Using 'Ampere' to measure charging current, worked well on my old S4 and showed the huge difference in cables and chargers.
Now with my S7 Edge I'm seeing lower charge currents (max 1000ma compared to 1400ma with the S4). The Samsung 'fast' adaptive charger makes no difference !?.
Loving my new Samsung inductive 'fast' charging pad (around 75% of the cable current as expected) yet if connected to a samsung 'fast' charger the lights on the base just flash ?.
Anyone had experience ?. The model numbers from the supplied charger and cable (new S7 Edge's) would be VERY interesting.
Thanks in advance...
Fast charging only works with the screen OFF
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Hi,
Selecting a charger for mobile devices seems to be confusing nowadays, atleast for me[emoji16].
Can help me how much power does the S7 edge needed for Fast Charging and non Fast charging? I understand that the original charger included in the box has 5V 2A or 9V 1.6A output. Am I right to say that when fast charging is off, it will use the 5V 2A and if it is on it will use the 9V 1.6A?
Reason for asking is, I am using the original charger at home and my old htc charger from M9+ in the office. But when I use the htc charger with 5V 1.5A output, charging suddenly stops at 50-60%. I observed that the htc charger gets hot than its normal but my phone doesn't get hot. I turned off fast charging when doing this. It seems that the htc charger cannot handle the s7 edge and stops at certain point when it gets hot.
Now, i'm checking which wall charger should i buy to use in the office as it seems i cannot use an ordinary charger on newer s7 edge device. Am I right to say that the minimum requirement for power output for s7 edge is 5V 2A? It doesn't matter to me if it is just non-fast charge as I normally on my desk all day so non fast charging is okay.
Please help. I need an advise for this.
OK so the answer here probably isn't complicated, but the question is, hopefully I'll explain it right:
I've just bought an S7 Edge. My current wireless charger is the OEM samsung pad type for the S6 so pretty slow. Therefore I'm going to upgrade to either the OEM S7 fast wireless charger stand, or the OEM S8 fast wireless charger stand. The S7 one is cheaper and charges just as fast, however the S8 one has a USB-C connection, which could swing it for me depending on the answer to the following question:
Can I use the USB-C charger from my Acer R13 Chromebook and just plug it into the S8 pad/stand? Assuming I can will it fast charge (well, as fast as wireless can) or will only the adaptive OEM plug do that?
Thanks in advance
Err depends, as they're both usb-c I'd say yes. Check the s8 wireless charging pad's specifications (wattage, amperage etc) and see if they match with your laptops usb-c port specs. If they match (I believe higher amp = faster charging) then I'd say fast charging should work.
Moved on up from the s4 to s7edge. Had lots of experience with different chargers and cables over the years while settling on 'Ampere' to display charge current.
My old s4 charged at around 1400ma yet the s7edge struggles at around 1000ma ??. Tried a few cables and the standard 2a samsung charger, also the later 'fast charger' that looks the same other than the fast charging lable.
Ideas ?. Thanks in advance...
Hi all! I have a Galaxy S8 Active which runs T-Mo firmware and is used on T-Mo network. The phone has latest August patch installed. Could anyone please tell me what is the charging rate measured with Ampere or similar app? I don't have original charger and cable at the moment, but I do have compatible chargers such as Anker 5 port QC 3.0 and 1 port of with PD which is 3 Amp. I also tried Pixel 2 charger, another Microsoft 3.0 Amp charger. All of those chargers provide about 970mA which is the max I have seen. The rate doesn't go up. The lock screen shows as charging fast
It depends on the charger. I measured with a USB tester the charge rate with two SONY chragers and, while one charges at 0.9 A, the other one does it at 1.5 A.
The capacity of the battery seems to be 2400 mAh with a brand new one from 2017
I have the EP-TA800 power adaptor and new EP-N5200 Fast wireless 2.0 charger to charge my Galaxy S10 Plus....
I expected to see higher charging current than my old EP-N5100 yet no !. The phone was around 60% charge level when tested so not falling off as it approached 100%. Using the excellent 'Ampere' to check charging rates.
Any one else with similar experience ?