The failures that may come from charging our mobile are very frequent. These problems do not understand brands or models and can appear at any time. But as usual, before everything begins to fail, there may be some indications that put us on the track that something is wrong.
Before our mobile begins to give problems with charging, that is, it does not charge or it charges too slowly, we can control this aspect to rule out the culprits of the problem and sometimes avoid further damage. To know if the battery of our mobile charges correctly, we can test the following.
Check health
What does your manufacturer say?
The first thing we will have to check are the technical specifications of our manufacturer regarding the battery. That is, if we have fast charging capabilities, the brand of our device offers approximate figures that we can find both on its official website and in the device’s manual.
These data refer to the charging time that should take to our mobile to be fully charged or to certain percentages . If our results are very far from the specifications of our mobile, it is clear that something is not going well with the load.
An app counts it
There are applications specially developed to tell us in detail what happens on our mobile when we load it. In this way we can see in real time the charging speed, the remaining time for the battery to reach 100% and a summary of previous charges. In addition, we will know the power of the load, we can see a measurement of the current. One of the most popular is Accubattery, which allows you to control the amperage and total capacity of our battery at the time of charging , so we will be in no doubt to know if the charge is taking place correctly.
Professional multimeter
A multimeter or multimeter, also known as a tester, is an electrical device that allows you to measure the electrical quantities and current of the mobile . It is an instrument widely used in professional technical services and that reveals information about the load, to know the origin of a possible problem. In this way, it can be ruled out, for example, if the problem is with the battery, the charger or the connector. These types of devices have advanced over time and can now even be connected via Bluetooth to our mobile to show results in real time. Its price is around 43 euros.
What if it doesn’t load well?
If you have concluded that your mobile is not charging correctly, you must carry out the classic verification methods before going to the Technical Service.
Change everything
When we say everything is everything. That is, we will have to try to charge the mobile with another charger, but also with another charging cable , as well as change the usual outlet where we have it plugged in. In this way we can identify the culprit of the load problems, which may be in one of these elements.
Rebalance the battery
This is a classic method for correcting battery performance problems. To calibrate the battery we will have to turn it off and then turn it on again to proceed to charge the mobile to 100% of its capacity. Once done, you should stay connected for at least an additional hour. Once done, we should notice an improvement in its performance and take longer to download than before. It is advisable to do this process manually, and not to use third-party apps that are usually a paid field for malware.
Loss of capacity
We can also consider that after time of use, the battery degrades and loses its original capabilities. This means that it can charge slower and its autonomy is reduced. It is not something that should happen in normal circumstances before the year since the mobile was released, but it all depends on how we use this element of hardware and the abuse that the battery may be subjected to.