Cable tip? to improve battery life!

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Fullmetal Jun

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I was surprised that the cable which came with my s6 was so thin! My LG tablet and another Nokia phone have larger cables. On 1st charge battery went down fast. Then I was getting around 4 hrs SOT with 15-25% brightness and greenify. With my Infuse I remember using the thicker LG/Nokia cables, the battery improved and it proved right for the S6 as well! Now 4.5 - 5+ SOT which is quite an improvement.
Try using a thicker usb cable if u have short battery life!
 

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Cable thickness does have an impact on the way the phone charges because of resistance and interference! Read that somewhere before. Btw I'm not forcing anyone to follow that!
Cheers!
The only impact cable thickness has, and not the cable. Just the wire its self. Is its ability to carry current, and the distance it's carried. Which would only equate to how fast your device can charge not how long the battery lasts once its full. So again i state this is all in your head.
 

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Which would only equate to how fast your device can charge not how long the battery lasts once its full.
Yea the speed of charging depends on thickness and a thicker cable charges faster and has less drop in voltage while conducting which results in better charging. I'm not going to do a Physics lecture with you, but thin cables are not better than thick cables!
Think whatever you want, but I find it quite rude that u keep on saying it's all in my head... .
I'm not the only one who got better results with a thick cable!!
 
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Yea the speed of charging depends on thickness and a thicker cable charges faster and has less drop in voltage while conducting which results in better charging. I'm not going to do a Physics lecture with you, but thin cables are not better than thick cables!
Think whatever you want, but I find it quite rude that u keep on saying it's all in my head... .
I'm not the only one who got better results with a thick cable!!
The quality of the charging cable has nothing to do with how many milliamp hours the battery has when its physically full. No matter what type of cable you use to achieve the 100% physically full battery cells, they do not hold a greater charge depending on the physical properties of the cable used to charge it. This simply is not magic. If you think it is, refer to my comment using your logic in reference to a cars fuel tank. If that still seems to logical to you, then no matter what any one says, it's futile. And you can believe what ever you like to believe. But logically your theory is flawed, and this is how wives tales start in regards to devices.

If you think my self saying it's in your head, because it literally is, is not needed. Look up the placebo effect. If you're offended by it, all i can say is some times the truth is unsavory (in the eye of the beholder, this is relative, of course) but its still the truth.
 
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Quality of cable
I'm not talking about quality! I'm talking about thickness which is a quantity. And 0-100% is constant for everyone, but charging and discharging pattern is different and a thick cable gives a better outcome than a thinner cable! Btw your comparison with fuel tank is irrelevant and illogical since we're dealing with current here!
Thanks for sharing your opinion! It's nice to have some arguments:D
Cheers!
 
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I'm not talking about quality! I'm talking about thickness which is a quantity. And 0-100% is constant for everyone, but charging and discharging pattern is different and a thick cable gives a better outcome than a thinner cable! Btw your comparison with fuel tank is irrelevant and illogical since we're dealing with current here!
Thanks for sharing your opinion! It's nice to have some arguments:D
Cheers!
the thickness of the cable has nothing to do with the batteries discharge rate, the thickness of the fuel hose has nothing to do with the fuel usage rate in a car. if you cant grasp that then I'm sorry. however i'm done here.
 

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Mr. X is not only correct here, he is obviously correct here.

When thee phone is 100% charged, it is 100% charged. Once the phone is taken off the charger, it is all on the phone from then on.

It does not take a rocket scientist to figure this out. Anyone with a first grade education could easily see this.
 
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Yes yes! But try using a thicker cable first. Stating statements is not the whole part of the story! Try it! It's like flashing roms. Steps are given, but there's always cases where people who did everything right still get things messed up.
I also won't argue anymore with someone who has not tried it out. It's pointless.
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I tried this. It's amazing. I've been browsing the net, used my satnav, watched videos and played games non stop all afternoon on the phone since this thread was posted and my battery is still at 100%! Don't think I'll ever need to charge it again tbh. :good:
 
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