I have a launch day N5, rooted stock 4.2.2 running ART. A few months ago my car charger died and I picked up a Duracell-branded charger to replace it that uses a USB cable. (I can't recall if I'm using the one that came with it or the old one the old charger had.) It was fine for a month or two and then I started noticing occasionally I'd take it off the cord at the end of a drive and it was lower than I'd started. The screen had come on and the charge icon appeared, but the battery graph was a straight line down.
I dug an old $1 Monoprice charger I had and it just treads water, perhaps gaining a percent or two after 20-30 minutes; nothing like a wall charger (or car charger before) which does 25% per half-hour. I bought a PNY 2.1A charger and it's only marginally better. 30 minute drive home and it only increased 4% with Tune In feeding Bluetooth. To rule out the cable I took it and used it with a wall charger and it was fine, charging full speed. I'm really at a loss as to what's causing this terrible charging performance. I'm going to try the power point in the console as opposed to the dash, but I don't get what difference that should make.
My battery performance was never super-duper - I see the people calling 4 hours SOT and going to bed after 18 hours with 30% left "so-so" and want to scream - but if I can't top off while on the road, much less use navigation, I've got a problem. Anyone else seeing similar weirdness? TIA!
EDIT: Forgot to mention that I rooted last week so I could run Greenify and while that helped a little with drain, it had no effect on charging.
I dug an old $1 Monoprice charger I had and it just treads water, perhaps gaining a percent or two after 20-30 minutes; nothing like a wall charger (or car charger before) which does 25% per half-hour. I bought a PNY 2.1A charger and it's only marginally better. 30 minute drive home and it only increased 4% with Tune In feeding Bluetooth. To rule out the cable I took it and used it with a wall charger and it was fine, charging full speed. I'm really at a loss as to what's causing this terrible charging performance. I'm going to try the power point in the console as opposed to the dash, but I don't get what difference that should make.
My battery performance was never super-duper - I see the people calling 4 hours SOT and going to bed after 18 hours with 30% left "so-so" and want to scream - but if I can't top off while on the road, much less use navigation, I've got a problem. Anyone else seeing similar weirdness? TIA!
EDIT: Forgot to mention that I rooted last week so I could run Greenify and while that helped a little with drain, it had no effect on charging.
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