Slow charging on 4.3 (Please Close This Thread Mods) - Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II

I've notice while flashing carbon, dirty unicorns, and pa among other aosp ROMs
That charging seemed to be slow for me. So I wanted to investigate..
I grabbed an apk called galaxy charger light https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abmantis.galaxychargingcurrent.free
And when I refreshed it while plugged in to the wall charger, it said the max was 400. That's like USB currents. So I used devil kernel, and inside the latest devil tools, there is a charging control tab. I changed the options like I have here in this screenshot.
Then when testing my current with that galaxy charging app, it now says my current is 2000. And my phone is charging super fast now like it used to. ...And I thought my cable was bad lol.
so if you're charging is slow, try that app out and test it and see what your current is... if its 1800 or 2000 then that's good, if its 400 or similar, then you're charging very slow.
Also, I'm charging at 1500 through USB when it used to be only 475. Kind of like 'fast charge'
****But be careful. I've only tested this out for a couple days. So far no problems but change the charging control in devil tools at your own risk.****
please close this mods
and only change the USB control if needed. (I've heard something about "fast charge" messes up USB ports on pcs when charging that high but idk if that's true or not. I've only read that once and I forgot my sources)
You want the 'max' to be around 2000.
Before this devil kernel tweak, I had a max of 500 within the galaxy charging app. This was on stock carbon and dirty unicorns. Now my max is 2000 and its definitely noticeable. now my phone even charges while playing a graphic intensive game.
after doing some reading, this may be just too dangerous and damaging to the battery that its not worth it. please check the link by saboture and this shouldnt really be needed. i guess tw doesnt charge at 2000 constantly either so it cant be good. was def only trying to help but i dont want to steer ppl in the wrong direction.
Devil kernel thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2299261
And his devil tools are listed here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41346443#post41346443
Hope this helps somebody that has slow charging problems. I know I did and it has helped so much.
Thank you, -cue
EDIT: this may be an isolated incident for me. anyway, you can check your max current with the aforementioned app and see if its happening to you before any changes need to be made.
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Don't let your phone end up under the pillow on charge while you're asleep, it'll overheat like crazy at that current. I leave mine on 1200
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The faster you charge, the faster your batter will die and it will also lower the life span. Be careful using this.
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http://plugable.com/2013/07/22/usb-hubs-and-chargers-what-happens-when-you-pull-too-much-power
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Good warning folks. Like I said, ive only tested this for a couple days so I'm glad your warnings are close to the op. I will edit it to stress the voltage warnings. Thanks! I haven't noticed heat that's why I've kept it. Will def watch it now. But I thought 2000 was equivalent to 2 amps which I thought our phone charged at originally. Obviously I don't have that much knowledge of electrical.. Better I learned from folks like you guys before I burned my face off lol
... unless the warning only pertains to USB charging. That I was weary of.. But nevertheless... Does make sense that it would wear the battery out though if it was too much that the phone can handle.
Was I the only one experiencing400? That is so low!! my phone was dying while texting and charging.. not right . never did that pre 4.3
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Sorry, edited my post a couple (actually more like 3 times) times (yeah I know) but now I have a question at the end so.. Bump I guess?
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And I actually really don't want this to destroy mine, or anyone else's phone so I may ask to have it closed.
good reference link though @saboture
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cuezaireekaa said:
Good warning folks. Like I said, ive only tested this for a couple days so I'm glad your warnings are close to the op. I will edit it to stress the voltage warnings. Thanks! I haven't noticed heat that's why I've kept it. Will def watch it now. But I thought 2000 was equivalent to 2 amps which I thought our phone charged at originally. Obviously I don't have that much knowledge of electrical.. Better I learned from folks like you guys before I burned my face off lol
... unless the warning only pertains to USB charging. That I was weary of.. But nevertheless... Does make sense that it would wear the battery out though if it was too much that the phone can handle.
Was I the only one experiencing400? That is so low!! my phone was dying while texting and charging.. not right . never did that pre 4.3
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Define "originally"
For who knows what reason, the Note 2 and other Sammy device ship with a 2000mAh 5V rated charger brick...but the TWiz software gimps the charger by throttling it way back to only 500mAh. Which is just downright stupid moronic. People on Note3 are amazed by how fast it charges, because Sammy has removed the software limiter in the stock ROM, and now the 2A charger actually charges closer to something resembling the charger rating.
As far as wearing out your battery, all rechargeable batteries wear out after a certain number of charge/discharge cycles. So long as heat doesn't become to high it isn't a worry. I've been using 1200mAh+ saoftware charging since kernels came out that allowed it. Still on my original battery.
Now regarding slow charging, another culprit that can do this is a crapped out USB cable. Try a different known good USB cable.

Skripka said:
Define "originally"
For who knows what reason, the Note 2 and other Sammy device ship with a 2000mAh 5V rated charger brick...but the TWiz software gimps the charger by throttling it way back to only 500mAh. Which is just downright stupid moronic. People on Note3 are amazed by how fast it charges, because Sammy has removed the software limiter in the stock ROM, and now the 2A charger actually charges closer to something resembling the charger rating.
As far as wearing out your battery, all rechargeable batteries wear out after a certain number of charge/discharge cycles. So long as heat doesn't become to high it isn't a worry. I've been using 1200mAh+ saoftware charging since kernels came out that allowed it. Still on my original battery.
Now regarding slow charging, another culprit that can do this is a crapped out USB cable. Try a different known good USB cable.
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well i thought it charged at 1800-2000 originally on TW Stock. but testing now, its fluctuates around 400 to 700 on stock tw. but 1686 is the 'max' listed on that app. my 4.3 aosp roms were just staying at 400 and 400 was max prior to me using this tweak through the kernel. but is was very noticeable that i was charging slower than normal. will try a new cable today. thanks for your input.

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[KERNEL PATCH] Force AC (fast) Charging

This is for kernel devs only. The patch itself is useless to those who do not/can not compile their own kernel.
I put together this patch for you guys at the request of a few different members here in the nexus S forum who had saw my patch in the gnex forum. This allows one to force AC charging for any charger that is detected as USB (e.g. many car chargers) and pull the full current the charger can support. It also provides additional security when connecting to public charging stations because by forcing AC charging, USB/adb data transfers are disabled, protecting your data.
Fast charge can be toggled by issuing:
echo 1 > /sys/kernel/fast_charge/force_fast_charge
and off:
echo 0 > /sys/kernel/fast_charge/force_fast_charge
Some roms (AOKP) have also implemented toggles.
In addition I have created a toggle fast charge widget that may be used to toggle fast charge on and off right from your home screen:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.incredicontrol.fastchargewidget
For the widget (or any fast charge toggle) to work, you MUST be running a kernel that has this patch implemented.
As a good gesture to support a fellow dev, I ask that if you implement the patch into your kernel, please link to my widget as one means to toggle it. You are of course free to provide other ways to toggle it as well if you so desire.
Kernel devs, if you would like to test the widget yourself to confirm its working, and for convenience of testing, please contact me and I will provide you with a copy. You must show that you are a kernel dev though (i.e. link me to your kernel post so I can match your username).
Here you go. Good luck have fun:
http://www.incredikernel.com/wp-con...wnload.php?id=nexus_s_force_fast_charge.patch
Hopefully we will see this implemented into a lot of our kernels around here. It looks pretty sweet. If I knew how to compile kernels I'd be all over it.
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Thanks! I'd like to see this also!
Its been brought to my attention that the AOKP toggle interferes in some way with the widget. I'm going to contact them and see what's up. I think they may be setting the permissions of the fast charge toggle in an undesirable manner.
thank you x 1million!!! I requested this from mathkid about two weeks ago & never heard anything back....I hope this gets implemented now
hp420 said:
thank you x 1million!!! I requested this from mathkid about two weeks ago & never heard anything back....I hope this gets implemented now
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Yup, I remember that and now its here to add! Looking forward to this
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hp420 said:
thank you x 1million!!! I requested this from mathkid about two weeks ago & never heard anything back....I hope this gets implemented now
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He messaged me and it took me a couple weeks to get around to it. Haha
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He messaged me and it took me a couple weeks to get around to it. Haha
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ahh, thanks for the response I'll write him and thank him for his part in researching this for matrix kernel.
any kernels on the nexus s 4g support fast charge? I cant wait to get this working! Great job!
I've always had a problem of GPS draining my phones battery no matter what ROM I'm running, or what car charger I use, been through about 5 of them. If this helps with that I'm super stoked about this, since it's the only thing that I don't like about my Nexus S.
id love to see how fast this makes charging, considering my phone already charges pretty god damned fast.
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Does anyone know if this can be ported over to the HP Touchpad?
Anyone have much luck with the fast charge toggle on this kernel? I'm helping my friend who just got a nexus s 4g and setup his touchstone from his palm pre. his phone only detects as USB while on the touchstone even though its a full 1 amp charger. Anyway if he plugs in he gets ac charging obviously. So I had him enable fast charge with this kernel and us NStools. It doesn't seem to work and actually glitches out and charges slower to the point that it never increases even with screen off. It indeed says ac in settings. If he then plugs into regular ac outlet it continues charging slow where it won't increase even a single percent for 20 min. Restoring stock kernel goes back to normal.
Anyone had any luck with fast charge? We're kinda baffled here. I know the nexus s is a slow charging phone already at 750 mA. anyone have any ideas? Thanks.
So I realize this is a bit of an older thread, but since it got bumped anyway...
Isn't this about the same thing as SBC? Meaning, won't this trash your battery very quickly? Fast charging is designed to be something that's only done in emergency situations (which is why people say only to use car chargers in emergency situations) otherwise it will kill your battery. This really shouldn't be something to use in a daily driver kernel.
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So I realize this is a bit of an older thread, but since it got bumped anyway...
Isn't this about the same thing as SBC? Meaning, won't this trash your battery very quickly? Fast charging is designed to be something that's only done in emergency situations (which is why people say only to use car chargers in emergency situations) otherwise it will kill your battery. This really shouldn't be something to use in a daily driver kernel.
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car chargers charge your phone at a slower rate than a wall charger so no its absolutely fine for car chargers your other part i have no clue.
thunder2132 said:
So I realize this is a bit of an older thread, but since it got bumped anyway...
Isn't this about the same thing as SBC? Meaning, won't this trash your battery very quickly? Fast charging is designed to be something that's only done in emergency situations (which is why people say only to use car chargers in emergency situations) otherwise it will kill your battery. This really shouldn't be something to use in a daily driver kernel.
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There are two charge modes: USB and AC. The phone determines the mode by reading the resistance value between the two USB data pins. If the value is zero, the phone charges in AC mode, which draws > 500mA current (eg. wall charging). If the resistance is very high, it charges in USB mode and draws <= 500mA of current (eg. charging from a computer USB port).
What this patch does is it forces the phone into AC mode so that it can draw higher current and charge faster. Hope it clears up your confusion.
Si_NZ said:
There are two charge modes: USB and AC. The phone determines the mode by reading the resistance value between the two USB data pins. If the value is zero, the phone charges in AC mode, which draws > 500mA current (eg. wall charging). If the resistance is very high, it charges in USB mode and draws <= 500mA of current (eg. charging from a computer USB port).
What this patch does is it forces the phone into AC mode so that it can draw higher current and charge faster. Hope it clears up your confusion.
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That makes a bit more sense, I had my A's and D's crossed there. So basically this just helps speed up the charge if you're charging from a pc then. Gotcha.

Running hot!

Is there a reason why ics rooms run hot under the same conditions as gb roms?
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Mines never run hot on either GB or ICS.
That doesn't help mine obviously can't b the only one. Its happening while charging via car charger and watching a video
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Mine only gets hot when on wifi or 4g.
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Gb doesn't do this it runs fine and cool and charges fast on ics it barely trickle charges and burning up
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btaylor545 said:
That doesn't help mine obviously can't b the only one. Its happening while charging via car charger and watching a video
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Just giving you a little feedback about my phone.
Which roms have you tried? This is a pretty generic statement, without more info I doubt you will get a very constructive answer.
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Very true Sry ran hot on the newest aokp build 39 and CM9 alpha 5 for ics roms and IM running calks 3.0 and have ran blazer both with no issues
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Give blue kuban a try. I had some issues with AOKP but that was several builds ago. I remember certain games made it run really hot but not every time.
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im running cm9 alpha 4 and while on the charger last night i got call and answered it, it damn near burned my ear off.
threw on my clarus widget and that ***** was running at 111 degrees.
Ya mine was running so hot today it wouldn't charge on my car charger (in an a/c'd car) had it on there for 3hrs and it didn't charge past 40% restored back to caulks gb (barely had 8% battery left after restore) and in an hr I was at 90% and the phone was at room temperature.
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This happens to me from time to time, usually when using large amounts of data in poor signal areas.
GPS and the car charger usually makes for a hotter than normal device as well. This was true on my evo, tp2 and tp also.
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Mine has ran hot on every ICS rom. I havent used any akop or cm9 roms. Mine does it every now and again and all I do is reboot leave it alone for a couple minutes and its back to normal. I haven't ssen a rhyme or reason to when mine runs hot other than when its on and off of a charger. I have changed several things and nothing seems to help. My screen also get hot sometimes but it has been like this now ever since I started using ICS roms 6 or 8 months ago.
Car charger Vs. AC charger
Could part of your problem also be that since the car charger is set on a 12VDC input, but most cars while running are at 13-14VDC, could be pushing a high voltage to your battery than the AC charger? Don't know if that helps just some input. Mine runs hotter (99* F) when I'm charging in the car. 80* F when I'm charging with my AC charger. (My car's voltage while its running is 13.5VDC) I'm running stock ROM with Rogue_ET-1.5.0+ kernel, OC/UV @ 1400 MHz step.
g_ding84 said:
Could part of your problem also be that since the car charger is set on a 12VDC input, but most cars while running are at 13-14VDC, could be pushing a high voltage to your battery than the AC charger? Don't know if that helps just some input. Mine runs hotter (99* F) when I'm charging in the car. 80* F when I'm charging with my AC charger. (My car's voltage while its running is 13.5VDC) I'm running stock ROM with Rogue_ET-1.5.0+ kernel, OC/UV @ 1400 MHz step.
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Normal charging voltage for a vehicle is around14 volts. When your engine its off you will see 12.6 volts. Typical cell battery is around 3 volts. Your car charger is designed to reduce that voltage to the proper level. They are designed to handle those fluctuations. I use a oem Motorola charger I got for6 bucks on Amazon. I dont have nearly as many issues as I did with the generic charger I had before. You get what you pay for
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g_ding84 said:
Could part of your problem also be that since the car charger is set on a 12VDC input, but most cars while running are at 13-14VDC, could be pushing a high voltage to your battery than the AC charger? Don't know if that helps just some input. Mine runs hotter (99* F) when I'm charging in the car. 80* F when I'm charging with my AC charger. (My car's voltage while its running is 13.5VDC) I'm running stock ROM with Rogue_ET-1.5.0+ kernel, OC/UV @ 1400 MHz step.
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Ravaged Pheonix said:
Normal charging voltage for a vehicle is around14 volts. When your engine its off you will see 12.6 volts. Typical cell battery is around 3 volts. Your car charger is designed to reduce that voltage to the proper level. They are designed to handle those fluctuations. I use a oem Motorola charger I got for6 bucks on Amazon. I dont have nearly as many issues as I did with the generic charger I had before. You get what you pay for
Been doing electrical work for over a decade and rebuilt alternators for 3. So trust me when I say I know what I am talking about.
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Hmmmmm this makes sense if it was doing this for all roms but just for ics roms still makes no sense plus its done it on my normal charger as well like the other guys above.
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Download Tegrak and try to undervolt your CPU.
CPU gets overworked for many reasons, poor signal, lots of data, many processes, etc.
Overheated CPU overheats battery then battery charging turns itself off.
When I was with AT$T (note my sig), they throttled my data. To them they were just slowing me down. For me, it basically made my phone a brick during the throttled periods because it overworked the processor trying to pull a bowling ball through a garden hose. I made them waive my EFTs because I showed then they were physically damaging my phone with their "new" policy. Sorry for the rant...
Ravaged Pheonix said:
Normal charging voltage for a vehicle is around14 volts. When your engine its off you will see 12.6 volts. Typical cell battery is around 3 volts. Your car charger is designed to reduce that voltage to the proper level. They are designed to handle those fluctuations. I use a oem Motorola charger I got for6 bucks on Amazon. I dont have nearly as many issues as I did with the generic charger I had before. You get what you pay for
Been doing electrical work for over a decade and rebuilt alternators for 3. So trust me when I say I know what I am talking about.
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I belive you. Lol. Im work on generators and hvac sysytems. Good to knpw though about the chargers.
Oh just found this out. My wife has a cheap charger we have had for years. It just started flaking out on her. If the voltage to the phone gets too high the phone will beep and come up with a warning about the voltage being to high and charging will stop. So your charger definitely is not directly causing the hot battery
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I'm using a new Duracell charger its cheap but nvr got a warning or anything from using it
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[Q] N900T Extremely Slow to Charge- Tips?

Hello,
I bought a gently used N900T a few days ago. The device is awesome and works perfectly, except for one thing. Charging the phone with the Samsung charging cable+ac adapter takes longer than forever. It charges at a rate of approximately 8-9% per hour.
A few notes:
Device on, device off, it doesn't matter. It charges at the same slow rate.
The battery itself, once it charges, holds that charge very well.
The slow charging happened both when I was on the stock rom and on my current Slim Rom.
I have ordered a new charger and a new battery. If the slow charging persists with these new accessories, am I doomed? Is the slow charging a known issue for the Note 3? Besides the new equipment, does anyone have any advice on how to solve this?
Thanks so much!
JJ2525 said:
Hello,
I bought a gently used N900T a few days ago. The device is awesome and works perfectly, except for one thing. Charging the phone with the Samsung charging cable+ac adapter takes longer than forever. It charges at a rate of approximately 8-9% per hour.
A few notes:
Device on, device off, it doesn't matter. It charges at the same slow rate.
The battery itself, once it charges, holds that charge very well.
The slow charging happened both when I was on the stock rom and on my current Slim Rom.
I have ordered a new charger and a new battery. If the slow charging persists with these new accessories, am I doomed? Is the slow charging a known issue for the Note 3? Besides the new equipment, does anyone have any advice on how to solve this?
Thanks so much!
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Rooted? What kernel? Is fast charge supported?
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Rooted? What kernel? Is fast charge supported?
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Rooted running Slim Rom v8 and LeanKernel 1.2. I'm unsure if a fast charge feature is supported.
Dude this phone charges pretty fast without any roms or mods. ..it charges fast out of the box. .. Are you using the charger that comes with...correct me if I'm wrong but I think the charger that Came with this is usb 3.0....not your regular usb charger. ..
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mlock420 said:
Dude this phone charges pretty fast without any roms or mods. ..it charges fast out of the box. .. Are you using the charger that comes with...correct me if I'm wrong but I think the charger that Came with this is usb 3.0....not your regular usb charger. ..
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I am using a genuine Samsung Note 3 charger. The replacement coming is another genuine Samsung Note 3 charger. I'm sincerely hoping the one I have now has a cable problem or something. I really, really like the phone but I'm wondering if anyone else has seen a similar story or knows of a possible solution in the case that the new charger+battery do not work.
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I am using a genuine Samsung Note 3 charger. The replacement coming is another genuine Samsung Note 3 charger. I'm sincerely hoping the one I have now has a cable problem or something. I really, really like the phone but I'm wondering if anyone else has seen a similar story or knows of a possible solution in the case that the new charger+battery do not work.
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Swap to any other kernel and test it out.
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Swap to any other kernel and test it out.
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As I noted, the slow charging happened on both stock rom+kernel as well as custom roms.
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As I noted, the slow charging happened on both stock rom+kernel as well as custom roms.
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So this has been doing it from day one. On your white wall charger how many amps does it say.
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It is a genuine Note 3 2 amp charger.
Lol damn 8% an hour? Sounds like mine kinda except it charges like 20% an hour it used to charge so slow. The ROM I'm running took some stabilising
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Lol damn 8% an hour? Sounds like mine kinda except it charges like 20% an hour it used to charge so slow. The ROM I'm running took some stabilising
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Well I have to be honest from dead it takes about 2.5hrs to get back to 100. On stock.using the wall charger with 2amps. When he gets his new charger he should be good or a good kernel swap. Either way it should come back to normal
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I got a new charger and it's still charging at the same slow pace. What could possibly be wrong with my phone? The battery holds a charge, the phone works near flawlessly. I'm dumbfounded.
JJ2525 said:
I got a new charger and it's still charging at the same slow pace. What could possibly be wrong with my phone? The battery holds a charge, the phone works near flawlessly. I'm dumbfounded.
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You gonna have to do testing or replace phone. Me I would change kernel just cause it takes 2 seconds. Let it ride a day if no change then a factory refresh. You have checked that no app is killing phone as fast as it charges right?
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Edit. I was just on his thread and a few guys having issues with either bad batter. UV/ oc .try a different ROM and kernel. Fresh install meaning Odin back to stock and start all over. Sorry good luck
As weird as this sounds, I tried the charger in a different outlet in my home and it works a lot better. The battery charges quite fast from any level to about 96%, then starts crawling again to 97, 98 and stops at 98. I opened battery calibration, which shows the battery at 96% and 4337mv, which is the same mv level as 100% normally if memory serves me correctly. So I'm thinking the battery is "full", but for some reason won't go to 100% without a fight. Perhaps if I clear my cache+dalvik cache? Any other suggestions?
JJ2525 said:
As weird as this sounds, I tried the charger in a different outlet in my home and it works a lot better. The battery charges quite fast from any level to about 96%, then starts crawling again to 97, 98 and stops at 98. I opened battery calibration, which shows the battery at 96% and 4337mv, which is the same mv level as 100% normally if memory serves me correctly. So I'm thinking the battery is "full", but for some reason won't go to 100% without a fight. Perhaps if I clear my cache+dalvik cache? Any other suggestions?
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ROM toolbox Pro has a script to reset battery stats.
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Can someone give me link to odin back to stock please
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What was wrong with mine it was the charger. The usb wasn't connected all the way in the AC therefore was only charging like it would through computer as soon as I fixed it with a blow of air and a gentle push it right away started charging AC phone charged in 2 hours
I could be wrong but I noticed my charging is slower when I stick my charger into a surge protector power bar as opposed to a standard wall outlet.
Mine was the charging cable I used a regular USB charger cable and it charge fast
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Phone Drains faster than Charge

Hi XDA Forum!
I've got a Sony Xperia Z5 Premium that drains faster (or at the same rate) than it charges playing games such as Pokémon GO but also oddly using applications such as Snapchat. Obviously this is inconvenient as I'd like to be able to charge my phone via a portable charger and use it at the same time but the phones battery percentage either stays the same or goes down slowly while plugged in (whether its a wall charger or not). When checking the charging current with AIDA64 and Ampere, I get jumping readings but it usually stays around a charge rate of 300mA with the occasional jump up. Any reason for this ? Currently using build 32.2.A.0. 224 (Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow).
Realised that the Jump from 17% to 18% took way too long and looked at the readings for the charging current. Please see attached while I'm still sane Help on this is really needed!
Edit 1: Bear in mind the charger I'm using for this is rated for 1500mA and when using USB ports rated for 2400mA, the same issues occurs and with different cables (definitely seems like a phone issue rather than equipment used-issue)
Edit 2: Also bear in mind that my brightness is on lowest, WiFi is turned off, GPS is on Battery Saving and all other apps are closed via the recent apps drawer.
Send help pls!
Another Imagine depicting how bad this issue actually is. I can't use my phone at all while it is charging or else it just doesn't charge at all. The image shows that from ~10:00AM until now (4:00PM) it has gone up by roughly 4%.
Bump - No Help at all regarding this?
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Bump - No Help at all regarding this?
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Stop being so impatient, we all have lives here... Next, stop using your fone while it is charging and let us know how that goes. Next use a different wall outlet and charger and cable and see whether things improve. There are quite a number of factors at play here. Lastly, factory reset if all else fails...
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Stop being so impatient, we all have lives here... Next, stop using your fone while it is charging and let us know how that goes. Next use a different wall outlet and charger and cable and see whether things improve. There are quite a number of factors at play here. Lastly, factory reset if all else fails...
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When charging without using the phone, it charges slowly but surely. It is when the device is in use that it drains faster than it is able to charge (which is inconvenient seeing as I need to use it while Charging for a Pokemon GO event). I have tried multiple cables and multiple outlets and have just performed a factory reset yesterday (via Sony's Xperia Companion) which I'm not so sure has fixed the issue as I'm still getting the low current readings. If the issue persists I'll just get a Samsung Galaxy S7 next month since I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have this issue and I'll most likely have to send my current Sony Xperia Z5 Premium to Sony for repairs.
One more thing, the Sony Xperia Z5 Premium's battery is rated at 3.8V and 3430mAh but looking in AIDA64 the voltage shows as 4.106V. Normally as a somewhat tech savvy person, I would be extremely worried quite a bit if voltages were this off. Any help?

Any issue with your new Note 7? Read this...

Some complaints about the replaced Note 7 which have safe batteries, in South Korea.
http://www.androidheadlines.com/201...ery-issues-noted-by-galaxy-note-7-owners.html
What's your take on this? Anyone experiencing the same issues?
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Started a Poll on the subject. Please participate!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/poll.php?do=showresults&pollid=23806
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Battery-gate has everyone paranoid.
This sounds like BS. When Samsung investigated 90+ cases of exploding batteries, it found that 26 reported cases were fraudulent scams - this was in the news today.
It sounds like the same ****.
andyahs said:
Battery-gate has everyone paranoid.
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^^^^^
This.
I would believe the below from the article before I'd believe Samsung's stupid enough to make the same or similar mistake twice. I was worried about QC on the replacements considering how fast they're racing down the production line. Mine's perfect BTW. Any articles about Samsung because of what's happened is guaranteed click-bait. A Note 2 overheating on a plane made front page news with whatever (still to be determined) happened to it being tied back to the Note7 issue.
"The issues being reported in South Korea are related to minor errors with the mass production of the new units."​
I m not seeing anything near this. in fact my SD820 device runs better than the original did
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I m not seeing anything near this. in fact my SD820 device runs better than the original did
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Mine seems too also but I thought it was all in my head. It seems smoother and snappier for want of better words. My old phone would occasionally get choppy and stutter as if it was struggling with something in the background. The new one doesn't. It's on AT&T and the new phone's shipping s/w was the same as the old phone's updated s/w. Curious.
My s7 edge and note 7 (both exploding and non-exploding versions) have always had times where they charge slower than they discharge. (Waze + Pandora when it is super sunny, so 100% brightness. Even on QC2.0.)
The new note7 (and/or new firmware) pops up a warning to say as much. The S7E had an overheat warning that came up occasionally in similar conditions (even air-conditioned, DC summer is warm..)
I think the only difference is the notification that its happening, which is nicer than discovering after a drive that you have been losing power the whole time.
I'm experiencing the very slow charging issue. In fact when I was watching a movie while fast charging it was losing charge!?
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I have experimented the same thing, actually ending with less batt while using and charging with other devices, so, this happening with the note 7 indicates nothing wrong with the batt
Customers in South Korea who received a replacement device have reportedly complained the phone's battery is overheating and drains too quickly after use, according to a report by YTN, a TV network in the country.
nomailx said:
Some complaints about the replaced Note 7 which have safe batteries, in South Korea.
http://www.androidheadlines.com/201...ery-issues-noted-by-galaxy-note-7-owners.html
What's your take on this? Anyone experiencing the same issues?
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Fast charging does not seem to want to work on my new one, with stock charger brick and cable. I am hoping I don't have to go BACK to TMo and get another new phone.
my replacement seems identical to my original, same charge speed, same discharge speed.
as for the people saying about watching movies and such and the battery ending up lower, that is normal, if you are running the screen and charging not only does the battery get warm, so does the CPU so the phone will start to throttle the charging. I've had phones in the past that refused to charge once the CPU got above a certain temperature. this is just people being paranoid or looking for a way to get money as mentioned above with the fake tales of exploding batteries.
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My s7 edge and note 7 have always had times where they charge slower than they discharge.
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Odd. I use my Note7 (pre and post replacement) with Android Auto via USB. Android Auto really puts a load on the phone. Even off the wimpy output from my car's USB port the phone never loses charge and frequently gains it. My previous Note5 was the opposite. It would stay even most of the time but would lose charge on occasion. The only difference between the two scenarios is I got a Orange-E 12" Type C USB cable to use with my Note7. So my experience is different than yours.
I suspect the screen is the big drain. 100% brightness is vicious. Isn't the screen off for android auto?
Things it's usually doing when it drains (starting from 70% or so) :
Overheating (direct sun, no ac pointed at dash or top/doors off)
BT music streaming + wear
GPS
100% brightness
QC2 (aukey car charger)
Even without overheating that combo usually only gains me about 5% over 30 minutes.
Unrelated, but without getting too far off topic is AA worth the jump? (~900USD if I want my steering wheel controls and stuff)
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I suspect the screen is the big drain. 100% brightness is vicious. Isn't the screen off for android auto?
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Yep. When in use and the display is on its black with the Android Auto logo. But the phone's still using all its radios and if navigating pushing data to an 8" display so the phone's definitely under load. I have a Samsung Fast Charge car adapter but the problem with Android Auto is it doesn't let you connect by BT so the car's USB power output is all you get. But as a comparison under the exact same conditions the Note7 definitely either drains less or gets more power than my previous Note5 and both phones are/were configured identically.
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Yep. When in use and the display is on its black with the Android Auto logo. But the phone's still using all its radios and if navigating pushing data to an 8" display so the phone's definitely under load. I have a Samsung Fast Charge car adapter but the problem with Android Auto is it doesn't let you connect by BT so the car's USB power output is all you get. But as a comparison under the exact same conditions the Note7 definitely either drains less or gets more power than my previous Note5 and both phones are/were configured identically.
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A black screen with amoled means the only pixels lighting up are the ones in use. The screen itself is a massive drain so the more pixels are lit up, the more the juice is drained from the battery. That's why AOD doesn't kill the battery fast.
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Ive used a USB multimeter on both my old and new note7.
No matter what, old or new note7, the charging rate gets cut exactly in half when charging with the screen on. This happens when using a quickcharger or a normal 2.4a 5v charger.
So if you want full speed charging the screen needs to be OFF.
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On my replacement Note 7 I noticed that if you are doing allot with the phone, it still gets hot, the battery does take a little longer to charge with both the Samsung charger that came with the phone and an Anker IQ 2.0 / 3.0 charger. The phone does seem a little snappier/faster though.
I just want a removable battery to end all this bull * and I will pick the battery I want to power my phone.
Snowleopard1900 said:
On my replacement Note 7 I noticed that if you are doing allot with the phone, it still gets hot, the battery does take a little longer to charge with both the Samsung charger that came with the phone and an Anker IQ 2.0 / 3.0 charger. The phone does seem a little snappier/faster though.
I just want a removable battery to end all this bull * and I will pick the battery I want to power my phone.
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The biggest advantage for the integrated battery is that the unit is completely sealed from water.
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The biggest advantage for the integrated battery is that the unit is completely sealed from water.
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I beg to differ, because they have that wireless backpac battery that is completely sealed from water for the Note 7. The purpose of the permanently installed battery is for the NSA to track people since the battery cannot be removed from the phone.

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