[Q] How fast does it the charging dock actually charge?

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From my experience with Sony's charging dock on the Tablet Z, I found that it charged quite slowly as compared to a usb connected charge. I would see an overnight charge which is roughly 8 hours to only charge 30% to 85% whereas a direct usb charge would give a full charge within an hour and a half. Just wondering cause I've ordered the Z2 and hoped that the dock wouldn't be such a bad experience cause I don't want to bother with the flaps unless I have to.
 
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I picked up a generic dock from Amazon. Seems to be 'straight through' connections, so chargers as fast as the charger will allow...

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xAjCx said:
From my experience with Sony's charging dock on the Tablet Z, I found that it charged quite slowly as compared to a usb connected charge. I would see an overnight charge which is roughly 8 hours to only charge 30% to 85% whereas a direct usb charge would give a full charge within an hour and a half. Just wondering cause I've ordered the Z2 and hoped that the dock wouldn't be such a bad experience cause I don't want to bother with the flaps unless I have to.
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About 2 hours or so from 20% to full. Full speed.
 
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The magnetic charging port is definitely slower but mine still charges in a few hours on the dock next to my bed(not sure how many amps the wall adapter is). In my car it seems about the same off the 2 amp charger(so I assume the other is only 1-1.5 amp) with much heavier drain(bright screen, BT streaming, navigation, etc.).

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A lot will depend on the quality of the cable as well. I have the no name dock from amazon and it is slow to charge with the supplied short cable but very quick with the Sony one

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It depends on the charger and the cable, to charge a 3200 MAH battery for the z2
a minimum 2 amp charger and 38 pin cable is definitely a must !
 
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My magnetic charging port charges at a rate of 1% every 1 1/2 mins, 2 1/2 hours for full charge according to my battery stats which seem about right.

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Thanks for all the replies guys, I just can't wait to get the phone. I've been on the fence with it for some time now between the Z2 and the S5 (now the S5 Active that just came out). I just wanted a change and the two devices kinda broke even with specs and reviews for me. :highfive:
 
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Ookay... I just connected the Mulitmeter between smartphone and dock (it's a hassle.... Hacked USB cable would be nice....)

The official Sony wallcharger (1.5A) is charging the dock and Smartphone with 800-850mA.

I tried Doomkernels Fastcharge and forced constant AC =roughly 1300mA.
Strangly when I set it to 1500 or 2000 in Faux app it falls back to 800mA.

The battery was 85% charged when I made those tests.
 
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Haldi4803 said:
Ookay... I just connected the Mulitmeter between smartphone and dock (it's a hassle.... Hacked USB cable would be nice....)

The official Sony wallcharger (1.5A) is charging the dock and Smartphone with 800-850mA.

I tried Doomkernels Fastcharge and forced constant AC =roughly 1300mA.
Strangly when I set it to 1500 or 2000 in Faux app it falls back to 800mA.

The battery was 85% charged when I made those tests.
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I thought fastcharge applied only to micro usb port
 
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Yesterday I got a non original docking station from Amazon.de (€9,40 + delivery costs) - from 42% to 95% chargin time was 1h55min.
 
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Yeah,,,, so.... i made a reallife test!

Set FauxApp to "Constant AC" in FastCharge options.

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in 5 hours it charged 16% xD 3.2% Per hour.

Then after that i set to "Custom" 1200mA
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Charged from 76% to 100% in 3.5hours

tonight i'm trying to empty the phone (Unreal Epic Citadel might be a good idea, or maybe GFXbenchmark Battery Test....) and set to Custom 1500mAh and see what happens.
 
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mariosraptor said:
https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon/smartphones/sony-xperia-z2

it supports quick charge 2.0 and Sony should enable it
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So.... anyone has one of those QuickCharge 2.0 Adapters Mentioned here ?
https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon/quick-charge

i wonder if it would charge faster than the Sony 1.5A charger.






edit:
Phew... dem chargers! 18W and 30W editions!
5V 4A
9V 2.2A
12V 2.5A
20V 1A

Quick charge 2.0 does only use 9V sporadically doesn't it ?

Edit2: and 9V 4A .... wow
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    My magnetic charging port charges at a rate of 1% every 1 1/2 mins, 2 1/2 hours for full charge according to my battery stats which seem about right.

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