What phone you use as your daily driver? And, a discussion of them.

[Mussels]

That's not entirely correct either. There's USB BC (5V 2.4A) and there's USB3.0 with its quirks. On lots of boards, laptops, prebuilts manufacturers skip on USB protection, which means theoretically you can pull as much current out of USB as you want(or as much as the device is capable of pulling). Our guys at work burned a couple of mini-PCs that way: 5V rail was capable of 5V 4A combined, but each port was able to provide ~1.5A or more to the phone/tablet. With 4 phones connected it managed to kill that rail.... twice... After I explicitly said to use powered hub for more than 3 devices....
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The only reason you see 500mA when the phone is plugged in, is because phone itself tried to negotiate and failed. Older Samsungs used to be that way too: can't negotiate - roll back to 0.5A for safety.
And if you, @Athlonite , are using a cheap "pigtail" USB tester to measure current - it may become that barrier that stops phone from detecting port's capabilities. My old tester used to do that crap, so I replaced it with a new one, which has all lanes connected and even allows QC and PD to go through.


Does your charger support 9V QC or 9V PD? As I said earlier, QC is not compatible with PD, so if you are using a third-party charger - you better check which one it is.
Same applies to Pixel 1.

Okay i found the info i was looking for:

The pixel phones use Qualcomms charging hardware internally, which supports qualcomms quick charge 2.0 (including 9V 2A) - but its disabled
They instead only work with USB-C PD 2.0

Example link about the Pixel 2 XL, where the charging hardware supports 27W, but only charges at a max of 18W (and ofc, many sites failed to report the update on that)
Pixel 2 supports 27W chargers, won't actually charge faster (update) - CNET

Then the 4XL moved to USB-C, but kept it USB 2.0 and didnt change the charging rates (but we did get 11W wireless charging with the pixel stand, woo?)
by and by Compatibility - GTrusted

My mistake about the USB-C 9V vs the quick charge 9V is what threw me off, actual figures are:

With an official spec 27W charger, it went up an entire 1W faster
Pixel 6 boosts to a huuuuuuge ~22W max, if you buy your own 30W charger, averaging to 13W (the fast charge only applies to the first 50%)

the slower charging rates are meant to keep the battery alive longer, and if you have adaptive charging on it slows it even further "phone will reach 100% by (next alarm)

 

[WhitetailAni]

I upgraded to an iPhone 5C 32GB.
Yes, older than my 7. But it's fun to try to see how many people I can troll into thinking it's the "XR Mini" (I put a sticker on it so it looks like a Touch ID button). So far I've gotten 3.
And it runs iOS 10, so Discord compatibility!

 

[Samiam66]

iphone SE

 

[Athlonite]

@Athlonite , are using a cheap "pigtail" USB tester to measure current - it may become that barrier that stops phone from detecting port's capabilities. My old tester used to do that crap, so I replaced it with a new one, which has all lanes connected and even allows QC and PD to go through.

Yeah no pigtail tester here I use a wee little program called USBview it show what's attached to what port and at what speed and power draw for each device

 

[silentbogo]

Yeah no pigtail tester here I use a wee little program called USBview it show what's attached to what port and at what speed and power draw for each device

It only shows the "power mode", not the actual current draw (e.g. whatever it should be according to spec, but not in reality).
If you look at my photo above, that's USB3.0 running "in spec", which should've been 900mA cap on the current. Most hardware doesn't have an actual current limiter or active power control, and very-very rarely (on very few laptops) you may get something like a USB power switch with OCP set to over 2A and that's it. In 99% of cases it's just a straight-up power going from 5V rail to the port, and if you are lucky - ESD protection IC. And if you are really lucky - a polyfuse.
This means that USBView will show you 500mA even if you are pulling 3-4 times that.

 

[Mussels]

^ what he said

Software reports what it thinks its sending, but some hardware ignores those limits and does whatever

 

[ratirt]

Galaxy A6 and A5

 

[Cvrk]

OnePlus 5

 

[Dr. Dro]

Rocking a Samsung Galaxy S10+ Duos (SM-G975F/DS), Exynos 9820 + 2 physical SIM card slots variant

 

[ERazer]

iPhone 12 pro, I was android user but ever since started working in IT field I switch, makes it easy to support not a whole lot of variant.

 

[INSTG8R]

I’m sure I’ve already said I’m using an iPhone 2020 SE. My current plan is basically called “switch” so I was perusing their shop recently and they now have an iPhone 12 Mini(I have no desire for a “brick” phone); sadly I can’t switch until June without paying a hefty fee but that is definitely on my radar for my next upgrade.

 

[Remeca]

Got an iPhone 11 yesterday, replacing my S9. After over a decade of Android phones, this is taking some getting used to. I'll miss the QHD+ AMOLED though.

 

[INSTG8R]

Got an iPhone 11 yesterday, replacing my S9. After over a decade of Android phones, this is taking some getting used to. I'll miss the QHD+ AMOLED though.

I had my 6S in for service and got a mid range Samsung as a loaner. Trust me I felt the same way I couldn’t wait to get mine back. There was nothing inherently bad about Android I just didn’t like the overall experience in comparison. I really only stay with it now because I use my iPad like 90% of the time and they are perfectly synced. I take a pic on my phone and it’s on my iPad.. Notes, Calendar etc are all synced.

 

[theFOoL]

Now I'm on the LG V20. A good phone, camera (which the front needs replaced due to fuzziness) and still companies selling batteries for it

 

[Divide Overflow]

ya if the S22 didn't come with an unremovable facebook app, etc i would prob upgrade to a s22.

I was able to uninstall Facebook from my S22+.
It's been a nice upgrade from my old S8.

 

[WhitetailAni]

I upgraded to an iPhone 5C 32GB.
Yes, older than my 7. But it's fun to try to see how many people I can troll into thinking it's the "XR Mini" (I put a sticker on it so it looks like a Touch ID button). So far I've gotten 3.
And it runs iOS 10, so Discord compatibility!

The sticker came off, so I've ordered meself an iPad Air 2 home button (and a battery). Gonna swap the Air 2 button in place of my current home button for a more authentic feel.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Iphone SE
Only free phone I've ever gotten ! even though all were advertised as free phone with.... but came with a 15.00 monthly charge at&t lairs lol
xFinity mobile

 

[freeagent]

I like my old iPhone, it works well. Starting to get old though.. still XS Max. My AppleCare is almost up, and I figured I would go in for a new battery.. since I paid for it already.. seems they don't like doing stuff like that anymore, the battery is still at 91% and it lasts me all day.. but I wanted a new one, no go though, it has to be at 80% or less. Ahh well.. Still looking for a Certified Pre Owned of newer vintage That's what mine was, but I swear it was a new phone..

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Yep still have my iphone 4 & 5s around used both as long as the cell networks allowed.
Use the 4 as an ipod and the 5s shows some security video cam I have so I don't have to use the se all the time for it.

 

[freeagent]

Oh yeah, we still have a 4S kicking around, a couple of 5S, a couple of 7s.. the iPads see a lot of use from the kids.. I just use my phone.. the older phones don't see much love and get charged now and then.. Cameras are a good idea.. someone cut the Cat off my Sante Fe, probably a good idea to install some for the upcoming summer..

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
The app I use is GV-eye it's part of our condo community not sure what the service costs though.

 

[Space Lynx]

I was able to uninstall Facebook from my S22+.
It's been a nice upgrade from my old S8.

yeah google Fi had the new S22+ for $550 off basically if you transferred your number. I almost did it. I kind of regret not doing it, to late now, oh well.

 

[sepheronx]

I got a S20 FE for free

 

[T3RM1N4L D0GM4]

S20 Fe (personal)
A40 (work)
Iphone Se 1st gen (backup)

 

[WhitetailAni]

I'm considering switching to the 4S for the lols, though I'll need to find a nanoSIM to microSIM adapter.
Interestingly, the 4S lists No Service, not No SIM, like I'd expect it to. It is both GSM and CDMA, and it's Sprint-locked (who was CDMA, and CDMA doesn't need SIMs), but T-Mobile (who bought them), is GSM...
So what happens now?

Spoiler

On T-mobile's website it says that Sprint's 3G CDMA network will be retired March 31st, 2022, and I'd think that it's trying to use that? Whenever I try and place a call it just says "this number is incorrect", even if it's confirmed working. No I didn't try 911 that's a crime since I don't actually need 911.

Also I just realized I own 4 phones now.

EDIT:
It seems that the No Service is caused by the blue inductor coil inside breaking.
That's not likely at all.... (/s, the thing has been through hell, I'd be surprised if it wasn't broken. Thankfully many have fixed it by just putting a ball of solder to reconnect.)