Hi All,
I own a LG WCP-300, a N4 & a N5.
On the N4, The LED is amber when it's not charging or when completed charging and blinking green when charging.
N4 is covered by a slim backcase.
On the N5, The LED is blinking green and stays blinking green even when completed charging.
My N5 is wearing the Spigen Slim Armor case, which is a very thick case.
Both are at 100% when i pick up the phone after overnight charge.
I'm a little bit concern that the charger does not 'cut-off' on the N5 and is constantly charging, unlike the expected behavior on the N4.
Anyone with a WCP-300 can advise if theirs also behaves the same way (Blinking green even after 100% charge).
Any thoughts on this ?
Mines is blinking also, without a case.
Mine blinking also but I doubt it charges since charger circuit on the phone should cut it
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Attached battery monitor history at full charge for N4 & N5. Both never drops below 100% after full charge. But the Qi puck charges off & on repeatedly periodically after fully charged on the N4.
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rubik said:
Attached battery monitor history at full charge for N4 & N5. Both never drops below 100% after full charge. But the Qi puck charges off & on repeatedly periodically after fully charged on the N4.
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Don't mean to hijack the thread, but what app is this you're using?
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Battery Monitor Widget
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I also have a Panasonic chargepad (moving coil) qi charger. On the N4 (and any other qi phone as I know), after full charge, the coil goes back to home position and does not trickle charge, leaving the phone with less than 100% charge in the morning.
On the N5, the coil never goes back to home and continuously charge until I pick the phone up in the morning with 100% charge.
Attached battery history from the Panasonic charger
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rubik said:
I also have a Panasonic chargepad (moving coil) qi charger. On the N4 (and any other qi phone as I know), after full charge, the coil goes back to home position and does not trickle charge, leaving the phone with less than 100% charge in the morning.
On the N5, the coil never goes back to home and continuously charge until I pick the phone up in the morning with 100% charge.
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Same behavior here, on N4 coil used to go back to "home" position when done, on N5 it never leaves the phone.
Yep it's awesome
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For about the past month, I have had issues charging my phone while using it. Even though the charging indicator will show that it is charging, the percentage only declines while the screen is on or while I'm using it. The only way it will charge is if the screen is turned off. I've never had this issue with any other phone. Could this be a defective battery or is there some setting I don't know about that I need to enable?
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tattedupboy said:
For about the past month, I have had issues charging my phone while using it. Even though the charging indicator will show that it is charging, the percentage only declines while the screen is on or while I'm using it. The only way it will charge is if the screen is turned off. I've never had this issue with any other phone. Could this be a defective battery or is there some setting I don't know about that I need to enable?
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You could probably find this answer yourself, if you searched, but i will humor you.
Are you using the stock charger? The screen draws a lot of power, and if you are using a toro, the extra modem is already making you use a lot of power. If your data pins are NOT shorted, you will only charge at half an amp. If your data pins are shorted your phone can draw up to an amp, and will think its a full fledged wall charger. When plugged in, under battery, does it say "Charging(USB)" or "Charging(AC)" ?? Usb will only draw half an amp.
Hey people,
Before I went out and bought a car charger and second wall charger, I was wondering if you guys knew what the fastest ones were. I was using my friends car charger the other day and it literally did almost nothing for 20 minutes. The battery went up 1% every 15-20 minutes or so.
It's probably an issue with the cars 12v port, not the charger itself. No matter what your phone should charge around 3.7v. If you plug in a charger that has a higher output to try and speed charge it the phone and the battery have built in protection to keep it from charging above the recommended 3.7v. So just buy a reliable cellphone charger and don't fall for speedcharging gimmicks
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Thank you for the reply, appreciate it.
Np
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I remember back when the iPad first came out there was a rumor that using an iPad charger to charge an iPhone would charge it faster, but the device only pulls what it needs (if it's designed well). I believe charging a device at a lower voltage may make it charge slower, but you can never speed it up unless the battery specifically possesses control circutry to do so. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_charger#Fast.
Ok so I have a Hyperion 2200mah battery, when I charge it up inside my phone, my led does not turn green and finish charging. This is opposed to my stock which works perfectly. Also, when I remove the cord when using the Hyperion, the battery is at like ~85% and it slowly works its way up to ~90% in 10 minutes or so and then starts discharging normally from there. HOWEVER, when I charge the Hyperion I'm my stand alone battery charger, it charges to like 98%. Is my Hyperion faulty or do they all act like this? I've had no similar problems with stock.
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Here's an example of how it appears on the battery info
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It appears that it does fully charge but it doesn't switch to ac power properly or something... and starts dropping idk
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I have the same battery and I have seen the same behavior. I bought a two pack of the batteries with a standalone wall charger from Hyperion on Amazon.
I have found that if I charge the battery in the phone overnight it will nearly reach a full charge and then drop off to around 80%. It will then stay at that level as long as the charger is attached (see attached screenshot).
If I charge in the standalone wall charger that came with the batteries it will reach full charge (as indicated by the charger and the phone when I install the battery) but it will drop to 97% very quickly (within minutes).
It is as if the batteries are not truly compatible with the phone. It may have something to do with the difference in voltage (3.8v for Samsung vs 3.7v for Hyperion). I wonder if this difference is confusing the battery charger in the phone.
That is not the only problem that I have with the batteries. They are also thicker than the stock battery (5.85mm Hyperion vs 5.15mm Samsung). This causes the back cover to bulge a bit and makes my case difficult to place on the phone.
I am not too happy with these batteries and I am probably going to try to return them.
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Well i found this link in AC forums, if anyone is interested. Ive been looking for this kind of charger coz I never like using a charger cord for a phone, i just want to swap a battery and charge the other one.
So what do you think about this?
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=151070842630
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I ordered one. I'll let you guys know how long it takes to charge the oem battery and zero lemon once it arrives "around the 20th" from chinaland.
I was also looking at this charger. It claims it can charge the OGP battery however, the DC output is 4.2 V instead of 4.35. According to Anker and also my own experience with 4.2 V output charger, it cannot charge the OGP battery to 100% (~90%). So maybe the other pricier charger below is a better choice.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GENUINE-ORI...es_Covers_Keyboard_Folios&hash=item1e7aacb9fd
Got the charger and it managed to charge my extended zero lemon battery up to 100% in around 12 hours from 2%. Barely fits and stays in as its just a friction/pressure fit and the extended cells on the back cover the charging led but if you smash your head against the wall you with it plugged in you can check on it.
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I've dug through the other wireless charging threads and even tried posting my issue within a couple but cannot seem to get a response. So here we go:
I have owned the WCP-700 Wireless Charger since January. It worked flawlessly with my Nexus 4 and has been working flawlessly with my Nexus 7 (2013) as well. By "flawlessly" I mean that it charges the Nexus 4/Nexus 7 until full. Once the Nexus 4/Nexus 7 is full the blinking green light at the top turns a solid green and it stops charging the device until the battery falls below 95%, then it starts charging it again (AKA the "Trickle Charge").
However, with my Nexus 5 I am noticing that while the WCP-700 charges the phone just fine, it doesn't stop charging when the device is full. When the Nexus 5 indicates that it is 100% full, the wireless charger continues trying to charge and the green light remains blinking. If I leave the phone on the charger overnight I wake up to find the phone rather hot, which concerns me.
Does anyone else have experience with this charger or the WCP-300 that can confirm whether or not your charger stops charging the phone when full, as it should? Does your green light turn solid when full?
I hate the idea of having to get a new wireless charger when this one worked so well with the other Nexus devices, but for the time being I've resorted back to plugging the Nexus 5 in with the stock charger to prevent from overcharging it.
I have the same charger and my phone doesn't get hot. The light doesn't turn solid green either but I think it stops charging
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sn0warmy said:
I've dug through the other wireless charging threads and even tried posting my issue within a couple but cannot seem to get a response. So here we go:
I have owned the WCP-700 Wireless Charger since January. It worked flawlessly with my Nexus 4 and has been working flawlessly with my Nexus 7 (2013) as well. By "flawlessly" I mean that it charges the Nexus 4/Nexus 7 until full. Once the Nexus 4/Nexus 7 is full the blinking green light at the top turns a solid green and it stops charging the device until the battery falls below 95%, then it starts charging it again (AKA the "Trickle Charge").
However, with my Nexus 5 I am noticing that while the WCP-700 charges the phone just fine, it doesn't stop charging when the device is full. When the Nexus 5 indicates that it is 100% full, the wireless charger continues trying to charge and the green light remains blinking. If I leave the phone on the charger overnight I wake up to find the phone rather hot, which concerns me.
Does anyone else have experience with this charger or the WCP-300 that can confirm whether or not your charger stops charging the phone when full, as it should? Does your green light turn solid when full?
I hate the idea of having to get a new wireless charger when this one worked so well with the other Nexus devices, but for the time being I've resorted back to plugging the Nexus 5 in with the stock charger to prevent from overcharging it.
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Overcharging isn't really an issue as there is a chip that shunts the power when the battery gets full. Plugging into your USB charger would still overcharge it if overcharging were a problem.
People everywhere and concerned about the lights on their qi chargers not responding to a full battery and thus become concerned with overcharging. Right now it looks like the N5 doesn't communicate back to the charger when full, honestly it's probably less the phone and more something in KitKat. Regardless, the charging circuits in most new phones are designed to prevent overcharging.
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I have the same charger and I personally love that the N5 exhibits this behavior! My biggest gripe about the n4 is that the phone stops charging before 100% and then remains awake and drains down to 95% or lower before charging again. With this phone it always is "charged." Same with the Nexus 4 Orb. Charges continuously like a cable charge would... and it's about time!
Fun fact... you can get your n7 (2013) to charge fully on wireless by shutting the device off while it's on the charger. The device will not stop charging and you end up with a truly full charged device when you take it off the charger.
It is impossible to overcharge the Nexus 5. Wired or wireless.
Thanks for the replies guys. What you are saying makes sense. Concerns alleviated. :highfive:
I disagree. I own a power outlet with build-in Watt meter.
When I charge Nexus 4 you can read continuously 4-7W power consumption. When the phone is charged this number drops to 0 and the led turns green.
When I charge Nexus 5 you get average 6-8W power consumption, but at the end, when the battery is full at 100% you still get around 3W power consumption, even hours after the battery is charged. All this overcharging is easily detected when you remove the device from the charging pad and you'll notice the produced heat on the back of the Nexus 5.
Unfortunately I experience the same issue with Nexus 7 (bought in EU), so basically I have only Nexus 4 properly working on two different wireless chargers.
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It is impossible to overcharge the Nexus 5. Wired or wireless.
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Will it eat through my battery cycles though? (will it shorten the battery's life span?)