For many years now, almost all brands have had their own fast charging technologies to fill the battery power in just a few hours. The most “humble” work at 18W but there are already manufacturers that are experimenting with speeds of up to 120W.
This tool can basically recharge your phone’s battery to 100% in much less time than normal. Depending on its capacity, it can take two or 3 hours or even 20 minutes, if we work with the most modern technologies. This is quite impressive, especially when it has not yet been possible to increase the autonomy of our Android phones enough.
Unfortunately, there are situations where either the charging or the charger doesn’t work as it should , which for some users can be a very big problem. Luckily, as with most of the problems our phone faces, there are some solutions that life can solve
But before going to the solutions, let’s see why problems can appear when using the fast charge of the smartphone.
Why is fast charging not working?
Technically speaking, fast charging relies on an increased voltage limit and, like any electricity-based product, it can fail. Some of the most common factors that cause this feature to not work properly are:
- Use a third-party charger, no support for fast charging
- A faulty adapter
- A damaged cable
- A dirty loading port
- A software bug
- A wrong configuration
Detecting what is failing is what we have to do next, applying the following solutions
Fix the mobile charge
Is fast charging enabled?
By default, mobiles that have this technology have the function enabled. However, it is likely that someone has touched your smartphone or its settings have been altered so that it does not work properly after a faulty update.
Therefore, one of the first things you should do when you face this failure is to check the Settings menu of the phone and see if this function is enabled or not. Regardless of the brand of your mobile, the route to follow to find the fast charging options is in Settings> Battery. Inside you should look for the Fast cable charging option. If it is not enabled, press the switch to turn it on.
Use the original charger
All manufacturers using this technology recommend relying only on the original charger to quickly charge their phones. This is because a normal charger will not be able to amplify the charging power, so the charging times will be longer than usual. Also, you should make sure the wall charger has an output power of at least 2 amps to take full advantage of this technology.
To find out if your charger is compatible with this technology, look at the text that appears on it. According to the manufacturer it should put “Adaptive Fast Charging”, “Warp Charge” “Flash Charge” “Quick Charge” or similar.
Try another charger
That you are using the original charger does not mean that everything will go smoothly because if it is damaged, you will no longer be able to use the fast charge . To rule out that the charger is failing, try charging another device with it or using another charger, if you have one, on your mobile.
Try another cable
Sometimes the solution to your fast charging problem is as easy as replacing the cables or, as we said above, the charger. If you have already followed the steps before this one, it is very likely that the cable is the reason why the mobile does not work well.
An easy way to get rid of cables is to try charging another device besides your Android with it at the same time that you use another cable compatible with your phone to charge your battery. If on the other device you encounter the same problem and with a different cable your smartphone charges well, it is clear that the cable is the culprit of your headaches.
Clean the charging connector
Many of these problems are caused by a cable that does not want to fit well and do its job. Even if you are absolutely sure that the charging cable is in place, take it out and reattach it making sure there are no gaps between your device and the cable.
Generally, dirt is usually one of the main problems that the connection is not made correctly and fixing it is by cleaning the connectors of the mobile or blowing or with a small pin that removes the dust that may be in the charging port.
“Reset” the battery
Every now and then it is a good idea to let the battery drain to 0% before fully recharging it to eliminate possible errors that have been inherited over time. If you haven’t done this before, or if it’s been a few months since the phone was last completely turned off, try it out when you have some time available before charging it again.
Make sure to let the battery drain completely to the point where the phone shuts down and wait half an hour with the phone without power. After this time, connect it to its original charger until it reaches 100%. In the second batch, check that the fast charge works without problems.
Is there an app hindering the performance of your mobile?
As we said before, the software you have installed on your computer can also be causing problems of this type. It may be that an application you have installed is interfering with the phone’s operating system, affecting its fast-charging capabilities. To find out if this is, you must first start the phone in safe mode:
- Press and hold the power button for a few seconds until you see the option to restart the phone in safe mode.
- Wait until the phone restarts and you see safe mode written in the lower left corner of the screen
- Plug in the charger and see if fast charging now works properly.
If it goes well now, it means that one of the applications that you recently downloaded is causing the problem, so you should try each one of them and uninstall them.
Beware of USB debugging
In some cases, the error can occur if the USB debugging mode has been enabled on the mobile. Therefore, it is recommended to disable this mode and check if the fast charge function works well. To do this, you must enable the “Developer options” by pressing several times on the option “Build number” that we will find in the “Phone information” menu. Once inside we will have to go down to the option “USB debugging” and deactivate it.
Restore the mobile
If after trying all these solutions to fix your phone’s fast charging problems, you still can’t use this technology, maybe a factory reset will solve the problem. Check that you have made a backup copy of all the data saved on the mobile and locate the restoration options of your phone. These are usually in the “Backup and Restore” or “System” menu.
After returning the smartphone to its original condition, just out of the box, check that fast charging is enabled and that, indeed, it works again.
Send the mobile to repair
When we have done all this and, even so, we cannot get the fast charging of the mobile to work as it did before, there is probably a problem in some of the components of the phone. Generally it will be on the motherboard or on the battery but if you do not have enough knowledge to change these parts (the most logical thing), the appropriate thing is that you process the warranty of the phone or, if you no longer have it, take the mobile to repair a technical service.
Is it bad to use the fast charging of the smartphone?
Today the fast charging technologies of all manufacturers have safety systems to avoid overheating and possible failures that may arise during use.
The main problem is a possible faster degradation of the batteries but that is something that today is still unavoidable and there will not be much difference between using fast charging or normal charging. For this reason, considering the speed of loading, there is no reason to avoid it.