topic Re: Quick Charger for Sony Xperia X in X Series

Quick Charger for Sony Xperia X

Girqff — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 22:31:51 GMT

Hi,

I would like to buy a quick charger for my Xperia X (32Gb).

There are 3 models, UCH10, UCH12, UCH12W. Which one is the best for my phone?

UCH10 & UCH12 are compatible with my phone. Regarding UCH12W I am not sure, but I think it would be fine with an USB A – USB micro-B connector.

Maximum power for UCH10 & UCH12 is 15.3W, and 16.2W for UCH12W. So, even if the Xperia X is not compatible with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0, is it faster to charge with UCH12W charger?

What is the technology MediaTek Pump Express Plus 2.0? It is available on UCH12 & UCH12W, but not on UCH10. Is the Xperia X compatible with this technology?

Finally, I don't know which one will charge my phone the fastest.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Re: Quick Charger for Sony Xperia X

Uliwooly — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 22:58:15 GMT

@Girqff

UCH10

Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 standard

UCH12

Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 standard

UCH12W same as UCH12 but without the USB cable

Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 standard

Re: Quick Charger for Sony Xperia X

Jonas — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 07:34:33 GMT

Hi @Girqff, welcome to our forums!

Your Xperia X supports both Quick charge 3.0 and Quick charge 2.0.

The chargers that @uliwooly listed are the ones we have and his information is correct regarding which charger supports QC 2.0 and/or QC 3.0.

MediaTek Pump Express Plus 2.0 is not compatible with your Xperia X since you have a Qualcomm chipset in your phone.

Xperia XA and Xperia XA Ultra both have support for MediaTek Pump Express Plus 2.0 because they have MediaTek chipset and not Qualcomm chipsets.

Since you are looking for the fastest charger to charge your phone I would recommend the UCH12 charger for your device!

Keep in mind that if you are travelling a lot or need to charge your phone when you are not at home, for the quick charge to work you need to use the UCB11 cable that is included together with the charger, it won't work with a regular micro USB cable.

I hope that answers all your questions, if not please let me know!

Re: Quick Charger for Sony Xperia X

Girqff — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:34:44 GMT

Thank you a lot for your help.

Besides, I have another question about charging the phone.

In order to charge faster, normally the phone should be turned off. However, do you know if Qualcomm Quick Charge & Qnovo Adaptive Charging technologies are working when the phone is turned off?

So, is it better and faster to charge the phone turned off or turned on?

Re: Quick Charger for Sony Xperia X

Jonas — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:37:06 GMT

Hello again!

No problem at all, I'm glad I was able to assist you!

Qualcomm quick charge will work just fine when the phone is either turned on or off. It may be faster to charge it when it's turned off since no applications and services are currently running in the phone and not consuming the battery.

I have no information how much faster it will charge when turned off or when it's turned on since it all depends on what you are doing with the phone while it's charging. If you for example is playing a game at the same time you are charging the phone it may charge slower than charging it while its powered off.

Let me know if anything is unclear and have a great weekend!

Re: Quick Charger for Sony Xperia X

Nuttie — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 23:15:14 GMT

Xperia X doesn't support Quick Charge 3.0, so buying UCH12 it will use only QC 2.0, thats why you should buy UCH10 not to overpay for the technology which you cannot use. You can check compatible devices both QC2 and QC3 on Qualcomm site.

Re: Quick Charger for Sony Xperia X

Jonas — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 14:41:49 GMT

Hi @Nuttie,

According to the information I have Xperia X supports Quick charge 3.0.

Are you referring to the list in the pdf document on the link below?

https://www.qualcomm.com/documents/quick-charge-device-list

In that document you are correct, it's only listing Xperia XZ as a quick charge 3.0 compatible device from our phone models.

I will request some more information regarding this and I will update you as soon as I have received it!

Re: Quick Charger for Sony Xperia X

Nuttie — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 15:09:22 GMT

For sure it doesn't support, 6m ago i contacted Sony official support and Qualcomm support and both they said Xperia X supports only QC2.0, i have UCH12 charger and i was dissapointed of Sony's marketing policy becouse UCH12 charger was dedicated to Xperia X at sonymobile website, which is not. I mean UCH12 can charge in QC2.0 but in that condition you can buy UCH10 charger a lot cheeper.

Re: Quick Charger for Sony Xperia X

Jonas — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 16:30:21 GMT

Thanks for the update!

I see, I have requested some further information regarding Xperia X and if it's compatible with quick charge 3.0 and I will post it here when I receive it.

I thank you for your patience!

Re: Quick Charger for Sony Xperia X

jkpaul — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 07:40:59 GMT

Thanks, is really like to know the answer to this too as I've just bought a Quick Charge 3.0 charger for my Xperia X mobile. Fingers crossed!

Re: Quick Charger for Sony Xperia X

Nuttie — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 12:19:57 GMT

Fingers crossed won't help. unless QC3.0 is software thing not hardware.

Re: Quick Charger for Sony Xperia X

Jonas — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:04:00 GMT

Hi @jkpaul,

I have not yet received any new information regarding Xperia X and quick charge 3.0, I will post it in this thread as soon as I receive it!

Re: Quick Charger for Sony Xperia X

YehIAmBetterTha — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 17:49:48 GMT

Any update on the charger support? This is relevant to my interests. The charger supplied with my phone charges so slowly that it actually consumes battery under very light usage. I've never had a phone before that won't charge from 0 to 100 in less than two hours, so after puchsing this phone recently this really has come as a huge shock.

Re: Quick Charger for Sony Xperia X

Jonas — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 14:06:11 GMT

Hi @YehIAmBetterThanU,

I'm afraid that I haven't received any new information regarding Xperia X and Quick Charge 3.0.

I sent them a reminder last week, and hopefully I will have more information as soon as possible.

I'm sorry that the answer is taking a while.

Re: Quick Charger for Sony Xperia X

Nuttie — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 07:42:02 GMT

As i said before, Xperia X doesn't support QC3.0. I have UCH10 (QC2.0) and UCH12 (QC3.0) chargers, both charge X in the same time, UCH12 uses QC2.0 as the QC3.0 technology is backwards compatible (it can use QC2.0 if the phone supports it, and X does).

Qualcomm said that all official devices which supports QC3.0 are on their list on webside.

Re: Quick Charger for Sony Xperia X

Beethoven9 — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 23:02:48 GMT

I bought Xperia X partly because it was advertised as being able to charge from 0-60% in 30 minutes. I've seen no evidence on charging it to support this assertion. In fact I'm sure my previous phone, the Z3 Compact, charges much faster. Disappointed.

Re: Quick Charger for Sony Xperia X

Shumayal — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 11:02:37 GMT

Does it make any difference in battery life if I fast charge it or just use the supplied charger? Will it decrease the number of cycles even with QNOVO?

Re: Quick Charger for Sony Xperia X

Amarok350 — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 21:32:25 GMT

Thanks. If you have tried it both way it seems to be right. Please tell me how long it takes to fully charge your xperia x with uch10? And how much in 30min?? Thanks again

Re: Quick Charger for Sony Xperia X

Jonas — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 11:19:08 GMT

Hello everyone!

I have now received some new information regarding Xperia X and Quick Charge 2.0/3.0.

@Nutties information is correct, Xperia X does not support Quick Charge 3.0, the information I had available earlier was not correct, sorry about that. It supports Quick Charge 2.0 and will use this technology when using either UCH12 or UCH10.

@Beethoven9, What charger are using with your Xperia X? According to the documents for both devices, Z3 Compact takes 2.4 hours to charge from 0% to 100%, and Xperia X takes 2.4 hours as well. Have you tried charging your phone will it's turned off and see if you notice any difference in how fast it charges?

@Shumayal, It should not decrease the amount of cycles, even when using a Quick charger compared to a "normal" charger.

@Amarok350, I have no specifications for how long it will take to charge the phone to full when using a quick charger.

According to the information in the user guide for the UCH10 charger it states the following "Using the Quick Charger, you can charge an Xperia™ smartphone for 45 minutes and get up to one day of use from the device, or you can charge an Xperia™ tablet for 30 minutes and get up to 3 hours of video playback time."

Let me know if that answers your questions!

Re: Quick Charger for Sony Xperia X

ShEng2 — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:40:54 GMT

May i ask where i can purchase the charger uch12? Need it badly., thanks