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Xperia Z charging takes more than 3 hours

thanu12345 — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 17:57:16 GMT

I got my new Xperia Z and it takes ages to charge and i also noticed when I'm using the device plugged it, it still discharges though it shows charging and its very slow in charging compared to Xperia P. What is the problem? I'm using the original charger with 5v 1.5A output.##

How can i overcome this issue??

Re: Xperia Z charging takes more than 3 hours

thanu12345 — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 20:03:05 GMT

someone help me please

Re: Xperia Z charging takes more than 3 hours

azzido — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 20:14:08 GMT

I don't know how long exactly it should take to full 100% charge from 0%.
However, for sure you will not reach this point in just about an hour. I will try to examine it (without playing with the phone) and will let you know the results to compare.

Anyone else know how long does it normally takes?

Re: Xperia Z charging takes more than 3 hours

thanu12345 — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 20:20:02 GMT

thanks alot, its fine to take long but what worried me was that it was discharging when i was using it while PLUGGED IN. Seems like the Sony charger is not enough to power the device?

Re: Xperia Z charging takes more than 3 hours

azzido — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 20:40:29 GMT

I think it depends on what currently you are doing and what brightness do you setup for display

If you are no doing any depanding task like gaming and you do not setup display brightness to high = it should not only power the device, but also slowly charge it. If you are doing any heavy task + 3G data / wifi + display = unfortunately it will slowly discharge + become hot.

I am going sleep. Good night

Re: Xperia Z charging takes more than 3 hours

thanu12345 — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 04:58:26 GMT

I was on skype video call with maximum brightness but plugged in.. so it was still discharging as if the charger is not powerful enough to support the devvice. I still dont get it

Re: Xperia Z charging takes more than 3 hours

GeoffH — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 06:04:07 GMT

the only time I've ever seen the charger not keeping up with discharge was when playing a highend game at full brightness and it was a very slight discharge rate

This phone like all recent Experias has a high capacity fast charging system, it is able to detect the type of charger connected

You have one of 3 problems causing this

An app installed that is interfering with normal OS Function (like a battery manager)

A faulty charger or cable or you're not using the supplied charger (see if you can borrow one)

A faulty phone (very unlikely)

Re: Xperia Z charging takes more than 3 hours

gregorg1 — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 08:30:06 GMT

Hello,

be sure to use the original cable. Xperia series is very sensitive to cable quality.

Maybe they measure voltage loss from charger to cable.

I tried several cables ( about 15 diffeferent) but only with original cable and with an cable from Lindy called Cromo my Xperia Z was able to charge at about 1200 to 1400 mA.

Other cables went from 450 up to 700 mA.

Kind regards

Re: Xperia Z charging takes more than 3 hours

thanu12345 — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 15:29:23 GMT

Alright then i'm gonna use Xperia P's charger since it is also 5v at 1.5A and if it still creates the problem i will use its data cable as well and then i'll see the results and let you guys know. Thanks for the support

Re: Xperia Z charging takes more than 3 hours

thanu12345 — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 15:41:28 GMT

It is also normal that my phone heats alot when charging or while being used? Right now its charging with Xperia P's charger and it kinda produces heat although im not doing anything much on it

Re: Xperia Z charging takes more than 3 hours

azzido — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 21:07:22 GMT

Hello, I investigated it.
My Xperia Z had about 10% of a battery when I plugget it in for charging.
I am using always only original charger (1500mA).

Well, it took about 2 hours and 10 minutes to be 100% charged.
Please note that I was not doing anything on my phone during this time and Stamina mode was ON.
I think that it may take about 2h 30min to charge from 0% to 100%.

Why it took about 3 hours for you to charge?:
In my opinion because you were playing with your phone a bit during charging and it was consuming power (screen, processor).

Overall, it is normal for this phone to charge so long.
Thank you.

Re: Xperia Z charging takes more than 3 hours

cool_raoul — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 19:45:48 GMT

Why it took about 3 hours for you to charge?:
In my opinion because you were playing with your phone a bit during charging and it was consuming power (screen, processor).
Overall, it is normal for this phone to charge so long.

I have the same kind of problem.

My main issue is that, when using the phone in car with GPS application (Waze) the battery slowly *discharges* although using a car charger capable of delivering 2000mA (Anker 18W / 2.4A + 2.0A (3.6A max) Dual Port USB Car Charge)

I've also tested different cables and car charger combinations without getting better results.

Note that I'm pretty sure that one month ago I did'nt have that issue.

Also, I've recently made a full factory reset of the phone.

I've found an application (Android Tuner Free) which is able to display charging rate in mA.

When using official Sony wall charger, it don't seem to get over 600mA even if the charger is supposed to give 1500mA

Re: Xperia Z charging takes more than 3 hours

DanStar — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:00:31 GMT

i have the same problem. i use my phone while driving (i drive alot) i run my sat nav along with 3g streaming while its on charge yet it doesnt charge nevermind hold a charge and it gets very hot on the back. i have used many different chargers sony's and other makes and it makes no difference. i find this very disappointing from such a 'high' spec phone. i see members are blaming the screen but i never had these kind of problems with other smart phones while im driving. is there an underlaying problem? or do sony expect you to do without using the phone while its on charge? again, none of my other phones had this problem. knew i should of got the lumia!

Re: Xperia Z charging takes more than 3 hours

DanStar — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:07:47 GMT

and i will also add, while on charge and im using the walkman feature, i have the screen off and it very slowly charges and i get terrible interferance on the AUX output

Re: Xperia Z charging takes more than 3 hours

LeCameleon — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:17:11 GMT

I have the same problem ..

Re: Xperia Z charging takes more than 3 hours

cool_raoul — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 07:07:50 GMT

be sure to use the original cable. Xperia series is very sensitive to cable quality.

Very strange this cable issue.

Could please give any information on how and where to buy this "original cable"

Since I had the same charging problem, I let my phone with the charger and it's cable to be repaired under warranty at a sony certified repair center.

3 weeks later I have got my phone back unrepaired (still slow charging) and they have lost the charger and the cable!

Re: Xperia Z charging takes more than 3 hours

cool_raoul — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 08:42:57 GMT

Just bought a Sony car charger (ref: AN401)

The box contains an original Sony cable.

Using this combo, nothing changed: still experimenting slow charging

10€ wasted following the advice to use an "official" cable

Re: Xperia Z charging takes more than 3 hours

Abakadaba — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:15:57 GMT

Hi guys, the truth is that when you charge your z there is a small program that looks at the temperature at battery and processor and pumping DC IN battery not constant but on small portions to take care for termal issues with your beloved xperia z, and if you game or watching movie while it charging it slow the process becouse heat can dammage ( unglue) the back side of the phone and make it total crap,thats why it charging slowly, and thats why the phone didnt got very hot after last updates, becouse there is a termal monitoring and bad termal solution...its a fakin freaky phone Aaaaiiiii

Re: Xperia Z charging takes more than 3 hours

cool_raoul — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:23:47 GMT

@Abakadaba wrote:
,thats why it charging slowly,

I would be able to accept the issue if was only about charging *slowly*

The problem is, when used in car with screen on and GPS application running, it is in fact *discharging*, although charger is plugged.

Re: Xperia Z charging takes more than 3 hours

Abakadaba — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:52:55 GMT

Yes, it is a big problem, while you use navigation, processor is speeding to the termal limit 915 mghz per core so he generating heat and thats why charging stops or limiting to a point that phone consuming more energy than received by charger.if pumping more phone will melt sorry but the truth is that xperia z is full of engineering issues and updates cant do more about this becouse the phone hardware cant do better with termal problems.