Quick Charge USB voltage / current measurements

Note: USB-PD dominates the market now, this was just some old measurements of Quick Charge 2.0.


Upon plugging USB power from a Quick Charge 3.0 charger into a Quick Charge 2.0 capable device, a small fraction of a second is spent at 5 V input, while the Quick Charge 2.0 rate is negotiated. Starting from 20% charge, in less than 2 hours the device is completely charged. Phone battery charge of 20% → 60% is achieved in 40 minutes.

Quick Charge 2.0 voltage/current vs time: the table below is approximate, with the display off. At 100% charge, the rate bounced between 0.02 - 0.2 amps as the phone periodically checks for email, etc. Most of the time, it was at about 50 mA.

time [minutes] Charge % Input [Volts] Current [Amps]
0 20 9.24 1.65
24 45 9.18 0.92
44 65 9.18 0.93
100 95 9.16 0.55
120 100 9.13 0.05, peak 0.2