Very first charging battery

gkbeetle

I received my UMI Touch on Saturday. It was charged about 70%. I used it until battery was down to 4% and than I did charge it the first time using the original usb cable and provided charger.
it stated that it would take 8 hours to fully charge the UMI Touch. After 8.5 hours it was charged to 100%.

is this normal?
will it charge faster after first x charge cycles?

I had the UMI Zero, Hammer, Iron Pro. non of them took so long to charge even the first cycled....

Georg

bencebacsi

Dear Georg,

The first thing that you should do with a brand new Li-Ion battery is to fully charge it, not to completely discharge since that may cause a deep discharge. Please note it for the future.
In your case this slow charging can be normal in the first 1-2 charging cycle.
I suggest you to install Ampere on your phone and measure the charging current. It should be at least 1000mA while using the stock charger and can go up to 1450mA if you use a higher capacity charger.



If your charging current is still significantly lower in the third charging cycle, I suggest you to try to use another charger adapter.
Generally I recommend you to always charge your battery when you can and try to always avoid to go under 15%. A such attitude can significantly increase the lifetime of your battery.

Regards,
Bence