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Is it Safe to charge Note 2 with other device's charger...?!?

My Note 2 charger says....
Input : 150-300 VAC 50-60Hz 0.35A
Output : 5.0V = 2.0A
Can i charge it with with following chargers....?
1. Note 1 Charger
Input : 100-240 V 50-60Hz 0.15A
Output : 5.0V = 1.0A
2. Iphone 3G Charger
Input : 100-240V 50-60Hz 0.15A
Output : 5V = 1A
3. Logitech Harmony Remote Charger
Input : 100-240V 50-60Hz 180mA
Output : 5V = 1A LPS
So can i Safely charge my Note 2 with any of the above chargers ? Or will charging with any charger Harm/Damage my Note 2's battery/internal components...?
Thanks.... :fingers-crossed:

As long as the Amper on the charger you use is lower than 2 there is no risk.
Voltage should always be the same or else it will damage your phone. (5volts = USB standard voltage)
If you use a 2,5 A charger the note will charge faster but will heat and damage the battery.
If you use a 1 A charger the note will charge twice slower than with the 2A charger but this charge will last longer because slower charging gives a little better battery life When I charge the note on USB 2.0 (0.5 A) / 3.0 is at 0,8 ampers it takes a whole night to get around 90% but my note lasts usually a little longer than when I fastcharge with the stock charger (one gets lazy to charge when a battery lasts so long lol...)

You can in theory use those other chargers but the charge time will be significantly slower, probably double the time. I used my nexus one charger which I use to charge everything in my room and I got an error message saying that I needed a stronger charger. You may get that message as well on those 1A chargers. I have been successfully been able to use my 1.8A blackberry charger with success though as well as my 1.5A griffin at work but I shorted the pins on the cable I use on that charger.
Like I said you can maybe use those other chargers but you may get a power message. You're best off with the stock charger.

use everything. "Just don't use LG chargers"
regards

From what I understand through research, It doesn't matter at all. Stay around the official amp voltage range. If it is a bit high, the phone will regulate how much power it draws from the charger. If it is a bit lower, then expect slow charge.
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avetny said:
use everything. "Just don't use LG chargers"
regards
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Why not?

I am using a Galaxy S III charger, I guess I am not causing any harm with that... ?

You can use any charger that outputs at 5 volts. Even if the charger is 5 volts 10amps. The phone will only draw as mu current as its built to draw and no more than that.

Been using my s2 charger since I got my note 2 with no trouble at all. I also sometimes use my HTC desire charger and again no trouble here.

epicfailguy2 said:
As long as the Amper on the charger you use is lower than 2 there is no risk.
Voltage should always be the same or else it will damage your phone. (5volts = USB standard voltage)
If you use a 2,5 A charger the note will charge faster but will heat and damage the battery.
If you use a 1 A charger the note will charge twice slower than with the 2A charger but this charge will last longer because slower charging gives a little better battery life When I charge the note on USB 2.0 (0.5 A) / 3.0 is at 0,8 ampers it takes a whole night to get around 90% but my note lasts usually a little longer than when I fastcharge with the stock charger (one gets lazy to charge when a battery lasts so long lol...)
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Hmm I thought changing the voltage makes the difference in how much power it draws (and puts into the battery) and the amp rating is how much power the charger is meant to give. So if the phone uses up 2 amps at 5 volts, then it could overheat a charger rated at 1A at 5 volts.
That's how powering something like LEDs works. If an LED is rated at drawing 700 ma at 3.3V, a power supply rated at 3.3V and 700 or higher will work - it could be rated at 2,000 at 3.3V and the LED would still draw 700. If you raised the voltage to 3.7V, then the LED would consume more than 700mA and would be brighter, if it's made to take the higher voltage.

DarkManX4lf said:
You can use any charger that outputs at 5 volts. Even if the charger is 5 volts 10amps. The phone will only draw as mu current as its built to draw and no more than that.
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This is correct. As long as you are using a standard USB charger, which will output 5v, you will be fine. The amperage will determine how fast your phone will charge. A charger with an output of 0.5A (500mAh) @ 5V, which is equal to 2.5 watts, will charge your phone slower than a 1A @ 5V (5 watt) charger.
No need to worry about hurting your phone with a higher amperage output. Your phone will only use as much current as it can handle. If it is rated to draw 900mAh @ 5V, doesn't matter if the charger can output 1A, 2A, or 5A, the phone will only draw a maximum 900mAh.

I bought some Palm microUSB charger during their liquidation. These days I dont even open the chargers for any phones I buy. Infuse, Xperia Ion, Focus, Exhibit, Note 1 all of them charge fine with it.

Mr_Armageddon said:
This is correct. As long as you are using a standard USB charger, which will output 5v, you will be fine. The amperage will determine how fast your phone will charge. A charger with an output of 0.5A (500mAh) @ 5V, which is equal to 2.5 watts, will charge your phone slower than a 1A @ 5V (5 watt) charger.
No need to worry about hurting your phone with a higher amperage output. Your phone will only use as much current as it can handle. If it is rated to draw 900mAh @ 5V, doesn't matter if the charger can output 1A, 2A, or 5A, the phone will only draw a maximum 900mAh.
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Hi
If the voltage output of a charger is less than 5V (let's say 4.5V), will this hurt the phone & battery?

Note 2 isn't that picky on charger.
I have several off-brand 5V 2-3A chargers and all of then just work fine.

Glad I'm not the only one using a random charger... The ones phones come with, the cords are entirely too short.

DarkManX4lf said:
You can use any charger that outputs at 5 volts. Even if the charger is 5 volts 10amps. The phone will only draw as mu current as its built to draw and no more than that.
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This is exactly what I am going to say.

Yes, its perfectly safe. I've used my iPad charger to charge my note 2 before, because it charges at 10 volts intsead of 5 so the phone charged faster.
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I use whatever charger is available and fits. Have for YEARS. You guys worry too much about crap. It is just a phone, if it breaks, I'll buy a new one. Never had a problem though.

Using other device's charger is usually OK. But...
- An iPhone charger will work but because apple doesn't use the same standard to signal a USB charging port, you will be limited to 500mA (i.e. slow).
- Using another phone charger most of the time but because they are usally rated 1A instead of 2A it will charge slower.
The Note 2 seems to be quite picky about chargers and cables, for example, I couldn't get a full charge with cheap micro-USB cables from eBay and my old Nexus One charger. The best IMHO is a quality 5V charger that does at least 2A and follows the USB charging port convension of shorting D+ and D-.
More than 2A is not a problem because the device will only use as much as it needs. However if it is less, as the phone will try to pull 2A, the voltage will drop bellow the acceptable threshold. Usually the phone can adapt by charging slower but for some reason it didn't work with my Nexus One charger (1A).

Fast(er) AC Charger Recommendations

Greetings! I was wondering what is the maximum rated input current of the Xperia Z. There's no indication of it's rated input current anywhere on the phone. The supplied charger is rated at 1.5A and I was wondering if a higher amperage charger above 5V 1.5A (such as of those catered to tablets/ipad) would charge the battery at a faster rate before investing in one.
Anyone with any experience using a higher amperage charger on the Z could advice on any notable improvements in charging time as well.
Thanks!

Used a Nexus 7 charger rated at 2A and it charged fine with no detrimental effects. Charging time is about 1.5, hours from 10% to full.
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cliffordlee said:
Greetings! I was wondering what is the maximum rated input current of the Xperia Z. There's no indication of it's rated input current anywhere on the phone. The supplied charger is rated at 1.5A and I was wondering if a higher amperage charger above 5V 1.5A (such as of those catered to tablets/ipad) would charge the battery at a faster rate before investing in one.
Anyone with any experience using a higher amperage charger on the Z could advice on any notable improvements in charging time as well.
Thanks!
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While increasing the Amps will result into fast charging... the bad part is that it kills your battery life overall.

I've tried Sony charger rated output 1500mA
and Galaxy tab charger 2A
phone on, screen off
in 10 minutes charge, both added , just the same, 10% juice.
may try it longer next time.

Dsteppa said:
While increasing the Amps will result into fast charging... the bad part is that it kills your battery life overall.
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Would you care to explain?

Great findings! I guess it's safe to say that there is no notable reduction in charging times even with the provision of higher amperage chargers, and that the Xperia Z's power management IC can only take in 1500mA at max.
moraal said:
Would you care to explain?
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Charging at higher amperage would generate more heat and this increase in heat would degrade the battery cells at an increased rate, thus reducing the lifetime of the battery in the long run
Well unless you value your charging time (or loss of usable time) more than the cost of premature replacement of battery, then quick charging is for you. Personally, given a choice, I'd rather not charge at a higher current unless necessary, especially when time is the essence. (;

moraal said:
Would you care to explain?
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I will post when I find the correct link.

Erm I'm fairly sure that whatever amp you use the phone will only draw a set amount I used a 2500mah charger with my old phone for two years no difference in charging time nor degraded battery life or iverheating , just meant I had one charger for everything lol

That's correct, it's impossible to over-charge or charge too quickly a device by using a charger with a higher current rating than the original charger. Current flow is a RESULTING property of a particular voltage applied across a particular resistance. Applying too much voltage will usually be detrimental, but you cannot SUPPLY too much current. The device will draw as much as it needs unless it is limited by the charger's maximum current rating first.
I've been using an old Blackberry charger rated at much less than 1000mA. It might take a bit longer to charge, but I love the long, supple lead that comes with it.
SF

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Can someone explain me this...
My Xperia Z came with (1) Power plug-adapter with USB port + (2) USB to Micro-USB cable + (3) Docking station.
The (1) has Output = 1500 mA written on it, the (3) has 1800 mA on it.
Questions:
Can the USB cable transfer more than 500 mA? From reading USB page on Wiki, looks like it can do 1500 mA - 5000 mA when not transferring data so I should not worry about the cable?
What is the point of including a 1800 mA docking station + 1500 mA power plug? Does the station only charge at 1500 mA when connected with that plug or am I missing something?
Thanks, sorry for noob questions

Sushifiend said:
That's correct, it's impossible to over-charge or charge too quickly a device by using a charger with a higher current rating than the original charger. Current flow is a RESULTING property of a particular voltage applied across a particular resistance. Applying too much voltage will usually be detrimental, but you cannot SUPPLY too much current. The device will draw as much as it needs unless it is limited by the charger's maximum current rating first.
I've been using an old Blackberry charger rated at much less than 1000mA. It might take a bit longer to charge, but I love the long, supple lead that comes with it.
SF
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The charging chip it self support higher current by default, but the manufacturer chooses the charger depending on different factors, design of the phone, capacity of the battery and also their stock chargers available... they will choose the best charger to match... in most cases it will be rated lower than what the charging chip is capable of...
the charging chip has it's limits also... using regular USB cables will only provides the standard current... I've used same amperage chargers as the orignal but with different cable and charging was slower... when I switched to the original cable charging was faster and had the same time as original charger ( same amperage )
When you use the original cable and higher current charger then you will have faster charging...
My Xperia arc came with socket charger rated at 950mA and a car charger rated at 1200mA... and the car charger is really faster but only when I use the original cable, when I used a longer cheap cable the charging was actually slower... even when I'm charging non-Sony devices ( like my Note 2 ) when I use original cable ( wether Samsung or Sony one ) charging is always faster... I don't know why it might be a way to protect the standard usb cable from over-current as the standard USB current is 500mA, so the charger will normally send the usual current unless the device requested higher current then it will negotiate with the charger to send higher current the original cables might have something like impedance between some pins so the phone will detect them as original then they will negotiate the charger to send higher current or the charger might actually use the other pins to send higher current but the phone will only use these pins when it detect the original cable... if not then it will not use these pins and will have regular 500mA charging... I've always faced this when dealing with other cables... now when I want longer cable I just use USB extension cable with the original cable and it will work !

wlkatz said:
Can someone explain me this...
My Xperia Z came with (1) Power plug-adapter with USB port + (2) USB to Micro-USB cable + (3) Docking station.
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As you've got the docking station can you tell us how it's wired?
Which pin is + and which is -
Cheers
Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk 2

Thanks for all the replies, really informative.

fards said:
As you've got the docking station can you tell us how it's wired?
Which pin is + and which is -
Cheers
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Looking at the dock station from the front, + is on the left, - is on the right.
See pic + bonus
Also will be grateful if someone could answer my questions on 1st page.

wlkatz said:
Can someone explain me this...
My Xperia Z came with (1) Power plug-adapter with USB port + (2) USB to Micro-USB cable + (3) Docking station.
The (1) has Output = 1500 mA written on it, the (3) has 1800 mA on it.
Questions:
Can the USB cable transfer more than 500 mA? From reading USB page on Wiki, looks like it can do 1500 mA - 5000 mA when not transferring data so I should not worry about the cable?
What is the point of including a 1800 mA docking station + 1500 mA power plug? Does the station only charge at 1500 mA when connected with that plug or am I missing something?
Thanks, sorry for noob questions
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- Yes, the cable can easily transfer more than 500mah. No worries.
- It means the docking station is rated for a maximum of 1800mah - so if you buy a 2100mah charger, the docking station may get warm and if it fails Sony won't cover it under warranty. If you use the 1500mah power plug, then the docking station supplies the 1500mah - it's just a pass-through. The docking station itself doesn't really have additional circuitry.

wlkatz said:
Looking at the dock station from the front, + is on the left, - is on the right.
Also will be grateful if someone could answer my questions on 1st page.
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Prefect thanks!
Can now make some docks/charging clips using sugru and a usb cable
Not sure why the dock would be rated at 1800, unless they've fitted it with some circuitry, a simple micro usb to prongs would do.
I charge mine using the adapter that came with my note tablet which is 2a and also with the 2a output of an external battery pack.
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fards said:
Prefect thanks!
Can now make some docks/charging clips using sugru and a usb cable
Not sure why the dock would be rated at 1800, unless they've fitted it with some circuitry, a simple micro usb to prongs would do.
I charge mine using the adapter that came with my note tablet which is 2a and also with the 2a output of an external battery pack.
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Yes, they're right to write the 1.8A there.
because, not all microUSB survive to deliver more than an amps. They maybe melt. especially the cheap one that have very small and loose contact area.
the pogo pins too... Not so easy deliver 1.8A with pogo pins...
that's why intel processor, have 1000+ pins, but almost 300pins are for power supply only (GND and VCC). Although the chip is only 1.25volts, but the current sometimes about a hundred amps (Core 2 Extreme, Core i7)

Rashkae said:
- Yes, the cable can easily transfer more than 500mah. No worries.
- It means the docking station is rated for a maximum of 1800mah - so if you buy a 2100mah charger, the docking station may get warm and if it fails Sony won't cover it under warranty. If you use the 1500mah power plug, then the docking station supplies the 1500mah - it's just a pass-through. The docking station itself doesn't really have additional circuitry.
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Wrong. If you connect a 2.1A supply, you'll see no difference.
Charging rate is set by the phone, as long as the power supply feeding it doesn't "brown out" under the load.
2.1A, 3.1A - doesn't matter, the phone will draw less (I'll need to drain my battery down a bit to determine how much less, it's often less than whatever the wall charger is rated.)
There is a possibility that when it sees voltage on the pogo pin connectors, it increases charge current to a different value than on AC via the USB port. The ext charger handling in the pm8921 driver is really convoluted and difficult to read.

Car Charger For Nexus6

Hello,
I have the following charger in my car. Can I use it to charge my Nexus6 ?
It has 10 Watts per port, 2 X 2.1A, 5V (voltage not sure).
http://www.belkin.com/my/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=652450
Please suggest.
Thanks.

Why do you think you couldn't use it?
Sent from my Nexus 6

imnuts said:
Why do you think you couldn't use it?
Sent from my Nexus 6
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I thought of checking with you, if the output of that belkin (current, voltage etc.) matches with the Nexus6. I understand that the phone will draw only the current that it needs (1.6A) from the charger. But not sure about the Voltage. It doesn't show the voltage in the specs also. So is the Nexus6 support all ranges of voltage - 5V, 9V and 12V ?
Please suggest.
Thanks.

Well if it is a standard USB connection on the charger and works with other devices, you can bet that it is 5v.

graydiggy said:
Well if it is a standard USB connection on the charger and works with other devices, you can bet that it is 5v.
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Yes, mostly. I have this charger with me and don't want to buy another one, and I have 2 phones to charge while travelling in the car.
One question: Whether the Nexus6 support all ranges of voltage - 5V, 9V and 12V ? I have seen them printed on the inner side of the Turbo Charger. But want to know more about how it works.
Thanks.

The 9V/12V on the standard charger are for Qualcomm's Quick Charge. The phone will charge from a standard computer USB port outputting 5V/500mA (albeit very slowly) if you wanted to. The phone will draw as much power as the charger can output for a given voltage, up to the limits programmed into the kernel for the charging chip. Either the charger or the phone could be the rate limiter, but any charger that you can have a microUSB connection to plug into the phone should work.

OEM or any good charger

The oem charger has broke, need a new one
Model mcs-04er
At ebay and aliexpress they described it as "original/genuine/oem"
Not really trust them...where can I find a original charger (good price) of other recommended one?

The newest SAMSUNG 2A charger :TA20EWE (Best one from s6/s7)
The newest Samsung USB cable (normal, not any Type C) : DG925
I'm using this two for 3 weeks and its faster (1h and 20 mins 0-100%) than stock lg charger. Unfortunately I dont know where to buy it in your Country, but this might help anyway

aukey
I use an aukey like this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Aukey-Quick...9b4ac89abf8d425a5b945c&pid=100507&rk=1&rkt=1&
it uses quick charge 2.0 and is very fast and reliable
they also have the same chargers for your car or portable power banks for off the grid use
highly rated products, you can't go wrong with these.
you can search ebay for more

seetru said:
I use an aukey like this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Aukey-Quick...9b4ac89abf8d425a5b945c&pid=100507&rk=1&rkt=1&
it uses quick charge 2.0 and is very fast and reliable
they also have the same chargers for your car or portable power banks for off the grid use
highly rated products, you can't go wrong with these.
you can search ebay for more
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I've had issues with Aukey chargers not properly charging my G4. Seems as if some people do, and some people don't. I can say that I've never had an issue with Anker QC2.0 chargers. I'm using the Anker Power Port+ 6 port charger. It has QC3.0. Getting great results with that one.

Samsung adaptive fast charge AC adapter works with G4.

I use Anker Charger with a 2.0A Cable works well

Using Aukey Quick Charger with the aukey cable and the quick charge was a fine think!

I use a voxlink QC 3.0 with amazon basics cable.

Im using a QMadix Quick Charge 2.0 and it charges very fast!

WAIDroid said:
I use Anker Charger with a 2.0A Cable works well
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2mA you mean. 2A would turn it into a bomb

kessaras said:
2mA you mean. 2A would turn it into a bomb
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Yeah lol

I thought I'd look in this thread for a charger but I see none talking with proofs. When we talk about chargers we should post a screenshot of our mA while the phone is charging. This lovely app "Ampere" would help a lot. Without a screenshot anyone can say anything and everyone sais very fast. But How many mA is this very fast?

I use the v10 and g5 quick charge lg plug and samsung quick charger both work well

kessaras said:
2mA you mean. 2A would turn it into a bomb
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2A at 120V would be dangerous over such a small wire and, at 240W, enough to really heat up a phone. But 2 Amps at 5 Volts (USB standard) is only 10 Watts, which going into the phone is no problem, and not enough to substantially heat up the wires
With Quick Charge 3.0 at 12V, you're getting up to 24W going into the phone, which may heat up your phone pretty well, but it's not going to self-destruct as long as your battery actually charges.
Thinking about the math for 20 AWG wire:
Resistance/length: ~10 Ohms resistance/1000 ft. per this chart: http://www2.seas.gwu.edu/~ecelabs/appnotes/PDF/techdat/swc.pdf
Resistance=.01 Ohm/ft * 3ft = 0.03 Ohms in the wire (you'll have more at the connectors due to contact resistance)
Voltage drop in the wire = I * R = 2Amps * 0.03 Ohms = 0.06 Volts by Ohm's Law
Power dissipated in the wire = V * I = 0.06V * 2 = 0.12 Watts
The power into the phone is (at 5V) about 100x this, but as long as it's effectively being converted into chemical energy in the battery, you've got no worries!
One thing I'd look for on any charger now is a Level VI label. This certifies that it meets efficiency requirements as set by the US Department of Energy. From most of what I've seen, if the designers are bothering to make it that efficient, they'll make it safe too, and the efficiency somewhat inherently guarantees the charger won't get hot enough to be dangerous. The latest Anker QC3.0 charger I got is Level VI efficient, and I would suspect Aukey's recent chargers to be too.

21w charging

This phone supports 21w charging, but it is only shipped with an 18W charger. (This charger seem to be able to give out 5V, 9 V (2A) and 12V (1.5A).)
Anyone have information on what version of USB-PD the phone supports? And what voltage is used to obtain 21w?
Has anyone got 21W charging working? As not all higher wattage usb-pd charges may support the 21W mode that this phone needs.

Well I can tell you do not use anything above Sony's recommended charging °W because anything above that - even with PD -- the device will intensely heat up.

JB2unique said:
Well I can tell you do not use anything above Sony's recommended charging °W because anything above that - even with PD -- the device will intensely heat up.
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Sony report 21W charging. So I'm not asking to go above Whats recommended.
I am asking more about the actual charging methodology, as the usb-pd system can be a bit complicated. And even a 45W charger may not correctly 'handshake' at 21w unless it's got the right voltage to offer.

Anyone?
No one has tried using a higher wattage PD charger?

shock-UK said:
Anyone?
No one has tried using a higher wattage PD charger?
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My Xiaomi 30W 1A1C charger (which supports USB PD 2.0 over the C port I believe) negotiates 7V/3A to hit the 21W.

JB2unique said:
Well I can tell you do not use anything above Sony's recommended charging °W because anything above that - even with PD -- the device will intensely heat up.
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Winrahr said:
My Xiaomi 30W 1A1C charger (which supports USB PD 2.0 over the C port I believe) negotiates 7V/3A to hit the 21W.
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Nice. That is an interesting combination. I thought it might do it at higher voltage.
How are you measuring it? I'm thinking of getting a usb measuring display.

shock-UK said:
Nice. That is an interesting combination. I thought it might do it at higher voltage.
How are you measuring it? I'm thinking of getting a usb measuring display.
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Me too, I thought it'd be doing 12V/1.8A or something but 7V/3A makes sense. Definitely should make sure the cable is quality enough to support 3A. As an aside, the phone charges at 5V/1.5A for all non USB-PD compliant chargers.
I measured with a super cheap USB C meter that I've been sticking into random chargers for curiosity sake. Highly recommended :laugh:

Ok, ordered an Usb pd 3.0 charger today, the Arcanite one. As it also has a PPS option.
Also ordered as usb c power meter.
Let's see if it does the same voltage combination with this charger.

I just looked more into the USB-PD spec and I believe you'd need a PD3.0 compatible charger to hit the 21W since the charger needs to support PPS to hit 7V/3A. Otherwise I'm assuming it would negotiate to 5V/3A or 9V/2A if the charger doesn't have a 7V step.

So got a charger with PPS support (a USB-PD 3.0) an up to 30w charging. An Anker USB c to c cable with 60W support.
And using a satechi voltage / current measuring device.
But something isn't correct. It could be the usb-c voltage measure.
Using the supplied 18W charger, it's displaying 5.27V, 2.78A. that's roughly 15W. ( Picture attached).
Using the new 30W charger, it's displaying 6.44V, 2.77A. that's roughly 18W. ( Picture attached).
Still need to do more testing, not sure why I'm getting these readings. A bit below what I was expecting.

shock-UK said:
So got a charger with PPS support (a USB-PD 3.0) an up to 30w charging. An Anker USB c to c cable with 60W support.
And using a satechi voltage / current measuring device.
But something isn't correct. It could be the usb-c voltage measure.
Using the supplied 18W charger, it's displaying 5.27V, 2.78A. that's roughly 15W. ( Picture attached).
Using the new 30W charger, it's displaying 6.44V, 2.77A. that's roughly 18W. ( Picture attached).
Still need to do more testing, not sure why I'm getting these readings. A bit below what I was expecting.
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What battery % is your phone at? You also have to remember that the closer the phone is to 100%, the charging speed will slow down.
I have an Anker 30W charger and can charge at speeds of at least 3500 mAh (based on Ampere reading).

The battery was around 35%. Yes you are right once it got over 50% the charging rate does show down a bit.
Also the Ampere app was displaying 3600 or 3500 as the current. But even if we calculate that, that's only about 18W. But that app isn't very good at measuring charging voltage or current.

The charger's specifications are attached below,

Actually, did anybody find a 21W charger compliant with our device??? (I mean really delivering 21W...)
Edit:
I've ordered the Samsung Ultra Fast Charge 25W (ref: EP-TA800XBEGWW)
It is PD 3.0 PPS and delivers 3.3-5.9V at 3A or 3.3-11.0V at 2.25A.
I hope that will work...

nreuge said:
Actually, did anybody find a 21W charger compliant with our device??? (I mean really delivering 21W...)
Edit:
I've ordered the Samsung Ultra Fast Charge 25W (ref: EP-TA800XBEGWW)
It is PD 3.0 PPS and delivers 3.3-5.9V at 3A or 3.3-11.0V at 2.25A.
I hope that will work...
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I have the Samsung EP-TA800 25W charger from a Samsung Galaxy A71 5G. On low battery with my USB tester, I measured 22W (9V/2.5A) when charging my A71 but only 15W (5.5V/2.7A) when charging my Xperia 1 ii. Were you able to do better with this Samsung charger?
In fact, I have been testing all my PD chargers (about a dozen in total -- I might have a problem!), and none has been able to charge my Xperia 1 ii at more than 18W. That's certainly decent, but it would be nice to get the 21W that the hardware is capable of.

mikew99 said:
I have the Samsung EP-TA800 25W charger from a Samsung Galaxy A71 5G. On low battery with my USB tester, I measured 22W (9V/2.5A) when charging my A71 but only 15W (5.5V/2.7A) when charging my Xperia 1 ii. Were you able to do better with this Samsung charger?
In fact, I have been testing all my PD chargers (about a dozen in total -- I might have a problem!), and none has been able to charge my Xperia 1 ii at more than 18W. That's certainly decent, but it would be nice to get the 21W that the hardware is capable of.
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I've not finished my tests, answers soon...

mikew99 said:
I have the Samsung EP-TA800 25W charger from a Samsung Galaxy A71 5G. On low battery with my USB tester, I measured 22W (9V/2.5A) when charging my A71 but only 15W (5.5V/2.7A) when charging my Xperia 1 ii. Were you able to do better with this Samsung charger?
In fact, I have been testing all my PD chargers (about a dozen in total -- I might have a problem!), and none has been able to charge my Xperia 1 ii at more than 18W. That's certainly decent, but it would be nice to get the 21W that the hardware is capable of.
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nreuge said:
I've not finished my tests, answers soon...
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I've finished my tests.
Both Sony charger 18W and Samsung EP-TA800 25W charger take 37 mn to charge from 20% to 70%. So, the extra power of the EP-TA800 cannot be used by our device, it does not provide the correct electrical intensity...

Finally, I've ordered the ARCANITE Premium PD 3.0 QC4 PPS 30W charger as mentionned above.

I've received the ARCANITE Premium PD 3.0 QC4 PPS 30W charger and I've done the tests.
To charge from 20% to 70%, the Sony charge takes 37 mn and the ARCANITE charger takes 36 mn (tests done in aiplane mode).
The small difference occurs below 50%.

nreuge said:
I've received the ARCANITE Premium PD 3.0 QC4 PPS 30W charger and I've done the tests.
To charge from 20% to 70%, the Sony charge takes 37 mn and the ARCANITE charger takes 36 mn (tests done in aiplane mode).
The small difference occurs below 50%.
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Thanks for the update. It seems like the ARCANITE might not be delivering the 21W as hoped.
I also ordered yet another charger, the Baseus BS-C915, which allegedly supports PPS. The PPS designation appears in some pictures, but the specifications describe only a range of voltages (3.3-11V @ 3A).
With the Baseus, I get just under 18W (6.6V @ 2.7A) when charging my Xperia 1 ii. It's kind of strange that Sony claims 21W charging but doesn't include a 21W charger and doesn't even provide the specs for one!