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I got my Z3 at the beginning of this week, and I have to say it is an amazing phone in a lot of areas including the battery life. I know there is another thread for battery life results from various users, but I want to create a dedicated thread for my personal experiments showing results of battery life and mainly its recharging capabilities on various chargers, wires, etc. that I have on hand. Hopefully, with a user profile and various tests, I hope this will help potential owners decide and current owners something to compare to.
Profile
I am an average (maybe a little less) user that came from using an LG Nexus 5, HTC One (M7), and Samsung Galaxy Nexus. I work 8 hours a day and regularly check the phone for text messages, replying to them throughout the day. During one hour lunch, I browse Imgur for some giggles and laughs. I don't watch YouTube videos unless I am given a YouTube link from friends' texts, or I am needing to watch some tech reviews, etc. I carry it in my pocket wherever I go, and frequently take it out to text friends. I can average calls 3-5 mins a day because I socialize more on-screen. When I am in my car, I mount it to the AUX of the car and listen to Di.FM. At home, I leave it on a tabletop until I need to use it for texts, YouTube videos, and browse the web.
Daily use experiment #1: From full charge, using 50% brightness w/ adaptive, no stamina mode - Duration was from 8AM Tuesday to Thursday 9:15PM.
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Daily use experiment #2: From full charge, using 100% brightness w/ adaptive, no stamina mode
Recharge experiment #1: Full charge using OEM Sony USB wire + OEM Sony charger on outlet source (5V, 1.5A)
0% @ 0 min
18% @ 30 min
36% @ 60 min
53% @ 90 min
73% @ 120 min
91% @ 150 min
100% @ 165 min
It is 18% per 30 min charge time consistently. As a result, a full charge would take roughly 2 hours and 45 minutes.
Recharge experiment #2: Charge using Magnector X magnetic cable + laptop USB 2.0 port
53% @ 0 min
73% @ 30 min
81% @ 44 min
91% @ 63 min
100% @ 95 min
I heard from a friend that the Z series phone charges really fast up to 70%, and after that, they charge slower. This looks to be somewhat true based on the data above. It is hard to ball-park the total time it will take for a full charge based on this data. It is possible that the USB port outputs variable amps, who knows. I will have to do one from 0% to 100% next time, and maybe from a more constant power source (outlet).
Recharge experiment #3: Full charge using Magnector X magnetic cable + OEM Sony charger on outlet source (5V, 1.5A)
0% @ 0 min
22% @ 30 min
44% @ 60 min
63% @ 90 min
81% @ 120 min
91% @ 140 min
96% @ 155 min
100% @ 169 min
Total time to do a full charge is roughly 2 hours 49 minutes. It seems the Magnector X magnetic adapter charges inconsistently throughout its duration--starts out really fast up to 70-80%, then slowly afterwards.
Recharge experiment #4: Full charge using Magnector X adapter + Blackberry Folding Blade OEM charger on outlet source (output rated at 5V at 1.8A)
0% @ 0 min
28% @ 30 min
53% @ 60 min
78% @ 90 min
97% @ 120 min
99% @ 131 min
100% @ 157 min
This one is very interesting! Notice the super fast charging up to around 80% charge, then it slows down after that. The 99-100% mark is extremely slow. So with the Blackberry charger with more amp output, we expect this to be 99% in 2 hours and 11 minutes. Expect to wait another 25 minutes for 100% if you have that patience. This is the record in the recharge experiment!
Recharge experiment #5: Full charge using Aukey Quick Charge 2.0 18W USB Turbo Wall Charger Fast Charger (plugged to outlet) + Magtron Magnector X magnetic adapter (5V:2A / 9V:2A / 12V:1.5A)
0% @ 0 min
23% @ 30 min
48% @ 60 min
71% @ 90 min
94% @ 120 min
99% @ 134 min
100% @ 162 min
Unfortunately, after reading some posts online, the Quick Charge 2.0 does not work with magnetic port, but the USB port (or dock), or so some claim. Hence the charging time has not significantly improve (at all).
Recharge experiment #6: Full charge using Aukey Quick Charge 2.0 18W USB Turbo Wall Charger Fast Charger (plugged to outlet, USB port on phone) (5V:2A / 9V:2A / 12V:1.5A)
0% @ 0 min
9% @ 10 min
18% @ 20 min
27% @ 30 min
35% @ 40 min
42% @ 50 min
50% @ 60 min
58% @ 70 min
67% @ 80 min
75% @ 90 min
83% @ 100 min
88% @ 110 min
92% @ 120 min
95% @ 130 min
97% @ 140 min
99% @ 150 min
100% @ 160 min
The complete cycle was from 9:35 PM to 12:15 AM. Very disappointed that the results totally ignored QC 2.0 effect. It was as if my phone (D6603) does not work with QC 2.0.
The magnetic charging dock. They say it charges faster, has a higher current rating.
I'll be ordering one soon, but I am still deciding to get Sony or aftermarket.
+1, two thumbs up, and thanks to the OP for this thread! will definitely be looking forward to your experiments.
Added Recharge experiment #2: Charge using Magnector X magnetic cable connected to laptop USB 2.0.
Wow that's much faster.
itsjustJOH said:
Wow that's much faster.
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I don't think it is faster. The charge times are variable in the Recharge experiment #2 sadly.
What do you mean? Wait, you started at 53%, have you tested it fully discharged?
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What do you mean? Wait, you started at 53%, have you tested it fully discharged?
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Yeah, I started at 52% instead of at fully discharged, so the data is not complete--I assumed the data would be constant so starting anywhere was going to be okay. I will need to do one fully discharged.
keep up the good work OP! just got my magnector X cable today. looking forward to seeing the results of the rest of your test
Added Recharge experiment #3: Full charge using Magnector X magnetic cable + OEM Sony charger on outlet source (5V, 1.5A).
hanime said:
Added Recharge experiment #3: Full charge using Magnector X magnetic cable + OEM Sony charger on outlet source (5V, 1.5A).
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Got your camera fixed?
darkrai said:
Got your camera fixed?
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I am using my GF's Z3. White one.
My first stats. I was on auto brightness. 2 sim cardb sa slots active, one on 2g and other on 3g. Heavy web browsing on wifi with autosync turned on and about 1 hour on 3g internet. I also streamed music from Spotify most of the time and listen to walkman about 80% of entire usage. Also watched a couple of youtube vids.
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can you try a discharge cycle using minimum brightness on auto?
Yes that is a full cycle there. Auto brightness minimum and 2 sims were used, i have the dual version
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Added Daily use experiment #2: From full charge, using 100% brightness w/ adaptive, no stamina mode.
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Recharge experiment #4: Full charge using Magnector X adapter + Blackberry Folding Blade OEM charger on outlet source (output rated at 5V at 1.8A)
0% @ 0 min
28% @ 30 min
53% @ 60 min
78% @ 90 min
97% @ 120 min
99% @ 131 min
100% @ 157 min
This one is very interesting! Notice the super fast charging up to around 80% charge, then it slows down after that. The 99-100% mark is extremely slow. So with the Blackberry charger with more amp output, we expect this to be 99% in 2 hours and 11 minutes. Expect to wait another 25 minutes for 100% if you have that patience. This is the record in the recharge experiment!
What cable do you use on experiment #4?
Can you do an experiment using Magnector Cable + Blackberry Folding Blade OEM Charger?
xeigen said:
What cable do you use on experiment #4?
Can you do an experiment using Magnector Cable + Blackberry Folding Blade OEM Charger?
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I used an OEM Samsung 5ft cable (I don't think the cable matters). I believe using the Magnector Cable + Blackberry Folding Blade OEM Charger is the same as Experiment #4, but I can certainly try when I get the phone to 1% again.
EDIT: Oh I found out that the Blackberry charger is one piece that includes the cable too. So I cannot use the Magnector Cable with it.
Signal Strength
Curious, but what is your signal strength through the day? I usually get 3-5 bars of LTE at my workplace, and it shows when you click the battery chart as the Mobile Signal is mostly orange instead of green.
I pit the Motorola Turbo Charger against one of my other 2A charger, a Trent NT90c
I set to charge from 15% to 100%. Screen off, turning on every 5 minutes to check percentage. Didn't turn off anything else as I want to test this as normal as possible.
Motorola Turbo Charger - Total Charge time 1hr 24mins - 15% - 100%
0:00 - 15%
0:05 - 23%
0:10 - 30%
0:15 - 36%
0:20 - 43%
0:25 - 50%
0:30 - 56%
0:35 - 63%
0:40 - 69%
0:45 - 76%
0:50 - 82%
0:55 - 87%
1:00 - 90%
1:05 - 93%
1:10 - 95%
1:15 - 98%
1:20 - 99%
1:24 - 100%
Trent NT90C 2A port - Total charge time 1hr 58mins - 15% - 100%
00:00 - 15%
0:10 - 24%
0:15 - 27%
0:20 - 31%
0:25 - 35%
0:30 - 39%
0:35 - 43%
0:40 - 47%
0:45 - 51%
0:50 - 54%
0:55 - 58%
1:00 - 62%
1:05 - 66%
1:10 - 69%
1:15 - 73%
1:20 - 77%
1:25 - 80%
1:30 - 84%
1:35 - 88%
1:40 - 92%
1:45 - 95%
1:50 - 97%
1:55 - 99%
1:58 - 100%
Turbo Charger is able to supply at least 6% of charge for at least 45minutes, then it slows down to 4% per 5minutes until it's fully charged. That last 2% charge did take a lot longer though.
Trent charger is pretty much constant at 4% per 5 minutes, then down to 3% increase after it got to 92% charged.
I'll try a 1A charger next, lol I also have a Nexus 10 charger to try as well. I dont have a 3A charger to test.
Awesome info. Just curious why you start from 5%?
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That's what the phone was at at the time I thought about doing it.
it's probably an 8%-10% increase per 5mins for the first 15mins for the Turbo Charger.
i'll do another this weekend.
Test 2 from almost depleted 1% battery.
Motorola Turbo Charger
0:00 - 1%
0:05 - 8%
0:10 - 16%
0:15 - 23%
0:20 - 29%
0:25 - 36%
0:30 - 43%
0:35 - 49%
0:40 - 56%
0:45 - 63%
0:50 - 69%
0:55 - 75%
1:00 - 82%
1:05 - 87%
1:10 - 91%
1:15 - 94%
1:20 - 96%
1:25 - 98%
1:30 - 99%
1:33 - 100%
f1ip said:
Test 2 from almost depleted 1% battery.
Motorola Turbo Charger
0:00 - 1%
0:05 - 8%
0:10 - 16%
0:15 - 23%
0:20 - 29%
0:25 - 36%
0:30 - 43%
0:35 - 49%
0:40 - 56%
0:45 - 63%
0:50 - 69%
0:55 - 75%
1:00 - 82%
1:05 - 87%
1:10 - 91%
1:15 - 94%
1:20 - 96%
1:25 - 98%
1:30 - 99%
1:33 - 100%
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Hey can you update it again as mine is taking 90-100 mins to chagre with the tubro charger itself.
Thanks
How hot does the battery get when you are turbo charging it? IIRC, hotter batteries = shorter battery life overall.
what happen to 15 min 60% charge lol.
my battery gets pretty hot/warm when charging.
I think it was 6 hours of usage (overall, not 6 hours of gaming) in 15 min. And with my battery lasting 36+ hours, that 23% would def get me 6 hours.
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Hey can you update it again as mine is taking 90-100 mins to chagre with the tubro charger itself.
Thanks
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yours is about the same. mine charged in 93mins w/ the Turbo Charger. I dont think 3-7 mins is that much of a difference.
Now that I've added a few more apps tho, it might be a lil more. I'll try time it again.
f1ip said:
yours is about the same. mine charged in 93mins w/ the Turbo Charger. I dont think 3-7 mins is that much of a difference.
Now that I've added a few more apps tho, it might be a lil more. I'll try time it again.
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Thanks a lot man. Will keep waiting for it
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Also tried an Anker 60W 6port USB charger.
It has Power IQ where it's supposed to adjust charging power to what the device requires. I think it's supposed to max out between 2a - 2.4a
Well, from completely drained out battery, it took a full 3hrs to fully charge the device.
If you want your device charged fast, don't get this charger.
If you have time to wait and a lot of devices to charge all at once and like to travel, get this device.
Has anyone monitored the voltage/current output of their turbo charger? I cannot get to the "turbo 2" output (12 V, 1.2 A) listed on the charger. Even from 4% battery, I max out ~ 9 V, 1.5 A, which is listed as "turbo 1". In my test today, charging was pretty constant around 1.3% per minute up to 60%, then dropped off as expected. Some more data: starting at 4%, here are the total times (in minutes) to critical percentages.
10% 5
25% 16
50% 35
75% 55
90% 73
95% 86
99% 104
100% 110
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Has anyone monitored the voltage/current output of their turbo charger? I cannot get to the "turbo 2" output (12 V, 1.2 A) listed on the charger. Even from 4% battery, I max out ~ 9 V, 1.5 A, which is listed as "turbo 1". In my test today, charging was pretty constant around 1.3% per minute up to 60%, then dropped off as expected. Some more data: starting at 4%, here are the total times (in minutes) to critical percentages.
10% 5
25% 16
50% 35
75% 55
90% 73
95% 86
99% 104
100% 110
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I haven't seen it use the 12V output yet. Its not s large difference 13.5 W for turbo and 14.4 W for 12V. I wonder how much faster it would charge and if it's a software or hardware limitation
f1ip said:
yours is about the same. mine charged in 93mins w/ the Turbo Charger. I dont think 3-7 mins is that much of a difference.
Now that I've added a few more apps tho, it might be a lil more. I'll try time it again.
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Waiting for it
What app r u using to see the current output?? Ill check mine too
I personally found that the stock cable that comes with the phone doesn't allow for that much voltage/amperage to pass through it. I do have another cable at home that is thicker and it charges it a whole lot faster. I will try and get the data for it.
So what's the best cable and wall plug for fastest charging?
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18 watts?
I am getting similar results as the OP. It works out to about 2400maH, which is about 75% charge in one hour. This is theoretically about the same as you would get from a 5v 2.4A (12w) amp non-turbo charger, which I have achieved with my "Note 3" 2.4A standard charger. One would think the turbo charger would charge about 50% faster on the Nexus 6 either at 9v 2A, or 12v 1.5A, which is 18w, which I haven't heard of anyone achieving.
PoisonWolf said:
How hot does the battery get when you are turbo charging it? IIRC, hotter batteries = shorter battery life overall.
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For some reason, I don't trust those turbo chargers. I think I'll stay with a regular 2.1A charger. It doesn't charge real fast, but I have time and it may be safer for the battery.
My charging rate
Hi everyone,
I have a galaxy s7 edge and i think that i have a problem with the fast charging feature, but i am not sure so i wanted to ask here.
As i know the phone supports fast charge 2.0 which should charge from 0-60% in 30 minutes. The phone charges fast, and it says that it uses fast charge, but it is just half the speed, normaly it charges 1% per minute, so that means it takes 60 minutes for 60%. Is that normal or should it charge faster, and if it should charge faster, what could be the issue, i am ussing the original charger which came with the phone.
I wondered that also. It takes close to 1 1/2 hours for be to charge. 0-60 never gets done in 30 minutes for me.
Do you keep turning on the screen to check progress? Quick Charge doesn't work while the screen is on.
meyerweb said:
Do you keep turning on the screen to check progress? Quick Charge doesn't work while the screen is on.
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Hello,
No, it does not matter, even if i do not touch the phone while it is charging it never gets the speed as it is advertised, only half of the speed. Does the always on matter in this point, because i have it enabled?
I think the 3600 mAh battery has something to do with it. It's a big battery. Those stats are likely for a smaller capacity battery.
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Those stats are for when the phone is turned off and you put it on charge...
How long does it take you to charge from 0-100 without touching the phone? It should take around 1.5 hours.
arnes_king said:
Hello,
Does the always on matter in this point, because i have it enabled?
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That's a good question. I don't know. Turn it off next time you charge and see if it makes a difference.
My note 5 used to charge from 2-100 in 70 minutes. The s7 edge takes 30 minutes more for me. Guessing it's the battery. Also, if you're using the phone and fast charging is on, it'll charge slower than if you were to turn off fast charging. Meaning, if you're using your phone and charging it, better off turning off fast charging since the regular charging will charge it faster while using the phone
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Hi.
I one (only once) noticed that my S7E didn't charge well even though plugged in to original charger and cable. Somehow the cable wasn't connected tight on the charger side. This was causing the problem of showing fast charging on the display but slow charging actually.
Atm I'm charging and monitored the progress:
start charging at 1 %
10 min 15 %
20 min 27 %
30 min 37 %
41 Min 50 %
1h 8 min 80 %
1h 40 min 100 %
Fast charger works fine with charger you get phone. Fast wireless charger doesn't work as fast for me. If you leave the phone alone, honestly it does charge fast
maroc84 said:
Hi.
I one (only once) noticed that my S7E didn't charge well even though plugged in to original charger and cable. Somehow the cable wasn't connected tight on the charger side. This was causing the problem of showing fast charging on the display but slow charging actually.
Atm I'm charging and monitored the progress:
start charging at 1 %
10 min 15 %
20 min 27 %
30 min 37 %
41 Min 50 %
1h 8 min 80 %
1h 40 min 100 %
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My phone charges in about the same time, even i have fast charge disabled.
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[email protected] said:
My phone charges in about the same time, even i have fast charge disabled.
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Even if you disable fast charging?
This shouldn't be the case. When I disable fast charging it shows a couple of hours remaining till fully charged, don't know exactly how much.
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maroc84 said:
Even if you disable fast charging?
This shouldn't be the case. When I disable fast charging it shows a couple of hours remaining till fully charged, don't know exactly how much.
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With disabled fast chargeing starting from 22% estimate 1 hour 35 minutes
With fast charging enabled 1hour 21 minutes.
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With disabled fast chargeing starting from 22% estimate 1 hour 35 minutes
With fast charging enabled 1hour 21 minutes.
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That was about the same as mine last night when I started charging around 22%. Strange how there isn't much difference in the timings.
maroc84 said:
Hi.
I one (only once) noticed that my S7E didn't charge well even though plugged in to original charger and cable. Somehow the cable wasn't connected tight on the charger side. This was causing the problem of showing fast charging on the display but slow charging actually.
Atm I'm charging and monitored the progress:
start charging at 1 %
10 min 15 %
20 min 27 %
30 min 37 %
41 Min 50 %
1h 8 min 80 %
1h 40 min 100 %
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Also same in my case.
Tried mine yesterday and took about 1 hour, 35 mins from 0 to 100%
My s7 edge (though using s6 active fast charger), showed 42% at start of fast charge.. after 30 minutes it had only gone to 51% or about 9% gain.. not normal.. i tried the same test with an s6 active and it gained about 15% or more in 15 minutes (not 30).
Still trying to rule out the charger, but i noticed this same slowness last nite on the native s7 edge charger.. so i dont think its the charger..
edit: after wiping system partition cache.. 16 minute test i jumped 8% .. i guess this is more normalish though still a tad low.
I would like to verify the same as some users explained.
Fast charge does charge quick in my phone, maybe not as quick as expected.
But i normally leave fast charge disabled, heavy user and dislike picking the device in when its warm.
I was about to pop out, device had like 5-10% battery.
Plugged it in and it said 2 hours to charge.
Unplugged, Enabled fast charge, time went to 1 hour 25 minutes.
So it chopped around 30 minutes off the charging time.
hi, I don't know if this's the place, but I am on stock firmware for s7 (g930f) and it charges really slow (like 4 hours to full charge), does anybody know why? (original charger)
On my Huawei P Smart I tried to install Ampere to check the mA during charging. With the original charger the app marked me max 870 mA. It seemed strange, because the charger is 2A and because with 1000 mA during charging it would take 3 hours to charge the 3000 mAh battery, and the smartphone takes less (not so much less in fact).
Disappointed by the app, I tried to make a partial charge from 24% to 91% (with another non-original 2A charger) in 1h 56m 30s. 67% charge = 2010 mAh in 1,94 hours, so 2010 / 1,94 = 1036 mA during the charge.
I specify that during charging the phone was on (not in use). Do you think that is right? It is not a little slow? Do you have a feedback to give me about?
(Sorry for my English not so good)
Hi,
My Oneplus 8 Pro is really slow to charge between 90 and 100%?
With the official cable and official power supply of course.
What about yours?
This is normal on all phones.
I know every phone slows down charging when it's nearly full, but on my Oneplus 8 Pro, it seems really slow at the end ...
I'll time it on next charge
23 minutes from 89 to 100%...
Is this normal?
it would generally be a good idea to stop charging it after 80 or 90% in order to keep the battery healthy in the long run.
misteurz said:
23 minutes from 89 to 100%...
Is this normal?
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Do you have optimised charging on? If so, the phone will warp charge to 80% then start trickle charging to 100% in the hour or so leading up to you waking up/using the phone. Turn it off if you want max charging all the time