Help Galaxy S charge time and battery usage

[HyperBaka]

what the charging time for galaxy S (default battery and charger) ?
mine took me around 3hr and its not fully charged
and the battery also drained quite fast.

 

[asyrafwa]

Charged it for less than 2 hours...

 

[twisted_mind]

To the OP, if your device new? If yes, the SGS battery takes a few charges to settle in. Make sure you get all the basics right like turn off 3G if u don't use it/ are in a low 3G coverage area. Wifi/bt/gps suck up battery as well if left ON needlessly.

 

[tritones@fastmail.fm]

Anyone know of a way to speed up the charge time? Like a faster charger or such?

 

[goyal.sanchit]

It takes 3-4 hours easily for the full charge if your battery is very low!

 

[umerawan007]

mine takes almost 4 complete hours to comletely charge.

 

[rayhipkiss]

Also, it takes longer to charge the battery via USB, than it does via the mains charger.
It is recommended to charge the battery via USB, purely because it is slower
and therefore better for the battery's health.


Ray

 

[armiinco4]

2,5 hours to full charge, and last for a day, with using 3g, wi-fi, gps...and playing games, and ofcourse talking

 

[TheCompBoy]

Charging batery for me is about 2 hours.. And batery drain is very quick if i have wifi turned on and i am on the web or something.. But maybe you check so no apps are running in the background that might drain the batery.. Atleast this was problem for me.

 

[seepage]

Mine is very strange. Charging time from about 20% to full when phone is not being used and with mains charger varies from about 2 hours to about 4.5 hours.

 

[Manjar]

I charge mine overnight everyday. its probably soaking for 4 hours. Lasts easily the next day for what i want.
I find if i take it off charge at 100% if in a hurry to take phone somewhere it'll drain really fast..
Best thing i did was root it and tune the CPU so that in screen lock state the battery use is 'extreme power save' and not the default (power save or normal? dunno)

 

[hogofddyn_]

Mine takes about 3-4 hours from empty to full.

However, my battery drain is exactly the same when I'm watching youtube videos/playing games/listening to music/browsing/getting texts + phonecalls all day as when the phone's in standby all day doing virtually nothing.

I've checked the task manager to make sure no processes are running and using up the battery. I'm at a loss as to why the battery drain is the same no matter what the usage.

Obviously Wifi, bluetooth, gps etc are turned off whenever they're not needed.

 

[Manjar]

Mine takes about 3-4 hours from empty to full.

However, my battery drain is exactly the same when I'm watching youtube videos/playing games/listening to music/browsing/getting texts + phonecalls all day as when the phone's in standby all day doing virtually nothing.

I've checked the task manager to make sure no processes are running and using up the battery. I'm at a loss as to why the battery drain is the same no matter what the usage.

Obviously Wifi, bluetooth, gps etc are turned off whenever they're not needed.

This is exactly what i was referring to in my post above yours. Root and tune the CPU (with CPU Tuner app) and this will change big time!

 

[pietjuhhh1990]

install juice defender and set it to agressive stance (No notaceble difference in usage)

but about 25% battery duration improvment

 

[up2nogood]

I find when I take my phone off charge and the status screen says 100%, I remove the lead and can literally see the percentage go from saying "100% Fully Charged" to like 97% or something =\ only had the phone a month

 

[PinkBunny16]

I find when I take my phone off charge and the status screen says 100%, I remove the lead and can literally see the percentage go from saying "100% Fully Charged" to like 97% or something =\ only had the phone a month

I've found the exact same thing happens to me too when I switch off the plug it will drop to 99-98%. Ive had mine for a few months now but I'm hoping that Gingerbread will help fix it.

 

[up2nogood]

I've found the exact same thing happens to me too when I switch off the plug it will drop to 99-98%. Ive had mine for a few months now but I'm hoping that Gingerbread will help fix it.

its annoying, ive got nothing running out of the ordinary to make it do this, I've only had the phone a month or so and it never used to do it when i first got it....

 

[Shocky]

Around 1.30 hours here, 3-5 hours using USB charge. battery will last anywhere from a 1-2 days

Currently 1d 16h on battery at 39%

 

[rayhipkiss]

I find when I take my phone off charge and the status screen says 100%, I remove the lead and can literally see the percentage go from saying "100% Fully Charged" to like 97% or something =\ only had the phone a month

The battery immediately drops to 98% after unplugging the charger because it was never charged to 100% in the first place. The battery meter is actually lying to us. It's not a bug though as it's designed to protect the battery from being overcharged as doing so will result in the battery having a shorter life span.
If your phone is rooted, you can calibrate the battery to allow it to fully charge to 100%. Download an app from the market called Battery Calibration.


Cheers.

Ray

 

[docd]

hi, my phone (galaxy S) battery takes 3.5 hrs for full charging from 10 to 100%..
is it normal???
if not then what should i do to reduce the charging time??!!
pls guide me if anybody knows...
thanks..

 

[auntylind]

Hi. Been using bbc iplayer for radio at night for months now with no issues. All of a sudden battery drained overnight, got a new battery and a power pack and drained them both overnight! I am not doing anything differtly to what I've been doing for months. Any ideas please (plain englush please as dont understand the jargon)

 

[Kicksilver]

From 1 to 100%, 4 hours on my AC outlet.

 

[mypatshop]

My Galaxy S is about 8 months old and the battery is kind of "dying". It drains very quickly about half a day and despite full charged, the meter says 97% the very moment I unplugged the charger.

Guess it's time for a replacement battery

 

[blacksnoopy]

I've heard that it is good to be charged for about 12 hours

 

[Matt31]

For the people who say that their phones drop instantly when they unplug their phone.

Mine was doing the same....so, once I unplugged it and noticed, I decided to plug it back in in. And then I would leave it for about 10 mins and unplug it to see....then it would drop a few percent again, but not the same as the first time....So, I kept doing this until once I unplugged the battery, it didn't drop at all......stayed at 100%

That's when I downloaded Battery Calibration and reset the battery stats with that app.
Went from quickly losing battery 8-9 hours of usage, all the way to 30+ hours of usage.