Your cable sucks
The first
offender in any case of slow-charging should always be your USB cable. Just
take a look at it: guilty as hell. Considering the awful treatment my USB
cables undergo, it's no wonder that it is usually why my phone won't charge
faster.
USB cables get
bent, twisted, coiled, run over with chair wheels and generally abused: all of
these are not very good for maintaining a solid connection and flow-through of
power. Be sure to check the ends too: they can very easily get full of fluff.
Your power source sucks
The next obvious
question is where are you getting your power from? If you have a USB cable
plugged into your laptop then your phone is going to charge insanely slowly and
you'll deserve it. Likewise Qi wireless charging. While Qi is brilliant
technology, that brilliance comes at the cost of speed.
Your best bet is
to have your phone plugged direct into mains power at the wall socket. But even
this can be problematic, especially if you're in an old building where the
wiring might be a little sketchy. If you think this could be the problem, move
to another outlet (and then call an electrician).
Your charger sucks
To complete the
trifecta, if it's not your power source or your cable, chances are that it's
the actual adaptor you're using that is causing your battery to charge slowly.
There's a reason every manufacturer provides a specific USB adaptor for each
phone they ship.
Switching
adaptors between phones can mix-match voltage, wattage, ampage and general
powerage. So stick with the adaptor that came with your phone or at the very
least take a look at the fine print on it and replace it with another adaptor
of the same type.
Your phone sucks
Sorry, but it's
true. If you're sitting there wondering why your Galaxy S2 takes so long to
charge it's because your phone sucks. Newer processors not only support fast
charging, but newer phones even come with turbo charging chargers. The Galaxy
S6, for example, can get your four hours' worth of usage after just ten minutes
plugged in.
Other phones
that support fast charging will have a lightning bolt icon on the charger
itself), possibly along with turbo charging output figures. Your phone can also
become a pocket lint cave too, so check your microUSB port and make sure the
little flap in the port isn't bent while you're looking in there. Your battery
might just be kaput too, so ask yourself how old it is.
You suck
It's true -
you're the worst thing preventing your phone charging quickly when you can't
keep your hands off it. Seriously, if time is of the essence, your best bet is
to leave it alone. Mindlessly scrolling through your Insta feed while watching
your battery percentage go nowhere is no one's fault but your own.
So leave your
phone alone when you charge it, or better yet, turn it off entirely. That's
actually the absolute best way to charge a phone quickly: turn it off, plug it
into a wall with the original charger and have your socks off when you come
back to it. Even after as little as 15 minutes. Now put a nice outfit on - your
hot date awaits.
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