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Can i charge my Xperia SP with a 2A amperage charger? Will it danage the battery?

menyus — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 13:08:55 GMT

I have an Xperia SP with 2300mAh battery. It is a little bit slow to charge it with the 850mA powered sony charger. Sometimes i need the juice quick sometimes. What can i doo?

Re: Can i charge my Xperia SP with a 2A amperage charger? Will it danage the battery?

ns300 — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 13:33:21 GMT

I got 1.5A charger that came with the phone.

Re: Can i charge my Xperia SP with a 2A amperage charger? Will it danage the battery?

menyus — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 13:58:59 GMT

How much does it take to charge fully the battery with that?

Re: Can i charge my Xperia SP with a 2A amperage charger? Will it danage the battery?

ns300 — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 14:05:41 GMT

Haven't really measured time but I know that when I charge my phone when it's turned off, it charges very fast.

Re: Can i charge my Xperia SP with a 2A amperage charger? Will it danage the battery?

Sam — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 02:49:33 GMT

Please only use approved and authentic Sony Mobile chargers designed for use with your handset. The use of third party chargers with varied voltages may cause harm to your product.

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Re: Can i charge my Xperia SP with a 2A amperage charger? Will it danage the battery?

Tejinder — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 04:50:32 GMT

It takes about 3 hour from 0-5 to 100% to charge with bundled charger (the charger which comes with the phone).

Re: Can i charge my Xperia SP with a 2A amperage charger? Will it danage the battery?

blackbox — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 12:44:26 GMT

I don't think using a charger rated at 2A will charge any quicker.

In general the phone hardware and /or software determine the current draw (and hence rate of charging), so just plugging in a supply rated at 2A doesn't mean your phone will use that 2A. Since the SP comes with an 850mA charger, it's safe to assume that you phone will only ever draw < 850mA (otherwise it will overload and damage the charger).

It's more important that the supply voltage is a well regulated 5V. Above that, you could potentially damage your phone. Most consumer electronics have some sort of overvoltage protection, but it's really not worth risking.

Re: Can i charge my Xperia SP with a 2A amperage charger? Will it danage the battery?

menyus — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 13:53:21 GMT

Okay thanks guys. So there's no way to make the charging faster.

Re: Can i charge my Xperia SP with a 2A amperage charger? Will it danage the battery?

Jarda — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 15:34:37 GMT

For Xperia XP I'm using charger for my tablet, it gives 1.5A, and all is O.K. Phone is drawing 1.2 - 1.3A maximally, measured by Battery Monitor Widget app.

Waiting all the time for charging with original charger (850mA) is crazy and bad joke, i think

Re: Can i charge my Xperia SP with a 2A amperage charger? Will it danage the battery?

Becktor — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 16:31:18 GMT

as long as the voltage is at 5V you'll be fine with a 1.5 or 2A charger

Re: Can i charge my Xperia SP with a 2A amperage charger? Will it danage the battery?

macobitola — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 02:06:55 GMT

with original charger ned 3 hours , and with 5v 2a charger i charge for 2 hours,

but a dont know does have any batery dameged,, luks fine to me. no problems yet.

Re: Can i charge my Xperia SP with a 2A amperage charger? Will it danage the battery?

macobitola — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 03:07:06 GMT

i yust the charger from samsung nexus 10 wich is 5v 2a and charge the xperia sp for 2hour, very speed charge,

Re: Can i charge my Xperia SP with a 2A amperage charger? Will it danage the battery?

menyus — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 08:21:05 GMT

yeah. i use the charger for the nexus 7 (5V 2A) and had no problem since.

Re: Can i charge my Xperia SP with a 2A amperage charger? Will it danage the battery?

thamjid — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:04:01 GMT

Im using my powerbanks 2.1A port. No problem at all. Ur device has a maximum power handling capacity. So it wont take 2amps when u connected to a 2amps output.

Re: Can i charge my Xperia SP with a 2A amperage charger? Will it danage the battery?

1052dharmesh — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 20:04:25 GMT

I used Sony m2 mobile can I use fast carger 5v?

Re: Can i charge my Xperia SP with a 2A amperage charger? Will it danage the battery?

Tee69 — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 11:19:02 GMT

It's fine to use 2000mA chargers, ive got a brand new Xperia E2003 and decided upgrade my charger at same time so i bought a 2100mA charger, guess wot? The new 2.1Amp charger is slower than my old 1Amp, so much so, its not enough to use my phone whilst charging, it flashes the warning up that the power source is insufficient. At this point i will say that the old 1Amp is a Sony charger and the new 2.1Amp is a fone charger from Asda, on paper it should be faster obviously the internal electronics are inferior although it is safe to use. Go figure!

Re: Can i charge my Xperia SP with a 2A amperage charger? Will it danage the battery?

ririsei — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 05:36:25 GMT

I'm currently use qualcomm quick charge 2.0 certified charger that's give 5V/2A output. when used with xperia sp, it only charged the phone with 1.5A for the max capacity. It mean that no problem to use >850mA charger, because the phone will limit the power input. But, still recommend to use high quality/certified charger to ensure the safe power for the phone.

To check the input state, you can install "Ampere" app from google play store, this app show you the input and output state while charging / not charging.