I drove 190 miles from Manchester to the north east of England with navigation on. I had the map view only on and the phone plugged into the car charger all the way! It seems the power consumption of using a 3g network and the gps chip well out weighs what a car charger can provide!!
Soon as I took it out of the car the phone died! anyone else tried a long journey like this yet?
Iv not driven that far but i did 25 miles unplugged and i had 3 bars left =/
Make sure you are using a 2amp charger
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Iv not driven that far but i did 25 miles unplugged and i had 3 bars left =/
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suppose it is in beta stage, If this is going to be a ongoing issue they need to add a pre caching feature for one lump of data every 30 mile or so instead on the fly!!
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Make sure you are using a 2amp charger
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Ill check that today!!
From my experience there is no (or just not significantly meaningful) difference in charging speed between a 1a charger and a 2a charger. Maybe the phone just doesn't draw that much to prevent over heating.
However, a lot of car chargers are only 0.5a!
.5A at 12V will still provide 6W of power. The phone takes 5V at 500mA normally. Which is 2.5W, even with losses should still be fine.
well, I have checked it and the charger is a blackberry branded one and is only 500ma so im guessing I should buy an official hero charger one just to test
anarchyuk said:
well, I have checked it and the charger is a blackberry branded one and is only 500ma so im guessing I should buy an official hero charger one just to test
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500mA out is fine. Though stock charger is 1A for 230V 50hz AC (aka, my charger).
Are you sure the phone is using more than 2.5W? That would drain the stock battery from full to empty in under 2 hours. Does sound similar to previous experience I've had with the GPS unfortunately.
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500mA out is fine. Though stock charger is 1A for 230hz AC.
Are you sure the phone is using more than 2.5W? That would drain the stock battery from full to empty in under 2 hours. Does sound similar to previous experience I've had with the GPS unfortunately.
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This is only with google navigation, when I use navigon the phone on that exact same journey is fully charged by the end!! Its like my HTC ameo was with tom tom..
Because Google Nav uses a lot of data connectivity as well, compared to other offline Sat Nav solutions.
0.5a is likely not enough. But you don't need an official one either - just get an unbranded one from and make sure it is at least 1a.
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Because Google Nav uses a lot of data connectivity as well, compared to other offline Sat Nav solutions.
0.5a is likely not enough. But you don't need an official one either - just get an unbranded one from and make sure it is at least 1a.
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cheers lad,
I have ordered one online and I will test next week.
my battery lasts less than 3 hours with gps on, i got around 120-130 miles out of it before its gone (althought that was with copilot) i reckon maps will be the same.
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my battery lasts less than 3 hours with gps on, i got around 120-130 miles out of it before its gone (althought that was with copilot) i reckon maps will be the same.
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What amp is your car charger?
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I've installed TomTom on my Tilt, but the GPS drains the battery faster than my car charger can charge it. Anyone have a recommendation for a better charger? I ended up using my laptop as a battery to keep the phone alive on a 12 hour trip last week.
What you need is a 1A battery rather than a .5A (which is probably why it can't keep up). Most sellers on ebay don't mention it so you'll have to take the initiatvive to ask them.
What you need is a good official HTC car charger. Cheap one won't charge or as you say won't charge fast enought. My HTC branded one will charge (not only maintain the battery level) my phone even with TomTom on.
Read my post here (and use the serach funtion also , many many many many many many many many (many many many many) similar questions have been asked...)
I bought a few car chargers on ebay and they broke. Since then, I've been using my USB cable with a USB charger adapter and it's been working GREAT!
I have plenty of USB cables sitting around the house so that worked perfectly for me. The USB adapter is only $2.00 shipped. I use Tomtom every day and the USB charger keeps up.
http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-Car-Charger...ryZ67869QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Thanks for the replies. I got mine at an AT&T store - it has a 1350mA battery. I ordered the USB adapter, we'll see if it works.
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I've installed TomTom on my Tilt, but the GPS drains the battery faster than my car charger can charge it. Anyone have a recommendation for a better charger? I ended up using my laptop as a battery to keep the phone alive on a 12 hour trip last week.
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I don't know what the deal is but the only time I have a problem is when I am streaming media and my brightness is turned up. If you turn down the brightness all the way then I have no problem. I originally had a problem with the OEM battery not charging with some chargers but when I bought a sedio 1600mah battery all the chargers now work. Weird. All I know is that since I upgraded to the 1600 battery things have been better.
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I just purchased this one off Ebay - works fine and continues charging with Tomtom running;
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=320293897491&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=011
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I just purchased this one off Ebay - works fine and continues charging with Tomtom running;
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=320293897491&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=011
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Looks like the one I have, the original HTC one . Good choice .
Hey guys thought I would post here has anyone else expierence this before?
When charging in my car and using either gmaps with gps and listening to music with my g2 the battery drians even while charging!
Yesterday it screwed me over. I was going to a place I had never been and no matter what I tried it wouldn't boot any more. Even after plugging it in to the car charger.
The farthest I would get is that it boots into recovery I hit reboot now and it endlessly loops. Its weird. Is my battery bad?
Thanks!
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Your battery is fine. I suggest you pull the battery out for a minute or 2 and put it back in
BUT
do not turn the phone on yet. let it charge for half and hour to an hour to give it some charge back and see what happens from there.
Pretty much agree with the above. Make sure you use the wall charger, not USB or the car charger, as those supply lower voltage (EDIT: current or mA, thats the term/units I should have said, per below). Let the phone charge for a long time, maybe overnight, and see what happens.
I've never tried using GPS and playing music at the same time (at least not for any significant length of time). What do you have your screen brightness set at? Since the screen is always on when using Maps/Navigation, turning it down may have a big impact on battery drain, and might result in the charging rate being greater than the drain rate.
I bought the official HTC car usb adaptor for this very reason. Most car adaptors only output between about 300 to 500mA which is less than the battery drain when you play music, use gps and have 3g activated. The HTC adaptor outputs 1000mA and is the fastest car charger I have found. It is as fast as the Nokia N86 home charger I have. Buy one and you won't be dissapointed. It comes with a coiled usb lead in the pack but I use mine with the retractable usb lead that came with my powertraveller.
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USB supplies only 500mA and car chargers often only supply 1000mA as mentioned. This might not be enough to cover everything =/
My car charger (the official HTC Nexus One car dock) does 2000mA though so it's great =)
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I bought the official HTC car usb adaptor for this very reason. Most car adaptors only output between about 300 to 500mA which is less than the battery drain when you play music, use gps and have 3g activated. The HTC adaptor outputs 1000mA and is the fastest car charger I have found. It is as fast as the Nokia N86 home charger I have. Buy one and you won't be dissapointed. It comes with a coiled usb lead in the pack but I use mine with the retractable usb lead that came with my powertraveller.
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Great info. I didn't realize the HTC car charger was that much better than others.
Ah ok this has to be it! Yes I imagine between taxing the cpu, generating heat, 3g, gps, and the screen on with music playing would drain faster than a regular usb can keep up with! Thanks guys. I will be finding a better car adapter! Anyone have any links of where they went?
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I purchased the Motorola Car Charger from the thread below. Did some research on it, and it is rated to put out 950mah. Not quite as much as the stock HTC car charger, but its only $5 if you follow the link from the thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819465&highlight=car+charger
I don't use my phone nearly as heavily as you do in the car, only for GPS directions when I need them. But it works great when I need a quick charge. Drove to work last night (about 15 minutes) and it took me from 22% - 34%. Enough to make it through the evening shift!
Hello folks, I am very concerned with my HTC HD2 as it takes like over 4 hours to fully recharge the battery. I have got this HD2 from the market here on XDA and it works very good overall, except for this problem when recharging it. I thought it was the charger and I have tried many usb to wall chargers even the the iPhone's 4 one, but nothing has changed.
I have also tried several roms and kernels but nothing has changed on this side as well. I wiped everything and put back win mobile 6.5 T-mobile stock rom, but hey, no difference here too..
I am wondering if there might be something wrong with the phone itself or can it be the battery going in holiday???....
How can I figure this out???
I have downloaded Battery Doctor from the market and it says the battery is in good health, and I get up to 14 hours with a full charge with mytouch 4G rom and kernel rafpigna 1.7 cpu 1.3Ghz OC.
Is anyone else experiencing the same problem ??? do you guys have any suggests ???
This problem is driving me really crazy...
Get a new battery, mine only takes 2 hours when completely dead.
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Get a new battery, mine only takes 2 hours when completely dead.
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You think is the battery?? but I get up to 14 hours of usage, I am not sure if its that good though, but I heard this phone is a sucky battery, and anyways why Battery doctor says the battery is in good health ??
Anyways I was thinking to get the battery extended 2300mah
How many hours does your battery last???
Are you using the original HD2 charger? I have tried many different chargers and they always charge at a different rate. It has to be that, not the battery.
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Are you using the original HD2 charger? I have tried many different chargers and they always charge at a different rate. It has to be that, not the battery.
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Unfortunately it came with its original charger broken and I have never had the pleasure to try with it.. Anyways I am using a charger that has the same specs of the original one, which is the usb charger of the iPhone 4, and yea same result ...
I have downloaded currentwidget from the market and it gets less than 200mA of current in, when it usually should get around 400mA, sometimes the value goes down to 200mA as well, which makes me really wonder the problem might be the usb port of the phone .
Does a broken battery does that as well??
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Unfortunately it came with its original charger broken and I have never had the pleasure to try with it.. Anyways I am using a charger that has the same specs of the original one, which is the usb charger of the iPhone 4, and yea same result ...
I have downloaded currentwidget from the market and it gets less than 200mA of current in, when it usually should get around 400mA, sometimes the value goes down to 200mA as well, which makes me really wonder the problem might be the usb port of the phone .
Does a broken battery does that as well??
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I think it has to do with the charger you're using . When I charge mine I usually see anything from 500+mA to 700+mA on my battery monitor widget depending on how much charge the battery has, and like Segnale007 said it usually takes about 2 hrs to fully charge.
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Unfortunately it came with its original charger broken and I have never had the pleasure to try with it.. Anyways I am using a charger that has the same specs of the original one, which is the usb charger of the iPhone 4, and yea same result ...
I have downloaded currentwidget from the market and it gets less than 200mA of current in, when it usually should get around 400mA, sometimes the value goes down to 200mA as well, which makes me really wonder the problem might be the usb port of the phone .
Does a broken battery does that as well??
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I can't say it's the battery cause you say it lasts you 14 hours, usb port? maybe. Your battery is good for it to last that much (on averge usage of course). It's the different charger that you're using.
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I think it has to do with the charger you're using . When I charge mine I usually see anything from 500+mA to 700+mA on my battery monitor widget depending on how much charge the battery has, and like Segnale007 said it usually takes about 2 hrs to fully charge.
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The charger I am using its the iphone 4 charger and just like the original one its a 100-240V ~ 0.2A 50-60HZ , which I have no idea about what it means, but I can guarantee u its the same ..
So, what charger do you suggest me to buy?? I wish it was everything except the phone ...
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The charger I am using its the iphone 4 charger and just like the original one its a 100-240V ~ 0.2A 50-60HZ , which I have no idea about what it means, but I can guarantee u its the same ..
So, what charger do you suggest me to buy?? I wish it was everything except the phone ...
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That's your issue there, 0.2A (aka 200mA).
The UK HD2 charger for example, is 1A (aka 1000mA).
To work out the maximum time it should take to charge the battery:
(capacity x inefficiency factor) / charging current
(1230 x 1.15)/200 = 7 hours
(1230 x 1.15)/1000 = 1.4 hours
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That's your issue there, 0.2A (aka 200mA).
The UK HD2 charger for example, is 1A (aka 1000mA).
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Oh gosh, so ur basically telling me its the charger I am using what is ****ing up with the slow charging ???
Can you please point me at a good one???
I am totally ignorant about electricity and stuff like that ...
That charger only delievers 0.2 A which is 200ma , you need at least a 500ma charger, mine is a 1 A ( 1000 ma ) and its quite normal to see a 700 ma rate while charging..
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Oh gosh, so ur basically telling me its the charger I am using what is ****ing up with the slow charging ???
Can you please point me at a good one???
I am totally ignorant about electricity and stuff like that ...
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Take a look on ebay or any local phone shop/online phone accessory shop.
You want a micro usb charger that has an output current of at least 500mA/0.5A
The original HTC ones are 1000mA.
Blackberry ones I've seen are 700mA so they're good enough.
200mA isn't a problem, it won't damage your battery, in fact it will live slightly longer as it's being put under less stress when charging, but don't use your phone while you're charging with it as you'll be drawing more current than the charger can supply.
So for instance, if you wanted a car charger so you could use the phone as a satnav and talk via bluetooth, you'd need a 1A charger to cope with the drain on the battery.
xaccers said:
Take a look on ebay or any local phone shop/online phone accessory shop.
You want a micro usb charger that has an output current of at least 500mA/0.5A
The original HTC ones are 1000mA.
Blackberry ones I've seen are 700mA so they're good enough.
200mA isn't a problem, it won't damage your battery, in fact it will live slightly longer as it's being put under less stress when charging, but don't use your phone while you're charging with it as you'll be drawing more current than the charger can supply.
So for instance, if you wanted a car charger so you could use the phone as a satnav and talk via bluetooth, you'd need a 1A charger to cope with the drain on the battery.
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Alright thanks, will let you know
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You think is the battery?? but I get up to 14 hours of usage, I am not sure if its that good though, but I heard this phone is a sucky battery, and anyways why Battery doctor says the battery is in good health ??
Anyways I was thinking to get the battery extended 2300mah
How many hours does your battery last???
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With very, very light use about 55 hrs. That's not extended.
Alright, my dad has managed to temporary fix its original charger and I can confirm there's nothing wrong with the battery and the phone itself. It gets beyond 800mA with the original charger and fully recharge the batter within an hour and half, which is great..
Ok now I have to find a compatible USB to wall charger with the same frequency.
Since its a T-Mobile US HD2 its original charger is american, and since I am in Italy I'd get an Italian standard wall charger. Does the Italian HD2 original wall charger has the same frequency of the american one??
Thanks
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Take a look on ebay or any local phone shop/online phone accessory shop.
You want a micro usb charger that has an output current of at least 500mA/0.5A
The original HTC ones are 1000mA.
Blackberry ones I've seen are 700mA so they're good enough.
200mA isn't a problem, it won't damage your battery, in fact it will live slightly longer as it's being put under less stress when charging, but don't use your phone while you're charging with it as you'll be drawing more current than the charger can supply.
So for instance, if you wanted a car charger so you could use the phone as a satnav and talk via bluetooth, you'd need a 1A charger to cope with the drain on the battery.
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Couldn't said it better..
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I have the same problem but with Htc touch 2(Mega)-I know that this isn't Mega forum but i couldn't find any solution there,so i write here my issue-.It takes too much to charge my Touch 2 (around 9-10 hours) with the AC power.On the charger its writen:Input:100-240~0.3A(0,3A)50-60Hz,Output: 5V-1.0A(1,0A)MAX.DO I have the same problem,I need to change the charger?Thank you!
My T-Mobile's battery recharced 3 ours. not 4 ours or more. My charger is original.is there any problem with my battery
Hi
Using today the phone @ 100% brightness with car charger connected and using Sygic / Copilot, I see that my device can't not even charge at the same time that I am using it, but maintain their % of battery. Even with the charger the phone drains battery.
WTF samsung, So i cant make a long travel without running out of battery?
Anyone more with this problem?
PS: My HD2, HD, TyTN2, etc doesn't have this problem with the same car charger, they even charge at the same time.
What's the rating on your charger? I had to swap mine out for a 1A one in order to cope with GPS use in the car. Haven't had a problem since then.
I suspect the one you're using is 750mA or even potentially 500.
I have just had the same problem. I knew i needed a higher amp charger but i thought i would give it a try. The one i used is 650mA, so that's definitely not large enough. The normal 'house' charger is 0.7A (700mA) so in theory that size or above should charge whilst the S2 is being used.
I have a 1200 mA usb adapter for car (a sony ericsson, very very slim one) and I have no issues. You need a decent amount of power for that phone so 650mA will not do, have at least 1000.
http://www.nextag.com/Sony-Ericsson-AN400-Compact-853915153/specs-html
Not sure if this is the exact model but I found it to be the best because it's slim and there is nothing sticking out of the car socket, has a lot of power and I can power any usb device with it.
padlad said:
I have just had the same problem. I knew i needed a higher amp charger but i thought i would give it a try. The one i used is 650mA, so that's definitely not large enough. The normal 'house' charger is 0.7A (700mA) so in theory that size or above should charge whilst the S2 is being used.
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Yest but probably you hava a chinese charger. The rating on it is never near the real one.
oh, I see, crappy charger, ill change then thanks guys
TomTom recently released a high speed multi charger. I replaced my old car charger with this one as I had a similar slow charge problem. Never had a problem ever since. All my weapons are always fully loaded with enough power! Expensive though!
http://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/product...-cables/high-speed-multi-charger-9UUC.001.04/
If someone is using a cheap higher-powered mains adaptor without issue, could you please post a (UK) link? Also if anyone knows of a cheaper alternative to the £20 car charger that would be great too!
I had same problem.I bought Samsung charger and no problem after
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2.1 Amp TomTom charger is way too much for this device. Samsung wall charger is only rated at 750mA, but someone even found out that in source level Samsung has limited the power current at only 650mA.
With 1 Amp (1000mA) top quality car charger, the phone lost charge while using Navigation on full brightness.
Very slow charging in general for this phone.
shawt said:
I had same problem.I bought Samsung charger and no problem after
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Same here
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Same here
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Can you provide a link? I'd like to get one
I bought mine on eBay for £6.Just search "genuine samsung car charger"
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I bought today a Belking car charger of 2.1amps and suprise!, same problem battery drain.
Can be maybe the car? I doubt it, any idea?
http://www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=525940
When you have the car charger plugged into the phone go into Settings/About phone/Status & look at "Battery status"; it should tell you if the phone thinks it's plugged into a USB port (in which case the phone will draw only 450 mA) or an AC charger (from which the phone will draw 650 mA). These limits are built into the Samsung ROM, presumably to keep the phone cool and/or extend the battery's lifespan. They could be overridden (especially the AC charger current limit) in a custom ROM.
Absent a custom ROM, if the Status display says you're connected to a USB port, you could try a different charger, or connecting USB pins 2 & 3 (the two center pins on the USB A connector) together. That's how the phone decides if it's connected to a USB port or AC charger -- the low-resistance (less than 200 ohm) connection between the two USB data pins is the key. The spec calls for 200 ohms resistance between the data pins, but some of the low-end high current chargers I've seen just have a direct short.
If that doesn't work, or if the Status display says you're charging off AC, then try some of the other battery-life tricks documented here in the forums; they should reduce the device's draw from the battery, allowing the charger to do its job.
Wow, this is kind of disappointing i have to say. I have noticed the USB charging is incredibly slow. You can't ever rely on it, i think it would take close to 5 hrs to fully charge from USB, that's insane! By mains it's somewhere between 2 and 3, but that's still way too high.
I take it if you buy a higher-powered mains adaptor (not one for the car) then we'd definitely get the benefits of a faster charge? Can someone post a link to one they are using and know works faster that the stock one?
Cheers
I ll try ur tricks guyz.
for the time being this is my situation (and it sux):
-car charger 1A 5v
-slow chargin and hot device
-using navigator equals : phone burns, drains battery and in the worst scenario freezes
yesterday I received a call while phone plugged into car charger with navigator session. wot happened is phone freezed (screen didnt switch off) and I saw PROXIMITY SENSOR WAS RED!
shawt said:
I had same problem.I bought Samsung charger and no problem after
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The first post got me worried for a while, but this info has put me back to ease. Pre-ordered the GS2 (India) and getting the original Samsung charger along as a freebie.
Yeah, i have simelar experience with the samsung s2 in my car.
Its eating the battery even when its plugged in and i think i have a good charger..
I found 1 solution.. I use now copilot, you can set different setting to disable the screen automatically when you drive a straigt forward for some kilometres, only when you need to turn it comes up again.
thats how i set it and it loads a little, but bad anyway.
Maybe thats what the + means in Super Amoled + (+batteryusage)
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Maybe thats what the + means in Super Amoled + (+batteryusage)
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nexus S didnt have such a problems. it's only around how samsung managed chipset.
I ll try to set cpu downclock while temperature goes over 40..
Is it just me or do the batteries seem to run down pretty fast with Z2/Z1/SP when watching movies and browsing web via 3G internet. Also, gaming drains the battery faster than it charges. Using default charger.
Z2 has one of the best battery times between all android devices, so i think your expectations are a bit too high.
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Z2 has one of the best battery times between all android devices, so i think your expectations are a bit too high.
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Yeah but even when plugged in, the battery level drops if I'm browsing using mobile Internet to combat the drain, I had to use a third party high wattage charger.
You are not the only one. If you are using it, battery drain very fast. Although it can manage one day. (for me)
I can easily get 2 days usage out of my z2 without charging.
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Same here, 2 days is no problem
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Make sure to use original usb cable to charge as well.
tyw7 said:
Is it just me or do the batteries seem to run down pretty fast with Z2/Z1/SP when watching movies and browsing web via 3G internet. Also, gaming drains the battery faster than it charges. Using default charger.
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aeroman1 said:
Make sure to use original usb cable to charge as well.
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Original charger and cable.
whpgab said:
You are not the only one. If you are using it, battery drain very fast. Although it can manage one day. (for me)
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Drains faster than charging? I didn't test how long it lasts, but I expected it to charge when plugged in.
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Drains faster than charging? I didn't test how long it lasts, but I expected it to charge when plugged in.
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Usually I charge it over night. But I tried it with a car charger (3.1 Ah) (using navigation) and it drained faster then charging. It was not original sony car charger (which is 1,5 Ah). It is interesting...
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Usually I charge it over night. But I tried it with a car charger (3.1 Ah) (using navigation) and it drained faster then charging. It was not original sony car charger (which is 1,5 Ah). It is interesting...
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Can you test with original? I did with mine and it drains faster. The only way is to use a higher wattage (about 2..well only one charger works-- BRAND NEW 3 PIN PLUG USB MAINS ADAPTER CHARGER for HTC, BLACKBERRY, SAMSUNG, MP3,TOMTOM, IPOD AND IPHONE - WHITE #11i UNIVERSAL 5V 1A CE ) charger.
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Can you test with original? I did with mine and it drains faster. The only way is to use a higher wattage (about 2..well only one charger works-- BRAND NEW 3 PIN PLUG USB MAINS ADAPTER CHARGER for HTC, BLACKBERRY, SAMSUNG, MP3,TOMTOM, IPOD AND IPHONE - WHITE #11i UNIVERSAL 5V 1A CE ) charger.
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Unfortunatelly I do not have original car charger. But I think I can test with original wall charger and play some games or run navigation. I tried 2A original Samsung tablet charger. It charged, but I don't test if it is really charging with 2 A or only 1 A. I will test it.
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Unfortunatelly I do not have original car charger. But I think I can test with original wall charger and play some games or run navigation. I tried 2A original Samsung tablet charger. It charged, but I don't test if it is really charging with 2 A or only 1 A. I will test it.
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Even when browsing on mobile Internet and / or playing games?
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Even when browsing on mobile Internet and / or playing games?
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Yes, I will try it.
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Yes, I will try it.
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Result?
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Result?
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So, with 402 firmware I tried a HAMA car charger (2.1 Ah) with navigation and it charged. With original sony wall charger (1.5 Ah, firmware 312) 3G on and playing some games and it charged as well.
whpgab said:
So, with 402 firmware I tried a HAMA car charger (2.1 Ah) with navigation and it charged. With original sony wall charger (1.5 Ah, firmware 312) 3G on and playing some games and it charged as well.
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The battery charge is going up? So they fixed it? Cool.
tyw7 said:
The battery charge is going up? So they fixed it? Cool.
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Yes, it is going up. I will try later the other (3.1 Ah) car charger, maybe there will be some improvement as well.
whpgab said:
Yes, it is going up. I will try later the other (3.1 Ah) car charger, maybe there will be some improvement as well.
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Try playing some YouTube videos while on 3G?
I use my HP TouchPad charger normally when charging (2A). It tends to give slightly noticeable faster change, although not as fast as using that charger on my spare phone (Xperia T) as expected.