It happens rarely, but I will notice either my phone or the charger getting pretty toasty randomly. What could be causing this?
It happens rarely, but I will notice either my phone or the charger getting pretty toasty randomly. What could be causing this?
9 Comments
Death_Equity@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
Faster or more charging requires more power and therefore more heat is produced. If your phone is at 20% and you charge it, it will be charged at a higher rate than if you were charging it at 90%.
If you have an inductive charger, a wireless charger, those heat up due to the nature of their design when in use.
Edit: Don't rule out malfunction as the cause. The charger, cable, or phone could be creating an unsafe operating state.
Serinus@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Also, depending on your habits, it's possible for your phone to rarely fast charge.
Android will intentionally slow charge if it seems like bedtime, and will aim to hit 100% when your alarm goes off.
glibg10b@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
Source?
Serinus@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
It's called adaptive charging.
https://www.droid-life.com/2023/03/27/adaptive-charging-on-pixel-phones-might-not-need-an-alarm-anymore/
glibg10b@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
It's Pixel-specific. OP didn't say which phone they have
It also has to be enabled first
riimoh@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 2y
My OnePlus also does that
glibg10b@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
Yes, it has a similar feature called Optimised Charging that's OnePlus-specific
Stock Android and Samsung OneUI don't have the feature, and as far as I know, there are no other brands that have it either
exec4@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 2y
You should post your phone, the cable and the charger (specs) Also the soc at the beginning of the charging process.
glibg10b@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
soc = state of charge (battery percentage)