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Tyrien

Android - Nexus 5 not charging overnight.

Edit: A supporting graph: http://i.imgur.com/fFl3Vfa.png. What I had the most time to grab.

Specs:

  • 32 GB Nexus 5
  • Unlocked Bootloader
  • Rooted
  • Stock ROM
  • Xposed installed
  • Updated to 4.4.4 2 days ago (when I noticed this happen)

Xposed modules:

  • Gravity Box
  • Greenify
  • Overflow Mod
  • Wakelock Terminator
  • Xprivacy
  • Xposed GEL Settings

So the phone doesn't want to charge overnight. I thought something happened to the charger so I tried:

  • Same charger, different outlet - 4 hours to charge (usually 2)
  • Same charger, different outlet, different USB cable - (4 hours to charge)
  • Different charger, different outlet - (4 hours to charge)

So I got fed up and made breakfast with it plugged in and suddenly it became normal charging time, about 2 hours from 20%

I also reboot the phone after my first attempt. Didn't make an apparent different. I've tried unplugging it and plugging it back in and there hasn't been a difference.

If it happens again tonight I'll try uninstalling xposed and see what happens.

I'm at a loss though.

Edit: okay some extra testing

Plugged it in again and it was charging slow, battery bot pro estimated over twice the normal time, USB speeds.

It charges fast when the phone is turned off.

It also seems to get to normal charging speeds if I leave the phone sit while it's on; going into 'deep sleep'. Normally though, this was not a requirement.

So it seems my earlier diagnosis and testing in the morning was simply how I was observing it. The problem still remains with the phone not charging properly overnight.

It MAY be the outlet screwing around on me. I used the same outlet and charger to charge the nexus 7 and it was only at 89 from 12 after 11 hours of being plugged in. I know a normal phone charger will charge slower, but that seemed oddly slow to me.

I'll have to test with different outlets when I get home again.

Posted Jun 27, 2014, 11:21 AM UTC · edited

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techbeast34•

Perhaps there may be too much load from the Xposed modules you're running. Try and disable some and test out your charging times then.

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TyrienOP•

I tried uninstalling xposed completely and it was showing the same estimated charging time.

So the weird thing now is that I turned the phone off and back on a few minutes later and it was charging properly.

I also left it plugged in for a bit then restarted it and the charge percent went up a bit.

The battery also doesn't appear to be draining any faster than normal while using it, nor do any stats or wakelocks out of the normal show up.

So I'm wondering if there's some issue with how the phone is reporting the charge?

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techbeast34•

Check the battery temperature. If the battery is under stress, it will take a long time to charge cause a hot battery drains faster. If you turned off the phone and turned it back on after a couple of minutes, then the battery must've cooled off. So try and charge your battery in a location that's somewhere around 20-35°C or 60-80°F.

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TyrienOP•

Phone certainly doesn't feel warm to the touch at all. According to battery bot pro the temp is at 30.7 C right now.

So far this seems to be now just the charging at night issue and the other charging was just in my head.

Typically I didn't charge overnight, I would just charge it in the morning before work. For about 2 months now I changed hours and have to charge it overnight because I changed shifts at work and leave early now.

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techbeast34•

Huh. Well, are you comfortable with a factory reset?

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