I have the Nokia DT-900 and it works great with my Droid Turbo. I charge it every night and it is at 100% every morning.
DROID TURBO – Wireless Chargers (Qi) cause battery status to become meaningless.
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KSDroid01
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I've been using the Nokia every night and have never had any of the problems reported here.
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I noticed that my battery life was not quite as good as it was when I first got it. After reading this thread (and watching gsam to see the reports on app suckers) I decided to go back to using the turbo charger and the cord that came with it. I am happy to say that my results are similar to others. After a few days my turbo is back to having good battery life again. Just wanted to post this in case it could help any others.
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I have the Verizon stand up Qi charger that they had on display at the store next to the Turbo. It has never given me any of these issues. I always charge during the night with the phone off, so the only gripe I have about Qi is the phone has to be on for it to work.
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Somewhere in the moto software you can set a quiet time, from like 8pm till 7am or whatever, and it'll not ring and buzz.
I've enjoyed that quite a lot, simple as it is.
I've enjoyed that quite a lot, simple as it is.
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Kind of in the same boat. One of the reasons I wanted the Turbo was the wireless charging it had right out of the box. Well, bought a nice Qi charger from Amazon and the first charge or two it worked great. Then I had issues with the Turbo showing 100% and then pretty much going to zip. Did the cache clear and have been using the charger that came with it. Been acting normally and I guess I'll just keep charging it "wired". Dang, I liked the wireless charging. Wish Moto would fix this.
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This thread bums me out! I myself have been using the Tylt qi charger since day one and have had no issues. Definitely one of the reasons I bought the phone was for that feature. Hopefully this gets resolved for you guys soon.
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After having this phone since its introduction, and charging everyt night on my Tylt, I just now got the 100% full bug. I'm hoping 5.0.2 fixes the problem long term, but for now, I guess I get out the wired Turbo charger.
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Performing a cache clear should fix you up (from the boot recovery). I hope it does -- good luck.
Or get a better wireless changer. I use the Nokia DT-900 and DT-910. They work great and are cheap. I have had no false readings.
Actually, not sure what cleared it up. I did that, not really any change, next was to run the battery down to nothing last night. I think that solved the problem. Battery indicator went from 50% to phone shutting off instantly. Put it on the original turbocharger over night seems to have fixed it. I'm running the battery down to nothing again, and it seems to be much more accurate, as I am at 11% right now.
Not sure thats the answer. The tylt charger is considered "one of the best" by many. I suspect there is a software bug with Qi charging in general with the Turbo. As I had mentioned, charged on the tylt since day 1 of the phone, this is the first.
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Good going. In retrospect, I should have prefaced my recommendation with "run your phone dead". I had to do that myself, but had forgotten in my haste this morning. I've only had it happen to me once during my ownership since release date of the Turbo. I still recommend the cache clear about every couple of weeks.
I agree. I use both the Nokia and the TYLT. They are both quality QI chargers. Other than my one incident, I've had no other problems with QI charging, and I routinely go back and forth between that and 2 wired turbo chargers.
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Does your phone get hot during wireless charging? What's the usual temperature? And do you guys use it while charging wirelessly?
Does your phone get hot during wireless charging? What's the usual temperature? And do you guys use it while charging wirelessly?
Do the folks that have had issues with Qi normally keep you phone on 24/7? I ask because I am one of the lucky few who never had an issue with Qi charging from day 1. But my routine is to turn phone off at night, and place on Qi early morning for full charge by the time I leave for the day. Any thoughts on whether turning phone off somehow "resets" or nullifies the bug?
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Mine is on 24/7. Not sure there is a clear cut cause affect, other than it seems to happen with Qi charging. Took mine 6 months before I saw the problem. didnt cause any damage to the phone, and letting it drain until dead and recharging has recalibrated the battery status. The biggest problem with this is that the phone might say 90% full yet, when in reality its only got a 50% charge left. Again, I think this is a software bug, not something wrong with the battery or phone hardware itself.
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Warm, but not hot. It is not unusual for my phone to be on the TYLT charger running as a hot spot for my tethered notebook during the day, with occasional direct use of the phone as well.
I never turn my phone off unless changing the battery (obviously doesn't happen on this pone), or troubleshooting. I restart it about one a week, but it's pretty much 24/7 which is how I've always used my phones in the past.
I use the Nokia DT-900 as well and have had zero issues with wireless charging. I had both the Seidio Surface case and the Diztronic case for the BN Turbo, both charge fine. Makes me wonder if the wireless chargers our there are the issue vs the Turbo...
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