (notably HTC's) use the full 1000mAh charge possible on a MicroUSB line. More power over the same amount of time = faster charging.
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how many hours of battery do you get normally?

I got to say via. Battery is a lot better than my desire hd.
This only has a 1230Mah battery. Still can't believe it lol
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Mine usually stops charging between 92 and 96 percent. I thought mine took a while to charge until I read somewhere that draining the battery completely leads to faster recharging times. I didn't keep track or anything but it does SEEM to charge faster now.

hi there
is any one have my problem?
i buy a nexus s in yesterday
but the battry cant hold charge for atleast 1 day!!
it usage is about 1 - 2 % charge in every houre!
i do workinig for example 10 minutes with the phone for setting ant etc .and then i saw the 4-6 % of battry charge go down!
or sometimes the phone is puting on standby for 30-40 mintunes
with no sms or calls,but its use about 6 % of battry chage!!!!!
and for wifi and games its even faster that it!
finally for a normal usage like 10-20 sms ,15 min call ,30 min browsing phone menues and apps and 20 web,
its going to be full empty!
and its meaning it cant keep charging for atleast 1 day!
i have the SLCD one ofcourse! => I9023 XXKD1
i couldnt find any superamoled version in my country to buy,
do you think its for the slcd screen?
i didnt think that its may cause this charging resaults for me just for the screen type!!!
my charging time is about 1.5 - 2 houres to full charge,that its not acceptable for me too!
i had a diamond2 with that poor battry.but i didnt think so the NS could be the same and even worst!
i upgrated my device to gingerbread officaly, from 2.3.3 to 2.3.4 by the phone,but its still no differance!
it the back of the battry i can see the 1500MA Lion , but the battry control app i my NS shows maximun 1200 MA power!?!!
can it be the truth?
do u think its battry power completly depended to rom and radio version to fix?
if that is,can any one intreduce me a good and fast and bugless rom and radio version?
thanks a lot :roze

[Q] Nexus S battery puzzling my head

ok most of us here considered that nexus S' battery is poor compared to others, am i right?
i have lots of questions that want to clarify, these are only simple questions
1. is it ok to charge overnight the phone, despite that it dosn't reach 100%? i woke up in the morning, it's 96% percent and the status is still "charging" will it be overcharged?
2. is it ok to charge the phone when it's not yet low battery like only 50% or 80%?
3. are there any different effect of charging between pc and ac power supply except the charging speed?
4. is there a bad effect of using the phone while charging like playing games? will it lessen the battery life faster?
5. lastly, i know that as battery gets older its life also lessen because of it's internal resistance increases and it can not be stopped. my question is, is there a way to slow down this process?

I got the same issue,
got my nexus S 4 days ago and I've done two charges already, both times overnight and at morning the phone says "charged" but it is stopped at 95-96% and both the charger and the phone are completely cold so as it seems the charging is indeed finished.
Is this normal?
I've changed a lot of phones over the years but it's the first time to see something like that...

zhane0513 said:
ok most of us here considered that nexus S' battery is poor compared to others, am i right?
i have lots of questions that want to clarify, these are only simple questions
1. is it ok to charge overnight the phone, despite that it dosn't reach 100%? i woke up in the morning, it's 96% percent and the status is still "charging" will it be overcharged?
2. is it ok to charge the phone when it's not yet low battery like only 50% or 80%?
3. are there any different effect of charging between pc and ac power supply except the charging speed?
4. is there a bad effect of using the phone while charging like playing games? will it lessen the battery life faster?
5. lastly, i know that as battery gets older its life also lessen because of it's internal resistance increases and it can not be stopped. my question is, is there a way to slow down this process?
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1. Nexus never lets the phone charge fully to 100 pct to protect damage from overcharging.
2. Yes. It is ok.
3. Speed is only difference I know.
4. It can cause temp to get high. Just be observant. If phone gets HOT, turn off the game for a bit.
5. I think it helps if you keep the battery fuller. Charge when you can and don't always let it go to 0. But I think the difference will be minimal. Anyway you should not see aging effects for something like 2 years.
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bad_freddy said:
I got the same issue,
got my nexus S 4 days ago and I've done two charges already, both times overnight and at morning the phone says "charged" but it is stopped at 95-96% and both the charger and the phone are completely cold so as it seems the charging is indeed finished.
Is this normal?
I've changed a lot of phones over the years but it's the first time to see something like that...
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Different phones handle it in different ways. For example HTC devices charge to 100 pct then stop and allows battery to drain (even while still on charger) to 90 pct before charging kicks back on again. Samsung, phone just stops before 100 pct and alternates charging / not charging. The problem is li-ion battery can be damaged by overcharging.
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thanks! for the fast answers!
so it would be best to charge as much as possible even if it is not low battery yet and not allowing to totally deplete the battery,
tnx a lot mate!

Weird battery characteristic for Nexus 5

Hi there,
Anyone experience that after overnight charging, the battery will drop to 99% instantly just after unplug from charging brick?
I also notice that after its fully charged, turn off the phone and let it charged for another 30 mins or so, once turn it ON and the 100% will stay for 5-10 mins before the 1st drop.
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Never happened.

ZhenMing said:
Hi there,
Anyone experience that after overnight charging, the battery will drop to 99% instantly just after unplug from charging brick?
I also notice that after its fully charged, turn off the phone and let it charged for another 30 mins or so, once turn it ON and the 100% will stay for 5-10 mins before the 1st drop.
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that instant drop is to protect the battery...
its normal...
and for longer battery life dont charge it upto 100%...
charge it somewhere around 85 and use it upto 20%...
85-20 is the best charging ratio..

jaj473 said:
that instant drop is to protect the battery...
its normal...
and for longer battery life dont charge it upto 100%...
charge it somewhere around 85 and use it upto 20%...
85-20 is the best charging ratio..
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What? It's not normal. Charging to 100% is fine. It shouldn't instantly drop down.

jd1639 said:
What? It's not normal. Charging to 100% is fine. It shouldn't instantly drop down.
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Due to it being a lithium polymer battery it is best to only actually charge it to around 85%, as when it hits 100% a part of the battery does actually die.. The same idea goes with running it to 20%, that's as low as you should run it, its not like the old batteries where you have to run it in, that's actually bad for the new batteries that operate most of today's devices.. But with that being said, the amount of the battery that dies with charging it to 100% or letting it run to 5% is so miniscule that you'd only notice a difference after around 600 cycles, so around 2 years.. Even then it would be close to a battery ran to perfection.. The difference between 2 would only be around 10%

jaj473 said:
Due to it being a lithium polymer battery it is best to only actually charge it to around 85%, as when it hits 100% a part of the battery does actually die.. The same idea goes with running it to 20%, that's as low as you should run it, its not like the old batteries where you have to run it in, that's actually bad for the new batteries that operate most of today's devices.. But with that being said, the amount of the battery that dies with charging it to 100% or letting it run to 5% is so miniscule that you'd only notice a difference after around 600 cycles, so around 2 years.. Even then it would be close to a battery ran to perfection.. The difference between 2 would only be around 10%
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You sound like you know what you are talking about so I believe you.
But, the big question is: Who uses their phone for two years!?
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El Daddy said:
You sound like you know what you are talking about so I believe you.
But, the big question is: Who uses their phone for two years!?
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:silly::silly:
just saying...

Hot after overnight charge (not wireless)

HI everyone, for the second day I noticed that after I left my N5 to charge overnight it was fairly hot after I took it off the charger. I have been leaving it to charge overnight for months and normally its not even warm since it trickle chargers after hitting 100%. My Nexus was charging right next to it and it was cool when I took that off the charger. It did fully charge and I checked if the phone was maybe not sleeping the entire night but that wasn't the case either. I checked with Current Widget and it was showing that even at 100% it was still taking around 200 mAh power. Usually it shows very minimal charge at 100%. Has this happened to anyone? I know I've read this happening with wireless chargers where it the phone wouldn't even charge, but in this case the phone was charged and it was just using the stock charger.
It also seems like I'm getting the Android OS bug after taking it off the charger. I suppose this might the cause of the entire thing. I'm just worried that it happened two days in a row.

The phone continues charging passed 100%. First it will still show 450mA eventually dropping to 200mA or so as you saw. Eventually true 100% is reached and the battery starts draining 0-10mA while the AC provides the rest.
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bblzd said:
The phone continues charging passed 100%. First it will still show 450mA eventually dropping to 200mA or so as you saw. Eventually true 100% is reached and the battery starts draining 0-10mA while the AC provides the rest.
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Thanks, that's what should happen. But it seemed the past two nights it never dropped to 0-10 mah. Which is why I think it was hot in the morning. I just charged it from about 70% to 100% and it did trickle charge this time, so hopefully the issue is solved now. Has this happened to anyone though?

will using the 6x while charging does any harm ??

can using the phone while charging can harm charging port or battery ? im asking this because i was using some days ago my galaxy note 3 like this one day and it stopped charging and was dead..

I don't know about harming the port but, it will definitely hurt the battery, So I don't recommend doing this except when it is an emergency

mahrukhsa2 said:
can using the phone while charging can harm charging port or battery ? im asking this because i was using some days ago my galaxy note 3 like this one day and it stopped charging and was dead..
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Note 3 was launched 4 years ago. Battery would have gone bad, you would have noticed the degradation.
In some phones, especially those which charge very fast, the temperature can rise to a high level which reduces the life of the battery, but should not impact much if you are using a phone for 1-3 years. Though one needs to stop charging / using the phone if the temperature reaches very high (say above 60 degree Celsius).
Honor 6X charges very slowly while using and the temperature doesn't rise as much (as compared to other phones), hence that impact is likely going to be lower.

Generally it's not a good idea to use whil charging all the time.

I strongly suggest you to use the phone while is under charge the less that you can, especially being careful about using it in combination with mobile data/GPS services/internet browsing and apps that requires particularly usage of RAM. This because the li-polymer battery plugged on charge with the original charger of 6X, that supports fast charge and so will "push" inside it a stronger power than a normal charger, will almost immediately reach a voltage of 4.1-4.2V to ensure the fast charge service and this is the limit that you want to maintain for being sure that the battery will last the longest time. Using it under charge with mobile data or others mentioned above, will easily overcome the 4.2V limit to 4.3V or even more, depending on what you'll be using, and so the ions capacity will be reduced faster, letting them contain less energy than the original capacity while time passes by.

mahrukhsa2 said:
can using the phone while charging can harm charging port or battery ? im asking this because i was using some days ago my galaxy note 3 like this one day and it stopped charging and was dead..
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i prefer not using phone while charging i think it affects battery life
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arshilhonor6x said:
i prefer not using phone while charging i think it affects battery life
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It definitely does hurt the battery.
I try to never use it, except when in emergency

It doesn't but thats not a good practice in general. With continuous usage, it may get more heated that is not good for battery, phone and eventually you.
Because charging itself will hear up the phone and using it may increase further so avoid it buddy.

https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2015/...-iphone-overnight-doesnt-destroy-the-battery/
Myth Debunked: Why Charging Your iPhone Overnight Doesn't Destroy The Battery

jerryhou85 said:
https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2015/...-iphone-overnight-doesnt-destroy-the-battery/
Myth Debunked: Why Charging Your iPhone Overnight Doesn't Destroy The Battery
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Agreed. Charging phone for long time may impact the battery health in long run

shashank1320 said:
Agreed. Charging phone for long time may impact the battery health in long run
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I always charge my phone overnight for these years and nothing happens... maybe I switch phones too fast to notice battery issue... :silly:

jerryhou85 said:
I always charge my phone overnight for these years and nothing happens... maybe I switch phones too fast to notice battery issue... :silly:
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Hehe may be. I will take time to charge in morning or in night during dinner for 20-40% and then in morning for another 40-50% or if wake up early then may be i charge full 100%. Anything above 80 ia good for entire if couldn't charge full still have 20-30% left when reach home in night.

shashank1320 said:
Hehe may be. I will take time to charge in morning or in night during dinner for 20-40% and then in morning for another 40-50% or if wake up early then may be i charge full 100%. Anything above 80 ia good for entire if couldn't charge full still have 20-30% left when reach home in night.
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Almost the same here; i limit the charge to 80% with Battery Charge Limit, i wake up at morning with 79-78%, i go at work and when i come back at evening usually i have around 55-60% left due various jumps here on XDA, internet browsing, some calls and a few messages. When i go to bed i plug in the phone just for a mid-hour so it can reach 80% again, then i remove it from charge and so on.