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I was just curious about what your methods are when it comes to charging your DINC. Feel free to reply with any comments, and information, (i.e. if you're using a battery other than stock, etc.)
3 batteries. Two on external charger and one in phone
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Stock battery, no bump charging, less than stellar battery but I'm thinking Google music beta is the culprit.
Plugged in overnight and sometimes plugged into Car Charger.....And thank you for the charging hack, or whatever its called, that you included in your awesome Kernel Chad, because car charging wouldn't do anything before.
Plug in overnight to charge. unplug when I take my dog out fr his morning business. Plug into car charger on 20 minute drive to work. Unplug when the green light comes on. Gets me 6:30 am to anywhere between 6 and 8 at night with 50% + left when I leave work.
I keep it plugged in pretty much anytime I'm home, and always overnight...that may be too much, but I use Wireless Tether often at home, which really drains the battery. I do have a 1900mah battery from HTC Express, though. I've heard of some who have 2+ batteries that they switch out every day, but I personally don't want to constantly remove the battery cover.
plugs everywhere and charge when needed
Also once in a while it's a good idea to just turn off your Droid Inc and charge it up. You'll notice that even if while it was on it said it was full, the phone will continue to charge when you turn it off. it kinda recharges the battery to its full potential. Kinda small alternative to a batterystats.bin wipe
I charge overnight
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I usually charge it overnight, but I also have two batteries, which I switch out if I forget to charge it or something.
Charge it whenever it gets low.
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i put it on the charger when i go to bed, and then take it off when i get up. last all day. battery life with incredikernel/MIUI is awesome. very rarely do i need to charge before bedtime.
If I'm not going to be too far from a charger or if I know I won't be using my phone much, I typically wait till it gets below 40% and then charge up to 60-70% or so. This is the optimal approach to extend the life of your battery. I wish there was a way to configure the voltage or percent at which you want to stop charging.
If I'm going to be away from a charger for longer period of time, I'll charge until the LED goes green. If I'm going to be away from a charger for a really long time, I'll bump charge, but I try to limit the frequency with which I do this because it shortens the life of the battery.
I am using the 2150mAh extended battery by HTC and I have recently (the last 2 days) been powering down and letting it charge over night. Thankfully, I have my DX and multimedia dock to use as my alarm clock.
Just one charge overnight and last all day
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I have a 3,500mAh battery, two regular batteries and a battery charger. When my 3,500mAh battery runs out, I swap it for one of the standard batteries while it's charging.
In the school year: charge all night, take off charger at 6am, put back on charger at 11:30pmish. (I have a long day lol) CM7 and Incredikernal treats me very well. I still have about 40% batt left at the end of my day.
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I usually leave it overnight and I also have a car charger...
I generally just do a charge overnight and I can get a days worth of battery. Depending on certain things I may use my car charger when using Pandora or something but mostly my phone will last a full day. Running MIUI with incredikernel 7.06
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I do a full battery charger once a day. I run unofficial 2.2 froyo rooted. I make sure the battery is less than 20% by the time I go to bed and open Battery Dr. Apk so it can wake me up when is fully charged
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After a long time no use, I took my a100 out and charge it, the red led at the power button lighted up but it never turn blue even 10 hours later. I powered it on and noticed the battery level was always 0%, everything else is ok though. If i unplug the charger, my tablet turn off immediately. Then I disassemble it, take the battery out and charger it directly about 10 minutes, then i assemble and turn my tablet on, the battery now is 35% but the problem still the same, it can't be charged, the red led still light though. Is there any body know what the problem is and how to fix it, help me please. thanks in advance.
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Not an answer to you Q but I have to say It's always nice not having a removable battery ......can't we just get a battery door and some AA duracells for old times sake
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Letting a battery fully discharge is about the worst thing you can do, mostly due to the fact that if the battery voltage drops to low it shuts down to prevent cell damage. Basically the battery is telling the Acer it can't be charged because its damaged.
Short answer - new battery time. If you know someone else with one swap and test.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II - CM10
Has anyone a solution four me ?
I use 2 A car charger(Hama) ,sygic and when I navigate capacity still drops between 2 or 5 %
What's the problem ? Sygic software,my one x , or the cable or something else ..
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This has been discussed in depth, but I'm not searching from my phone.
Make sure that the phone says Charging (AC) when on the car charger, and try to start your journey with a full battery.
The battery stops charging at 100%, and lets it drop to 95% before continuing to charge to avoid overcharging the battery. It's the same for wall charger and USB charging as well. It's just how it's set on the phone You don't notice it as much in day to day to use cos there's not much you can do that's as battery-draining as navigating, so the drop happens faster
Anybody else having the issue (or perhaps it's normal?) where running the Google Navigation app on your Nitro absolutely KILLS the battery...Even if you have your Nitro connected to a high-output power connector?
On mine, running CM10.1 RC5, even plugged into a 1.0A car adapter, the battery drains at about 1% per minute! The area around the CPU is super hot so I imagine running Nav pushes the CPU quite a bit...But this seems excessive.
Any thoughts on workarounds, fixes or alternate Nav apps?
Thanks.
Namuna said:
Anybody else having the issue (or perhaps it's normal?) where running the Google Navigation app on your Nitro absolutely KILLS the battery...Even if you have your Nitro connected to a high-output power connector?
On mine, running CM10.1 RC5, even plugged into a 1.0A car adapter, the battery drains at about 1% per minute! The area around the CPU is super hot so I imagine running Nav pushes the CPU quite a bit...But this seems excessive.
Any thoughts on workarounds, fixes or alternate Nav apps?
Thanks.
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that's why all gps devices come with a car charger, it's the nature of the system combination of screen on alot, powering gps device etc.
or are u talking about worse than normal ?
KronicSkillz said:
or are u talking about worse than normal ?
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This is actually a fair question, as what is "normal" usage when it comes to using Navigation on our Nitro? Is the 1% per minute drain to be expected?
Namuna said:
This is actually a fair question, as what is "normal" usage when it comes to using Navigation on our Nitro? Is the 1% per minute drain to be expected?
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What IS normal is high current draw during battery use. What ISN'T normal is the battery drain when plugged in. Try a different cord or even a different vehicle. I have noticed that on some cars for me it won't charge at all, but won't drain, and on others it will charge slowly. I would suggest also making sure that the cord is rated for at least 2 amps. When I tried the stock cord and charger with a power inverter it would drain the battery with GPS use, just not as bad as you described. Also with screen off I get a drain of about 5%/hr with the navigation working. This has been consistent with stock or cm10.1 for me
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it's actually decided by the wiring in the vehicle, and the adapter (which is either a car plug that has usb or a straight car plug -> micro usb)
i drive 3 differant vehicles at work and my car and have 3 differant adapters, i noticed that each adapter has differant charge speeds, and each vehicle does as well, my dollar store charger can't even keep up with navigation drain, a rapid charger will. however in my car i have 2 outlets, one in the center console and one in the dash, the center console outlet is more powerful than the dash.
so if u can't control your vehicle power buy a higher priced rapid charger.
if you really want good charge, buy an adapter that turns your car plug into a wall outlet plug, then plug the wall charger that came with your phone into it, that will probably be the max possible current you can get in any outlet, the higher quality the wall outlet converter the better.
if you notice you can charge your phone in a wall plug about 5x faster than a cheap car adapter plug
that is why they added a "slow charge" warning in some rom's to hint to people that it isn't the phone that is broken it's that there is a LOW current coming into the micro usb port.
there are also some kernels that will force a faster charge and remove some media transfer over usb capabilities, but i think that only works when plugged into PC (not sure)
I've noticed mine drain like this too. Nav annihilates my battery, if it's plugged in it still slowly drains. Maybe someone still running a stock ICS ROM can try it for comparison.
My old phone (HTC) also drained fast on nav, but plugging it in would result in a VERY slow charge instead of a slow drain.
The only time I experienced an actual drain when plugged in was while using the stock adapter on a power inverter. My car adapter plugs straight into the micro USB and us rated at 2A that is why I suggested a 2A adapter. Also to answer mpsantiago I experience no battery drain on stock ICS but on cm10.1 it actually charges faster. The only thing I can say is get a 2A adapter as the phone clearly draws more than the stock 1.2A adapter can deliver.
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Swetnes said:
The only time I experienced an actual drain when plugged in was while using the stock adapter on a power inverter. My car adapter plugs straight into the micro USB and us rated at 2A that is why I suggested a 2A adapter. Also to answer mpsantiago I experience no battery drain on stock ICS but on cm10.1 it actually charges faster. The only thing I can say is get a 2A adapter as the phone clearly draws more than the stock 1.2A adapter can deliver.
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that's interesting... well i guess the moral of the story is just find a good charger, usually dollar store ones are garbage, also, use a widget like power toggles which has a multi setting brightness toggle, and turn your brightness low while your screen is staying on in navigation, my only suggestions. you could also try a new ROM or flashing firmware for gps hardware but i doubt that is worth the effort, if i use a cheap charger or use a bad outlet on an old work truck i have these problems with ANY ROM, but i don't have them using a good charger.
I love this phone and all, but it tends to have strange battery drain tendencies. As in, the screen isn't what drains the battery most, a lot of the time. :/
I happen to have the 6200 variant, if that makes any difference.
I had installed the yahoo weather app and went from 2 day on one charge to less then 8 hours on a charge. Some apps are a bastard on the battery..
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Yes, Navigation kills battery. I too have it plugged into my car charger and while it slows the drain down, it can not charge it fast enough to keep up with Navigation's drain.
I'm running HO!NO!'s ATT V20f rom with the latest Wind Kernel. It's not just your phone. The Nitro gets hot and if you didn't have the car charger plugged in while running Navigation, your battery would easily be dead in about an hour.
Technocian said:
Yes, Navigation kills battery. I too have it plugged into my car charger and while it slows the drain down, it can not charge it fast enough to keep up with Navigation's drain.
I'm running HO!NO!'s ATT V20f rom with the latest Wind Kernel. It's not just your phone. The Nitro gets hot and if you didn't have the car charger plugged in while running Navigation, your battery would easily be dead in about an hour.
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You have to use a 2 amp charger with the navigation app with the screen on. As part of my job I am constantly using Google navigator. The cord I purchased was $40 and it charges fine, slowly but fine. To test this I borrowed a buddy's cheap charger that he bought at Walmart and sure enough I experienced battery drain, as it was only rated at 1 amp. The good news just hit the power button on the phone to turn off the screen. You will still get the voice guidance and your phone will charge or get a decent charger. BTW my charger has charged my phone no matter what ROM I used from Gingerbread to Jellybean.
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Swetnes said:
You have to use a 2 amp charger with the navigation app with the screen on. As part of my job I am constantly using Google navigator. The cord I purchased was $40 and it charges fine, slowly but fine. To test this I borrowed a buddy's cheap charger that he bought at Walmart and sure enough I experienced battery drain, as it was only rated at 1 amp. The good news just hit the power button on the phone to turn off the screen. You will still get the voice guidance and your phone will charge or get a decent charger. BTW my charger has charged my phone no matter what ROM I used from Gingerbread to Jellybean.
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good advice, but if you need the screen because of volume issues or you don't have a bluetooth stereo to make listening to audio easy, then you can just turn your brightness down as far as possible, i use power toggles for this its a widget with a brightness button that has up to 4 options, so you can push it and toggle through, mine is 10% 20% 30% 75% and there is a settings for auto, this is handy because depending on the sun at the time you want to be able to quickly swap between the lower brightness settings to find one suitable for seeing but that has minimal battery drain.
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good advice, but if you need the screen because of volume issues or you don't have a bluetooth stereo to make listening to audio easy, then you can just turn your brightness down as far as possible, i use power toggles for this its a widget with a brightness button that has up to 4 options, so you can push it and toggle through, mine is 10% 20% 30% 75% and there is a settings for auto, this is handy because depending on the sun at the time you want to be able to quickly swap between the lower brightness settings to find one suitable for seeing but that has minimal battery drain.
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I think we are now beating a dead horse with this one as both of us are starting to repeat ourselves.
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Hi, I just got an LG G4 yesterday. Charging using stock charger, or any other charger I had no problems with S3 before, is really slow. As in obviously slow. The unit is estimating 3-4 hours to charge 30%-40% of battery. Once it took around 20-30 minutes to just charge 5% of battery.
Using Ampere app it is showing on average just 270mah charge. Sometimes it registers 1660mah, then it drops down significantly and settles with 270mah.
Using the dual sim model if that's any help.
Is this a new battery thing? Should I insist to have the unit (or the battery) replaced? Is this a hardware or a software issue? Even if i insist to have this replaced I want to be able to explain that this is a factory defect.
Same problem here..
Really annoying.
gideon200 said:
Same problem here..
Really annoying.
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Same here, I think it charges at full speed when the screen is off...
I got myself a QC2.0 charger and its doing exactly the same.
It does appear to charge faster with it while the screen is off but I'm wondering if there is an update to the device that needs to be done to fully support QC2.0
i've buy an Aukey Turbo Charger Adapter.
Then my G4 has fast charging more about 75%
I've seen the same thing happen on mine. Highest current I've seen was 1650 mah. And that's with the screen off. Leaving the screen on it reduces to 270 mah
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I had the same problem but it stopped after about week. Now it charges quite quickly and that's not with the fastcharge that isn't too impressive.
Same issue. Charging went from 2% to 46% in about 3.5 hours and it says it's still another 4 hours before it completes charging. Totally annoying.
i using the Aukey Turbo Charger and get around 1%-1.5% every min i have done 30%-70% in like 40min
I have a HTC quick charger that I used with my M8. It works well with the G4. With the screen off I have had nearly 2 A charging. It is much less when the screen is on.
Just got my G4 and it's doing the same thing.
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Bogega said:
Same issue. Charging went from 2% to 46% in about 3.5 hours and it says it's still another 4 hours before it completes charging. Totally annoying.
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are you using the screen while its charging tho? how many times have you charged it already since you got it?
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are you using the screen while its charging tho? how many times have you charged it already since you got it?
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my post was made during 2nd ever charging. i did turn on screen occasionally, but not like it was on all the time.
last night charge was shorter - around 5.5 hours.
This is really annoying trying to stream music and navigation sometimes losses a charge. With nexus 5 I usually gained 30 plus percent on my way to work on 40 ish minutes with car charger.
It "might" be a software limitation, to avoid pushing the battery too hard in its early cycles. Same as a brand new car, they usually tell you not to drive too fast for the motor to actually run with optimal parameters.
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I am also experiencing the same. I am getting 640mA. It is really frustrating. Yesterday I connected the phone with the provided cable with G4 with my laptop. And i was using the phone, not heavy using. And actually the battery was draining, rather than charging. I got so frustrated. I found the phone actually charges better while staying idle & screen off, but not very promising.
Yep, add me to that list too. T-Mobile G4 with screen off and no use because I'm driving almost all day just to see a 5-10% more charge after driving almost 2 hours. The original charger behaves the same way too. The only fix I've found is to turn the phone off and charge it. It charges really fast that way only.
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Charged mine from 2 to 100% in under 2 hours with my note 4 charger
@fatboypup does this also work with screen on? Imagine using gmaps in the car, screen and gps active - it would be a pity if the g4 lost power in such a situation when on the car charger
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@fatboypup does this also work with screen on? Imagine using gmaps in the car, screen and gps active - it would be a pity if the g4 lost power in such a situation when on the car charger
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As I noted above it is an issue with cars too. I'm lucky to gain 5 to 10 percent with navigation and streaming music in 45 mins. The same situation with nexus was over 30%.
Does this behavior stay or is it only for the first charges? Is there anyone who has no slow charging with screen on? Is the g4 gaining at least some percent when navigating with gmaps?