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Inspiring
September 2, 2025
Solved

Quest 3 battery is charging too slow and draining too fast

Hello support team and other quest 3 users!

Background story: I have owned my quest 3 for probably a year and more now, I'm using BOBOVR2 with a fancy extended battery strap, and I always used it every time I use the Quest 3 because it extends the battery by a large amount. I barely charge my Quest 3 because I rarely got it to 0% while using it because of the extended battery (sometimes probably 40% if the battery died). Last night, it is the first time in probably months that the Quest 3 reaches 0% battery and shuts down (It happened because i didn't plug my battery extension).

SO what I did is, I charged it with a 67 W charger (which I always used). I waited for almost 4 hours and suddenly, the LED light changed from "charging mode" (orange) to "low battery mode" (flashing red), WHILE charger is plugged in. I checked the battery status by pressing the power button and it shows a empty battery with a charge indicator on it (which is 0%). Not knowing what to do after searching a lot of forums, I left it to charge for a couple more minutes. It reached 1% after 20-ish minutes, and reaches 2% after 20-ish minutes too, so I left it and went to bed. This morning, the quest 3 battery is 51% (I slept for around 8 hours), which is crazy. I tried turning it on unplugged to test the battery, and it was draining super fast, like 1% per 20 seconds, I tried booting the device and power off (using power off button and volume down). It still doesn't work. Chat, is my quest 3 battery cooked?

It happened so suddenly too, and coincidentally (could be) after an update 3 days ago...

wendygdevAnswer
Inspiring
September 3, 2025

FINAL

I tried charging it again today with my 67 W charger and it charged fine. I do not know where the problem was, but it could be because of the battery in Quest 3 not being charged with a high watt charger for such a long time. It is fixed for now!

12 replies

wendygdevAuthor
Inspiring
September 2, 2025

UPDATE

It is has charged to 53% a few hours ago after I booted the device, it has dropped to 52% after an hour of charging (Yes, it was plugged while the battery drained 1%😪) 

wendygdevAuthor
Inspiring
September 2, 2025

UPDATE V2

I charged it using the extended battery and voila, the charging works as intended (?????) for some reason the issue is in the 67 W charger????? I need further explanation for this because it is recently happening, I charged my other devices like phones and it worked fine.

(EDIT)

It still does not work using the 67 W charger. The charging works by plugging a lower watt charger such as 5W and 15W (my third-party strap extended battery)

Honored Contributor
September 2, 2025

Glad you got it fixed ! I'm not an expert but I wonder did the headset recognize the higher capacity charger and throttled it to prevent perceived damage ? 

wendygdevAuthorAnswer
Inspiring
September 3, 2025

FINAL

I tried charging it again today with my 67 W charger and it charged fine. I do not know where the problem was, but it could be because of the battery in Quest 3 not being charged with a high watt charger for such a long time. It is fixed for now!

Honored Contributor
September 3, 2025

That's great !😁 Battery charging is always a bit of a mystery ! ,lol. Might it have been the wall socket you used. And you know those extension cords, the outlets of those are often of lower power than plugging directly into the wall socket itself. Anyway, I'm glad you can use the fast charger ! 

wendygdevAuthor
Inspiring
September 4, 2025

I agree! Anything could be possible, I'm just glad it worked fine in the end. It's probably related to using an external battery charger while using the VR.