Anker Quick charger vs Stock Charger - Test & Results

[Zendroid1]

This was being discussed in another thread but I feel this topic deserves it's own thread and the other thread wasn't about this specifically.

I ran a test using a Quick Charger (Anker Quick Charge 2.0). All variables for the test were the same except for the charger. I had same settings, and left the screen off on both. I took a random percentage as a starting and stopping point. Perhaps in the future I'll do to 100%.

Anker Charger
18-71% in 40 minutes

Stock G4 Charger
18-71% in 49 minutes

The Anker Charger is a bit over 18% faster in this example.

 

[Jonneh]

And we are using the same Anker charger , correct? Just curious.

Regardless, it does seem like we are experiencing about the same results. Good to know!

 

[Almeuit]

Mine was just delivered to my desk. Don't need to charge yet though lol .

 

[Zendroid1]

And we are using the same Anker charger , correct? Just curious.

Regardless, it does seem like we are experiencing about the same results. Good to know!

Correct. Exact same one. It shows green when quick charging (supposedly).

I want to do a test from X % to 100% with the phone OFF to see how fast it will charge using both.

 

[Jonneh]

Correct. Exact same one. It shows green when quick charging (supposedly).

I want to do a test from X % to 100% with the phone OFF to see how fast it will charge using both.

I want you to do that test, too. And I'll compare to mine, lol.

Mine was just delivered to my desk. Don't need to charge yet though lol .

Enjoy that dabnaggit cord, lol. As you said, though, it's on your desk, so you don't need anything longer. Thank god for my extender.

 

[Zendroid1]

I want you to do that test, too. And I'll compare to mine, lol.



Enjoy that dabnaggit cord, lol. As you said, though, it's on your desk, so you don't need anything longer. Thank god for my extender.

Careful on the extenders. I have one that absolutely kills my charging speeds. Not sure why.

 

[Almeuit]

Enjoy that dabnaggit cord, lol. As you said, though, it's on your desk, so you don't need anything longer. Thank god for my extender.

Yep. This is my view to the left of me -- As you can see it is right near me .

 

[QuickStorm]

Re: Anker Quick charger vs Stock Charger - Test & Results

Correct. Exact same one. It shows green when quick charging (supposedly).

I want to do a test from X % to 100% with the phone OFF to see how fast it will charge using both.

My wife's GS6 quick charger charged 5-43% in 110 minutes. So I'm interested in seeing how this Anker charger is compatible with G4

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[Zendroid1]

Re: Anker Quick charger vs Stock Charger - Test & Results

My wife's GS6 quick charger charged 5-43% in 110 minutes. So I'm interested in seeing how this Anker charger is compatible with G4

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Sounds about as fast as my Nexus 6 charger. The Anker will probably do that in less than 30 minutes.

 

[Duncan1982]

Re: Anker Quick charger vs Stock Charger - Test & Results

My wife's GS6 quick charger charged 5-43% in 110 minutes. So I'm interested in seeing how this Anker charger is compatible with G4

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My same S6 charger will charge faster around 1 and a half hrs from 1%-100 but I must time it to get real figures.

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[Almeuit]

Re: Anker Quick charger vs Stock Charger - Test & Results

I am trying it now to ensure it works. Plugged in at 4:50 at 52% .. It is 5:02 PM now with 64%.. Slowly going.

 

[Almeuit]

Re: Anker Quick charger vs Stock Charger - Test & Results

So looks like ... 4:50 at 52% ... 5:50 - 100% .. Definitely not quick charge. This will be something I miss from my S6 but definitely not a deal breaker for me.

 

[dpham00]

Re: Anker Quick charger vs Stock Charger - Test & Results

I posted the charging profile a while back for both the stock and QC 2.0 charger. I found similar about 20% improvement with the qc 2.0 charger. The qc 2.0 charger does about 35% in 30 minutes. The Note 4 does about 50% in the same time.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/lg-g4/536936-charging-profile.html

Sent from my Verizon LG G4

 

[Mikey47]

Re: Anker Quick charger vs Stock Charger - Test & Results

So looks like ... 4:50 at 52% ... 5:50 - 100% .. Definitely not quick charge. This will be something I miss from my S6 but definitely not a deal breaker for me.

50% per hour is not that fast, I get that with my G2. I thought QC was meant to speed up charging from very low percentages to mid percentages and then slow down so it doesn't over charge the battery.

Would be interesting to see what it goes from 2% to 50% in.

 

[Jonneh]

Re: Anker Quick charger vs Stock Charger - Test & Results

So looks like ... 4:50 at 52% ... 5:50 - 100% .. Definitely not quick charge. This will be something I miss from my S6 but definitely not a deal breaker for me.

I'm enjoying the speed of the Anker QC charger, but I'm glad to see that someone else still believes it's not quite Quick Charge yet.
I think LG still hasn't implemented it on the G4 yet, and it'll be another software update. Either that, or they lied :-o lol

 

[anon(782252)]

Re: Anker Quick charger vs Stock Charger - Test & Results

50% per hour is not that fast, I get that with my G2. I thought QC was meant to speed up charging from very low percentages to mid percentages and then slow down so it doesn't over charge the battery.

Would be interesting to see what it goes from 2% to 50% in.

Yes, that's what it is supposed to do but it's not doing it on this phone. The results on this phone don't meet the spec.
Read some posts on XDA speculating that it's related to heat and the phone has been tweaked to protect the battery. Makes sense but who knows until LG says something or does something about it.

My phone just went from 3% to 52% in 41 minutes. So about. 1.2%/min. I have the Tenergy charger.

 

[RedOctobyr]

I believe the heat relationship.

I did some quick testing last night. Stock charger and cable, screen on, my charge current appeared to increase when I removed the phone's back and had a fan blowing across it.

As the displayed battery temperature decreased, the phone appeared to increase the charge current.

So if the battery gets "too warm", the phone may be throttling back the current.

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[anon(782252)]

I believe the heat relationship.

I did some quick testing last night. Stock charger and cable, screen on, my charge current appeared to increase when I removed the phone's back and had a fan blowing across it.

As the displayed battery temperature decreased, the phone appeared to increase the charge current.

So if the battery gets "too warm", the phone may be throttling back the current.

Posted via the Android Central App

Were you measuring charge current with anything like Ampere?

 

[Almeuit]

Re: Anker Quick charger vs Stock Charger - Test & Results

I'm enjoying the speed of the Anker QC charger, but I'm glad to see that someone else still believes it's not quite Quick Charge yet.
I think LG still hasn't implemented it on the G4 yet, and it'll be another software update. Either that, or they lied :-o lol

I am using the international model so not sure if they got QC. The ones in the US were supposed to have it right? I remember reading an article about it.

 

[icwhatudidthere]

Re: Anker Quick charger vs Stock Charger - Test & Results

GSam has a handy chart that makes it easy to compare. The first spike was with a Platinum Quick Charger from Best Buy, the second a Samsung charger I have from a Tab S 10.5. Looks like the Quick Charger only did about 10% higher rate of charge compared to a regular charger. It's hard to see in this pic but it's about 70% vs 62% per hour.