06-03-2021, 02:42 PM
(04-26-2021, 01:29 PM)Zebulon Walton Wrote: I use a generic 5V 2A charger from ebay on my pinephone and it works fine, just takes a bit longer to charge up than a 3A charger would.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/231990531054
I've only had my PinePhone 2 days and have been using a Samsung J5 charger, which is only rated @ 5V 1A... other than charging much slower, could charging at such a low amperage pose a risk to the phone or battery? I have a power strip with a built-in USB socket rated @ 5V 2.1A 10.5W - but it's a cheap make and I don't know if I should trust it - however, would this be better than the low power J5 charger until I can get a better one?
I ran some tests today, but don't really know if the results are a good or bad sign ...would be very gratefull if any of you guys with more experience could look over my findings and comment accordingly ...cheers all.
# PBE Battery Test 21-06-03 Day 2
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# PBE = Pinephone Beta Edition 1.2
# PBE OS = plasma-mobile
# Kernel:5.12.3-1-MANJARO-ARM
# PBE Charger = Samsung J5 Model ETA0U83UWE
# 5.0VDC @ 1.0A
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# PBE Battery = ID-1: axp20x-battery
# @ 87% full charge @ 23:50
# @ 85% charger off @ 23:55
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# PBE Enabled = WiFi/BT/mic/Rcam/Fcam
# PBE Disabled = LTE-modem/Headphone
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# PBE on and charging for 6 hours
# Bat @ 85% when turn off @ 00:00
# PBE off and not charging for 12 hours
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# PBE on and used @ 10 minute intervals
# Bat @ 85% when turn on @ 12:00
# Bat @ 83% while on idle @ 12:10
# Bat @ 83% while on idle @ 12:20
# Bat @ 81% while on wifi @ 12:30
# Bat @ 80% while on idle @ 12:40
# Bat @ 79% while on idle @ 12:50
# Bat @ 78% while on idle @ 13:00
# PBE @ 7% bat used for 50 minutes idle
# with 10 minutes used on wifi only
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# PBE left untouched on idle for 1 hour
# Bat @ 76% while on idle @ 14:00
# PBE @ 2% bat used for 1 hour idle
# and no user interaction
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# PBE on and used continuously for 1 hour
# Bat @ 71% while on wifi @ 14:10
# Bat @ 69% while on wifi @ 14:20
# Bat @ 70% while on wifi @ 14:30
# Bat @ 65% while on wifi @ 14:40
# Bat @ 62% while in term @ 14:50
# Bat @ 59% while in ssh @ 15:00
# PBE @ 12% bat used for 1 hour user
# interaction and no idle time
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