Section 1: Charging
This is the charging section and it's responsible for all the info related to charging.
When the phone is plugged in to the charger all the data will start becoming visible to you, if you just plugged it in please wait a few minutes for the data to become more accurate. All the data inside this section are updating every second so you'll know the exact state and estimation.
When the phone is plugged in to the charger all the data will start becoming visible to you, if you just plugged it in please wait a few minutes for the data to become more accurate. All the data inside this section are updating every second so you'll know the exact state and estimation.
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At the top of the section we have a battery level indicator which represent current battery percentage with nice wave animation. Right side shows the remaining time when:
Screen is On Screen is Off Combination On/Off Card below it shows the current state of the charging session including the battery condition based on the estimated health over time. Explanation for the stats from the image for easier understanding
Charging - This indicates where the device is Charging | Discharging | Not Charging
AC Charger - Shows the type of the charger, it can be AC Charger | Wireless | Unplugged
Negative - This represents the battery polarity of your device. We know that battery have two poles (+/-), based on the calibration done on calibration screen when you install the app, we'll know whether it's Positive | Negative
4243mV - This shows current battery voltage in mV
9.7W - Current charging power shown in W unit
5.0V - Current voltage of the charger, some device don't support this parameter so BatteryGuru will report 5.0V
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- Charging current history (mA)
Here we can see how the electric current (mA) behave from our charger, an electric current is a stream of charged particles, such as electrons or ions, moving through an electrical conductor or space. It is measured as the net rate of flow of electric charge through a surface or into a control volume. Graph represent an electric current over time including history of last 1 minute, 10 minutes, 1 hour and 6 hours.
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- Charging stats
Charging stats show you insights into charging time separated in screen On/Off. At the top, it shows how much of battery percentage will be charged in one hour. On the left side shows while screen in On (51.23%/h), on the right side shows while screen is Off (88.72%/h).
Below the percentage per hour you can see how much percent's of your battery being charged in time. At the card bottom you can see estimated time till full charge of your battery. - Battery temperature
This card represent you a battery temperature over time (last 24h) including insight in max, min and average temperature.
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- Charging records
Here you can see how much do you care about your battery and how much charging sessions you have. BatteryGuru recommends a healthy charge where a charge is performed at ~20% and until ~80%. At that point the battery is not under the stress, neither high voltage which can definitely damage your battery and reduce it's lifespan. You can set alarms to notify when the device reach the threshold so you can put it on charge or unplug it on time.
Read more about Battery Protection.
Read more about Battery Protection.
Charging records also provide you history of your charging where you can see stats for every charge separated.
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- Battery capacity
The battery capacity represents the maximum amount of energy that can be extracted from the battery under certain specified conditions. However, the actual energy storage capabilities of the battery can vary significantly from the "nominal" rated capacity, as the battery capacity depends strongly on the age and past history of the battery, the charging or discharging regimes of the battery and the temperature.
Design capacity is the total energy storage that the battery was designed to have. Newly manufactured batteries should have a capacity very near to its design capacity. Over time its capacity will start to drop. At the calibration screen BatteryGuru trying to get the Design capacity from your device, if you find it not correct, please correct it with SET CAPACITY button. Current capacity is the actual capacity tied to the current battery percentage. For example, at 100% your battery will have 4500.0mAh, on 50% it will have 2250.0mAh, on 25% will have 1125mAh and so on. Estimated capacity is based only on the current charging session, number will become visible when you charge at least 5% of your battery. For more info about your battery condition please check Battery Health section. |
FAQ
My charger is capable of 10V and 20V, I can see only 5V in app, what to do?
Charging voltage shows the max voltage (V) that charger can output, if it's equal to the case mentioned in question, then your device is not capable of reporting the max charger voltage and will use 5V as a default value. You can read your charger specification written on it and then compare.
Charger power (W) is too low or not hitting max (e.g. 65W)?
There are few cases we need to cover here:
1. In order to get as much power as possible by your charger you need to use original charger and cable for your device model.
2. Power (W) is being calculated with current (A) multiplied by the charger voltage (V), if the power seems too low it means that your device is not capable of reporting charger voltage as answered on previous question.
Charging power will never hit the max limit as written on your charger specification, there are a lot of factors which reduce it.
1. In order to get as much power as possible by your charger you need to use original charger and cable for your device model.
2. Power (W) is being calculated with current (A) multiplied by the charger voltage (V), if the power seems too low it means that your device is not capable of reporting charger voltage as answered on previous question.
Charging power will never hit the max limit as written on your charger specification, there are a lot of factors which reduce it.
Charging stats showing big numbers and timings are so short comparing to my usual charging time, what to do?
Battery Guru is estimating your statistics over the passed time including battery level, charging current and also other variables from the stats. In order to show precise statistics you need to wait some time. As much time pass and Battery Guru getting more statistics, it will be more accurate.
Design capacity is not my devices real capacity, what to do?
At the calibration screen BatteryGuru trying to get the Design capacity from your device, if you find it not correct, please correct it with SET CAPACITY button. On devices with dual battery configuration the capacity will be mostly detected just for one cell (50%), please correct it in order to get valuable statistics. At the moment there is no official way of getting that from the Android device.
