Eli5: What happens when you use a powerful charger on a smaller device?

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I plugged my phone into my laptop charger to see what would happen. My phone on 10% said “charge time 2 mins”. But then after a bit it changed to 45mins.

Does the phone somehow change the power of the charger to a more sensible power?

My phone has a fast charger which is usually “1hr” to fully charge.

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You are getting some bad answers. This is only for USB based chargers that are within spec. The device being charged is 100% in control. It and the charger communicate and come to an agreement on what power will be provided. If they can’t come to an agreement the charger defaults to the base USB power spec which all USB charged devices can accept.

Plugging a high powered USB charger in to a phone will charge the phone at the highest power the phone requests.

The faster you charge a battery the more heat your generate and this is harder on the battery. If you don’t need to fast charge your device then use a basic 5W charger.

Idk why the eta changed.

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