Tips : How to make your SmartPhone Charge Faster.

[Anonymous]

"How to make your Smartphone Charge Faster"

Excerpt from the Link "USE A TABLET CHARGER.
The normal output of the wall charger that came with your phone is 1.1 amps. That might sound technical, but it’s just a measure of how fast the charger can get electricity into the phone’s battery. Tablet chargers are often much faster, over 2 amps, as their batteries are larger, but manufactures don’t want you waiting longer for them to be fully charged. You can also get chargers with larger amp outputs. Both will give you a much shorter charge time."

My thoughts :

Some of the suggestions are common sense but I haven't contemplated using my iPad Air Charger to charge my iPhone.

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[jonsie]

I would always use the correct charger personally. Whilst it's correct that charging is slower from USB and in-car, some phones and tablets will only charge at the rate predetermined by the manufacturers.

Using your ipad charger on your iphone will make not a jot of difference to the charging time. The iPhone will only draw up to 1A of current no matter the charger.

Sources :

http://www.wired.com/2013/12/charging-devices-faq/

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/using-your-ipad-charger-with-other-devices/

[Anonymous]

After making the thread I also looked on Apples Website and it does confirm compatibility is fine to use the iPad charger on the iPhone.

Anyone else thinking of using their tablet charger would be best served doing a little homework beforehand.

As jonsie has intimated it is always safe to use the original.

[Anonymous]

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@jonsie wrote:

I would always use the correct charger personally. Whilst it's correct that charging is slower from USB and in-car, some phones and tablets will only charge at the rate predetermined by the manufacturers.

Using your ipad charger on your iphone will make not a jot of difference to the charging time. The iPhone will only draw up to 1A of current no matter the charger.

Sources :

http://www.wired.com/2013/12/charging-devices-faq/

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/using-your-ipad-charger-with-other-devices/

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I seem to recall also that using alternative cables can damage your phone - so if a different charger has an integral lead it may be a false economy in the long run.  Maybe some of the more technically minded residents in the Community could update us on that aspect, please.

Gerry

[Cleoriff]

I am certainly not technically minded but have read some horror stories about cheap chargers burning out...setting fire...and ruining the device they are meant to be charging.

We recently experienced (on this forum) a new poster recommending a certain charger from an auction site as being genuine.

It was not genuine. It was cheap yes...but not genuine.

Having been at the receiving end of patients being brought into A/E caught in a fire due to a faulty charger I would never recommend anything that cuts corners ......

[aldaweb]

A phone's charging circuit will only draw up to the maximum charging current whatever the theoretical output of a charger provided it is functionaing correctly. Thus if it is capable of 1A then it will take half as long to charge as when connected to a 500mA output as a 1A charger but no quicker connected to a 2A charger, not accounting for inefficencies in the circuit.

The problem with the cheap chargers that Cleoriff mentions is that they have no overload protection and often poor isolation as well.

[MI5]

All smartphones and tablets etc have control regulated charging circuits within the actual device (not the charger), therefore it makes no difference what charger you use above the charge circuit control point.
If the charge circuit is regulated to 1a you will only charge at 1a regardless, even if using a 5 amp charger.

[Anonymous]

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@MI5 wrote:
All smartphones and tablets etc have control regulated charging circuits within the actual device (not the charger), therefore it makes no difference what charger you use above the charge circuit control point.
If the charge circuit is regulated to 1a you will only charge at 1a regardless, even if using a 5 amp charger.

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Is there an easy way to determine the regulated charge rate for any given make/model of phone?  Is it displayed in the specification?

Gerry 

[MI5]

It will be in the service manual.... Many of them are available on line if you have a google but the easiest way is to measure the current draw yourself to determine what the device is pulling in.

[Anonymous]

I've used the charger supplied for my iPhone and the charger supplied for my iPad Air ,and it does appear to charge my iPhone faster.

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