Battery charge times!?!?!

golf18

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Am I to assume that these N10s all take overnight to charge?
I had Google send out a second one and this is the same.

They told me approx. 3 hours is all.
 

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I let mine go below 10%, say 4% or so, and I'd say that it took at least 12 hours, perhaps 18. And I've had times where I could swear it didn't charge at all while I was asleep, but maybe it only went up 1% or 2%. I'm going to write down the starting percentage next time I use the Samsung charger. I'm currently trying other usb chargers and they seem to be doing better.
 

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I think we'll need to wait for that magnetic pogo charger before we have rapid charging. Mine seems like it charges faster the I could use it under normal usage which is mostly web browsing. I can make it drain faster then it charges using glbenchmarks battery test though but that is purposely trying to kill the battery....
 

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Am I to assume that these N10s all take overnight to charge?
I had Google send out a second one and this is the same.

They told me approx. 3 hours is all.

Ok.. let me clear this up. Nexus 10 has a hugeee battery so it will take at least 3-4 hours to charge. we are not in future. battery technology has not got that far.

first time my battery took longer now its getting better. this is my second charge.
 

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I think what he is saying is Google told him it would take 3 hours but its taking 8-10 (all night) or as the other poster said 12-13 hours...
 

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I think what he is saying is Google told him it would take 3 hours but its taking 8-10 (all night) or as the other poster said 12-13 hours...

i understood that!! taking whole night is not normal. my point was at first my chargning was slow too. but it improved after that. or OP might have a faulty socket.
 

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OP might have a faulty socket.

A dodgy wall outlet is possible in my case. I know that two of my wall light switches leak a small amount of electricity when they're in the off position; a screw in compact fluorescent bulb in the hallway blinks about once every 5 or 10 seconds when it's turned off; I'm guessing that it takes that long for enough juice to build up in it from the trickle and then it weakly fires the bulb. I have an led night light in my bedroom that's plugged into an outlet that's controlled by a wall switch and it glows faintly when the switch is off. So maybe not directly related except for age, my wall outlets are making poor contact and/or have excessive resistance.

I need to go through and change all of the wall light switches. And I should hire an electrician to replace all of the wall outlets (2 prong) with 3 prong ones.
 

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So, are you telling me/us that your nexus 10 chargers to full in 3 to 4 hours where everyone else takes 10, 12 or 15 hours?
 

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Mine takes about 5 hours if its below 5%. Maybe its your apps not letting the n10 go to sleep. Check battery usage and data usage to see what's going on while its charging.
 

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Mine takes about 5 hours if its below 5%. Maybe its your apps not letting the n10 go to sleep. Check battery usage and data usage to see what's going on while its charging.

Ok, thanks.

I always turn mine off/power down when I charge it. I do not put it to sleep for charging. So there won't be any background apps.
 

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The Nexus 10 has a 9 Ah battery. The Samsung charger puts out 2 A. So if it is absolutely dead it should take 4? hours to fully charge.

I have tried 3 different chargers and only the one supplied with the device will charge at 2 amps. The other two, (one a 4 amp and the other a 1.75 amp) will take all night only putting out about 5%/hour. the Samsung does a bit better than 20%/hour.
 

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Mine takes about 7-8 hours to charge from <10% to fully charged. I have automatic syncing and wifi on at all times though, so that obviously slows it down. I'd say 5 hours would seem right if nothing else was running.
 

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If you are using the charger that came in the box with the Nexus 10, there is no way that it should be taking 8+ hours to charge the device. 4-5 hours should be all it takes to charge the device from 0% to 100%. If it is taking significantly longer than five hours, either you are using a wrong/defective charger, or your tablet is defective (unlikely).

As others have said, the battery in the Nexus 10 is around five times as large as a normal cell phone battery. Just like it takes a longer time to fill up a gallon of water compared to a quart of water, the larger the container is, the longer amount of time it will take to top it off.
 

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i would prefer not to divulge that bit of info, but don't worry, it's coming soon. and it is by far the preferred method of charging this device