Phone charge discussion

[hbkmog]

Hi, I have searched and read the related threads in the forum about SGS2 charging issue. It is true that the phone charges really slowly compared to other phones. I just tried playing a game and charging at the same time and the result is the phone was barely charging, which I think is a ridiculous. It means the power consumption when playing a game is almost equal to power being charged.

How about everyone else's charging time? I read before it seems Samsung capped the charging rate at 700mA. Not sure if it's true.

 

[Sleepycat3]

Hi, I have searched and read the related threads in the forum about SGS2 charging issue. It is true that the phone charges really slowly compared to other phones. I just tried playing a game and charging at the same time and the result is the phone was barely charging, which I think is a ridiculous. It means the power consumption when playing a game is almost equal to power being charged.

Being a high powered phone, it consumes a lot of battery power when being used and very little when in standby. So if you want to charge it at full rate, don't use the phone at the same time.

How about everyone else's charging time? I read before it seems Samsung capped the charging rate at 700mA. Not sure if it's true.

Without using the phone, my average charging time has been 3 hours and 43 minutes to get from totally flat 0% to 100%. Normal daily charge from about 20% to 100% takes 3 hours.

The charging rate is capped so that the battery and phone does not over heat during charging. An overheating battery will expand and possibly explode, thus potentially causing phone damage and user injury. That is why the charging rate is limited.

 

[JJEgan]

Same as posted before zero to full about 3 hours .

jje

 

[Joe_Nalin]

Same here...more than 3 hours for 0-100%...even this reduced charging heats up the phone..

 

[aydc]

KE series of firmware charged really slowly, but it was fixed after KE7 I think. With the latest KG3, charging from 0 to 100 is done in 2.5 hours with wall charger.

Also don't forget that this phone has a 1650 mah battery. Don't expect it to fill it up at the same time as a 1300 mah one found in most other phones.

 

[poch_1421]

i usually charge at 20%. i also get about 3 hours to full charge

 

[RogerPodacter]

I still think someone should increase the charge current and see how it fares. It's all about tweaking and testing.

 

[SherlockR]

Charge the phone turned off, that's the fastest way to charge it.

 

[hbkmog]

Well personally I think it's kind of counter productive if the phone can't charge properly when you use it at the same time.

 

[aydc]

I still think someone should increase the charge current and see how it fares. It's all about tweaking and testing.

So why don't you do it yourself and tell us how it goes?

 

[JamesHillyer]

Bump

Would be nice to see in Cog or Vill

 

[Cofalik]

So how much truth is in statement that you can't use navigation, listen to MP3s and charge via car charger because your phone will be discharging anyway?