Currently, manufacturers of smart phones They no longer include chargers in the boxes of their new cell phone models. Why? the reason is that they care about the “environmental care”, since by not offering you the aforementioned product they reduce the size of their packaging and therefore pollute less, but the truth is that these companies not only save a lot of money, but also promote the purchase of their products.
Modern phones are now charged with a “USB-C” type cable, but as we said before, they no longer come in the box of your smartphone and you would be forced to buy a completely new one, it is recommended that it be original, How can you detect if they want to sell you a fake charger? It is something that Mag will explain below. Currently, good replica chargers of different recognized brands are sold, such as: Samsung, Motorola, Xiaomi, etc., when we say that they are “good” we mean that they physically resemble each other, not that their quality is the best.
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Do not let them scam you, because some people sell fake products at very high prices, the opposite also happens in order to make a purchase, however, the power will determine if the charger you are interested in is 100% original or a replica.
How to identify if a cell phone charger is original or fake
- Mobile devices with batteries of five thousand milliamps (mAh) or higher values, require a 30W charger (at least).
- To detect the authenticity of a charger, download the application called “AccuBattery”, you can get it quickly by clicking here.
- With this app you can measure how many mAh per minute your smartphone charges Android.
- Opens AccuBattery and click on the “Loading” tab, which is located in the lower left part.
- The next step is to connect the charger to your cell phone.
- The 30W chargers (most common) charge up to 100 mAh per minute, which means that in five minutes they would have charged approximately 500 mAh, equivalent to 5%.
- Remember that these values are an estimate, since with the fast charge function the numbers change. We recommend turning it off
- Where can you see such information? in the “Loading” tab > “Fully Loading” > “Total”.
- If you try a charger and in five minutes it has not reached 1% or 2%, then the device is not original.
Android codes to solve quick problems
If you have some problems with your smartphone screen, Bluetooth, light sensor and more, here are some codes that can verify its status.
- *#*#232331#*#* – does a Bluetooth test.
- *#*#2664#*#* – Tests the touch screen.
- *#*#1472365#*#* – does a GPS test
- #0782*# – does a real time clock test.
- *#*#7262626#*#* – does a field test.
- *#*#0673#*#* or *#*#0289#*#* – does an audio and melody test.
- *#0589# – does a light sensor test.
- *#*#526#*#* – does a WLAN test.
- *#0228# – check battery status and details.
- *#*#3264#*#* – check the RAM version.