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Android phone "charging slowly": How to make it faster
This is not a software setting: Android is just telling you that the power source you connected the device to is not giving enough electrical power to charge as fast as it could.
It seems that:
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Don't charge the battery but use connected power to run the phone
Yes, it's possible if your device is rooted running Advanced Charging Controller-Acc Magisk module
and device kernel supports (see currently known list at the end of answer. For more join telegram
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Android phone "charging slowly": How to make it faster
Other answers have explained about how to make it charging faster, this answer tries to explain more about the threshold that the Android uses.
The charging speed is not configurable; it's just a ...
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How to limit charging to a user defined limit?
There now is a hardware+app solution for that, it's called Chargie. https://chargie.org
Basically, Chargie is a Bluetooth switch that is linked to an app on your phone. You set the desired level of ...
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Ideal charging / discharging percentage for maximum battery life?
In the comments to linked answer, it was brought out that batteries are not allowed to stay at 100% charge since it is harmful to the battery and the battery % rapidly drops to around 90% as explained ...
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Is power consumed from battery to run the phone when charging?
Of course your device requires power to run – whether you've set it for charging or not. Question is: Does it use more power than it gets by charging? Which depends on multiple factors:
Your "power ...
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When connecting two Android phones via a cable, how can I choose which phone is charging which phone?
Under USB preferences, whichever device has Charge connected device as enabled is charging the other device.
Snapshot from Pixel 4a (Android 12) connected to and charging One Plus 7 (Android 10)
And ...
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Fast Charging by Qualcomm 3.0- impact on battery?
Short Answer
From battery health point of view, Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 is comparatively better than Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0, since power used for charging is better controlled, resulting in ...
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Automatically limit (stop) battery charging at a given percentage
Okay.. Got it :)
The first thing to note is on Honor 6, my previous device , there was a single file I could play around with to stop charging automatically
On Moto X play, there are two distinct ...
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How to limit charging to a user defined limit?
Many ways - all of course, need
root. Without root, it's not possible and you can only be notified either by automation or using an app as suggested in Chang's answer
Battery Charge Limit from Play ...
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How does fast-charge work?
Fast Charging can be achieved in two ways
Hardware based Charging
Qualcomm- Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 and Qualcomm quick Charge 3.0. Also see Fast Charging by Qualcomm 3.0- impact on battery?. This ...
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Is it bad if a cable is higher current rating than a charger?
No, only the device should not draw more current than the adapter and the cable can handle.
So the device defines how much current will flow through the circuit (which consists of your adapter and ...
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Is power consumed from battery to run the phone when charging?
Tests done to arrive at the answer posted below were correct but the interpretation of results was erroneous on my part. This was validated by two sources including Battery University and based on the ...
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Android phone "charging slowly": How to make it faster
This is by way of supplementing OP's research with additional relevant inputs
"Charging Rapidly" always is neither desirable nor changing the charger mode user configurable
Why is it not ...
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Automatically power on Android when the charger is connected
fastboot oem off-mode-charge 0 is the genuine method if your device supports. It's Google's recommended method but not all OEMs/vendors implement the command in bootloader. Or on some devices it's ...
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How to limit charging to a user defined limit?
AccuBattery can notify you when the battery charge reaches a certain level. It won't stop the charging, unfortunately, but it's still worth a try. :)
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Using Android phone without battery
AFAIK, no.
The fundamental reason is usage and the design that evolved based on it- mobile phone, as the name suggests, is meant to be used whenever and wherever, with periodic charging, unlike ...
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Are 'Apple/Android Specific' USB charging ports really different?
There are two USB charging standards; the official one and the Apple one. You can get a copy of the offical one from usb.org. How charging works depends on whether you are connected to a computer, USB ...
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Micro USB cables that only charge but no data, no mounting etc (Samsung Galaxy S)
As devnul3 says, a power-only cable is a USB cable where the data pins are not connected. The main reason they exist is because they can be made ever so slightly cheaper by virtue of only needing 2 ...
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What is the standard voltage and current levels for an android battery?
Firstly one needs to understand C-rate or charge rate. Quoting from the linked article
C-rate is a measure that governs at what current a battery is charged and discharged. At 1C, a battery rated 1,...
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Prevent display to sleep while charging
there is a setting in developer options on your phone that allows you to keep your display awake whilst charging it. It is enabled by going to settings, then scrolling all the way down to about. From ...
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Plugging phone into laptop charges laptop instead of phone
This is called PD charging. There should be a setting in connection dialog. Also there should be the same options in Developer Settings
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Is power consumed from battery to run the phone when charging?
Yes. Phone does use power from battery when recharging. Although thats something which would more likely depend on how phone is designed, so it may not always be true... but most phones are this way.
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Is power consumed from battery to run the phone when charging?
Short Answer
Is the power consumed from charger or battery to power the device when charging?"- Power is consumed from the charger.
"I want to know if my battery will take a hit [while downloading ...
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simultaneous USB-OTG and charging
There are two different questions here
Fails: tablet - Samsung adapter - extension-cable - OTG-device..... (But) it works when inserted between a thumbdrive and a PC
Android devices support USB ...
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Automatically limit (stop) battery charging at a given percentage
Now there's Chargie - a USB stick+Android app combo that limits charging externally. Just install the stick between the charger and phone and use the app to select the charge level. Simple as that. ...
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How to limit charging to a user defined limit?
My solution is to just use a CountDowntimer on the power outlet, set at 1:20 for me. One hit on the CD button to start the power (ON), and after 1:20 it's OFF again which will be at about 80% charge.
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Does 'Battery Protection Mode' turn on automatically?
I got a response from our support contact at Esper. This is apparently a Lenovo feature.
Lenovo "Battery Protection Mode" will be automatically enabled if the device is continually charging ...
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How do I override charging current on Huawei Honor 6?
The path in this answer didn't work, guess it is not the true path.
Here is my own post at XDA forum showing a script running using a macro. The path according to what worked for me and steps ...
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How to determine maximum capacity of a battery in mAh? - received fake battery
Battery calibration is a myth and definitely will not help you in any way. For details see my answer Bought a new battery. Do I need to calibrate it
3C Toolbox (and maybe other apps, not sure though ) ...
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