Moto X: How long does it take you to charge your battery?

[mtndewgood]

Mine can charge in about an hour with the stock charger. I have an aftermarket charger that takes considerable more time.. I think its a difference in the amps of the charger

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[KWKSLVR]

Yes, i meant just that, I do have the stock white charger and the only thing I replaced was the USB cable. Unless I transfer files to the Moto X via USB, I dont charge that way. I charge it in a wall point. That being said, I have had it only for less than a week. I will try with a Motorola OEM cable. If the issue persists, then that would only mean something wrong with the battery, wouldnt it?

The cord makes a HUGE difference. Keep in mind that there are going to be two main types of USB cables. Power/Data and Power only. Most all USB cords are going to be Power/Data. I have a small collection that range in charging output from 0.5amps to 1amps. I have two of these one straight and one coiled. I recommend straight (you can get a 3 foot black one for $5.50 if 6 feet is too long). Anyway, they can charge a device at 2.1amps (provided the device will accept that much, of course). Potentially higher than that as well I suppose.

Your cable is a big deal. The stock cable is fine, but it's not as fast as the Mediabridge. No cable that does Power/Data is going to charge as fast as a dedicated Power cable due to half your pins being dedicated to data transfer instead of power. Some people have had bad results with the Mediabridge cables. Both of mine are almost a year old. The straight is fine and the coiled has started giving me issues. But I have used it extensively in the car and done a lot of tugging on it. For $7, I recommend buying a couple straight cables. I travel with mine and if I need a data cable, I have a random cable or two sitting in my backpack all the time. For the car, I pair the above mentioned cable with one of these Belkin chargers that will output at 2.1 amps. I can charge my Moto X from essentially dead to full in around an hour depending on usage while it's charging, of course.

Like I said, your cable is a big deal.

 

[tmann202]

The cord makes a HUGE difference. Keep in mind that there are going to be two main types of USB cables. Power/Data and Power only. Most all USB cords are going to be Power/Data. I have a small collection that range in charging output from 0.5amps to 1amps. I have two of these one straight and one coiled. I recommend straight (you can get a 3 foot black one for $5.50 if 6 feet is too long). Anyway, they can charge a device at 2.1amps (provided the device will accept that much, of course). Potentially higher than that as well I suppose.

Your cable is a big deal. The stock cable is fine, but it's not as fast as the Mediabridge. No cable that does Power/Data is going to charge as fast as a dedicated Power cable due to half your pins being dedicated to data transfer instead of power. Some people have had bad results with the Mediabridge cables. Both of mine are almost a year old. The straight is fine and the coiled has started giving me issues. But I have used it extensively in the car and done a lot of tugging on it. For $7, I recommend buying a couple straight cables. I travel with mine and if I need a data cable, I have a random cable or two sitting in my backpack all the time. For the car, I pair the above mentioned cable with one of these Belkin chargers that will output at 2.1 amps. I can charge my Moto X from essentially dead to full in around an hour depending on usage while it's charging, of course.

Like I said, your cable is a big deal.

That's good info. Maybe he is using a data/power cable with the wall charger??

 

[JoeNM84]

That's good info. Maybe he is using a data/power cable with the wall charger??

If it is OEM then it is Data/Power. I think if you want a straight power only USB cable you will have to specifically find one that is labeled as such. Or find one of those chargers that the cable doesn't even disconnect from the wall socket portion.

 

[Puzzlegal]

I get acceptably fast charging with data cables. I am using left over chargers from my photon and my Palm pre, and the Moto X charges faster. I've never timed it, but under 2 hours, I think.

 

[rewolff]

FYI, I've measured "cheap" USB cables to have a resistance on the order of 3 ohms per conductor. That means that if you short it (i.e. zero energy at the phone side) the current will be below 1A. If the charger is at 5V, and the phone requires 4.5V, then the maximum current would be something like 83mA....

Anyway... Motorola claims that 0.5-1.5A charger is required and that the bigger the charger, the faster the charging. In my case I happen to have a 30A powersupply hooked up to my charging point. Should be enough, right?

Anyway, it seems to be charging at around 12% per hour, or 8 hours for a full charge. Of course I can only see the charging rate on the phone itself, which means that when I'm looking the screen is on. Anyway, I would like to have it charge in say 1:15 using about 1.5A, How do I get it to do that?

Update: I've measured the current it is drawing: 470mA. In-spec for USB, but not the "fast charging" that should be possible with a 1.5A+ powersupply.

 

[KWKSLVR]

Something is defective in there somewhere. I haven't measured mine yet, but the factory power supply and M the cable I posted up will charge my device in 1.5 - 2 hours.

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[johnweythek]

Just got my 1st smartphone, it's a Moto X bc it's the best verizon will do for android's sake, kit kat and very little verizon bloatware (after 6 years of a flip phone, holy crap can you imagine only JUST discovering all the awesomeness of smartphones?). Anyway I use my stock Moto X charger and cord into a dock which is just a female mini-b and a male mini-b where the phone sits up to face me, which is all the dock does, and that short inner cord isn't resisting much.

The stock charger has an odd amperage rating. It's 1150mA. Maybe the Moto X can take a little more than 1amp or they add the extra just for cord resistance or it's got something to do with having 2 plugs in it, who knows. I only empty (or less than 20%) my battery before I charge it and it always takes around 2 hours, prob a little less. I'll use a Monoprice $5 cord in the other plug (only 1 at a time though) if i need to use the phone while charging and don't really notice a difference other than it not moving much while i'm downloading or talking, of course.

Mostly just wanted to note the odd amperage on the moto x charger, see if anyone was aware of that or knows anything further, i'm still trying to figure out if i can go past it with 2.1A and if that'll shorten my battery life significantly (probably, if so).

 

[sting7k]

The cord can make a difference trust me
Get a OEM cord

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I have also found this to be true. I have some cables from monoprice.com that do not charge devices as fast. Other cables that are "official" charge noticeably faster.

My Moto X charges pretty quick. I haven't timed it. It's a little slower than my iPhone but it's nothing to complain about.

 

[4runnerbrett]

I bought cheap cords and with screen on you can watch the battery lose percentage but with my official Motorola or samsung charger I can Pandora and whatever else and the battery goes up pretty quick still.

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[Rick Jacobs]

Using the stock cable and charger plugged into the wall usually 2 hours from about 10% battery left. Lately I had it take 3 hours to go from 23% to 42%. I powered off waited 5 minutes turned it back on and it charged much quicker. Seems it's been happening more and more lately.

 

[ProParkour]

I get a good 30-35% an hour, usually charge up in the morning when I have about 25% left. I'm using the stock adapter with a charger cable from Monoprice, it was cheap with a lifetime warranty and gold plated.

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