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Hi all,
I know that on older phones the battery had to be emptied almost to 0% and the charge it to full. This was done for battery health or something?! Is the true for newer batteries?
Anyway I plan on buying a desktop dock, and i was wondering if it would damage my battery if i charge it when ever i can for random periods of time. Would this decrease my battery life time or in anyway damage it?
I think with this type of batteries you don't need to completely discharge and then recharge. In fact, that may harm the battery.
It's better to charge the battery whenever possible
yep ljesh is right
with lithium batteries that is not the case, i forget what the old batteries were called, but i think they began with a N..
You can't completely discharge these with normal usage since they have in-built lower end limits for protection.
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You're talking about the memory effect.
The battery used in the Desire (Li-Ion/Li-Poly) does not have such a memory effect. (older did, like Ni-MH, Ni-Cd) So no, you don't have to and you shouldn't deeply discharge this type of battery.
Recharge it as soon as possible, as few as possible and let it charge till it's full without interrupting if possible.
Sometimes you'll read that you have to 'calibrate' the battery. You don't calibrate the battery, rather the charging controller, which estimates the battery capacity. Over the time this estimation can get wrong, thus you have to calibrate the controller by discharging the battery till it's empty and charging it till it's full (some do a few other tricks, too, however, it's only interesting if you have root). If you have issues with your battery (like shut-down at 10% or higher already) then consider such a calibration.
I have noticed that compared to my iPhone 4 charging the desire takes ages. Could it be because I am using a 3rd party wall charger?
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ste1164 said:
I have noticed that compared to my iPhone 4 charging the desire takes ages. Could it be because I am using a 3rd party wall charger?
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yes!
The Desire can charge in two modes:
USB mode: Low current, can get charged from a normal 500mA USB port. Takes long
AC mode: High current, charges with 1A, only compatible AC adapters should be used.
How can the Desire detect what mode it can use:
If the Data+ and Data- lines in the USB cable are bridged, then it switches to AC mode, else it thinks it's connected to a USB hub or a device with max output of 0.5A.
So either get a AC Adapter which has those pins bridged, or modify a cable, or buy a USB cable which has those pins bridged already (don't know it exactly, but I think I've read that such a cable gets supplied by some HTC car adapter, but I don't know it for sure)
Just search about this topic, you'll find a lot of posts about it.
Thank you I will look for a proper chargeing cable.
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Yea this charger only outputs 500 mAh ill need to look for a better one.
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Thanks for all your replies
I Was just wondering. What is the recommended watts during charging?
I got this cute solar panel pumping 0.4W and It's charging sloooowly. Is there a way to see how many mA/h your phone eats?
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Try *#*#4636#*#* on the phone key pad
might be in battery info
From my experience the desire needs about 700ma (3.5w) to charge efectivly (this is the least powerful charger I have that will charge the phone.).
Your solar panel is pumping out a whopping 80ma so I'm not surprised its not charging.
Use current widget (free on market) to see how much juice your using at any given time.
Don't forget no matter how powerfull a charger is it will only charge at 500ma unless the two data pins are shorted.
my original htc charger pumps in 760 -740ma when its completely dead and reduces the ma as the battery charge increases i.e 97% charge is about +120ma
So I just ordered this charger and it charged my phone from 4% to %100 percent in exactly 3 hours!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051ZJA64/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details
Wow, what a great improvement over stock which takes 6+ hours. This makes me believe, that even though the stock output is rated at 1000ma and this charger's output is only rated 700ma that this charges works correctly!
If you have a 1800mah battery and you charge it at a rate of .7A, it should take it exactly 2.57 hours to charge, (1800/700). With stock it should take less, because 1800/1000 = 1.8 hours, but it takes 6+ hours to fully charge! Something is f'ed up with the stock charger or phone's software...
Yeah. About that. I just got my E4GT yesterday and noticed it does charge extra slow compared to my O.G. Epic.
My wife stayed with hers, maybe I will try charging my phone on hers. I wonder if that would make a difference...
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Yeah. About that. I just got my E4GT yesterday and noticed it does charge extra slow compared to my O.G. Epic.
My wife stayed with hers, maybe I will try charging my phone on hers. I wonder if that would make a difference...
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At first my charging was extremely slow but now it'll charge from 2 to 100 in under three hours
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I use the Palm charger from my TouchPad. Will go from dead to fully charged in about an hour and a half.
What's you TouchPad charger's output in mah? I think I might have to splice into a spare USB cable and check how much current is actually used by phone when on stock charger...pretty sure it is nowhere close to 1000mah.
2000mah is the output from the TP charger.
According to BatteryMonitorWidget, it estimates avg mA charging at 270mA using the stock charger that came with this particular phone.
I have my original charger from my Evo 4g and have noticed that it charges my phone a lot faster then the stock one that came with the phone. :-( weird
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According to BatteryMonitorWidget, it estimates avg mA charging at 270mA using the stock charger that came with this particular phone.
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That sounds about right! I'll see if I can test this with my AMP meter tonight and tell you all for sure on stock vs new samsung charger that I've got.
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2000mah is the output from the TP charger.
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Yeah, at 2000mah it should charge in less than one hour...I would say your actual charge current to be around 1200mah...
i would be careful with these chargers.
i have dealt with a lot of Li-Po's in the past and there was a formula to how fast you should charge them.
i imagine it is the same deal with Li-On.
charging outside such formula could kill the life of your battery or worse.
Seems like i must have gotten lucky as a ton of people are having problems with their phone or chargers.
I just charged my battery from 0 to 100% off the stock charger in 2 and a half hours and i also havent gotten any of the dodgy input problems using the phone while charging.
I went back and took a longer look at the battery history when charging. When starting the charge at 65% it starts off around 828mA, then 540mA, then 360mA, so it looks like (as expected) the phone knows how much current to pull to charge the battery safely and it adjusts based on how full the battery is. Not saying it does this for the charger included with your phone, but that is the behavior for the charger included with this phone.
These are all estimates provided by Battery Monitor Widget because there is no real-time mA current meter in this phone (according to the author)
Ordered one of these. Stock charger takes a lifetime to charge the phone.
My GF got Nexus S 4G and it's stock charger also takes 6+ hours to charge, so there's something wrong with the chargers I guess...
The pins on this charger must me different than the stock charger. Just because the stock charger is rated up to 1Ah doesn't meant the phone or batteries circuitry allows that much output. The resistance and length of the USB pins on the cable are what determines the output of the charger. Simply using a different USB cable with the stock charger will get you faster charge times.
Using a 2Ah charger will get you nowhere, the circuitry doesn't allow that strong of a current. Just a bit of an FYI. Save your money and save your phone, use a different USB cable.
Also, how is the charge time holding up? I doubt you're getting a saturated charge with that charger.
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i would be careful with these chargers.
i have dealt with a lot of Li-Po's in the past and there was a formula to how fast you should charge them.
i imagine it is the same deal with Li-On.
charging outside such formula could kill the life of your battery or worse.
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Ive dealt with 1,2, and 3 cell lipos ranging from 150mah to 5000mah, and every one of them either say to be (or ive been told its recommended to do so) charged at 1C. so a 500mah battery should be charged at .5A, 1000mah at 1A, 5000mah at 5A, etc...
my lipo charger displays a bunch of info as the battery charges and it definitely drops the current as the battery gets closer to being fully charged. if its the same with li-on then I would imagine that .18A should be the most you would charge this battery, but Id rather it take a long time because unless things have changed recently, doesnt the slower you charge the battery prolong its life cycle as well as extend how long it lasts each charge? I only charge mine at night when I am sleeping so who cares if it takes longer than an hour. if I get into an emergency situation I have the cig lighter charger and in the worst case I even have one of those crank flashlights I can use to charge the phone in the event my car battery shorted out or something...
Hello *@*,
I intentionally discharged my GN to a battery level of 1% today to record the charging time just for myself. Then I thought: why not make a graph out of it and share it with XDA?
Total charging time (1% to 100%): 142 minutes
Level checked at 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 125, 130, 135, 140 and 142 minutes
WiFi On, 3G On, Sync On, Screen Off, no calls/msgs/notifications received, phone not used except for % check
1750 mAh Samsung stock battery & charger
Stock or extended battery? I've noticed my charge time varies wildly. Most of the time it's on par with what you've listed here, but every once in a while it goes up 30% in like 20 mins.
Drewmungus said:
Stock or extended battery? I've noticed my charge time varies wildly. Most of the time it's on par with what you've listed here, but every once in a while it goes up 30% in like 20 mins.
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3G, 1750 mAh stock battery. Sorry, I forgot about that.
Its so curious how the charge can be faster at the start
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Its so curious how the charge can be faster at the start
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Get a more powerful charger.... I'm using my playbook charger, which uses a 2.1 amp... Way faster than 142 mins... Mine takes about 1:30 to charge from 1% to full.
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Rickymax said:
Its so curious how the charge can be faster at the start
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All capacitors acts this way (a battery is also a capacitor) the charge/discharge is always fsstest to 63% both ways and after that it slowes down.. this can ofcourse be monitored and controlled with soft or hardware. But this is the reality of capacitors
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big samm said:
Get a more powerful charger.... I'm using my playbook charger, which uses a 2.1 amp... Way faster than 142 mins... Mine takes about 1:30 to charge from 1% to full.
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isnt it bad for the battery when it is not designed to receive charge that quickly?
All about charging LiIon batteries: http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries
TL;DR:
LiIons are charged in two main stages:
- stage 1 with constant current, that's the fast charging rate for (roughly) the first 2/3 of the batteries capacity
- stage 2 with constant voltage and a tapered charge current for the last 1/3 of the batteries capacity, that's the slow part where the graph flattens
This is necessary because a LiIon battery is full at exactly 4.20 V and can not handle any overcharge. In fact at ~4.55 V (only + 0.35 V!) the battery would "vent with flame" aka explode.
If you wanna do this on purpose, this is what will happen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCWdnjLqVWw
Using a more powerful charger can work if the electronics inside the GN handle the higher current properly. I wouldn't recommend it, though. It may charge quicker but it will wear down your battery faster as well.
The phone can only draw up to 1A regardless of much higher the charger is.
So if you're buying a charger, don't bother paying extra for a 2A, but there is no harm in using a 2A charger if you already have one.
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The phone can only draw up to 1A regardless of much higher the charger is.
So if you're buying a charger, don't bother paying extra for a 2A, but there is no harm in using a 2A charger if you already have one.
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But I can assure you that my phone charges faster with my Playbook charger than the regular charger that came with the phone... How many amp the regular charger uses?
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big samm said:
But I can assure you that my phone charges faster with my Playbook charger than the regular charger that came with the phone... How many amp the regular charger uses?
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Stock charger is 5V/1A (=5 watts). There may be some leeway built into the GN's charging electronics so it can utilize more than 5 watts, but you can safely assume that Samsung would have packaged this phone with a 10 watt charger if it was safe (or desirable in terms of charging time vs. battery durability). Charging time is an important aspect after all.
The phone can absolutely handle it. I think Samsung is just too cheap to give us a rapid charger, I mean there was enough space in the box.
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My car charger is a 2amp charger and does approximetly 1 percent a minute. At home I connect it to my HP Touchpad charger and it seems to charge really quick.
But I LOOOOOOVE my car charger as it can charge my Tablets and phones fast. Well worth the 30 bucks I spent at Best Buy for the rapid charger.
surely a 2amp charger is capable of providing 2amps, but if whatever is attached only drawers 1amp then that's what it'll get ? It doesn't force 2 amps down it's throat ? My palm pre 2 charger is 1amp, my touchpad has a 2 amp charger, but my palm pre doesn't charge any quicker using the touchpad charger.
My Gnex does charge really fast using the plug that came with it especially coming from galaxy s2 which takes ages for a full charge.
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My Gnex does charge really fast using the plug that came with it especially coming from galaxy s2 which takes ages for a full charge.
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+1 I found the gnex really fast charging compared to my sgs2. With the sgs2 I always had it plugged in for fear of a flat battery with the gnex the charging is so fast I don't care anymore.
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AcE XBOX said:
My car charger is a 2amp charger and does approximetly 1 percent a minute. At home I connect it to my HP Touchpad charger and it seems to charge really quick.
But I LOOOOOOVE my car charger as it can charge my Tablets and phones fast. Well worth the 30 bucks I spent at Best Buy for the rapid charger.
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FYI, 1% a min is roughly 1A.
In 1 hour, it would restore 60%, 60% of 1.750A = 1.050A.
Nexus battery is the perfect size to eyeball the inflow rate.
30%/hr = .5A
60%/hr = 1A
60%/30min = 2A
If you think you're charging at 2A, simply time it. Also these are rough numbers and will only be accurate when the battery is low.
Hey guys,
I've used my HP touchpad charger a couple times now and it seems to drastically speed up charging. I thought I'd see if anyone else had experienced this as well.
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I would not recommend using tablet chargers like that. Although it does speed up charging I think you might also wear out your battery quicker.
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I would not recommend using tablet chargers like that. Although it does speed up charging I think you might also wear out your battery quicker.
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That's not right. The charging speed is limited by the battery and their charging managemend, not by the charger. If the battery management is configured at 1A it is charging with 1A even if you use a 2A charger.
If you can charge the HTC One with a bigger charger faster than it is not negative for the battery because it's allowed by the battery management. But I don't think, that it is really faster. I will test it for myself later with the 2A Charger from the ipad.
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I would not recommend using tablet chargers like that. Although it does speed up charging I think you might also wear out your battery quicker.
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I do know where this is coming from but just isn't the case anymore. All batteries made for cells phones in the last 2 years have smart charging chips in them. Meaning they can not overcharge, charge too fast, or discharge too much. These batteries have tech built in that could charge them in about a hour. People think this was disabled to help prolong the life of the battery. This is also false. Fast charging does have a slightly negative effect but we are talking about 2% negative. So if the battery would have went through 2000 charge cycles normally than with a fast charge it would only last around 1180 charge cycles. It's a non difference. It is the reason people have been saying that the fast charge feature is disabled but they have no idea and it sounds good so the community here has decided it to be true.
Now technically it should not matter what amp charger we plug in as the phone should only take a certain amount. Now I know this is false as I also use the 2amp Touchpad charger and can confirm it does charge around 30% faster.
Can someone explain why the power capability of the charger makes any difference?
Rules of electronics. V = IR or in this case I = V/R Current = Voltage / Resistance
By definition if too much current is drawn from the power supply the voltage will collapse. Similarly, at any given voltage and input resistance, the current will never exceed a certain level.
So the worst that can happen is you damage a power supply trying to charge a greedy iPad with an under spec'd power supply.
But I see certain devices that say, never use a 2A charger as it can damage the device? Why? By definition it will never draw more current than the circuit is designed for.....what am I missing?
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Can someone explain why the power capability of the charger makes any difference?
Rules of electronics. V = IR or in this case I = V/R Current = Voltage / Resistance
By definition if too much current is drawn from the power supply the voltage will collapse. Similarly, at any given voltage and input resistance, the current will never exceed a certain level.
So the worst that can happen is you damage a power supply trying to charge a greedy iPad with an under spec'd power supply.
But I see certain devices that say, never use a 2A charger as it can damage the device? Why? By definition it will never draw more current than the circuit is designed for.....what am I missing?
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Nothing at all :cyclops:
Now if you use a .5 amp you do run the risk of burning it out as the device will try and pull more than .5amp and will succeed putting too much strain on the charger.
AFAIK the charging voltage/amperage is dynamically controlled by software(kernel). Starting from empty the voltage will be higher, but decreasing when battery is getting fuller.
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AFAIK the charging voltage/amperage is dynamically controlled by software(kernel). Starting from empty the voltage will be higher, but decreasing when battery is getting fuller.
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The voltage of the power supply should be a controlled 5V (I know some poor supplies are not so perfect). The only way of changing the current being drawn is to change the resistance , but that would be a constant as determined by the battery itself (its current draw will change depending on how full it is at the time). If there was actually a charge controller circuit in the phone itself, then it should not matter whether you have 2A, 5A or 50A, because it should only ever draw the power it needs. Also if there was effectively a "short circuit" and you tried to draw 2A from a 1A power supply, the power supply voltage would collapse and charging would simply stop. Therefore the charging circuit will have been designed with an expected current flow. As voltage is 5V and the input resistance always remains constant, the charging current can never be more or less than what was intended by design! Of course if the power supply outputs 10V instead of 5V, then it WILL draw more current and do lots of damage!
Think of it this way. If you run at 5 mph, it doesn't matter whether you are 3 feet tall or 6 feet tall, you will still arrive at the destination at exactly the same time.
There are different cables that can be purchased that essentially have just the positive and negative connections in use. This removes the control connections that allow the phone to regulate the amount of power so it allows the device to charge at a faster rate.
I have used these cables for years on many devices and have never had a problem but it is worth noting that I only use them sparingly and the vast majority of the time I use the standard chargers that come with the devices.
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Stop with the FUD people, the only thing that matters is the voltage of the charger. It needs to be 5V or else it will damage the phone. Otherwise, the phone will self limit the amount of charge taken in.
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Using a higher current charger will degrade the life of the battery faster than normal. It will also be hotter when chraging, thus further degrading the life of the battery.
Bear in mind USB2.0 can only provide 500mA and makes charging slower.
Using a 2A charger ON OCCASION will be fine, but long term use will degrade your battery, it's that simple.
fast charging batteries is not as good as slow charging for the batteries. It's not terrible, but it is worse for their health.
the smart chips in the phones are allowing to be faster charged = faster charge times. HTC probably allowed this because they knew it would pacify complaints about their slow charge.
The htc engineers saw it fit to include the charger they did, they know its charges slow, it's for a reason.
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Fast charging does have a slightly negative effect but we are talking about 2% negative. So if the battery would have went through 2000 charge cycles normally than with a fast charge it would only last around 1180 charge cycles. It's a non difference. It is the reason people have been saying that the fast charge feature is disabled but they have no idea and it sounds good so the community here has decided it to be true.
Now technically it should not matter what amp charger we plug in as the phone should only take a certain amount. Now I know this is false as I also use the 2amp Touchpad charger and can confirm it does charge around 30% faster.
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Your numbers are a little off i'm afraid. If its only a 2% issue from 2000 charges.. you show 1180 to be then new charge..thats almost 50%. 50% would be 1000 charges.. 2% from 2000 would be 1960 Better number for your point
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Using a higher current charger will degrade the life of the battery faster than normal. It will also be hotter when chraging, thus further degrading the life of the battery.
Bear in mind USB2.0 can only provide 500mA and makes charging slower.
Using a 2A charger ON OCCASION will be fine, but long term use will degrade your battery, it's that simple.
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Yeah it will degrade it quicker, but not significantly. I agree with the previous posts. Its fine to use a charger with higher amps than needed but its not good to use lower amps. (lower than 500ma) Lower amps will kill chargers quick. If usb is 500ma then these phones must be fine with variable amps (within its limits) I dont know what the variable numbers are but say its 500ma min, 2A max.. using a 3A charger or a 5A charger shouldnt make a difference in charge speed. It'll only draw 2A. (again hypothetical 2A here, 1.5 may be the max.) That being said... i wouldnt use a 2A as your primary or overnight charger though(unless you only sleep 3 hours ), no need for it..Since these phones dont have a replaceable battery your overnight charger should probably be 1A. Use a 2A during the day if you need a quick boost.
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Yeah it will degrade it quicker, but not significantly. I agree with the previous posts. Its fine to use a charger with higher amps than needed but its not good to use lower amps. (lower than 500ma) Lower amps will kill chargers quick. If usb is 500ma then these phones must be fine with variable amps (within its limits) I dont know what the variable numbers are but say its 500ma min, 2A max.. using a 3A charger or a 5A charger shouldnt make a difference in charge speed. It'll only draw 2A. (again hypothetical 2A here, 1.5 may be the max.) That being said... i wouldnt use a 2A as your primary or overnight charger though(unless you only sleep 3 hours ), no need for it..Since these phones dont have a replaceable battery your overnight charger should probably be 1A. Use a 2A during the day if you need a quick boost.
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I used a Samsung 0.7A OEM charger for a while for my previous phones and always thought that the power is capped by the output of the adapter. If it's rated 0.7A the adapter can output up to what it was rated for; That is wrong on that assumption. Using Current Widget app also appear to support this as well as it was drawing on my S3, 0.999 mA when this adapter as in. I have switched to the 1A adapter because of that; the read outs using the app still shows up as 0.999 mA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40630411#post40630411
If using a higher one is no good like 2A, I guess we would be able to see what Current Widget saids as well. Supposedly the phone pulls what it needs to my understanding.
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Using a higher current charger will degrade the life of the battery faster than normal. It will also be hotter when chraging, thus further degrading the life of the battery.
Bear in mind USB2.0 can only provide 500mA and makes charging slower.
Using a 2A charger ON OCCASION will be fine, but long term use will degrade your battery, it's that simple.
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I'd love to hear where your "simple" comment comes from? Facts, please. I will withhold my view until you can state sources... (Hint: heat will be the only factor in a properly designed system)
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I'd love to hear where your "simple" comment comes from? Facts, please. I will withhold my view until you can state sources... (Hint: heat will be the only factor in a properly designed system)
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here's a source. HTC engineers decided to include the charger they did.
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here's a source. HTC engineers decided to include the charger they did.
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Wow, aren't you a helpful one. There is much more to the H/W selection than what the charging circuit is capable of... Chargers don't "force" a current on the battery. The charging circuit draws what it needs from a charger, assuming it can supply what is drawn. A well designed charging circuit will draw no more than what the battery is capable of without damage. The only factor is heat, which should be accounted for at a nominal level. If heat was't properly accounted for, or they short changed the charging circuit (like the charger) there could be an issue long term.
As an application side note, I had a 2 or 2.1A charger on my Atrix 4G for the 2+ years I owned it and still on the original battery that will last me an 18hr day. You don't do anyone favors talking about stuff you don't know anything about.
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Wow, aren't you a helpful one. There is much more to the H/W selection than what the charging circuit is capable of... Chargers don't "force" a current on the battery. The charging circuit draws what it needs from a charger, assuming it can supply what is drawn. A well designed charging circuit will draw no more than what the battery is capable of without damage. The only factor is heat, which should be accounted for at a nominal level. If heat was't properly accounted for, or they short changed the charging circuit (like the charger) there could be an issue long term.
As an application side note, I had a 2 or 2.1A charger on my Atrix 4G for the 2+ years I owned it and still on the original battery that will last me an 18hr day. You don't do anyone favors talking about stuff you don't know anything about.
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It's already documented that other chargers charge the phone faster. HTC included a slow charger for a reason. You don't know more about battery technology then they do. Fast chargers are like $5 for us on amazon. htc can buy them for a $1. There reason is not cost. Why do you think HTC inclduded the charger they did.
There is no perfect battery with unlimited recharge cycles no matter how perfectly designed. Fast charging won't cause you device to explode, but it will accelerate the regular degradation process.
Htc knew people would complain about slow charging, so they allow other chargers to charge the battery faster on case by case, even if it means degradation (slight to moderate) of the battery over time.
You read more about fast charging vs slow charging in the battery geek forums.
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I'd love to hear where your "simple" comment comes from? Facts, please. I will withhold my view until you can state sources... (Hint: heat will be the only factor in a properly designed system)
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It comes from my own knowledge and experience. These are facts. If you choose not to believe them that's fine. And yes, I mentioned heat if you look back. And no, these are not properly designed systems.
The HTC One definitely takes a while to charge. What’s interesting however is that the charge curve gets the One to 85–90 percent under the normal 3 or so hours, it’s that last ten percent that takes forever. I also have confirmed that Qualcomm’s Quick Charge is not being used on the HTC One, for whatever reason, possibly to maximize compatibility with the portable USB battery chargers that are now proliferating. The PMIC is there, it just isn’t enabled. My guess would be that HTC wants to prioritize battery longevity and minimize any even potential extra wear since the battery on the One is sealed inside.
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source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6747/htc-one-review/3
told ya =)