I remember reading a thread labeled [THINK TANK] to discuss how the vibrant dies around 3400 to 3600 mV, when a full charge is at 3900 mV. I searched for over an hour and could not find it.
This is the discussion, I know it's not healthy for Li-ion batteries to discharge fully, however they were talking about a kernel or rom or something that would allow the battery to discharge to about 3200 or 3000 mV which seems to still be a healthy range for Li-ion discharge and would seem to nearly double uptime.
3300 mV is the nominal voltage. It could be modified to shut off at this, but the battery life duration is still unknown.
Edit: full charge is 4250 mV
I think I remember Eugene saying voltage is controlled by the kernel but couldn't be edited without the source. Now that the source is availible hopefully we will see something soon. Batteries are so cheap I'm sure most of us wouldn't mind trading battery life for lifespan.
While charging and on battery with about +70% i measure a battery voltage of 4200 mvolt = 4.2 volt, sometimes even 4300 mVolt. The sticker on the battery says it is a 3.8V battery. Is this normal behaviour?
Have you ever looked at NiCd or NiMH batts? They list them as 1.2 v, but they will show over 1.5 v when fully charged and will be actually discharged at 1.2 v (with no load), so yes it's all just about right, I'm showing about 4v at 80%
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.
knightshooter said:
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
ewcrider said:
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
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)
I recently bought a used Huawei Nexus 6P on Swappa. It looks and works great, with one exception: When I quick-charged it (with its OEM quick charger) to 100%, AccuBattery reported:
Battery health: 27%
Estimated capacity: 940 mAh
Design capacity: 3,450 mAh
{From these numbers, it seems that Battery health = Estimated capacity / Design capacity}
By itself, that would make me think that it just needs a new battery. However, if after reaching 100% charge, I leave it plugged in, the "Estimated capacity" continues to rise for a period of time. (The charge stays at 100%, but the Battery health sometimes increases.) Once, the "Estimated capacity" rose to over 2,000 mAh before it stopped rising. This makes me think that the problem might be with the battery calibration, rather than with the battery itself.
If I use the phone until it shuts off, and then recharge it, the same thing happens again (although with different numbers).
How can I tell whether the problem is with the battery itself, the battery calibration, or the phone's charging system (on the motherboard?)?
To recalibrate the battery, should I stop charging it when it reaches 100%, or when its AccuBattery reported Estimated capacity stops rising, or ...?
Thanks.