Charging speed - Nexus 5X Real Life Review

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Charges really really fast with included charger!

Good enough, helped along nicely by Android Doze.

Up to 3000mA per second using the stock charger. Roughly 1.5 hours from 0 to 100%.

When I charge with included charger the charge rate I have seen was 2630 mA, but I think the charging could be slightly unpredictable. When screen is on, it could sometimes charge much slower, than when screen is off. Other times it seems that the battery indicator could get stuck and barely increase % when charging, so the good way for me was to turn off the phone and then back on, to see the actual battery life.

1h30 from 0-100, if i am not playing with it.

I think the charging could be slightly unpredictable.
I think the charging could be slightly unpredictable.

Only charges if screen is off. If you're doing ANYTHING at all charging basically stops, about 2 percent an hour.

perrocaliente said:
Only charges if screen is off. If you're doing ANYTHING at all charging basically stops, about 2 percent an hour.
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The factor that can slow down the charge is heat. If you're trying to use the device while it's rapid charging and are causing the battery to over heat the device will slow down the charge. Faster charging generates more heat so manufacturers are more cautious compared to devices with normal charging speeds.
It might seem inconvenient but it's protecting your battery from degradation and an early death.
Charge speed will not be significantly slowed while you use the device if it's not in danger of over heating.

bblzd said:
The factor that can slow down the charge is heat. If you're trying to use the device while it's rapid charging and are causing the battery to over heat the device will slow down the charge. Faster charging generates more heat so manufacturers are more cautious compared to devices with normal charging speeds.
It might seem inconvenient but it's protecting your battery from degradation and an early death.
Charge speed will not be significantly slowed while you use the device if it's not in danger of over heating.
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Good theory but no. That doesn't explain why before (with the nexus 5 and even 4) we could charge faster while using it and with a lower amp charger than we can now. Also it charges slow no matter how hot or cold the phone is if the screen is on. Your theory doesn't check out. This is a change Google made and not a good one.

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Good theory but no. That doesn't explain why before (with the nexus 5 and even 4) we could charge faster while using it and with a lower amp charger than we can now. Also it charges slow no matter how hot or cold the phone is if the screen is on. Your theory doesn't check out. This is a change Google made and not a good one.
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Amen.

perrocaliente said:
Good theory but no. That doesn't explain why before (with the nexus 5 and even 4) we could charge faster while using it and with a lower amp charger than we can now. Also it charges slow no matter how hot or cold the phone is if the screen is on. Your theory doesn't check out. This is a change Google made and not a good one.
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My Nexus 5x charges faster with the screen on than my Nexus 5 does with the screen off.
The only time I see charge slow significantly is when the battery temperature creeps up.
The Nexus 5 tops off at about 1200mA with the stock charger. Current widget shows my 5x getting over 2000mA even when the screen is on, though there is some weird interactions with the 5x not updating its charge speed in real time so it's nearly impossible to track charge speeds on the 5x reliably using software like CurrentWidget or Ampere.
On the 5 I could plot a graph with charge speeds but on the 5x it barely updates. I'm not sure why that is but I see that with the screen on or off.

Using 2.1A charger
Is it OK to use 2.1A charger with my nexus 5x? Or do I have to buy another genuine lg charger?

zozTravolta said:
Is it OK to use 2.1A charger with my nexus 5x? Or do I have to buy another genuine lg charger?
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You can use that one just fine. I have and the phone still charges pretty fast (screen off of course)
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bblzd said:
My Nexus 5x charges faster with the screen on than my Nexus 5 does with the screen off.
The only time I see charge slow significantly is when the battery temperature creeps up.
The Nexus 5 tops off at about 1200mA with the stock charger. Current widget shows my 5x getting over 2000mA even when the screen is on, though there is some weird interactions with the 5x not updating its charge speed in real time so it's nearly impossible to track charge speeds on the 5x reliably using software like CurrentWidget or Ampere.
On the 5 I could plot a graph with charge speeds but on the 5x it barely updates. I'm not sure why that is but I see that with the screen on or off.
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Maybe you got a crappy 5 and a good 5x because that has NEVER been the case for as long as I've owned either/both phone. Also charging rate is a neat stat but somewhat irrelevant in my opinion. If in the real world my 5 can gain 20 percent charge in the same amount of time that my 5x gains 5 percent AND the 5x (supposedly) has the "superior" usb type-c, a higher amp rating charger, and "faster" charging, then there's something wrong.

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You can use that one just fine. I have and the phone still charges pretty fast (screen off of course)
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Maybe you got a crappy 5 and a good 5x because that has NEVER been the case for as long as I've owned either/both phone. Also charging rate is a neat stat but somewhat irrelevant in my opinion. If in the real world my 5 can gain 20 percent charge in the same amount of time that my 5x gains 5 percent AND the 5x (supposedly) has the "superior" usb type-c, a higher amp rating charger, and "faster" charging, then there's something wrong.
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How could my N5 possibly be crappy? 1.2A is the maximum supplied charge with the stock charger, if it's crappy that's how it was intended lol.
The 5x can charge up to 3000mA and the N5 can only charge up to 1200mA with their stock chargers. You're not trying to debate that are you?
Would you like me to post screenshots of Current Widget showing over 2000mA incoming charge?
BTW the 5x full charges from 0% to 100% in less than 1.5 hours with the stock charger and the N5 takes 2.5 hours. However the 5x can charge 50% in just about 30 minutes where as the N5 has no such quick charging feature, though it can be used with chargers up to 1.5A to slightly speed up the process.

0 to 100% in roughly 1.5hours (phone on but doing nothing)
after 30min ~ 50%
after 1 hr ~ 80-85%
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I just tested it as I felt my charging speed was a bit on the slow side.
Took 1h45mins from 10% > 100%. Add 15mins for the 10% to charge and it will be around 2hrs. I was not using my phone during the charging downtime, just checks at 30mins interval.
Seeing everyone is talking about the 1h30mins makes me feel sad for my charger, how do google respond to such cases, if any?

Charging is OK!

Thought I'd miss my N5's wireless charging, but the rapid charging of the 5x is so much better, plus the convenience of not having to peer at the end of the cable each time to know which way to insert it! I can practically do it in the dark.

Clivectmob said:
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I totally disagree

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Samsung Charger better than LG's

Hey everyone
Just want to ask if anybody noticed the same as me regarding the charger of LG:
if I plug the charger and use the phone it heats up really fast and charging speed is slow. The heat slows down my 4X HD and the performance is sh*tty as hell.
I once forgot my charger an used one from my dad's Samsung and I noticed a incredible difference. No heating at all and it charges much faster (with LG over night ~ 8 hours sometimes not even fully loaded from 15%, with Samsung 4-5 hours full with YouTube use and other minor things).
When I use my phone while plugged with LG charger it often even drains some battery (2-3% in 20 mins discharge, then charge up to 5% in the same time and so on).
Have anybody got the same "problems" or has my charger maybe a hardware failure?
Greetings
Marius
Sent from my LG-P880
Weird. My phone charges from 0%-80% in like 1 hour, then the last 20% tend to take while longer. But also if I "Overcharge" it (that is to say charge it for about 2 hours when it's still 100%) it feels like it has charged 110%. Cause it takes forever to go down to 99% but then it decreases faster.
This is with the included LG charger. If I use my samsung (which is like 500mah) it takes longer.
I don't experince any performance decrease when charging.
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Weird. My phone charges from 0%-80% in like 1 hour, then the last 20% tend to take while longer. But also if I "Overcharge" it (that is to say charge it for about 2 hours when it's still 100%) it feels like it has charged 110%. Cause it takes forever to go down to 99% but then it decreases faster.
This is with the included LG charger. If I use my samsung (which is like 500mah) it takes longer.
I don't experince any performance decrease when charging.
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Are you on stock rom or on a custom rom? I'm on WerewolfJB and that's maybe why it heats up but the faster charging with the Samsung charger is really noticeable, especially when I use the phone, like I said.
Thanks for sharing your experience with it
Sent from my LG-P880
Omario-242 said:
Are you on stock rom or on a custom rom? I'm on WerewolfJB and that's maybe why it heats up but the faster charging with the Samsung charger is really noticeable, especially when I use the phone, like I said.
Thanks for sharing your experience with it
Sent from my LG-P880
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I'm on a AOSP rom (Slimbean). But I do share your experience with heat, both on the phone and the charger itself. But I think it's due to the high currency.
Your charger could just be broken. LG charger's output current is rated at 1.2A which means that the battery should be charged from 0% to 100% in about 1 h 45 min. It could take longer if the charging current gets smaller when the battery is starting to get full.
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Your charger could just be broken. LG charger's output current is rated at 1.2A which means that the battery should be charged from 0% to 100% in about 1 h 45 min. It could take longer if the charging current gets smaller when the battery is starting to get full.
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wrong, "charger" is not current source
for topic: your charger is bad, replace it
I had an issue that CPU was always 760mhz while charging with zen+HYPER governors. RevoltJB+OP kernel 2.53.
Noticed that my raspberry charger(2A) was faster than LG stock charger. Also normal for me too that battery even decreases while using phone at charger.
Hallako said:
I had an issue that CPU was always 760mhz while charging with zen+HYPER governors. RevoltJB+OP kernel 2.53.
Noticed that my raspberry charger(2A) was faster than LG stock charger. Also normal for me too that battery even decreases while using phone at charger.
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there is maximum allowed current to charge phone. it is controlled by electronics inside the phone. if you are using charger that has bigger maximum current it is possible that phone battery is faster charged, but as i said, it depends on interior charging circle
Charging Current 101
To clarify the above responses:
The LG charger *should* be more than adequate to charge the handset, as that is what it was designed to do....
If you were to use a different charger, e.g. one from another phone or a shop bought replacement, then the maximum output current of the charger is an important factor: the lower the rating (in mA or A) the slower the charge and therefore the longer it will take. Using the phone whilst charging will also increase the charge time as you are using the battery whilst charging it (like filling the bath with the plug out), more so with apps that load the graphics processor (GPU) such as youtube or games as these are battery intense tasks.
The rate at which the battery charges is ultimately decided by the handset; most modern phones will fast-charge most of the way, then slow charge the last few % to avoid overheating and damaging the battery, so having a charger rated to, say, 2.4A (or 2400mA) does not mean the battery will charge twice as fast as one rated at 1.2A as the phone dictates how much current it needs.
That will either clear up a lot of questions or will mean nothing at all
baxtex said:
Weird. My phone charges from 0%-80% in like 1 hour, then the last 20% tend to take while longer. But also if I "Overcharge" it (that is to say charge it for about 2 hours when it's still 100%) it feels like it has charged 110%. Cause it takes forever to go down to 99% but then it decreases faster.
This is with the included LG charger. If I use my samsung (which is like 500mah) it takes longer.
I don't experince any performance decrease when charging.
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Same. Charging here is very fast overall.

Droid Turbo Turbo Charge , Quick Charge 2.0 question

So few days ago got the phone , but always charged it through USB port. Now finally tried turbo charger and it definitely isn't "turbo". I know most of those Turbo claims what I saw were just selling strategy , but I'm pretty sure I'm not even getting 1% - 1 minute. Latest Marshmallow OTA.
So , on a relatively new battery , how fast does your phones charge ? You can write with phone turned off and on..
Also looking at the charger it says for output :
Standard output :5V =1.6A
Turbo output :9v=1.6A
Turbo2 output :12v = 1.2A
This deosn't make any sense to me, while raising volts may solve some power losses through cable , amps are what charges your phone faster or slower , and 1.6A , isn't really a big deal not to mention 1.2A. Reading somewhere that quick charge 2,0 supports up to 3amps draw..
I have One Plus one and it's original charger is 2.1A (quick charge 1.0 ) , with custom kernel bumped charging rate all the way up and good cable I'm seeing about 2Amps of charging in real life , or little more than 1% per minute . I was expecting motorola to charge faster or at least even , even though they are 3100 vs 3900mAh batteries.. Not to mention I can easily mod OnePlus One and get same SOT and battery overall as motorola's, while on motorola I'm stuck with stupid locked bootloader . Original idea was to sell OnePlus One because of Motorola, but I don't know now anymore..
The volts and amps listed on an electrical device are typically its max or rated output, NOT what it "always" delivers. That being said, most power supplies will deliver their rated voltage most of the time, but the current is determined by the charged device (through it's effective resistance)... so as long as you run below the rated current, you'd be fine.
Secondly, from what I'm reading, the OPO doesn't have quick-charge technology (ref: https://www.reddit.com/r/oneplus/co...lcomm_quickcharge_20/?st=ix64k1gy&sh=6d7492c9 ) so I'm not sure what you're talking about there. Again, the charger may say 2.1A, but that doesn't mean it's actually delivering that much all the time. I have a relatively old Kindle Fire with a 2.1A charger, but I know it doesn't charge very fast even with that device.
If you want to talk about Volts and Amps, you need to use actual volt/amp meters to see what you're getting.. Note, there is an app for Android (called Ampere) that claims to report amp-rates, but it also has a caveat saying that the current should not be taken as completely accurate, for various reasons.
Lastly, note that QC doesn't actually run when you are at higher charge levels... I think it's above 80% or something? After that level, it returns to "standard charging" mode for this "top-off" phase of the battery charge cycle. So, if you're seeing slow charge rates there, it's to be expected.
The Turbo has a relatively massive battery. Mine takes...somewhere upwards of 3ish hours on turbo charging to replenish.
1 hour 15 minutes
that's what it takes to go from 0 to 100% using Turbo Charger 2.0
Thank you all for answering, this is exactly why I started this thread. Already see here some interesting results!
schwinn8 said:
The volts and amps listed on an electrical device are typically its max or rated output, NOT what it "always" delivers. That being said, most power supplies will deliver their rated voltage most of the time, but the current is determined by the charged device (through it's effective resistance)... so as long as you run below the rated current, you'd be fine.
Secondly, from what I'm reading, the OPO doesn't have quick-charge technology (ref: https://www.reddit.com/r/oneplus/co...lcomm_quickcharge_20/?st=ix64k1gy&sh=6d7492c9 ) so I'm not sure what you're talking about there. Again, the charger may say 2.1A, but that doesn't mean it's actually delivering that much all the time. I have a relatively old Kindle Fire with a 2.1A charger, but I know it doesn't charge very fast even with that device.
If you want to talk about Volts and Amps, you need to use actual volt/amp meters to see what you're getting.. Note, there is an app for Android (called Ampere) that claims to report amp-rates, but it also has a caveat saying that the current should not be taken as completely accurate, for various reasons.
Lastly, note that QC doesn't actually run when you are at higher charge levels... I think it's above 80% or something? After that level, it returns to "standard charging" mode for this "top-off" phase of the battery charge cycle. So, if you're seeing slow charge rates there, it's to be expected.
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Thanks! Actually, OnePlus ONE DOES have quick charge 1.0 which is 5v up to 2.1A. Snapdragon 801 supports quick charge 2.0 but OPO didn't implement it with phone. There are billions of topic on this at OPO forum and a lot of people done tests including myself. The problem with OPO is it's very sensitive on cable so it works best with OEM cable and it somehow recognizes it. There is app called OPO charging current so I monitored with it and synapse . Kernel setup hardware to be able to recive very max 2100mA no mather which cable. Stock ONEplus charger. Some cheap cables gave me from 300 - 600 mA max with screen on . I found at home some cable that looked cheap but said charge only, tried and it charged around 1600mA with screen on and around 1800 screen off. Later got Anker 21 AWG and results were even better , aroun 1800-1900mA screen on and close to maximum 2000mA screen off. Phone was charging 1% in less than a minute. Thought turbo can charge at same rate. After all , it's "boosted" lol.
I know it doesn't do quick charge after around 75% , I tried at 30%. Given all that , 1600mA which is maximum I see on the Motorola's charger is not something special if we disregard Voltage..
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The Turbo has a relatively massive battery. Mine takes...somewhere upwards of 3ish hours on turbo charging to replenish.
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Sparksys said:
1 hour 15 minutes
that's what it takes to go from 0 to 100% using Turbo Charger 2.0
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Again this is very interesting. Already here we see 2 totally different results with one being almost as double fast.. Sparksys , you are on stock charger and stock cable?
Because if you charge from 0-100 in 1h 15min, thats around 3.2Amps charging current , while our buddy Einsteindks here gets around 1.3Amps and max amp I see on "rola's charger is 1.6Amps. I'm confused now.
Also can somebody post picof stock droid turbo USB cable shipped in bundle? I think I don't have stock cable, it says right at the plug phone side "be hello". No other labels or anything..
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Thank you all for answering, this is exactly why I started this thread. Already see here some interesting results!
Thanks! Actually, OnePlus ONE DOES have quick charge 1.0 which is 5v up to 2.1A. Snapdragon 801 supports quick charge 2.0 but OPO didn't implement it with phone. There are billions of topic on this at OPO forum and a lot of people done tests including myself. The problem with OPO is it's very sensitive on cable so it works best with OEM cable and it somehow recognizes it. There is app called OPO charging current so I monitored with it and synapse . Kernel setup hardware to be able to recive very max 2100mA no mather which cable. Stock ONEplus charger. Some cheap cables gave me from 300 - 600 mA max with screen on . I found at home some cable that looked cheap but said charge only, tried and it charged around 1600mA with screen on and around 1800 screen off. Later got Anker 21 AWG and results were even better , aroun 1800-1900mA screen on and close to maximum 2000mA screen off. Phone was charging 1% in less than a minute. Thought turbo can charge at same rate. After all , it's "boosted" lol.
I know it doesn't do quick charge after around 75% , I tried at 30%. Given all that , 1600mA which is maximum I see on the Motorola's charger is not something special if we disregard Voltage..
Again this is very interesting. Already here we see 2 totally different results with one being almost as double fast.. Sparksys , you are on stock charger and stock cable?
Because if you charge from 0-100 in 1h 15min, thats around 3.2Amps charging current , while our buddy Einsteindks here gets around 1.3Amps and max amp I see on "rola's charger is 1.6Amps. I'm confused now.
Also can somebody post picof stock droid turbo USB cable shipped in bundle? I think I don't have stock cable, it says right at the plug phone side "be hello". No other labels or anything..
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I was guess-timating. Been a while since I've done the full recharge.
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I was guess-timating. Been a while since I've done the full recharge.
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According to your guess-timate and max rated power I see on the charger, that seems about right and realistic guess BUT there also isn't anything TURBO about it. I'ts the average charging speed of every device today (1.5A) which doesn't have any kind of quick charge option. Even quick charge 1.0 is faster with 2.1A at 5v . Thats why I opened this topic, I'm confused.
Only voltage is higher on turbo charger than let's say my OPO charger but amps are lower and voltage doesn't have that much of an impact on charging speed, amps do!
When I have my Turbo in my truck at night, and running about a dozen things at once, in addition to all the background stuff, NO 'regular' charger can keep up with the power demand, and the battery undergoes a insanely slow discharge. By itself, the battery lasts 3 or 4 hours, tops. With the turbocharger, the battery charges at a modest rate, maybe 10% per 30 minutes...while under high demand.
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When I have my Turbo in my truck at night, and running about a dozen things at once, in addition to all the background stuff, NO 'regular' charger can keep up with the power demand, and the battery undergoes a insanely slow discharge. By itself, the battery lasts 3 or 4 hours, tops. With the turbocharger, the battery charges at a modest rate, maybe 10% per 30 minutes...while under high demand.
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That seems ok.
I encourage others to post their charging times so we can compare!
Thanks
Since no other turbo users jumped in...
At the time of starting the topic I have disabled some Verizon's bloatware (completely stock, locked turbo). After reflashing completely stock FW , and with untouched software, droid really did charged turbo fast. More than 1% per minute and around 0-60% for 30min just as advertised for quick charge 2.0 . So if anyone was wondering, that should be benchmark.
On the other hand, phone is almost impossible to charge with any other type of "normal" charger..
My Turbo, running stock MM/root/Xposed with a large load of apps, will charge 20-30% per hour on a normal 1A charger, while lying on the desk with the screen off. It charges at a similar rate via Qi wireless charging. This is plenty for daily overnight charging. My usage habits are such that I usually have 20-40% battery left when I get home from work in the evening.
In a different usage case, when I play Ingress (a real battery eater, screen on + 3D animated graphics + GPS + data) the Qi charger in my car holds discharge to about 5-10% per hour.
I've never had a turbo charger to compare, but I've never found the normal charger or Qi charger to be significantly lacking.
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My Turbo, running stock MM/root/Xposed with a large load of apps, will charge 20-30% per hour on a normal 1A charger, while lying on the desk with the screen off. It charges at a similar rate via Qi wireless charging. This is plenty for daily overnight charging. My usage habits are such that I usually have 20-40% battery left when I get home from work in the evening.
In a different usage case, when I play Ingress (a real battery eater, screen on + 3D animated graphics + GPS + data) the Qi charger in my car holds discharge to about 5-10% per hour.
I've never had a turbo charger to compare, but I've never found the normal charger or Qi charger to be significantly lacking.
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Right, I've also used "normal" charger before. Now, I have all QuickCharge plug chargers -- but I still use Qi wireless charging every day, as does my wife.
I also plug in via USB port on my computer and it charges fine.
okay the way the turbo charging works is that it's like a tier system at very very low charge percentages it works the fastest and slows off after about 60 or 70 percent it just charges like a regular charger all the magic happens at the lower charges. another thing is that unless the cable you are using is total garbage it won't matter at all. it is all the phone and the ac adapter that do the work any variations in the cable will be negligible. I am monitoring my battery through the custom kernel (bhb27 and its app) and it says right now at 81% charge on a turbo charging that I am getting +1172.x mA if my battery was lower this value would be much much higher
lastly I recommend only using the turbo charger when you really need power quickly. if you are just plugging in your phone for the night it makes no sense and will actually be bad for your battery health. the faster it charges the more it heats up and heat is not good for the battery health when I plug my phone in at night I use a .5 amp charger and my phone says that it will need like 8 or 9 hours to charge (this may be exsessive but the quick chargers heat up my phone a lot I also use a 1 and 2 amp charger nearby

Charging speed

To power up, you consume Red Bull. But your phone just needs its adaptive fast charger. Rate this thread to express how quickly the Google Pixel 2 can charge. A higher rating indicates that it charges extremely fast.
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I am horrifically disappointed in this device's charging speed.
I was very pleasantly surprised by how fast this phone charges, untill the past few days. Now all the sudden it seems very average. "Charging Rapidly" is not anywhere near as impressive now as it was. Has anyone else experienced this? I want to figure out if it's just the phone (I have seen other slow charging complaints but not this specifically), or if I caused it.
I installed that stock kernel with security pass patch, twrp beta1, Magisk 14.4.2, and Viper4Arise. Pretty confident that it's not any of those things, but everything else is pretty standard.
This is the case with the charger that came with the P2 in box, the older N5x charger, and the usb-c car charger. I know the new P2 one is stronger, but the change is noticable all around.
My 'Charging Rapidly' also does not seem to be all that rapid, using the charger that came in the box and can take quite a while to get to 100%.
Wartickler said:
I am horrifically disappointed in this device's charging speed.
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what is your best result? I saw some videos comparisons and pixel was the latest one(
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what is your best result?
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It takes hours to get to 100%. I recently got hold of a USB-A to USB-C cable and plugged the phone into my Nexus 6 brick. The difference was astounding. Full charge in about 1.5 hours. It's sickening that I spent the money on this phone only to have it be so disappointing. I'm a diehard Google fanboi but this is ridiculous.
Definitely miss my 1+5 dash charge. Damn that thing was fast.
Some numbers, today I connected my phone at 19% with stock charger.
- 30 min charge: 19% to 56%
- 40 min charge: 19% to 67%
I don't think that's bad, it's definitely not FAST, nor regular. But considering all the issues the 6P had with batteries, I don't really want to charge my battery in less than one hour. (Specially now that the phone has at least 3 years of updates, I'd like to have 90% of battery life or more in 3 years)
I'll have to do another test, something like from 35% to 80% (this would be more real life, I only need a 2nd charge when I'm traveling in a city with a power bank, using Maps and Camera all the time).
Ultra fast charging and wireless charging are some of the features that I care less in the phone. I want some fast charging between 30% and 90%, but I don't require it to be extremely fast.
TL : DR: If you value an ultra fast charging over other things in a phone, definitely skip the Pixel 2.
p2's charging current is capped at 2700ma (could be up to around 3200ma by kernel hax), meanwhile high battery temperature (over 45 Celsius degrees) and others things such as screen state will cap the current more (half or more)
Without those restricts, fully charge time should be around a hour.
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yeah, around 2 hours 40 mins. really long(
oneplus 5 phone is doing from 0 to 100 for 1 hour 18 mins)
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wow, almost 3 hours. it's really long

Charging speed

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With the supplied charger and cable the charging time is very impressive ("Turbo Charge") with a normal QC3.0 charger charge time is still very good but comparable to most other QC3.0 devices.
Something to note is the device does get noticeably warm when using the supplied charger in the "Turbo Charge" mode.
Takes about an hour for me with included charger.
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With the supplied charger and cable the charging time is very impressive ("Turbo Charge") with a normal QC3.0 charger charge time is still very good but comparable to most other QC3.0 devices.
Something to note is the device does get noticeably warm when using the supplied charger in the "Turbo Charge" mode.
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yes i noticed it get warm to hot-ish
isn't that bad for the battery?
moreover i noticed that if you charge while turned off it does not get hot
itti_sam said:
yes i noticed it get warm to hot-ish
isn't that bad for the battery?
moreover i noticed that if you charge while turned off it does not get hot
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That's normal because you're not using it, if using while charging it will be hot as your running apps, tasks etc... at the same time. This will increase the heat as sensors will be running also.
Has anyone tried to use other cables that has the same turbo charge effect like the included cable? The included cable is too short, usually I use 2 meters long cable.
I have tried the baseus 5A 40W cable but it only support quick charging and not turbo.
I've tested charging wattage using original 33W charger and original USB cable via specialized USB tester, and I noticed it provides only 25W (about 9.6V/2.65A). It shows "Turbo Charge" indeed, but it's still only 75% efficient. Anyone care to explain this? Is this normal? I've read that only Zoom edition can be charged at 33W, so I expected non-Zoom edition will charge at least with 30W. I tried two other USB cables, and still only 25W. Later today I will try to charge it with Blitzwolf 30W PD charger and see how it goes with that one...
I haven't really tested charge speeds. So far the battery life has been exceptional and the main reason I opted for this phone without the high res screen and refresh rate, as see battery as more essential. I would much prefer charging at a slow speed to preserve battery life. A good app for this is AccuBattery. It measures how many mAh's being charged and discharged after each charge and keeps a graph. It will estimate battery health also.
Yeah I know about AccuBattery, I've been using it in the past. But a real physical tester device is always more precise. I do sw/hw development for a living so I know for a fact. Indeed, battery life is very good because optimized MIUI and pretty big battery, but it would be even better if charging speed was also up to the specs. Meanwhile I've tested charging speed using Blitzwolf 30W PD2.0 charger (K30Pro should support PD3.0 and be backward compatible), and situation is even worse - only about 15-16W at QC3.0 I believe. So no Turbo Charge was initiated. I mean 25W with original charger is still good, but I expected advertised charging speed. I'll do more tests when I catch some time.
Thats normal, because it don't charge all the time with 30W. Compare it with WARP Charge 30T it is faster. OnePlus 8 got 30W and 4300 mAh, F2 Pro is faster with bigger bettery but it's almost the same.
How old is your Blitzwolf charger?
I know it shouldn't charge @30W above 80-90%, but sure it should at 20-ish where I'm at about now. It's also not even cool to the touch, so there's no apparent reason to slow it to 25W. My Blitzwolf charger is about a year old, but I only used it couple of times, so it should be as good as new.
itti_sam said:
yes i noticed it get warm to hot-ish
isn't that bad for the battery?
moreover i noticed that if you charge while turned off it does not get hot
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Batteries don't like heat but it is actively monitored and it will slow down charging when it crosses temperature threshold.
That's why I mentioned my phone is not even cool to the touch (let alone hot), so my case is not temperature related. I'll try to charge it while turned off, though it was pretty much in idle doing nothing when I did the test, ie. not stressed at all by any factor. All in all, I mean if everyone else gets 25W out of original charger, I won't bother anymore. Also, if it charges from 10-90% in around 1 hour, I won't waste any more time on this either, since it's good enough for me. I was just curious why it charges at 25W, when 30W (and 33W for Zoom edition) was advertised. Altough it wouldn't be the first time something was advertised at launch, and not achievable in real-case scenario.
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I'll try to charge it while turned off...
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Fun fact: phone doesn't charge when powered off?! That's a first. Is it just me, or am I getting too old? For the whole time I'm talking about my Redmi, not to confuse it with Poco, if that matters at all. Maybe Poco works differently.
On my Huawei device you also can not turn off an charge but this starts with Android 10.
takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes for me, I think the high temperature here, summer season, is the reason for this slow charging speed.
From 20-100% in about an hour. Few minutes less actually. Battery is big, that's all ok.
F2 turn off and are dead with 0% (can't turn on). Timer 60 min. and after 60 min. I got 96% with original charger. The phone don't turn on, like it always do.
@Burs a friend told me "on my Anker charger I only can use PD over the third usb port, with the type c port it will charge over QC 3.0 and not over PD" maybe thats why you get ~16W?
When my Redmi was turned off completey, it was hooked up to my USB tester for about a minute. I doubt it would trigger after some minutes, and only then start charging. For the whole time it was connected, I was getting 5V / 0.015A readings on the display. That's pretty much USB tester drawing the power from the phone battery, not the charger! So that would mean charging was completely disabled making the phone behave as a power bank lol. Weird enough, right?
My Blitzwolf charger has only two ports. One PD2.0 (USB-C) and one QC3.0 (USB-A). I've tried three sets of USB cables (one even 5A) on both ports, and best I could get out of it was about 15W. I think I'll have to order another one with PD3.0 and Turbo Charge compatibility.
Heh I'm planning on just using my old 1A slow chargers because they're dotted around the house and work, will probably not even plug fast charger in. Magnetic cables are just so convenient.

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Good but not great. Chinese manufacturers still have phones that charge much faster.
Charging speed is actually very good. People need to keep in mind that charging speed is a combination of three factors; amperage, voltage, and wattage. Everyone just throws the watt value around exclusively pretty much, including most "professional" reviewers. This phone charges from dead to full in just over an hour of real time through the cable, which for a battery of this size, is nearly identical to other phones with the same size of battery but much higher wattage.
How much battery longevity each manufacturer builds into their charging process (which is mainly the 'slowing curve' as you start to get above 50-60%) is up to them as well. Forget wattage and look at how fast charging actually happens at, that's all that matters.
Agreed, phone actually charges really fast.
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Charging speed is actually very good. People need to keep in mind that charging speed is a combination of three factors; amperage, voltage, and wattage. Everyone just throws the watt value around exclusively pretty much, including most "professional" reviewers. This phone charges from dead to full in just over an hour of real time through the cable, which for a battery of this size, is nearly identical to other phones with the same size of battery but much higher wattage.
How much battery longevity each manufacturer builds into their charging process (which is mainly the 'slowing curve' as you start to get above 50-60%) is up to them as well. Forget wattage and look at how fast charging actually happens at, that's all that matters.
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Charges faster than my Note 10 Plus but not quite as fast as my OnePlus 7 Pro.
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In fact, this is the fastest charging I've ever seen in my life
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Same here. It actually beats the on-screen ETA for me, too. The other day I checked the status of a charge and it said 33m left (after having plugged it in maybe 10 minutes earlier), and I was curious and started a timer, I checked back after 25m exactly and it had already reached full.
Drain quickly for browsing even with the lowest brightness.
Do the Note 20's have super fast charging 2.0 capabilities but its soft locked?
I'm actually disappointed with battery performance.
It's got a damn good battery, IMO. Way better than my previous, Pixel 3XL's battery. It does, however, take a little bit longer to charge - BUT, as stated above, this is normally for providing a good battery that maintains it's charge value over time (versus my Pixel which lost like 40% of it's maximum battery life after just one year).
Anyway, I just got out of the hospital for a few months due to a near death experience, so I've been using my new Note 20 Ultra a lot more than I used to use my cellphone. And yeah, by the end of each day I usually still have anywhere from 30% battery to 50% battery left with around 5-6 hours of screen on time. For that matter, I'm also using a really slow, wireless charging pad to charge it back up overnight (since it only charges like 10% per hour on my slow charging pad, and therefore doesn't overcharge and harm the battery each night).
While the battery is very good, the camera is the one thing that has me a bit confused... It can zoom in quiet a lot, however, when you photograph smaller objects, it always adds a layer of blur over them on both 108MP mode and with the other camera lenses as well - even with the camera focus tips enabled... Pretty strange, but meh, still a good phone!
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charging speed is good unless you use verified chargers,cables and good sockets

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