I'm using an official 2A Samsung charger (with a generic micro USB cable) but my Galaxy S6 (G920F) charging is maxing out at 1A according to the Ampere app.
Is this the maximum for the phone?
Or do I need something like this to reach 2A?
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Can I use an Apple iPad charger to charge my Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini (GT-I8190)?
Input: 100 - 240V ~ 0.5A (0,5A) 50 - 60 Hz
Output: 5.2V ⎓ 2.4A
It is a genuine charger and I tested it for a few seconds, it charges, but it takes a few seconds for the phone to say "Charging" from when I plug it in. Should I be concerned? Also the output voltage is 0.2V higher than the normal 5.0V USB charging voltage. I know the amperage doesn't matter, I'm just concerned about the voltage and the compatibility of this Apple charger.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
I use the same charger and i've been charging my Note 3 and Note 2 previously with it without any issues.
Thank you!
Thank you very much for your help!
I purchased a Galaxy S Relay, but it didn't come with the stock charger. Instead they included a generic charger that seems to output 500 ma. Anyone know what charger are compatible? I was thinking that we can charge faster with a higher power charger.
Paul
The stock charger puts out 1A (1000mA) at 5V so you probably could charge faster with a higher power charger
Hi,
Just wanted to share my experience with adaptive/fast chargers.
Recently purchased four different manufacturers chargers from Amazon in an attempt to find one that would live up to its claims of charging at the maximum capacity of the phones battery and be an improvement over the stock charger.
The chargers were tested using an Xperia Z2, Samsung Galaxy S6 and an Xperia Tablet Z.
Below are the four that were purchased:
- AUKEY Wall Charger 3 Ports 30W / 6A USB Travel Adapter
- TeckNet® PowerZone C3 Universal BLUETEK™ USB-C Power Adapter 24W/5V 4.8A 4 Port USB Wall Charger
- Tronsmart 42W 3-Port USB Wall Charger
- Orico 30W 6A 4-Port Mains USB Charger
Initially I tested each charger using Ampere(Play Store) and though the results varied, none of the chargers seemed to output more than 500-850ma. I also noted that in the Ampere App, the Max USB current value was set at 1000ma for all four chargers. When using the stock Sony or Samsung Apaptive Charger, the Max USB current was detected correctly at 1500ma and while the Sony 1500ma charger only ever managed an output of 950-1100ma, the Samsung 2000ma charger managed an output of 1300-1400ma.
With the varying results using Ampere I purchased an inline USB current meter (). I had sent the first three chargers back by this point but still had the Orico.
Using the inline current meter I found it more accurate and if it was showing a reading of 1000ma, Ampere would show anywhere between 200-700ma which makes me wonder how accurate the Ampere App actually is.
Using the inline meter the Orico could only supply 950-1100ma. Given each port is claimed to output upto 2.4 amps I would have expected it to at least get close to 1500ma.
In the end I purchased a cheap Foxconn dual port 2000ma charger and using the inline meter it showed 1400-1500ma.
Not even the Tronsmart which comes with a Quickcharge 2.0 port could manage more than 1100ma on either the Z2 or S6.
I don't really know what all this means but it seems all these manufacturers are maybe using the same internals and the adaptive charging is detecting only 1000ma on the devices I tested them with.
A frustrating experience to find a fast charger but I hope this information is helpful to others and I'd be interested to hear others opinions/experiences with such chargers.
This was my first post so apologies if its not in the right section.
Thanks
I think, Fast charge need to be enabled in the kernel, did you try that
Hello. I have a Samsung Gear S2 and a RS components powerbank. The output of the powerbank is rated 5V and 2.1A, while the Gear S2 charger is rated 5V and 0.7A. Is it safe to charge the S2 Gear with this powerbank, despite the higher current?
"If you take a phone which came with a 900mA wall charger, and plug it into a 2,100mA iPad charger, as an example, will it blow up?
In short, no: You can plug any USB device into any USB cable and into any USB port, and nothing will explode — and in fact, using a more powerful charger should speed up battery charging. We now do this all the time with our mobile devices here at ExtremeTech, and we’ve never had a problem."
Should work fine only thing you should check is the heat.
Source: http://www.extremetech.com/computin...ks-or-how-to-avoid-blowing-up-your-smartphone
Suggestions for best charger.
Our stock charger is good, its only the usb cable that is bad, first try with a different cable and stock adapter and see what speed you get. Also keep the temp of your phone down, if it reaches above 42 you'll get slow charging.
And suggestions for chargers that I've personally used are mi 2A adapter and samsung adaptive fast charger which is also a 2A charger.
The cable i use is amkette 3A cable.
I use LCARE charger that I bought from Amazon. It is QuickCharge compliant. Charges the device from 0% to max in 2 hours and 5 minutes for me. It's the model with 2 high speed ports and one regular 2.0 amp port.
I bought it for approx 500 rupees.