OcalaFlGuy
Android Expert
So I'm on activation curfew with my N4 until I can sell my Spirit but that doesn't stop me from getting some "needed" goodies for it and getting it set up in the meantime. Thankfully it came with the Fusion case as I might likely have gotten that one anyway if it hadn't.
So I got this RAVPower wireless charger for it. It gets stellar reviews from numerous N4 users.
Amazon.com: RAVPower Wireless Charger Charging Pad Qi-Enabled USB Charger Phone Charger for Nexus 5 / 7 / 4; Samsung Galaxy S4, S3, Note3, Note2; Droid Charge; LG Optimus LTE2, Spectrum; HTC Rezound, Incredible 2, Incredible 4 LTE; Motorola Droid 4;
Not being hooked up yet, I can't burn through much juice so I haven't done a lot of charges yet on the N4. I think a full charge took 3-3.5 hrs with the wired plug. (15%-100%)
Last night with the case on, it took over 7 hrs for the phone to charge on the RAVPower from 20-100%. Yes, the wireless chargers are Supposed to only charge 75-85% as fast as wired but this is TWICE as slow as wired, (50% as efficient). For grins I tried it for just an hour this afternoon with NO case and the charge rate works out to about the same. Though I have read that some chargers take longer with a case, this one seems drag ass either way. While RAVPower Does Say that cases > 5 mm won't charge correctly, I measured the Fusion and it's only 2 mm of poly-carbonate on the back.
Now the More Scary part.
Yes, the Qi chargers get warmer than wired. 110F isn't unusual from the A LOT I've read. (REVPower's words are "a little warmer than body temperature" in their literature.) Last night right after I started with the case charging wirelessly the phone got pretty damn warm, I'd say around 114 F or so. Freaked my ass out and I took it off the charger and noodled it out for a bit.
So I loaded this app to keep a REALLY close eye on things.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=src.schimi.temperatureguardfree&hl=en
I'll be damned if awhile later after charging for hours at around 107 F or so, BANG!, the high temp alarm goes off and the #%^&in' battery is at 115 F. I take it off the charger and reset the threshold for 120 F. It hasn't gone back off and the 115 F last night was the highest it got the rest of the charge time.
115 F concerns me. It the damn thing lights up to 120 F I'm gonna freak.
I guess I'll ring up RAVPower tomorrow morning when they open and see if I'm just being my usual paranoid self [1]. Or not.
[1] Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.
Bruce in Ocala, Fl
So I got this RAVPower wireless charger for it. It gets stellar reviews from numerous N4 users.
Amazon.com: RAVPower Wireless Charger Charging Pad Qi-Enabled USB Charger Phone Charger for Nexus 5 / 7 / 4; Samsung Galaxy S4, S3, Note3, Note2; Droid Charge; LG Optimus LTE2, Spectrum; HTC Rezound, Incredible 2, Incredible 4 LTE; Motorola Droid 4;
Not being hooked up yet, I can't burn through much juice so I haven't done a lot of charges yet on the N4. I think a full charge took 3-3.5 hrs with the wired plug. (15%-100%)
Last night with the case on, it took over 7 hrs for the phone to charge on the RAVPower from 20-100%. Yes, the wireless chargers are Supposed to only charge 75-85% as fast as wired but this is TWICE as slow as wired, (50% as efficient). For grins I tried it for just an hour this afternoon with NO case and the charge rate works out to about the same. Though I have read that some chargers take longer with a case, this one seems drag ass either way. While RAVPower Does Say that cases > 5 mm won't charge correctly, I measured the Fusion and it's only 2 mm of poly-carbonate on the back.
Now the More Scary part.
Yes, the Qi chargers get warmer than wired. 110F isn't unusual from the A LOT I've read. (REVPower's words are "a little warmer than body temperature" in their literature.) Last night right after I started with the case charging wirelessly the phone got pretty damn warm, I'd say around 114 F or so. Freaked my ass out and I took it off the charger and noodled it out for a bit.
So I loaded this app to keep a REALLY close eye on things.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=src.schimi.temperatureguardfree&hl=en
I'll be damned if awhile later after charging for hours at around 107 F or so, BANG!, the high temp alarm goes off and the #%^&in' battery is at 115 F. I take it off the charger and reset the threshold for 120 F. It hasn't gone back off and the 115 F last night was the highest it got the rest of the charge time.
115 F concerns me. It the damn thing lights up to 120 F I'm gonna freak.
I guess I'll ring up RAVPower tomorrow morning when they open and see if I'm just being my usual paranoid self [1]. Or not.
[1] Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.
Bruce in Ocala, Fl