Charging issue with my S3 -- need to know what you guys are experiencing

[JRParsons]

Fyi, with the stock charger, mine takes about 75 minutes from 20%. If the phone is being used it goes up about 1% every 2-3 minutes. Hope this helps.

[squeekybigfoot]

My first charge seemed to be about average quickness, but right now I'm charging it and it's been on for about an hour, started at 29% now its at 43%.

[gtrockwell]

I bought by SIII Friday (7/13) and am having the same issue. If I use the stock USB/Wall charger, I get out 2% charge an hour, without using it. Sometimes it doesn't charge at all. If I plug into the computer, then it charges, but still takes a REALLY long time, like 3 hours. But if I use the stock car charger from Verizon then it charges relatively well.

I'm going to try and charge my SIII with my old Blackberry charger, they have the same shape. We'll see if that works better because it's not a USB connection.

[wcjeep]

No problem with the wife's S3. It charges quickly when plugged into the stock charger or my old DX charger.

[tdperry]

No problem with the wife's S3. It charges quickly when plugged into the stock charger or my old DX charger.

Try a RAZR MAXX charger. It has a higher output because of the larger battery.

Tapped from my Verizon locked bootloader S III

[FoxKat]

Actually most cell phone chargers that are designed for Lithium Ion batteries are charging at about the same output. For example, the charger for the Droid RAZR which is a 1,780mAh battery has an output of 850mAh, and the charger for the Droid RAZR MAXX which has a 3,300mAh battery (nearly twice the size), has an output of 750mAh. In other words, it doesn't really matter what the battery size is, nor does the battery size dictate the charger output.

What does dictate the charger output is what the manufacturer feels is the best charging rate to both give a charge in a reasonable timeframe, and yet not severely reduce the battery's usable lifespan. Charging LI batteries, and namely the batteries in our phones too fast causes stress to the batteries that shortens the number of charges they can take over time and that can mean a battery that doesn't last as long as the phone's targeted lifespan.

In short, use the charger that came with the phone if you want the battery to last the expected 2 years for the phone. If you do charge with an adapter that puts out more current, you will find that your phone will not last as long with each charge as the phone starts getting older.

Here's 5 different chargers, two Moto wall chargers and one Blackberry, and an Apple iPhone charger. The iPhone charger puts out 1,000mAh (1 Amp), the Moto charger for the RAZR (Not the MAXX) puts out 850mAh, the MAXX charger puts out 750mAh, the Blackberry charger puts out 750mAh, and the car adapter (Motorola Rapid Charger Auto Adapter) puts out 750mAh, same as the RAZR MAXX and Blackberry chargers. You might ask why the RAZR charger puts out 850mAh and the MAXX charger actually puts out LESS. Well the answer is that Motorola wanted the battery to last longer in the MAXX, probably figuring the phone will likely be a longer lasting product, meaning people will tend to keep it longer, so the battery needs to remain serviceable for at least 2 years, possibly longer.

[Talon8Ya]

Over the last few days I paid more attention to charging times. From 0-15% to a full charge takes about 2 hrs.
That is both with the phone on at rest or using it for web browsing and such.
I have not tried charging it with the phone off yet though.
I'm not sure if it should charge faster or not. I'm using stock charger.
My Droid 1 charged in about 45 mins but it also had half the battery.
Anyone have any idea what a normal charge time should be for this phone?

[FoxKat]

If we're talking Droid RAZR, the recommended charging time is 3 hours to a fully saturated battery. If its the RAZR MAXX, its 5.5 hours. That means although the meter may say 100%, since the charger may still be active there can still be some "topping off" that can occur. There is no added risk to leaving it on after charge is completed.

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