Hi there.
Over the past month i have made a few very interesting and surprising observations with my phone that led me to a couple of theories. I'd like to share these and get opinions as i cant find anything that proves or disproves them online but the implications are interesting if i'm correct.
The quality of a charge is just as important as quantity. Is this correct? If what ive observed is accurate, the quality of a charge not only effects charging time but how long that charge lasts out for. Ie how quickly the battery drains.
How did i come to this conclusion?
I've been using my faithful galaxy s4 for a good while now. When i first got this phone, it would charge fully in just over an hour from its bundled charging block and that charge would last all day with heavy use.
That was until last month.
The data cable partially broke. The part that jacks into the phone. The pins got worn and that connection decayed and became dodgy. The qualty of the connection dropped significantly. When connected to pc it would cut in and out if it was moved about and charging time via the charging block had increased from 1 hour to over 6 hours. I also noticed the battery drained from full charge significantly faster. I was reduced to charging 4 times a day for my normal use. I actually thought my battery was done at one point.
Then i ordered a new data cable from amazon. An official samsung galaxy s4 cable. That changed everything.
The phone whent back to taking 1 hour to charge from the charging block and its back to lasting a full day of heavy use from one single charge.
That really surprised me. Its rather interesting is it not that wear and tear of a data cable can effect not only charge time but how quickly that charge drains? I'm guessing here the poor connection drastically reduced not only the strength of charge but the quality of it as well. That would at least suggest that quality of the charge is just as important as quantity.
What do the gurus on here think of that one? Does that sound about right?
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Over the past month i have made a few very interesting and surprising observations with my phone that led me to a couple of theories. I'd like to share these and get opinions as i cant find anything that proves or disproves them online but the implications are interesting if i'm correct.
The quality of a charge is just as important as quantity. Is this correct? If what ive observed is accurate, the quality of a charge not only effects charging time but how long that charge lasts out for. Ie how quickly the battery drains.
How did i come to this conclusion?
I've been using my faithful galaxy s4 for a good while now. When i first got this phone, it would charge fully in just over an hour from its bundled charging block and that charge would last all day with heavy use.
That was until last month.
The data cable partially broke. The part that jacks into the phone. The pins got worn and that connection decayed and became dodgy. The qualty of the connection dropped significantly. When connected to pc it would cut in and out if it was moved about and charging time via the charging block had increased from 1 hour to over 6 hours. I also noticed the battery drained from full charge significantly faster. I was reduced to charging 4 times a day for my normal use. I actually thought my battery was done at one point.
Then i ordered a new data cable from amazon. An official samsung galaxy s4 cable. That changed everything.
The phone whent back to taking 1 hour to charge from the charging block and its back to lasting a full day of heavy use from one single charge.
That really surprised me. Its rather interesting is it not that wear and tear of a data cable can effect not only charge time but how quickly that charge drains? I'm guessing here the poor connection drastically reduced not only the strength of charge but the quality of it as well. That would at least suggest that quality of the charge is just as important as quantity.
What do the gurus on here think of that one? Does that sound about right?
Sent from my GT-I9505 using XDA Forums
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