A way to charge faster?

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Hey, do you all know a way to charge the phone faster? maybe a kernel or something? It charges so slow and thats the only reason why i would return this phone. It's very annoying.

Solution: Get the charger in the pic below. it's amazing how much faster it charges and it charges the battery that is in the charger as well. 40 bucks.. def worth it.

I have noticed that when my phone battery is really low, if plugged into a usb port via charging cable that came with the phone, the phone still died. It does take a long time to charge though, is this due to the larger battery?

Charging really sucks

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I noticed that yesterday more than ever. I was driving for many hours, and the whole time I had my phone plugged in. After a 13 hour day my phone would still not go above 15%. Granted I was using google maps and listening to podcasts on doggcatcher, but my evo never had a problem charging to 100% doing the same thing. Then I noticed the red notification light that turns on while charging was not even on. I turned off the phone removed the battery for a minute, then when I turned it back on and pugged it in the light came back on again. I hope I didnt just get a defective phone.

It's samsung i think. the regular galaxy s phones charge slow too. smh very annoying. the battery has nothing to do with it because I had an extended batter 3200MAH that be charging father than this on the Nexus 1 (HTC).. htc has better changing capabilties

Only way to charge it faster is to turn the phone off when charging. This is not a phone where you can throw it in the charger for 30 minutes and expect a quick recharge to last you through the evening (like HTC or Motorola phones).

Originally Posted by Econ212

I have noticed that when my phone battery is really low, if plugged into a usb port via charging cable that came with the phone, the phone still died. It does take a long time to charge though, is this due to the larger battery?

USB can provide .5A. The phone, when pushed to the limit can draw more than that which may be why your phone was actually discharging.

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Originally Posted by stepinmyworld

Hey, do you all know a way to charge the phone faster? maybe a kernel or something? It charges so slow and thats the only reason why i would return this phone. It's very annoying.

How long is long? 2-3 hours for a full charge is normal when on AC power, 4-6 when on USB.

This assumes your are not actively using the phone, aka no gaming, netflix, etc.

i actually think this thing charges fast compared to the evo 3d. Mine charges fully from dead in about 1 1/2 hours.

i use the charger brick from my ipod instead of the samsung one though. It may put out more juice then that jacked up samsung one. that thing stinks, plus causes screen issues

I ran in to this with my EVO when Running Bluetooth, Full Bright and GPS while in the car. I purchased a 2amp charger for the car and have not had the same issues since going to 2.0amp.

Well I have tried this twice, and saw that battery charged faster. (but that's just me... Have not really tested to prove it really makes a difference)
I installed battery calibration from market and did that full charge and unplugged 10x then let drain. When I charged the phone it did it in record time since I had the phone.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled program...

Originally Posted by Econ212

I have noticed that when my phone battery is really low, if plugged into a usb port via charging cable that came with the phone, the phone still died. It does take a long time to charge though, is this due to the larger battery?

The phone will only draw 450mA from a USB port. It can easily use more than that while running misc. tasks. You should only use a high Amperage charger when your battery is low (1A or higher) and limit USB cable use to when you're just transferring data or when you don't have another option.

Also the phone only uses 650mA MAX to charge the battery. The difference in what the 1A stock charger is able to provide should presumably allow you to run your phone at the same time without reducing the charging current. If this is true than a 1.5-2A charger would be ideal, allowing a fully dead battery to be charged in about 3 hours regardless of use.

BTW, this info is taken based on the work done with the i9100 sgs2. They currently have kernels that raise the charging rates to 550 and 750 respectively.