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I recently bought a Pixel phone after having Samsung for a few years. Immediately the one thing that annoyed me was the lack for both limiting charge as well as

by almog 3y ago

I recently bought a Pixel phone after having Samsung for a few years. Immediately the one thing that annoyed me was the lack for both limiting charge as well as enforcing slow charging. Both not only are useful for long term battery life but also, since I'm an occasional thruhiker (right now on my way to Mexico along The Continental Divide Trail), they make better use of my power bank. Without rooting the device these two features are not available (well, I can achieve slow charging by using a cable that only supports certain voltage and current)

binkHN 3y ago
By default my Pixel will slow charge when I set it down at the end of the day and be at 100% when my alarm goes off in the morning.
- almog 3y ago
  Yes, It does that based on some none-transparent parameters. For example, right now my phone will try to slow charge at night. However, charging at night is impossible for me as the temperatures are too low (10f is nothing unusual right now on the divide). So, I have to set a fake alarm (or change my time zone) in hope that adaptive charging mode will trigger slow charging. It doesn't always work.
- hyperhopper 3y ago
  If you go to bed late, wake up early, need to charge for a few minutes at a party, etc, android slow charge at best doesn't work, and at worst works against you. I have no idea how setting charging settings on our mobile computing devices is something that is not supported in 2023
  - almog 3y ago
    Right, it is somewhat configurable on Samsung phones, which is why I was so surprised when I realized it was less so on Pixel phones.
kumarharsh 3y ago
Use the adaptive charging setting
- almog 3y ago
  Read my previous comment. It's just a "smart" mode that gives you zero real control and won't work for my use case.
westonmyers 3y ago
For devices in that scenario, I've started using a hardware solution: Chargie[0]. 0: https://chargie.org https://chargie.org

by almog 3y ago

binkHN 3y ago

By default my Pixel will slow charge when I set it down at the end of the day and be at 100% when my alarm goes off in the morning.

almog 3y ago
Yes, It does that based on some none-transparent parameters. For example, right now my phone will try to slow charge at night. However, charging at night is impossible for me as the temperatures are too low (10f is nothing unusual right now on the divide). So, I have to set a fake alarm (or change my time zone) in hope that adaptive charging mode will trigger slow charging. It doesn't always work.
hyperhopper 3y ago
If you go to bed late, wake up early, need to charge for a few minutes at a party, etc, android slow charge at best doesn't work, and at worst works against you. I have no idea how setting charging settings on our mobile computing devices is something that is not supported in 2023
- almog 3y ago
  Right, it is somewhat configurable on Samsung phones, which is why I was so surprised when I realized it was less so on Pixel phones.

kumarharsh 3y ago

Use the adaptive charging setting

almog 3y ago
Read my previous comment. It's just a "smart" mode that gives you zero real control and won't work for my use case.

westonmyers 3y ago

For devices in that scenario, I've started using a hardware solution: Chargie[0]. 0: https://chargie.org https://chargie.org