Nexus 5: Slow USB charging with external Battery

[360Mobiles]

Hey everyone. Whenever I plug my Nexus 5 into a wall charger, it normally charges at an AC rate. However, I've found with external batteries that it charges at a USB rate even if it's plugged into a 2.1A port. Has anyone else seen this behavior? I find it odd because my Nexus 4 seems to charge at an AC rate when plugged into these batteries.

 

[JeffDenver]

Re: Slow USB charging with external Battery

Hey everyone. Whenever I plug my Nexus 5 into a wall charger, it normally charges at an AC rate. However, I've found with external batteries that it charges at a USB rate even if it's plugged into a 2.1A port. Has anyone else seen this behavior? I find it odd because my Nexus 4 seems to charge at an AC rate when plugged into these batteries.

This is normal. Battery will charge the phone at USB speeds...so it will charge as if you are plugged into a PC instead of a wall outlet.

And not all AC chargers are equal...some are higher capacity than others. The one that comes with the phone is a high capacity one. The same is true of tablets...they will often charge slowly or not at all with phone chargers...you need to use the tablet chargers to get them to charge at a decent speed.

If you can find a battery that charges at AC speeds I'd be interested in looking at it. None of my batteries do.

 

[crxssi]

Re: Slow USB charging with external Battery

If you can find [an external] battery that charges at AC speeds I'd be interested in looking at it. None of my batteries do.

He claims to have one- rated at 2.1 Amps.
The stock wall charger is 1.2 Amps.

I suspect there is something different in the wiring that tells the phone when it is being connected to a wall charger or not.

 

[360Mobiles]

Re: Slow USB charging with external Battery

He claims to have one- rated at 2.1 Amps.
The stock wall charger is 1.2 Amps.

I suspect there is something different in the wiring that tells the phone when it is being connected to a wall charger or not.

It's most likely an issue with the Nexus 5 as my Nexus 4 seems to charge at an AC rate from the battery. Perhaps it's from the lack of Qualcomm Quick Charge?

 

[kgeissler]

I have an Anker external battery with two ports. One is 1A and 2A. If I plug my Nexus 5 into the 1A port it charges as AC, if i plug it into the 2A port it charges as USB... I can't figure out why either.

I also have a 2A charger that came with my Nexus 10 and that charger can charge my Nexus 5 in AC mode at 1800mA with no problems.

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[vanhoud]

Yes, the n5 is very finicky on its charge rate based on what port it's connected too. The solution is to install a kernel that supports fast charge. That solves the problem

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