topic Re: Not getting Quick Charge on X Compact? in X Series

Not getting Quick Charge on X Compact?

grininja — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 13:50:53 GMT

I am using an X Compact with Android 7.0, build 34.2.A.0.311.

I tried quick charging it with an UCH12W charger from Sony and with a portable battery Anker PowerCore QC3.0. Tried with different cables, disabling Batery Care, no Stamina mode active.

Any app in the store that diplays/measure charge current shows 1500mA. A fix value. Like it is restricted somehow. Sometimes first values are above 1500mA (~1600-1700) but than slows down and settles at 1500mA. I am getting similar results with regular chargers... So I bought those quick chargers for nothing

It's not only about what apps reads or measures. It shows in real life. In 30 minutes, with the screen off, it charges from 25% to only 52%.

What's your experience with this kind of issue?

Re: Not getting Quick Charge on X Compact?

YoGem — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 20:49:57 GMT

Hi there, I am not sure what can be the issue on your end however I can tell you that my phone charge pretty quickly but haven't exactly measured "how fast" is the charge process. Later I'll check and let you know my findings...

.. meanwhile if you want you may answer this: Is the device unexpectly warm/hot or is there an app that is keeping the cpu usage high?

Re: Not getting Quick Charge on X Compact?

grininja — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 07:21:57 GMT

Please measure your phone charging time. I mean, it is charging fast comparing to previous phones (that did not have QC), but not quite to the what it suppose in theory.

Answering your question, no, the device is not getting warm/hot. It stays cool.

Re: Not getting Quick Charge on X Compact?

Crazy_gump — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 17:34:08 GMT

I'm a bit surprised you say you're limited to 1,5A as from what I've tested, we have a 2A max input. Of the QC3.0, Sony only took the various level of charging but not the speed. It seems a bit logic in my opinion because of the communication of Sony about battery reliability.
However, I would have liked they said clearly: no you can't fully charge your phone in les than 1h30.

With a QC3.0 Aukey charger, I think I get around 60-70% in an hour from 10%-20% and the rest is clearly longer. As I've never need to charge my X compact in an hurry, I can't be sure.

Thx for the easy 2 days of battery.

Re: Not getting Quick Charge on X Compact?

YoGem — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 03:01:20 GMT

Although I charge my phone every night I can say battery life is really stellar, from 50% to 90% is about 20 minutes, I can imagine that an entire charge from 0 to 100 may take less than one hour..

Re: Not getting Quick Charge on X Compact?

grininja — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 06:59:38 GMT

This surprises me. I have two X Compact phones but they surely not gonna fully charge in less than one hour. What type of charger do you use?

Re: Not getting Quick Charge on X Compact?

grininja — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 10:18:47 GMT

Meanwhile I have seen that there is another topic related to problems related to quick charge. I also read related commentaries on Amazon and XDA.

So my question to Sony stuff and to every owner of a Sony X compact is:

Did you experienced so far quick charging on this phone? Has it ever reached 70-80% in 30 minutes? Does it ever charge with more than 2500 mAh?

Re: Not getting Quick Charge on X Compact?

YoGem — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 18:44:58 GMT

I have an Anker 5v/8A.

I will let my X compact to fully discharge then I'll benchmark a full charge.

Re: Not getting Quick Charge on X Compact?

YoGem — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 17:50:11 GMT

Ok so, from 0% to 90% was about 50 minutes. Then the phone "protect" the battery and it take about 15 minutes to go from 90% to 100%.

Re: Not getting Quick Charge on X Compact?

11882 — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 05:44:12 GMT

@grininja wrote:
Did you experienced so far quick charging on this phone? Has it ever reached 70-80% in 30 minutes? Does it ever charge with more than 2500 mAh?

Sorry that you're having issues. I can confirm fast charging on my Xperia X Compact. I've never timed it, but I've got to 70% from about 25% easily under 30 min. I use an Xpower charger with QC 3.0.

Re: Not getting Quick Charge on X Compact?

Tribemusic — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 02:40:05 GMT

The charging speed is fast only at the beginning of the charging process, but than slows down pushing down the total time.

Charging my phone (android 7) with a 2a charger it takes not less than 2:20 hours to charge from 5% to 100%. Charging it with a computer or the airplain entertainment system it may need 8 hours.

It is good for people who charge often already charged battery, but that kills the battery longevity, and the designn doesn't seems friendly for a battery change (heat glued curved glass).

I would day battery charging is a big weakness of the x compact

Re: Not getting Quick Charge on X Compact?

11882 — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 06:26:52 GMT

@Tribemusic wrote:
Charging my phone (android 7) with a 2a charger it takes not less than 2:20 hours to charge from 5% to 100%. Charging it with a computer or the airplain entertainment system it may need 8 hours.

Pardon my ignorance, but do phones exist that don't behave this way? My understanding is that the lower amps provided stuff like most computer usb ports and airplane entertainment systems only allow for fairly slow charging.

I've been very happy with my Xperia's charging, but maybe that's because I was coming from an older model handset.

Re: Not getting Quick Charge on X Compact?

Kuba5262 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:01:05 GMT

I'm using UCH10 QC 2.0 and my XC charges about 1 hour and 40-50 minutes 15% to 90% with max 2100 mA current

Re: Not getting Quick Charge on X Compact?

carostrelec — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 15:20:47 GMT

The same here, charging almost 2 hours to 100%, tried 2 different Quickcharge 3.0 chargers (Ravpower and Aukey) and different cables, always the same.

Sony, please react!

Re: Not getting Quick Charge on X Compact?

Ernie1 — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 08:29:25 GMT

UCH12 and UCH20 makes absolutely no difference to this phone’s charging speed.

Both takes 2hrs 27min to get battery from 0% to 100% with phone turned on, screen turned off.

It means there’s no QC in here.

Re: Not getting Quick Charge on X Compact?

KhodianRobby — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 15:35:06 GMT

Surely no QC 3.03 on X Compact, it's fake and abusing us.

It's not even match my other xperia Z3 Compact's charging speed and toughness. Z3C charge from 10% to 100% in less than an hour. And it endure same as XCompact. Sometimes even longer.

I can even charge while gaming and yet still got battery increased on Z3C.

On XCompact, you'll end up die in the middle of gaming though on charged.

XCompact charging is the worst charging system in this smartphone era of all smartphones.

Re: Not getting Quick Charge on X Compact?

Kuba5262 — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 14:03:46 GMT

what kind of charger do you use?

Z3c supports QC 1.0 as I know...

Xcompact supprts QC 2.0

Re: Not getting Quick Charge on X Compact?

KhodianRobby — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 15:14:57 GMT

@Kuba5262 wrote:
what kind of charger do you use?
Z3c supports QC 1.0 as I know...
Xcompact supprts QC 2.0

Ordinary oem charger and cable of Oppo 1A for my Z3C.

XCompact supports QC 3.0 on technical specifications. Yet it's not camparable to my Z3C speed or any other smartphone without QC.

Re: Not getting Quick Charge on X Compact?

Kuba5262 — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 18:02:05 GMT

My bad...2.0 & 3.0 support of course for X compact

1.0A is not enough for this phones

Std sony charger is 1,5A 5V

QC charger is 1,8A with 5V, 1,7A with 9V and 1,275A with 12V (it's sell separatelly)

QC 3.0 regulates smooth this values while charging

Re: Not getting Quick Charge on X Compact?

KhodianRobby — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 04:56:04 GMT

I asume that QC 3.0 is better in handling any type of charger. So, suppose i charge it with 1A charger, it should be at least have similar speed with QC 2.0, about 1A input.

But no, though i charge it with 2A charger, still Z3C (QC 2.0) with 1A charger is faster. That is what quick charge intended to, right?