How long did you take to fully charge your Nexus 4? Mine is damn slow.

Nexusian

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Hey, today I just tested my Nexus 4 16gb. It was depleted and couldn't even start up on my first try.

I plugged in the wall charger and it took around 10-15 minutes and it started at 1%. I was playing around with it while it auto-installs my old apps (I used the old google account).

After around 1 hour, unbelievably, its still around 3-5%. It got me worried so I start recording it on a paper. Here is my stats.

1.51pm 5%
in between here I played with it a while. no more than 5 minutes.
4.20pm 51%
4.50pm 62%
6.31pm 94%

Is this normal? Should I asked for a new unit? Do I have to pay for postage to send it back?
 

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How long have you had it? At first mine was painfully slow. Now just this morning actually I thought to myself how much quicker it takes a charge. My phone ran out last night and this morning I plugged it in to the wall. In about 15-20 minutes I was up to 40%

It gets better after it's conditioned a bit. I've had my N4 since mid November.

Charging through USB...now that's a whole other story....:mad:
 

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the LG charger is awful... mine is completely useless now (had my N4 since November). I would buy a 1.5A-2A wall charger, then your phone should charge pretty fast (mine usually takes 1-2 hours to go from <20 to fully charged).
 

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How long have you had it? At first mine was painfully slow. Now just this morning actually I thought to myself how much quicker it takes a charge. My phone ran out last night and this morning I plugged it in to the wall. In about 15-20 minutes I was up to 40%

It gets better after it's conditioned a bit. I've had my N4 since mid November.

Charging through USB...now that's a whole other story....:mad:
Got it last week. Open it once and left it in the cupboard. Was too busy. This is the first cycle I guess.
the LG charger is awful... mine is completely useless now (had my N4 since November). I would buy a 1.5A-2A wall charger, then your phone should charge pretty fast (mine usually takes 1-2 hours to go from <20 to fully charged).
Wow that is freaking fast! Any online stores link of your wall charger?
 

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2-3 hours to go from 5% to full charge. i usually put it to charge at night, on a timer switch to start charging from 3 am. So when i wake up its fully charge.
 

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Mine is fast I have charged fully within 1 and a half hours. That's with the battery down to about 15% juice left

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
 

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Made a concurrent post a few hours ago about the same thing. First phone took an epic 3 hours 20 mins to charge from 0. Replacement phone upto 97% after 2 hours 35 mins. Stuck at 97 at the moment. I expect it to reach 100 in the next half hour which takes the total charging time upto almost 3 hours. Ironically the reason I sent out for a replacement in the first place. I think it's a charger issue. Any thoughts at all anyone?
 

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Send it back. I had slow charge issues that led to no charging and sporadic charging after a while. I swapped out for a new replacement with Google (Painless process) and now my new unit charges in 3-4 hours with no other issues.
 

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Send it back. I had slow charge issues that led to no charging and sporadic charging after a while. I swapped out for a new replacement with Google (Painless process) and now my new unit charges in 3-4 hours with no other issues.

So is a 3 + hour charging time quite normal for the Nexus 4?
 

Tony Huynh

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Mine takes forever. I always charge mine before I go to bed around midnight. Wake up around 9AM and its only at like 80-85% charged. That's 9 hours of charge and the battery wasn't even fully drained. Roughly 15-20% left. Mine is the first batch. The other day I woke up and grabbed the phone and literally tossed it cause it was burning hot. I quickly unplugged it and sat it in front of a fan. It wouldn't turn on. Finally after holding the power+vol down+vol up, it turned on and was only 50% charged. Maybe I should warranty this phone?
 

greydarrah

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You guys that has slow charge times, did you try a different charger? There is no way I would refurb my perfectly working phone for a new charger.