Wireless charging plate does not stop charging after battery full

[OldSkoolVWLover]

My replacement phone is having this issue where the light on the plate stay lit even when the battery is 100% already, my original phone didn't have this problem. You're right, could be hardware issue.

This starts to push me to thinking it's a plate issue.... thanks for posting!

 

[helsten2]

CONFIRMED - same issue here.
Quite a number of small Lumia issues adding up ... in addition to the random freeze and reboots. Annoying!

I had to take my 7 years old SonyEricsson (dumb phone) from the garbage, and bring it with me on my business trip before Christmas - my new smart-phone wasn't smart enough ...:winktongue:

 

[Maceo3121]

The charging plate and the phone are totally two independent systems. The charging plate has no knowledge of the phone and apps running on the phone. If fact the charging plate can be used with other Qi compatible devices.

I have found the battery indicator an estimate of the charge left on the phone and not 100% accurate reflection since the software on the phone only trys to determine how much power is left in the battery.

I would not worry about the the charge light being on even though the phone is showing otherwise, the light is the best indicator that the battery has fully charged or not, as it will detect no more current is able to pass through the battery and auto switch off, as I have had this happen to me too. The light indicator turns off approx 30-40 mins after the phone indicator has stopped flashing.

When I first got my lumia I used it until the battery was totally dead i.e unable to switch it on. I found even when it auto switches off 'Goodbye' message I was able to switch the phone back on after 30mins and it would last for about another 1hr. I then fully placed the phone on the charge plate, it will auto switch off and on several times as the phone battery is starting from zero power and will take 2-3 mins to wake. I then leave it to charge until the charge light turns off.

I repeated this process several times, and found battery life greatly improved. I am guessing a complete drain of the battery and 100% charge and repeating this 2-3 times somehow refreshes the 'internal battery charge memory' and 'primes' all of the charging cells.

I am getting consistent 35hrs between charges (light and moderate usage, no background apps apart from Nokia drive)

 

[Curtieson]

I am getting consistent 35hrs between charges (light and moderate usage, no background apps apart from Nokia drive)

That is just crazy! Great times. I wish the battery apps had some sort of "on time" calculation, because that would be a great way to actually calculate what "light usage" is to someone (light to me is only having an on time of ~5 minutes a hour...to others, "light usage" might be having an on time of ~15 minutes an hour).

Currently, I use Battery Status. They just added a "Full Charge" timer and an "average time between charges" has always been there, I am getting about 19 hours from a full charge, I was "15 hour between charges" (charging in the car really kills that, especially if we are out shopping and the car is on/off every 20 minutes.)