Hello all. This is my first time ever writing a forum post - a last resort effort.
My Nothing Phone 1 charges extremely slowly ever since my battery was drained 100% and I used an unfamiliar charging adapter to charge it. From that moment on, I get charging rates like this:
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16 days for a full charge! So bad it’s almost funny.
I already tried the following:
- Google: found nothing relatable
- Trying multiple different (correctly rated) charging adapters: no difference
- Trying multiple cables and cable lengths: no difference
- Trying wireless charging: no difference
- Rebooting: no difference
- Rebooting in safe mode: no difference
- Performing OS updates: no difference
- Changing all possible battery settings: no difference
- Battery health checks with various third party apps: every one reports good battery health
These third party apps also report interesting electrical data:
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With both wireless and cabled charging, input current hovers around 100-200mA and wattage around 0.4-0.9W. These are low. Very low. I’m not too familiar with electrics, but this doesn’t seem right.
I suspect a damaged power controller chip. Can anyone confirm or share a similar story? The phone is only 8 months old and as an IT fellow I like to take good care of my devices.
Thanks so much in advance - please move my post to the correct place if I used the wrong forum board or something.
