3 hours!!!! To fully charge??? - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Using charger not usb,it takes 3 hours ,is that normal how much time does it take for you guys?If normal any way to decrease time with other charger?

Alucard said:
Using charger not usb,it takes 3 hours ,is that normal how much time does it take for you guys?If normal any way to decrease time with other charger?
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Its normal.
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corruptionfreeindia said:
Its normal.
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Any way to fix this issue by changing charger or setting in rom?

Alucard said:
Any way to fix this issue by changing charger or setting in rom?
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NO, u cannot
Since for USB charging its capped at 400mA and with wall charger its capped at 650mA
u can see the video link below for more info
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL71G2YEIHU

Sun90 said:
NO, u cannot
Since for USB charging its capped at 400mA and with wall charger its capped at 650mA
u can see the video link below for more info
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL71G2YEIHU
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So when plugged in wall charger it uses 650 mah or do i need to use the app on the video to increase the voltage?

Sorry....but I can't believe you posted this..... 3 hours IS pretty damn fast.....my old galaxy W used to take 5 to 6 hours.
A lot of things in this world may well be instant.........phone charging ain't EVER gonna be one of them.........
This might be my S2, or it might be my W...but it's definitely CM

Sun90 said:
NO, u cannot
Since for USB charging its capped at 400mA and with wall charger its capped at 650mA
u can see the video link below for more info
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL71G2YEIHU
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With stweaks you can let usb charge from 450 to 650mAh.

keithross39 said:
Sorry....but I can't believe you posted this..... 3 hours IS pretty damn fast.....my old galaxy W used to take 5 to 6 hours.
A lot of things in this world may well be instant.........phone charging ain't EVER gonna be one of them.........
This might be my S2, or it might be my W...but it's definitely CM
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My LG p970 with 1500 mah battery used to do 1 and half hour at the most,and when plugged in i could play heavy games and still it could finish charging,but not with s2,and 3 hours dude its not fast for 1650 mah,but i can live with it,at first i thought my phone was broken so this the reason for this question.

neatrom
Alucard said:
My LG p970 with 1500 mah battery used to do 1 and half hour at the most,and when plugged in i could play heavy games and still it could finish charging,but not with s2,and 3 hours dude its not fast for 1650 mah,but i can live with it,at first i thought my phone was broken so this the reason for this question.
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2:30 H using neat rom

trying yahowy
I use in my SGS2 battery with 3200 mAh (X-Longer CS-SMI9100DL).
It takes 5H to fully charge.

Alucard said:
Any way to fix this issue by changing charger or setting in rom?
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Use s4 charger. It has 1amp output current. .
But not recommended though.
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Yes, the charging speed Form S2 is very poor. I don't understand this cause other manufactorers do it better without battery issues...

soeschelz said:
Yes, the charging speed Form S2 is very poor. I don't understand this cause other manufactorers do it better without battery issues...
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Then buy an ICrap or old BlackBerry and get a swirl... live free with equally fast discharge...
Fast charge is disabled by default (on obvious reasons, google it), but hey... anyone is free to make it work if he can find a proper solution.
Said that, 3 hrs should be more like 2 hours or 2 hours and a a half... but seen OP never stated specs, it's all right.

Fevves said:
Then buy an ICrap or old BlackBerry and get a swirl... live free with equally fast discharge...
Fast charge is disabled by default (on obvious reasons, google it), but hey... anyone is free to make it work if he can find a proper solution.
Said that, 3 hrs should be more like 2 hours or 2 hours and a a half... but seen OP never stated specs, it's all right.
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Oh, you're very polite :/
In fact, the most other phones charge with ~1A+ and they don't have any big draing issues in common. It doesn't matter which OS they run.

Fevves said:
Then buy an ICrap or old BlackBerry and get a swirl... live free with equally fast discharge...
Fast charge is disabled by default (on obvious reasons, google it), but hey... anyone is free to make it work if he can find a proper solution.
Said that, 3 hrs should be more like 2 hours or 2 hours and a a half... but seen OP never stated specs, it's all right.
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ill never buy an iphone,s2 does charge really slowly and s3 too,but s4 no,so its a matter of samsungs technology which is slow,plus i agree that battery is good for 1650,i guess ill have to get used to it.Im going to send it to samsung to see if they can change something,like the usb port to handle more voltage,do u guys think its possible?

corruptionfreeindia said:
Use s4 charger. It has 1amp output current. .
But not recommended though.
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Yeap thought of it but i agree i will not risk it,but its frustrating cause im playing gta vice city and it not easy cause battery drains superfast,can i use s2 without a battery connected to charger?

soeschelz said:
Oh, you're very polite :/
In fact, the most other phones charge with ~1A+ and they don't have any big draing issues in common. It doesn't matter which OS they run.
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Yes I am , thank you, cause the slow charge issue was elaborated and mentioned so many time around XDA but seems no one cares to search and read.
This phone with and with original charger, and AFTER teh update from Gingerbread to ICS/JB is charging as per specs. On Gingerbread there was a flaw that permitted to charge it upto 900-1000 mA but the phone was rather hot, I recall charging mine in an hour and a half or 15-20 minutes more, from 2-3% to 100% back when phone had GingerBread.
Alucard said:
ill never buy an iphone,s2 does charge really slowly and s3 too,but s4 no,so its a matter of samsungs technology which is slow,plus i agree that battery is good for 1650,i guess ill have to get used to it.Im going to send it to samsung to see if they can change something,like the usb port to handle more voltage,do u guys think its possible?
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Nope, they won't do anything, but you can try all along if it's free service.
Alucard said:
Yeap thought of it but i agree i will not risk it,but its frustrating cause im playing gta vice city and it not easy cause battery drains superfast,can i use s2 without a battery connected to charger?
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You can use 2.1A output chargers too, it is simply not going to draw all that but you might get the better on the go recharging while you're using the phone with heavy apps. Just think of the dual car chargers - they have both 1A (phone) and 2.1A (tablet) output. SatNav on 1A is zeroing or still draining your phone battery, while 2A can slowly charge it on the go.
You just give it a needed juice and if the discharge is so greater then recharge, there's not much you can do about it.
Call it a flaw, but Samsung did it cause of longevity of their batteries and li-ion technology.
That is why I indicated iCrap and BB - their fast charge is provoking rather fast discharge too cause the battery will not hold it. I have colleagues with BB who're charging in an hour but get their phones depleted in 3 hours of usage... I wouldn't want that from my S2 for sure. :good:

GreekBlood said:
With stweaks you can let usb charge from 450 to 650mAh.
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But it risky for USB port!

corruptionfreeindia said:
Use s4 charger. It has 1amp output current. .
But not recommended though.
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It doesn't matter what the output current of the charger is... the phone will only draw 650mA.
The charger I got with my S2 delivers 1A but my phone only draws 650mA. Actually the hardware doesn't support it.
IMO, 3hrs is pretty fast for a full charge.
Edit: Just noticed that Fevves already mentioned all that...

adressing sfafrorn
Some kernels have the Option to change the charge rate but even at 650mA the phone will get very hot if you are doing something on it while charging
Sandm4n is right :good:

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[Q] super slow charging. whyyy ?

i just got this phone a few days ago. i love it. nothing wrong with it.
super fast and everything. im on 2.3.6. no issues. my battery lasts 12 hours easy. and actually up to 26 hours so far.
i dont even feel the need for a custom rom. at least not for now.
but one thing that makes me mad is how slow the phone charges, anyone know why this is ? it's kinda frustrating lol
any way to change this ?
also....i kinda hate that there is no camera button on the actual phone. oh well.
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well i dont like to charge unless my battery is on red. so that conflicts, its not always red when i go to sleep. but thanks i'll check it out.
and i dont want to unlock to camera. it's easier to take photos with a button is what im saying
mrljlamon said:
well i dont like to charge unless my battery is on red. so that conflicts, its not always red when i go to sleep. but thanks i'll check it out.
and i dont want to unlock to camera. it's easier to take photos with a button is what im saying
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If I remember correctly waiting till the battery is completely depleted is not a good thing for our batteries.
i never said completely depleted though.
and yea ive read so many reviews to not do that, and reviews that say you should... and reviews to charge it this much and that much and blah blah. may be a new phone, but none of this is new to me.
Charge current is hardware limited from what I've read. Or atleast for the time being. If your using the phone while charging it'll be significantly slower. Also using wallplug makes a difference. If you've got stuff running while charging try throttling down the CPU while charging.
Other than that I think our phone is limited to 650mah to charge. So 1650/650 is about 2.5 hours with perfect efficiency. Now take into account the power being drawn and how the chargers for li batteries work, that's about 3-4 hrs to be expected.
And don't run li batteries all the way down on a regular basis, its not good. I'm not positive on li ion batteries, but with lipo you generally want to use about %80 of rated capacity to prolong life and power of the cell.
400 mA on USB, 650 on a wall charger, CPU/screen usage counts against these limits - no way to change this
Forgot where I read it. Could be wrong too.
Slow charging for this phone was samsungs way of keeping our phones battery in shape. Hopefully prolonging the life of it. I noticed my 3GS lose about 20% of its full capacity in a couple years. Only time will tell?
Siyah has an option to upping the charging mA I believe.
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all useful responses and all make sense. thank you guys.
i dont use it when it charges and yea it does take about 4 hours to charge.
coming from a crappy xperia x10 which took about 2 hours to charge from 0 to 100
but this phone is 10 times better even without a custom rom so i can deal.
thank you guys for ur knowledge.
jdbeitz said:
Siyah has an option to upping the charging mA I believe.
Sent from my AT&T cellular device.
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He removed it because it turned out not to work. (If it's still there I'm surprised - it should be completely gone.)
It turns out the I9100 has the same limitation as the I777 - charging is handled not by the MAX8997, but by a MAX8922.
Entropy512 said:
He removed it because it turned out not to work. (If it's still there I'm surprised - it should be completely gone.)
It turns out the I9100 has the same limitation as the I777 - charging is handled not by the MAX8997, but by a MAX8922.
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Its still there. I have a 750mA charger and iit SEEMS to help but I don't know how to check it
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CurrentWidget
he removed the high ma charge back to defaults. you can still change them in voltage control but it wont do a damn thing. as entropy said 650 wall 450 misc.
My remix:
EM EYE YOU EYE
SIYAH nara to the rest, I'm rollin with the best.
SGS2 I777
Entropy512 said:
CurrentWidget
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Does that widget only show charging current?
According to currentwidget i am charging at 1850+ mA. So, that cant be right. I am not using any voltage controller.
thejanitor86 said:
According to currentwidget i am charging at 1850+ mA. So, that cant be right. I am not using any voltage controller.
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Enjoy the fireworks.
thejanitor86 said:
According to currentwidget i am charging at 1850+ mA. So, that cant be right. I am not using any voltage controller.
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Hmmm when I used to run a different widget it would report that, but not with current widget. However I'm on a different ROM now, what ROM you on?
I'm currently on the latest ICScrewed
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thejanitor86 said:
According to currentwidget i am charging at 1850+ mA. So, that cant be right. I am not using any voltage controller.
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If you are on Entropy's DD kernel you should divide that number by 2.85
Battery charge current monitoring (CurrentWidget) support - only reports charge current and not discharge, and reports a value 2.85 times the actual current. Use CurrentWidget's "operation on value" to divide by 2.85.
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[Q] check for original charger

i bought a charger online it looks very much like the original bundled one. However i have a couple of questions
1. is there a way i can check the output quality using the phone itself and not a multimeter . Like variation in voltage/current?
2. using a multimeter do i have to tear apart the charger to check the output quality.
any inputs are welcome
sarfaraz1989 said:
i bought a charger online it looks very much like the original bundled one. However i have a couple of questions
1. is there a way i can check the output quality using the phone itself and not a multimeter . Like variation in voltage/current?
2. using a multimeter do i have to tear apart the charger to check the output quality.
any inputs are welcome
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Depends on what you mean by 'output quality'. If you mean the ripple (noise), especially in response to load changes, then no, you can't without oscilloscope and dummy load.
If you do not have this measuring equipment, then I would use these two simple tests:
does the empty phone fully charge within 2 - 3 hours ?
does the touchscreen stay responsive while charging ?
If you can answer both of these questions with yes then one could assume the charger is of good quality.
thanx for an informative reply man. the thing is i use usb charger usually battery is 8 months old . i dont know how long it will charger to recharge. giving these conditions u still think it will take 2-3 hours to charge ? yes the touchscreen stays remains but i think there is the usual "noise " that makes minor error in touchscreen smoothness. do u understand wat i am trying to tell u.
sarfaraz1989 said:
thanx for an informative reply man. the thing is i use usb charger usually battery is 8 months old . i dont know how long it will charger to recharge. giving these conditions u still think it will take 2-3 hours to charge ? yes the touchscreen stays remains but i think there is the usual "noise " that makes minor error in touchscreen smoothness. do u understand wat i am trying to tell u.
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the minor 'touch screen smoothness' issue will be there while charging thro wall charger for sure and also the charging time do wary depending on how old the battery is
sarfaraz1989 said:
thanx for an informative reply man. the thing is i use usb charger usually battery is 8 months old . i dont know how long it will charger to recharge. giving these conditions u still think it will take 2-3 hours to charge ?
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If the battery is fine (and it should still be after 8 months) charging of an empty battery should happen within 2 - 3 hours.
sarfaraz1989 said:
yes the touchscreen stays remains but i think there is the usual "noise " that makes minor error in touchscreen smoothness. do u understand wat i am trying to tell u.
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If you are able to normally operate your phone while charging, then this is ok.
ok. i will do that and get back to u guys. just one thing. wat info can i get from phone regarding charging current /voltage ? also the original capacity was 1650 mAh . can i recalibrate and get the "new" mAh is there anything like this ? i calibrate my laptop' battery every two months and get its capacity in terms of mW. anything similar to phones ?
sarfaraz1989 said:
ok. i will do that and get back to u guys. just one thing. wat info can i get from phone regarding charging current /voltage ? also the original capacity was 1650 mAh . can i recalibrate and get the "new" mAh is there anything like this ? i calibrate my laptop' battery every two months and get its capacity in terms of mW. anything similar to phones ?
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Search the play store for Battery Monitor Widget. It can give you some more information about your battery, charging, discharging etc.

Battery Problems

Ok so phone doesn't charge as fast as usual and while charging and using it loses battery percentage and never has before. Also when I get a full charge then unplug it goes straight down to 12%. What do you guys think.... Battery or port problems?
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The only way to know that answer is to rule out possibilities. Try different batteries and chargers.
Phalanx7621 said:
The only way to know that answer is to rule out possibilities. Try different batteries and chargers.
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Used many different chargers same thing and waiting on a battery coming in
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It's the stock I777 battery I assume?
clear battery cache and try.
if it false please replace it with genuine battery.Unless it will restart during the charging
Phalanx7621 said:
It's the stock I777 battery I assume?
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Yes it is
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bqudamith said:
clear battery cache and try.
if it false please replace it with genuine battery.Unless it will restart during the charging
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Did wipe battery stats same issue... Sorry didn't quite understand the second part
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leadman1415 said:
Ok so phone doesn't charge as fast as usual and while charging and using it loses battery percentage and never has before. Also when I get a full charge then unplug it goes straight down to 12%. What do you guys think.... Battery or port problems?
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I just bought another battery. I found it was the battery more than port problems or anything like that. My friend and I have the same phones, same roms. We tested this by first going through 3 power cycles. After we charged it, we had only the same apps working, except for some minor checking of FB and twitter (I don't use twitter, but he does).
After our 4th power cycle, it seemed like his phone was dying faster w/ my battery in it. His battery in my phone lasted about 5-10 hours more, I did my normal daily activities on it, even played some youtube videos in class.
So I bought a new one, and bam, stays alive more than 12 hours
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I just bought another battery. I found it was the battery more than port problems or anything like that. My friend and I have the same phones, same roms. We tested this by first going through 3 power cycles. After we charged it, we had only the same apps working, except for some minor checking of FB and twitter (I don't use twitter, but he does).
After our 4th power cycle, it seemed like his phone was dying faster w/ my battery in it. His battery in my phone lasted about 5-10 hours more, I did my normal daily activities on it, even played some youtube videos in class.
So I bought a new one, and bam, stays alive more than 12 hours
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Thanks ordered a new one today and a micro usb port just to have in case... Does feel a little loose
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I also had the same issue in my i777. i changed OEM batteries and doesn't work. for me it was the PORT.
i ordered 1 from ebay and replaced. now its work fine.
please change the port. it will work perfectly
work around
i am using super nexus rom battery life is great compared to stock.
try tablet charger if you have. it will charger your phone faster. i am using my nexus 10 charger its definitely taking less time to charge.
bqudamith said:
I also had the same issue in my i777. i changed OEM batteries and doesn't work. for me it was the PORT.
i ordered 1 from ebay and replaced. now its work fine.
please change the port. it will work perfectly
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Common sense post of the day:
You have to be really careful getting phone accessories off e-bay. In the past I've been duped into buying a fake SD card and a wonky battery.

charging rate

hi,i just bought new 2.1A charger for my S3 and with current widget it shows 999mA charging rate. so S3 dont charge faster even I have better charger? Because when I play some games with wifi on and brightness on 50 percent with charging my battery % dont go up but slowly go down :/
1A is the limit. Some kernels allow it to go up to 1100
ok, now understand. maybe I can rise by myself that rate? or its dangerous for phone or batttery? Or only kernel devs can do it? Now Im using siyah kernel
scorpio1991 said:
ok, now understand. maybe I can rise by myself that rate? or its dangerous for phone or batttery? Or only kernel devs can do it? Now Im using siyah kernel
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Your choice but phone can only explode once and custom kernel = no warranty .
jje
oh, I dont need see explode on my table. so maybe I leave like that.
LoL don't worry about your phone exploding.
I've been fast charging for the last 6 months.
There are no adverse effects. No increase in Battery temp while charging and no effect on Battery longevity.
You can safely go up to 1500 with either Yanks or Perseus Kernel
If you choose perseus don't switch off the failsafe.
Don't expect anything dramatic though. I would say that there is a10 to 15% reduction in charge time.
You will notice a much bigger effect with usb fast charge if you increase that from the stock 450 to 1000. Especially when using a car charger.
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corrsea said:
no effect on Battery longevity
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it'll just die sooner
Glebun said:
it'll just die sooner
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Nah. That depends on your pattern of charging.
I monitor my battery closely.
It's 8 months old with no signs of ageing or change in capacity.
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8 months is not a long time

Isn't Fast Charging Bad For The Battery?

Isn't Fast Charging Bad For The Battery?
That would depend on the battery's C rating. Charging at higher rates doesn't necessarily cause damage. There are plenty of articles on charging lithium ion/poly cells out there.
In my previous S7 Edge , the battery lost plenty of juice in just one year of usage ( i was using wireless charging only). Then i sent it to samsung warranty and they replace battery. Tried to find something about if could be the wireless charging that damaged the battery and found none that supported that theory.
Now, with the S8, i´m using the provided charger and cable only (Just to be safe).
Vogal said:
In my previous S7 Edge , the battery lost plenty of juice in just one year of usage ( i was using wireless charging only). Then i sent it to samsung warranty and they replace battery. Tried to find something about if could be the wireless charging that damaged the battery and found none that supported that theory.
Now, with the S8, i´m using the provided charger and cable only (Just to be safe).
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Wireless is different due to the losses in the induction, creating heat, which does have some affect. But there are a lot of variables as to why your battery performance may have degraded.
LeoNote4 said:
Isn't Fast Charging Bad For The Battery?
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Are you a battery engineer/chemist?
peachpuff said:
Are you a battery engineer/chemist?
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Battery President.
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LeoNote4 said:
Battery President.
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Right... it seems every day someone thinks they know more than engineers in that field, battery is getting hot so it must be bad. Yet every year qualcomm and others improve quick charging for even faster charging, so unless someone actually knows something these threads should just stop.
peachpuff said:
Right... it seems every day someone thinks they know more than engineers in that field, battery is getting hot so it must be bad. Yet every year qualcomm and others improve quick charging for even faster charging, so unless someone actually knows something these threads should just stop.
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I think what's going on here is someone doesn't know so he is asking a question.
LeoNote4 said:
I think what's going on here is someone doesn't know so he is asking a question.
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Why would you assume its bad for the battery in the first place? Just because it gets hot? The cpu also gets hot when gaming so i should stop gaming? Recording 4k videos also heats up the phone so i should stop recording 4k video's? Constantly downloading will probably heat up the modem too so i should stop downloading? If something is built into the phone why would you assume its bad for the phone?
peachpuff said:
Why would you assume its bad for the battery in the first place?
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I didn't.
peachpuff said:
Just because it gets hot?
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What gets hot? Who said anything about hot?
Hey, don't take it badly, he is just asking. I remember old batteries (for example ni-mh) if you charge it at a high current they use to live less than if you charged them at a slow one (i remember using rechargable batteries of this time for my wii control and i could test it with how long they lasted).
I think the new Li-ion (or better) batteries nowadays don't suffer from this, so you should be safe about them. They have a natural capacity loss thats isnt affected about the rest of the things. You should anyway check for faulty chargers or your battery life, remember all the test samsung makes are with their original hardware.
Regards!
peachpuff said:
Why would you assume its bad for the battery in the first place? Just because it gets hot? The cpu also gets hot when gaming so i should stop gaming? Recording 4k videos also heats up the phone so i should stop recording 4k video's? Constantly downloading will probably heat up the modem too so i should stop downloading? If something is built into the phone why would you assume its bad for the phone?
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This is someone not knowing what they're taking about trying to talk down on someone else.
Anyways heat has always been detrimental to battery health which is why samsung fast wireless chargers have fans built in to keep the heat low. Along with this the phone will prevent charging if it passes a certain heat threshold I believe 40c iirc and also the phone uses adaptive charging to prevent over heating of the phone with the included fast charger and charging circuit design. As long as the phone continues to regulate the charge coming into the phone fast charging shouldn't hurt. Of course with fast charging you go through battery cycles faster but this is just because you can charge it a lot more times than with regular charging.
My personal experience:
- 2 years of fast charging = battery drain between 100 and 90 very much noticable
- charging over night causes more damage than fast charging

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