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(Q)How long does it take you to charge phone?

How long does it usually take to charge your s3 fully? I ask because mine has always charged very fast but lately its taking sooo long to charge and I dont know why..what do you guys think?
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with the standard charger came with S3, usually took around 2h30 to fully charge.

Mine used to charge super fast but now its taking soooo long.. its takin me an unusually long amount of time.. any body know what could be up ?
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I can't really tell you a time exact but not that long. Last night I was at 50% plugged it in and charged completely in bout 45 - 1hr. I usually don't touch it tho.
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Takes me a about 2hrs. With the charging accessories that came with my phone. Are you using the original charging accessories?
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Rogue app.

Yes everything I use is official samsung came outta the box.. I had been flashin quite a few roms then went back to complete stock lj4 and it just seems like its taking way too long to charge.. ive never noticed this problem infact I was always alarmed at how fast it would charge
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With the phone turned off, it takes mine about 2 hours to charge.

When you flashed this last rom did you wipe data/factory reset?
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I have a Q: My rom (SlimRom2.9.0) has an option for Quick Charge mode, where it will charge faster but you loose USB connectivity functionality (for connecting to a computer).
Will the SGS3 also take advantage of a higher output (2.1a) USB charger, ala iPad chargers? Does the circuitry inside detect and is smart enough to adapt?

Look at the battery stats and see if something is hogging it. Get something like battery drain analyzer to see the percentage you're charging at.

You guys think it has anything to do with the stock lj4 kernel? My battery life kicks ass 4 hours screen on with 17 + hours of battery life.. still charging is slower than usual. Hmmmm
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DocHoliday77 said:
When you flashed this last rom did you wipe data/factory reset?
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Yes I always do before any rom even if I dont have to..
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I would try to drain the battery all the way down, then with the phone off, recharge it back to 100%.
After that see if there's any improvement.
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Been on the charger for 4 hours ive been using it and booting to recovery here and there and from 8% im still only on 85%.. so damn strange. Tonight im going to borrow my buddys charger and see if it improves.. but this sucks
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Mine takes about 2 hours from 15% sometimes I'll be playing a sandbox game and it will take much longer. Just don't unplug it when you plug it in.
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Could it be a faulty battery?
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Like most others on this post, my GS3 will take roughly 2 hours to charge.
Depends where I am charging from, usually I end my day with around 20-30% battery life still.

pezlomd said:
Could it be a faulty battery?
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It could be. But to be sure id do the full cycle I mentioned before, and even consider flashing back to stock! Just for testing. You can always nandroid and go back if you like. Though a fresh rom flash may be better.
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JDMpire said:
I have a Q: My rom (SlimRom2.9.0) has an option for Quick Charge mode, where it will charge faster but you loose USB connectivity functionality (for connecting to a computer).
Will the SGS3 also take advantage of a higher output (2.1a) USB charger, ala iPad chargers? Does the circuitry inside detect and is smart enough to adapt?
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I use the charger from my 10.1 tab. I believe it runs at 5 amps. Definitely charges faster although I've never timed it by how much. If I charge it on the wall charger that came with my chinese batteries, it takes over 9 hours sometimes. Yet the chinese batteries only ever charge up to 91% on it's own charger, I have to charge the rest once I put it in the phone. Weird.

charging phone with jabar wallcharger?

I checked both wall chargers they have different volts of their input and output and theres no usb or anyting to take out of the jabar wallcharger is it safe to charge with?
When i plug it in it works but is it generally safe to charge this phone with it....
By the way The jabar charger is meant for a bluetooth headset
Thanks guys!

Works the same...
I have 5 different ones...(Motorola, Chinese, Samsung,..)
Cables and the Chargers themselves...so they all work fine for me.
I charge my phone at night so I don't notice if one charges slower or faster than the other.
But yea use it.
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VeryCoolAlan said:
Works the same...
I have 5 different ones...(Motorola, Chinese, Samsung,..)
Cables and the Chargers themselves...so they all work fine for me.
I charge my phone at night so I don't notice if one charges slower or faster than the other.
But yea use it.
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Thanks dude this one goes slow as **** needed some reassurance that it wouldn't harm the batttery! probably gonna be temp cuz i really use alot im not gonna get used to this crap charger.. probably gonna buy a micro usb soon

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Thanks dude this one goes slow as **** needed some reassurance that it wouldn't harm the batttery! probably gonna be temp cuz i really use alot im not gonna get used to this crap charger.. probably gonna buy a micro usb soon
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Nahhh it wont. Lol
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Battery drains even while on the charger!?

I've had this phone for 1.5 months now flashing daily never had any problems until three days ago my battery charges so slow that I can't keep my phone charged it's even draining while I have it on the charger! I know one ONE time I couldn't find my Samsung wall adapter so I used my iPad charger but the voltage is the same and its at 2amps so it can't be the culprit can it?? any help or advice is greatly appreciated. Oh BTW I wiped data, both cache, /system, fresh flash, fix perm., baterry stats, all of the above and still dies slowly on the charger... maybe I need another cable? Iddk :/
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I noticed the same thing after I wiped battery stats. I reboot while charging fixed it rite up.
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I'll see what happens and report back
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Ahhh still draining :/
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lt.anthonydelgado said:
I've had this phone for 1.5 months now flashing daily never had any problems until three days ago my battery charges so slow that I can't keep my phone charged it's even draining while I have it on the charger! I know one ONE time I couldn't find my Samsung wall adapter so I used my iPad charger but the voltage is the same and its at 2amps so it can't be the culprit can it?? any help or advice is greatly appreciated. Oh BTW I wiped data, both cache, /system, fresh flash, fix perm., baterry stats, all of the above and still dies slowly on the charger... maybe I need another cable? Iddk :/
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I think I charged my battery once or twice with a nexus 7 charger (2 amps). I didn't explode or anything.
Go to a sprint store and ask nicely to test their own battery. See if maybe your battery died (don't discharge this type of batteries below 10 or so %, that damages them over time and the capacity is reduced).

Also thought I should mention I have all sync support off..
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nabbed said:
I think I charged my battery once or twice with a nexus 7 charger (2 amps). I didn't explode or anything.
Go to a sprint store and ask nicely to test their own battery. See if maybe your battery died (don't discharge this type of batteries below 10 or so %, that damages them over time and the capacity is reduced).
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When you say test their battery do you mean just to check if it charges? Maybe I should go with my charger and all? But honestly I can't find my s3 wall adapter I'm using my Epic 4g Touch adapter lol!!!!
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I read somewhere a LONG time ago that sprint would send new batteries to customers can anyone confirm??
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lt.anthonydelgado said:
I read somewhere a LONG time ago that sprint would send new batteries to customers can anyone confirm??
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Sprint will give u one at the store under warranty. Samsung will ship you one, even out of warranty, as they warranty the batteries for 18months vs the 12 for the device itself. Or so said the guy at Samsung that sent me mine for my E4GT last week
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How long does it take you to charge fully?

Hey just trying to see how long using the stock ac wall charger does it take to charge from 0-100. I used to think it charge super fast but latley I feel likes its taking an eternity. I flashed few roms and stuff amd never noticed this. I did use another cord a few times before I noticed this.. could another non stock cord mess something up? Anyways. Any suggestions and info will be appreciated. Its charging at about 15% per hour.. not good at all.
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2.5-3 hours without using it. If i dont use the note charger and usb cord...forever.
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3 hours.
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Depends on what charger I use. 2-3 hours.
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~ 3 Hours for me...

Welly phone still takes an eternity to charge left it on the charger for 4 hours stock ac charger and it was at 87 percent only. Do u think its a battery or phone problem? Im biying a new oem battery but would this help me? I just need charging speeds back to normal its very frustrating takes about 5 min just to go up 1%
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Kernels can affect charging rates, but I don't understand how they could make it "slower". Cables are also not created equally. Put your phone back on a stock Samsung ROM, either 4.1.1 or a n7105 4.1.2 with a stock kernel and stock ac charger with cable should get you from zero to hero in right around 3 hrs.

When you plug in your charger, check battery settings, make sure it says "AC Charging" not "USB charging". Every once in a while when I plug mine in it says USB. One night, when I plugged it in, it didn't even register any charge! I restarted my phone, and all was working again. I get a full charge in about 3 hours.
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Thats the thing im stockd out even unrooted odind back to 4.1.1 tmobile stock using original charger that came with the phone still nothing. Takes forver to charge! And when I have the phone on it takes like 5 min per percent. And when I first got this thing no matter if I was using it or not it would charge so fast. I wouldnt be surprised if this thing is takin 5 hours from zero to 100. Ordering a new battery hopefully this helps
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pezlomd said:
Thats the thing im stockd out even unrooted odind back to 4.1.1 tmobile stock using original charger that came with the phone still nothing. Takes forver to charge! And when I have the phone on it takes like 5 min per percent. And when I first got this thing no matter if I was using it or not it would charge so fast. I wouldnt be surprised if this thing is takin 5 hours from zero to 100. Ordering a new battery hopefully this helps
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What does battery settings say when you are plugged in? AC charging? Or USB?
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Sloww charging!

OK guys not sure whats been going on but i had around 8% left its been 4hrs or 5 and its only up to 78% thats a bit crazy if you ask me. Im running a custom Rom 4.2.1 i believe i feel like going back to stock...

Where did you get 4.2.1? The kernel in something that for off from what is in the usual development channels may have an impact on charging. I'd stick with 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 for current kernels.
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Use Samsung charger

one80oneday said:
Use Samsung charger
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Specifically, the charger AND cable that came with the phone.

Queue515 said:
Specifically, the charger AND cable that came with the phone.
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stock charger and stock cable I use the same one it came with before it use to charge quick now just takes 6 hrs
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xxjrsmith3xx said:
stock charger and stock cable I use the same one it came with before it use to charge quick now just takes 6 hrs
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I had this problem also when I had the note 2 for about a month...happened twice only though, not every time. I ended up returning that phone because the mic kept cutting out. I haven't had this problem on a new note 2 yet (been about 3 weeks). So there might be something wrong with the device, i don't know.

xxjrsmith3xx said:
stock charger and stock cable I use the same one it came with before it use to charge quick now just takes 6 hrs
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When you plug in the charger, double check that it says "AC Charging." I have plugged mine in and gotten mixed results:
1. AC charging
2. USB charging
3. Nothing
If I get #3, I restart and usually get #1.
You can also install a battery monitor app and check the log to see how much charge you are getting.
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Queue515 said:
When you plug in the charger, double check that it says "AC Charging." I have plugged mine in and gotten mixed results:
1. AC charging
2. USB charging
3. Nothing
If I get #3, I restart and usually get #1.
You can also install a battery monitor app and check the log to see how much charge you are getting.
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ok I got the app I had 98% I was charging next thing you know I get 97% I went back to stock stock man wth is going on is it the battery or the phone how is the phone charging 98% then it dipes down to 97 ...
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xxjrsmith3xx said:
ok I got the app I had 98% I was charging next thing you know I get 97% I went back to stock stock man wth is going on is it the battery or the phone how is the phone charging 98% then it dipes down to 97 ...
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Was your phone just charging or were you doing stuff?
More importantly, what does it say for mA in the log.?
Can you post a screenshot of your log?
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If you were flashing a new rom or any big file. You should never flash below 50% percent. I did this the other day and it was just charging so so slow. So what I did was turned it off and let it charge. While that was happening I guess when it hits a certain percentage it automatically turns on. It turned back on and it was charging just fine. And also when your on the phone while charging the percent goes down for me as well.
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Queue515 said:
Was your phone just charging or were you doing stuff?
More importantly, what does it say for mA in the log.?
Can you post a screenshot of your log?
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ok this is what I got
and also when I charge my phone I never use it its raree and the one time it took 7hrs it was over night I felt that was very bad. so in the picture I see the ma goes down when its charging why is that.
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xxjrsmith3xx said:
ok this is what I got
and also when I charge my phone I never use it its raree and the one time it took 7hrs it was over night I felt that was very bad. so in the picture I see the ma goes down when its charging why is that.
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ok guys i plug in my phone its saying its going to take 12hrs to fully charge .... what in the world.
It takes 30mins to charge 1% im really getting pissed off here

xxjrsmith3xx said:
ok guys i plug in my phone its saying its going to take 12hrs to fully charge .... what in the world.
It takes 30mins to charge 1% im really getting pissed off here
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I dont think your charger likes you ^_^ Jokes aside, is your charger going through an extension or straight off the wall? Maybe try a new extension or a different wall socket.

xxjrsmith3xx said:
ok guys i plug in my phone its saying its going to take 12hrs to fully charge .... what in the world.
It takes 30mins to charge 1% im really getting pissed off here
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Something is wrong there. Easy candidates are:
Your battery
your charger
your cable
Do you have any way to swap out any of the above to see what it may be?

I had the same problem changed my cable out and now charges just fine its worth trying
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My n2 does the same thing every once in a while like 2-3weeks and I have turn off the phone take the battery out and recharge it and it will work fine
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Mine took 12 hours lady night to charge from 15 % to full charge. . I wiped cache Delvik and fixed permissions. . Will try Again tonight .. I always charge with my phone off, if that doesn't work I will plug into a different wall socket
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Charged fine last night. .
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Random input.....
I just happened to be charging my phone while browsing the forum yesterday when I came across this thread. I'm not having any issues I was just killing time and being lazy..
It made me check my battery and I noticed it seemed to be charging kinda slow. (I had been plugged in a while and hadn't gone up much) I checked battery in settings and it said charging USB. I was plugged into the wall outlet. Strange indeed!
I unplugged the usb from the phone then plugged it back in and it switched to AC. It definitely started charging faster after that.
I never would have thought to check this so I'm glad I was snooping around.
Just figured I'd share my experience.
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I've had the same problem with slow charging every once in a while. I think it has more to do with the kernel and/or rom. I had times when it took overnight for the phone to charge. Now it charges full in about 2-3 hours.
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