Accessories Cheap wireless charger

[picitup]

Hi All

I bought a cheap QI wireless charger on eBay for my Mi 11 Ultra. It was only a few pounds. It comes with a USB cable, but no charger. It has an LED which is red when powered, and turns blue when charging. It's only 10W but I figure if I charge it overnight that's plenty of time to charge a 5Ah battery.

So far, it seems to work OK if the phone is turned on, but not so if it's turned off, which is a bit confusing as when Iay the phone (turned off) ont he charger, the LED goes blue and the phone does the mini-boot to display the battery logo.

When I get some spare time, I'll run my phone down to zero and charge it fully using the charger to see how long it takes.

I'll have a further play and update this as I go. The original link was:

10W Qi Fast Wireless Charger Charging Pad Dock For Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra 11 Pro | eBay

Universal compatibility for all Qi enabled wireless charging devices or devices with Qi receiver/case. 1 x Wireless Charging Pad. Anti-slip silicone mat to secure the smartphones in place. Smart IC design for efficient and stable power transfer.

www.ebay.co.uk

Cheers Steve

 

[jericho246]

I still have the old Qi charger I got with the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3. I think it's 10W, and man it's slow!

 

[speedtripler]

Hi All

I bought a cheap QI wireless charger on eBay for my Mi 11 Ultra. It was only a few pounds. It comes with a USB cable, but no charger. It has an LED which is red when powered, and turns blue when charging. It's only 10W but I figure if I charge it overnight that's plenty of time to charge a 5Ah battery.

So far, it seems to work OK if the phone is turned on, but not so if it's turned off, which is a bit confusing as when Iay the phone (turned off) ont he charger, the LED goes blue and the phone does the mini-boot to display the battery logo.

When I get some spare time, I'll run my phone down to zero and charge it fully using the charger to see how long it takes.

I'll have a further play and update this as I go. The original link was:

10W Qi Fast Wireless Charger Charging Pad Dock For Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra 11 Pro | eBay

Universal compatibility for all Qi enabled wireless charging devices or devices with Qi receiver/case. 1 x Wireless Charging Pad. Anti-slip silicone mat to secure the smartphones in place. Smart IC design for efficient and stable power transfer.

www.ebay.co.uk

Cheers Steve

I got one of those for free with my phone and I only put it on for 10-15 minutes and when I picked up the phone it was hotter than charging with the 67w cable
I haven't used it since in case it damages the battery even faster

 

[picitup]

Ok so I've had a play with the charger today. From a 1% battery charge,it fully chargers my Mi 11 in 5.5hours. In the days of supercharging, this is fine for me as I sleep 8 hours a night so I can fully charge my phone overnight easily.

I didn't notice any overheating,though. I charged my Ultra with a plastic covering on the back.

Anyway., 'cos I don't get out much, here's a graph:

Cheers

Steve

 

[picitup]

Just a bit more on this. The phone didn't charge to 100% overnight as I slept. I think this is because the adaptor in my bedroom isn't powerful enough. According to the charger, it's 5V at 2A so 5x2 = 10W I thought should be OK but it isn't.

Maybe this charger is underrated but in any case, it works jsut fine and charges up to 100% on my Xiaomi 67W charger so I'll use that instead.

Cheers Steve

 

[empty.cad]

 

[picitup]

Hi @empty.cad well, that's a posh charger! Where did you buy it from and how much was it?

Just to finish off my short novel on the cheap charger, I used the Xiaomi charger last night with the phone case on and it charged to 100%, so job done

OK I'll stop banging on now as my life is complete

Cheers

Steve

 

[misiek735]

Hi @picitup !

I would like to ask you about your charging experience. Some people reported that using quick 67w charger makes their battery to drain quicker during the normal phone usage, where charging it slower make it to drain slower. Did you noticed any difference in this matter?
What is your screen on time afyer charging the phone with 10w wireless charger?

I am asking all this because I plan to do the same as you - to charge the phone slowly overnight with the wireless charger.

 

[picitup]

Hi @misiek735

I'm not sure of the answer, but I'll discharge my phone and charge it up tonight using the cheapy wireless charger and run the Norwegian Train Ride video from youtube and time it. First time I charged it with the 67W charger and did this test, it ran for 11.5 hours which I thought was quite good. So now all we need are the wireless figures. I'll post up tomorrow after ZZZzzzz
Interestingly, it seems to work well with my daughter's and her boyfriends Iphone.

Watch this space.....

 

[picitup]

I just had a thought. I installed an app called Plug Sound here:

Plug Sound - Apps on Google Play

Enjoy millions of the latest Android apps, games, music, movies, TV, books, magazines & more. Anytime, anywhere, across your devices.

play.google.com

It plays a custom sound when you plug your charger in and another when you unplug it. Pleasingly, it also works with wireless charging which is handy for positioning the phone on the charger, ensuring it's in the right place.

 

[kaczyrezym]

So this is $1500 phone and Chinese saved $10 on charger?
This is disturbing.

 

[speedtripler]

So this is $1500 phone and Chinese saved $10 on charger?
This is disturbing.

No, the 67w phone charger in china is optionally free and the phone costs under $1000, probably considerably less unless you get the 12/512 model everyone likes

There is no other waterproof phone with a SD 888 ,12gb ram 512gb storage, 5k battery and this screen quality and a 67w charger for the price

Try harder

 

[picitup]

It's true. I'm a fully qualified tight wad. Must go as the nice young men in their clean white coats are at the door.

On that note, I didn't pay $1500, I paid $1,000 on Giztop for 12M/512G but they are going for £1400.00 ($1983.00) on fleabay UK with "no returns" lol.

 

[picitup]

A short delay on this. I discharged the phone yesterday using a 12 hour youtube vid and got it down to 2%.

It didn't charge overnight as I changed the USB cable. I guess for a couple of amps, you need a decent cable, not the cheapy 5 strand ones.

It's now charging up wierelessly using a short USB cable which seems to be working fine so there will be a delay of a day on the results, but don't worry I'm on it

 

[kaczyrezym]

i am sorry if i upset you, please enjoy your phone.
just to clarify $1000 on giztop, same giztop from other thread that does not ship yes?
and other thing while i still may ... some complain newer miui updates has a lot bugs for example gestures stopped working ... just saying .... did they eventually figure how to create larger notes?

 

[picitup]

sorry double post

Hi I'm not uspet. Here in the UK we say 'I'm too old and ugly to get upset' so no worries. Yes I bought from giztop a month or so ago and they did ship it out and it arrived in about a week. I just looked at giztop and according to their page, the phone is in stock.

I don't use gestures - something I have to learn about. I've noticed some 'bits and pieces' of irritation when updating - some of my permissions change. For example, I use Chomp SMS and gave it permission to read SMS, but after the update it didn't have that permission so I just re-enabled it again nd it works fine.

This all may be academic soon, though as I checked mi unlock yesterday and had 56 hours left to unlock so should be Thursday for me, then I'll flash the EU rom.

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by large notes?

Back to the charger. Sorry for the delay in doing the test. I got a new printer and had a play with it yesyerdayh. I'll do my best to post up tomorrow.

Cheers

Steve