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It's been well documented on these forums that the phone won't fully charge to 100%, mine actually charges to 100% but when unplug the charger it goes to 98%,,tried to calibrate the battery but no joy, am i to assume it's only Samsung who can provide some update to fix this or is there an alternative method does anyone know?
Bit disappointing as i cant say i ever had this problem with the SGSII although not taking anything else away from this superb phone.
These phones don't charge to 100% anyway to preserve the longevity of these li-ion batteries.
They charge to 96% or thereabouts.
The 100% in the status bar is purely for show.
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These phones don't charge to 100% anyway to preserve the longevity of these li-ion batteries.
They charge to 96% or thereabouts.
The 100% in the status bar is purely for show.
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My phone says it is fully charged to 100% when i have charged in, when i unplug it it did go to 99% now it goes to 98%, how come the SGSII charged to 100%
This has been answered ad nauseam. There is nothing wrong with your battery. That's the way they work, that's the way Samsung reports it. All is ok
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This has been answered ad nauseam. There is nothing wrong with your battery. That's the way they work, that's the way Samsung reports it. All is ok
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so the batteries on the Galaxy S3 are completely different to the SGSII batteries then?
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My phone says it is fully charged to 100% when i have charged in, when i unplug it it did go to 99% now it goes to 98%, how come the SGSII charged to 100%
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It didn't charge to 100%, it showed 100% but all android phones only charge to 96%.
Its a built in hardware feature.
Don't worry about it.
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My phone says it is fully charged to 100% when i have charged in, when i unplug it it did go to 99% now it goes to 98%, how come the SGSII charged to 100%
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I've noticed the same thing. When I first got the phone it would charge to "100%" then drop instantly to 99% when unplugged, I figured it was a way to increase the longevity of the battery and reduce the risk of overcharging.
But now I'm not so sure on that, it charges to 100% but drops to 98% straight away, not 99%.
For those saying it's a "feature", I find that hard to swallow given that the % is decreasing. I think it's more likely there's a bug in the firmware with the battery meter. Hopefully Samsung sort it out soon.
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It didn't charge to 100%, it showed 100% but all android phones only charge to 96%.
Its a built in hardware feature.
Don't worry about it.
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This is quite simply not true.
Both of my previous generation S phones charged to 100%, same for a friends HTC and a workmates LG.
BJ van Beethoven said:
I've noticed the same thing. When I first got the phone it would charge to "100%" then drop instantly to 99% when unplugged, I figured it was a way to increase the longevity of the battery and reduce the risk of overcharging.
But now I'm not so sure on that, it charges to 100% but drops to 98% straight away, not 99%.
For those saying it's a "feature", I find that hard to swallow given that the % is decreasing. I think it's more likely there's a bug in the firmware with the battery meter. Hopefully Samsung sort it out soon.
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It is a feature and has been for ages.
My nexus s worked that way since I got it soon after it was released.
Unless you are experiencing abnormal battery life/drain I wouldn't be too worried about setting up a search party to find your lost 2%.
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so the batteries on the Galaxy S3 are completely different to the SGSII batteries then?
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What?
Its quite simple.
Fully charged phone shows 100% but in actuality its only charged to 96%.
This was the same on gs2, gs1, nexus s, (insert android phone here)...
It makes batteries last longer.
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It is a feature and has been for ages.
My nexus s worked that way since I got it soon after it was released.
Unless you are experiencing abnormal battery life/drain I wouldn't be too worried about setting up a search party to find your lost 2%.
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This is not true, my SGSII charged to 100% and stayed at 100% and didn't just drop to 99% or 98% so there has to be an issue here, not a feature at all certainly as far as Samsung are concerned.
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This is not true, my SGSII charged to 100% and stayed at 100% and didn't just drop to 99% or 98% so there has to be an issue here, not a feature at all certainly as far as Samsung are concerned.
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The UI showed it as 100%, but it wasn't ACTUALLY 100%.
Maybe on the gs3 it compensates for the 4% difference faster, who knows.
Its not a problem and nobody is stealing your power so don't worry about it.
If you are getting bad battery life/excessive drain then you have a problem.
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What?
Its quite simple.
Fully charged phone shows 100% but in actuality its only charged to 96%.
This was the same on gs2, gs1, nexus s, (insert android phone here)...
It makes batteries last longer.
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why did the SGSII charge to 100% and stayed that way for over an hour sometimes longer on standby before it dropped to 99%, how can the Galaxy S3 not do that, it has to be a bug no doubts about it, unless you can show me substantial proof from Samsung themselves i refuse to believe it.
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The UI showed it as 100%, but it wasn't ACTUALLY 100%.
Maybe on the gs3 it compensates for the 4% difference faster, who knows.
Its not a problem and nobody is stealing your power so don't worry about it.
If you are getting bad battery life/excessive drain then you have a problem.
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My battery life is fine i froze all the bloatware, that is not the issue i just want to know why this is happening it shouldn't happen on a premium high end smartphone.
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My battery life is fine i froze all the bloatware, that is not the issue i just want to know why this is happening it shouldn't happen on a premium high end smartphone.
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Well if your battery life is fine then forget about it. Would you rather the phone showed 100% even though it wasn't at 100%?
It probably just compensates the difference between 100% and actual charge faster to show true battery life faster.
Even if it is a bug your battery still has the same amount of charge in it so what's the big deal.
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Well if your battery life is fine then forget about it. Would you rather the phone showed 100% even though it wasn't at 100%?
It probably just compensates the difference between 100% and actual charge faster to show true battery life faster.
Even if it is a bug your battery still has the same amount of charge in it so what's the big deal.
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As i said that is not the issue, if it really is 100% then it should actually say 100% and not any less, it's like if you walked into a bar and the barman poured you a pint with a massive head on it but when that head went down after a few minutes it showed as a bit less than an actual pint, same difference mate, if your paying big bucks for a high end smartphone you expect these type of things to show correctly, im not gonna lose sleep over it but undoubtedly it is a bug that they should really fix.
The phone does charge to 100% but will then start to discharge back to 95% before charging again, being static at one level for too long reduced the overall life of the battery.what I have been doing is unplugging my phone first thing in the morning and recharging it again for a few mins
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The phone does charge to 100% but will then start to discharge back to 95% before charging again, being static at one level for too long reduced the overall life of the battery.what I have been doing is unplugging my phone first thing in the morning and recharging it again for a few mins
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I was under the impression that these batteries never charge to full capacity as it reduced the lifespan of the batteries.
Not sure where I read it but I'm sure that's what it said. I'm not doubting you but I'm just confused. When it charges to 100 back to 95 is that true 100% battery capacity?
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Samsung do need to provide a firmware fix for this, it's not what one would deem to be a massive bug but is one nonetheless and if it worked ok in the SGSII it should work the same in the Galaxy S3.
I assume Samsung will provide a fix for this at some stage, but to be honest given their track record id expect someone on XDA to come up with a solution sooner:good:
Mine charges to 100%. Once it reaches full charge, unplug the charger and the plug it in for another 10 minutes. This will ready 100% after unplugging. My GS2 was the same way.
ive also read that the phones dont charge to 100%.
a simple google search will bring up this same dilemna from years ago.
does anybody know some patch to disable USB charging? i dont like messing like that with my battery, i like charge it to 100% and then discharge to 0% every time, but oftem i need to copy some files from cell to comp... and i must plug in cable and charge battery for few minutes... help? thx.
Sory i dont answes your question but i really must ask why from 100 to 0. Afaik i even worse discharge this type of battery to 0. You can even broke it. Just charge when you need and life time be same.
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Draining to zero is bad for newer batteries. And charging them for only a few moments is fine. All newer phone also have smart chips so when they reach 100% the stop charging usually letting the device bounce to 95 and back up.
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LowSky said:
Draining to zero is bad for newer batteries. And charging them for only a few moments is fine. All newer phone also have smart chips so when they reach 100% the stop charging usually letting the device bounce to 95 and back up.
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actually, it does not drain to the zero.. just a minimum value. if it were to drain to zero it would never charge again.
i'm talking basic chemistry here. not sure about the exact Li-ion batteries.
@OP, my old sony phone, you could shut it from the service menu you get after clicking a set of combination of the keys..
there must be a similar combination for the new ones. i am on cm9 so i cannot check.
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Sory i dont answes your question but i really must ask why from 100 to 0. Afaik i even worse discharge this type of battery to 0. You can even broke it. Just charge when you need and life time be same.
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battery has its own electronics and it never go below safe limit, and charging from 0-100 is good for my battery as far i can tell from service menu where actual measured capacity is shown, normal is 1500, when i charge whenever i like, plugin and plug out several times a day capacity drops even to 1400, when i charge and discharge 0-100 100-0 capacity comes back to 1500
i had xperia arc before and after 9 months battery was like new, sometimes it dropped to 1425 but after few full zero zero full cycles it was back to 1500
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@OP, my old sony phone, you could shut it from the service menu you get after clicking a set of combination of the keys..
there must be a similar combination for the new ones. i am on cm9 so i cannot check.
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there is not im afraid, i remember this functionality from older sony ericsson phones, thats why i asked about a patch for newer ones
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as far i can tell from service menu where actual measured capacity is shown
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would you pls tell me where that menu is? i have st15i ICS.
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battery has its own electronics and it never go below safe limit, and charging from 0-100 is good for my battery as far i can tell from service menu where actual measured capacity is shown, normal is 1500, when i charge whenever i like, plugin and plug out several times a day capacity drops even to 1400, when i charge and discharge 0-100 100-0 capacity comes back to 1500
i had xperia arc before and after 9 months battery was like new, sometimes it dropped to 1425 but after few full zero zero full cycles it was back to 1500
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Look, right is we have mobile phone for using, for serve us. If i need go out and see 50% i give mobile on charger. Who really want have death mobile? And when mobile turn off and you give him recharge too late, like after you come from out you can really broke it. This already happen on my old se batery. And still i dont se any cool reason to do it when lifetime battery is practicaly same as i read on many same about li-pol li-ion battery. Anyway if there is no other way to disable charging, you can also use something like airdroid and copy files via wifi
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would you pls tell me where that menu is? i have st15i ICS.
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*#*#service#*#*
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Look, right is we have mobile phone for using, for serve us. If i need go out and see 50% i give mobile on charger. Who really want have death mobile? And when mobile turn off and you give him recharge too late, like after you come from out you can really broke it. This already happen on my old se batery. And still i dont se any cool reason to do it when lifetime battery is practicaly same as i read on many same about li-pol li-ion battery. Anyway if there is no other way to disable charging, you can also use something like airdroid and copy files via wifi
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when i need i plug in and charge, even if it is 60% and i know i will be out for few hours, but every time i know i will be home all day i discharge and charge 0-100
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does anybody know some patch to disable USB charging? i dont like messing like that with my battery, i like charge it to 100% and then discharge to 0% every time, but oftem i need to copy some files from cell to comp... and i must plug in cable and charge battery for few minutes... help? thx.
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What's bad in that kind of charging? Nothing.
Kriomag said:
battery has its own electronics and it never go below safe limit, and charging from 0-100 is good for my battery as far i can tell from service menu where actual measured capacity is shown, normal is 1500, when i charge whenever i like, plugin and plug out several times a day capacity drops even to 1400, when i charge and discharge 0-100 100-0 capacity comes back to 1500
i had xperia arc before and after 9 months battery was like new, sometimes it dropped to 1425 but after few full zero zero full cycles it was back to 1500
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There is no memory effect on our phones' batteries. They do not lose their capacity like this at all. I do not know, how/what you did, but this is not correct.
You could go to Google and search for Li-Ion and Li-Po type battery myths and reality(facts). You will find lots of useful information.
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does anybody know some patch to disable USB charging? i dont like messing like that with my battery, i like charge it to 100% and then discharge to 0% every time, but oftem i need to copy some files from cell to comp... and i must plug in cable and charge battery for few minutes... help? thx.
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Use airdroid. It connects your phone via WLAN with your pc using your router.
You can use any webbrowser on your pc.
Try it, a really great app.
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I just got a Samsung Battery Charger/Stand with Battery & have just charged the new battery with it, swapped it for the old one that had just run out when I noticed something weird...
The new battery was showing up as 100% for about 15 minutes. During which time I had the screen on for 3 minutes at full brightness.
What does that mean??
I've never seen 100% for any more than a second after I've unplugged the phone.
I'm assuming there's some difference between the batteries and the stats that are in the phone for the battery. I've used the Battery Calibration app before, when changing roms on my old phone, and that would sort out little anomalies. Do I need to use battery calibration every time I switch batteries?
Will this work itself out?
Will this swapping negatively affect my phone in anyway?
I thank you in advance for your help/suggestions
The phone has logic to not let the battery charge to 100% for too long. The charger does not. Battery calibration apps do nothing.
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So... the charger over charged the battery?
Will that damage it?
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I posted the same thing in the morning on another thread. Great mind think alike! Haha
Well to me it doesn't mean anything wrong really. Just that the phone doesn't fully charge the battery for safety or maybe heat reasons. Who knows? If samsung desktop charger is approved by samsung its good enough to me.
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Guess your right.
So yours was saying 100% for unusually long as well?
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It did on my new one for about 5min. Only but I had wifi on and screen and doing some work. It Wasatch new battery and didn't think much of it. I would say that even that was way more than the immediate 99% once off the charger on the phone
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Just read your earlier post. Seems strange that the external charger charges more than the phone. I guess I can't complain about a few extra minutes!
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One of my usual days with the battery charged up in the morning on he desktop charger, and I'm now 8 almost and have 72% when previously I was getting about 60% around this time
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Hey, so is it a good idea to charge overnight? I've heard that the charger may overheat and melt the usb port or something like that. So do you guys charge the phone overnight or not?
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Its a bad idea.
usually ppl do keep their mobile phones on charge at the night and unplug it off at morning.
recently even i've asked the same question to the salesman of the samsung company he suggestes me not to do that cause it may harm your battery.
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Hey, how you doing bud?
You rooted yet? Lol.......
I don't think the phone will overheat if your not using it at the time but it can shorten battery life a little leaving it on charge for longer than necessary, mine doesn't seem too bad with this setup I'm on now my temp never goes over 35° but before this setup i was getting temps of up to 55° when charging and using the phone at the same time. Don't think thats what caused my problems i told you about with chargers burning out though as the last one happened just as i plugged it into a cold phone.
I've always charged every phone I've ever had at night and haven't ever seen battery life go down on any phone i've owned. Not saying i recommend it but its never caused me any harm.
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I have charged my phone for 8 hours over night EVERY night since I bought it (beginning of March), and the battery life is excellent.
Last time I looked at battery stats (yesterday) I had 1d 16hrs time on battery and 3hrs 53mins of screen on time, with normal usage.
My normal use is: about 1 hour music, 1.5hours internet browsing, texts, calls, flashing zips etc
So in short, with my experience overnight charging doesn't harm the battery at all
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Hey, how you doing bud?
You rooted yet? Lol.......
I don't think the phone will overheat if your not using it at the time but it can shorten battery life a little leaving it on charge for longer than necessary, mine doesn't seem too bad with this setup I'm on now my temp never goes over 35° but before this setup i was getting temps of up to 55° when charging and using the phone at the same time. Don't think thats what caused my problems i told you about with chargers burning out though as the last one happened just as i plugged it into a cold phone.
I've always charged every phone I've ever had at night and haven't ever seen battery life go down on any phone i've owned. Not saying i recommend it but its never caused me any harm.
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Not yet, will hopefully get to it in the next weeks. Real busy atm. And unlike on wildfire I don't feel an immediate need to do it
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you can charge your phone all night, on condition that you must ensure your phone chager is original, if so, you can do it, as the original chager can adjust the voltage of the phone battery. if not, it is very dangerous to your phone.
Thanks for everybody's input. I think I've got our down now Lol. But I'd like to keep the discussion open for anyone that would like to be better informed.
New topic: Tips & Tricks for getting the most out of your battery.
Thanks guys!
Don't run it dead regularly (that was for ni batteries), don't charge it all the time (ie topping off everytime you're near a charger). If going to store powered down for long periods do so at like %60 capacity.
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Don't run it dead regularly (that was for ni batteries), don't charge it all the time (ie topping off everytime you're near a charger). If going to store powered down for long periods do so at like %60 capacity.
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Just to clarify, you saying to not charge when battery it has more than 60% charge remaining? If yes. Then how low do you recommend as to minimum charge left on battery when you plug it in?
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It's been a while since I have actually cared about a phone enough to really want to take care of every part of it, including the battery, and I was wondering what the best way to keep it fresh is?
Use until it dies and fully charge every time.
Use until low power warning and recharge.
idk what other methods there are....
Anyway, appreciate any and all tips guys:good:
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Best way is to not worry about it. Only thing you want to avoid is letting it die in standby over and over.
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Just to clarify, you saying to not charge when battery it has more than 60% charge remaining? If yes. Then how low do you recommend as to minimum charge left on battery when you plug it in?
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Sorry I was so brief was at work on lunch.
In the ideal world you'd probably charge around %20-%30. Lithium batteries do not like being over drained or overcharged. Overcharging isn't really an issue since our phone handles charging. Over draining repeatedly will drain max capacity, same with overcharging. The %60 i refer to is a rough number if you were going to be storing the phone powered off for weeks or months, lithium batteries should not be stored at max voltage or drained.
You don't want to be constantly "topping" your battery off either. The life of a lithium battery is generally going to be measured in charge cycles. So charging it every time you're sitting at a charger will really just wear it out faster.
I generally just charge my phone every night when i go to bed. With as long as these phones last on a charge; I've yet to burn through my entire battery in less than a day more than a time or two. Don't put too much thought into it or worry too terribly much. Running it down once or twice isn't going to do much that you'd immediately notice, but doing it every time is certainly not a good idea!
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Sorry I was so brief was at work on lunch.
In the ideal world you'd probably charge around %20-%30. Lithium batteries do not like being over drained or overcharged. Overcharging isn't really an issue since our phone handles charging. Over draining repeatedly will drain max capacity, same with overcharging. The %60 i refer to is a rough number if you were going to be storing the phone powered off for weeks or months, lithium batteries should not be stored at max voltage or drained.
You don't want to be constantly "topping" your battery off either. The life of a lithium battery is generally going to be measured in charge cycles. So charging it every time you're sitting at a charger will really just wear it out faster.
I generally just charge my phone every night when i go to bed. With as long as these phones last on a charge; I've yet to burn through my entire battery in less than a day more than a time or two. Don't put too much thought into it or worry too terribly much. Running it down once or twice isn't going to do much that you'd immediately notice, but doing it every time is certainly not a good idea!
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Okay. Thanks for all the info. It really helps to know that stuff. I'm not to worried about burning through charge cycles. I'm getting 2-3 days of a charge. 4 if I drain it. Battery on this is the best I have even seen. Truly incredible. I don't know how they managed it. But I am absolutely loving it.
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The only thing you need to worry about is not letting your battery reach below 14%. Unless your out or not near a charger it's understandable.
Charge your phone once it hits 14%. Let it fully charge don't interrupt it (unless you have too)
Sometimes don't charge your device to 100% I sometimes charge mines to 90%.
Let the battery die once or twice a month.
Just don't worry about the battery. By time you hit anywhere near 500 charge cycles you'll be on the m9 or a new device.
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The only thing you need to worry about is not letting your battery reach below 14%. Unless your out or not near a charger it's understandable.
Charge your phone once it hits 14%. Let it fully charge don't interrupt it (unless you have too)
Sometimes don't charge your device to 100% I sometimes charge mines to 90%.
Let the battery die once or twice a month.
Just don't worry about the battery. By time you hit anywhere near 500 charge cycles you'll be on the m9 or a new device.
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Why would you only charge to %90? And why would you let it die once a month?
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Why would you only charge to %90? And why would you let it die once a month?
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Because you wanna train your battery and get the most out of it. A lot of people say those are old rules because these batteries don't have memory cells. But you'll find yourself not needing to replace the battery as fast as you would by just letting it die all the time
I have replaced a cell phone battery yet and I've been using that method since flip phones days
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Because you wanna train your battery and get the most out of it. A lot of people say those are old rules because these batteries don't have memory cells. But you'll find yourself not needing to replace the battery as fast as you would by just letting it die all the time
I have replaced a cell phone battery yet and I've been using that method since flip phones days
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Hhrrmmm. i think you're thinking of nickel based batteries (nicd, nimh, etc). Generally lithium cells really dont like low voltages or have memory.
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Hhrrmmm. i think you're thinking of nickel based batteries (nicd, nimh, etc). Generally lithium cells really dont like low voltages or have memory.
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I think he's correct on the letting it die once every month or so. I did a lot of research on this a while back and ideally you don't let your phone drop below 50% regularly and don't let it sit on the charger all night since its going to be at 100% for many hours before you wake up a li ion batteries prefer to not be at 100%. The discharging it fully will calibrate it and make sure all the cells are being used since if certain cells don't get discharged every so often they start to lose ability to hold a charge. Keep in mind I looked all this up 2 years ago and most of the issues only affect people who keep phones for 2+ years unless the do 100%-0% every day then their battery won't last long.
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/do_and_dont_battery_table
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
These phones all have battery protection circuitry built into them.
As the battery approaches 100% charge the charge current reduces to almost nothing to prevent overcharging.
Having said this I would not leave the phone on charge for weeks on end but there is really no reason to worry about taking it off charge the moment it shows 100%.
Likewise for discharge. When the phone indicates that the battery is getting flat it will make sure that even if you run the phone till it dies, the battery will not have been allowed to overdischarge. When your phone switches off software is telling the phone to power down to protect the battery.
Also, to touch upon Lithium battery charge cycles, one charge cycle is the 100% charging of the battery, now keep in mind this can be from 0-100% OR it can also be the sum of multiple chargings up to 100% capacity of the battery
I.e.- charging from 75% to 100% once is not considered a charge cycle to the battery, but do it three more times from 75% (25%x4=100%"rated" capacity) and it considers THAT one charge cycle. So if you charge from 50% regularly, two times charging from 50 to 100% is ONE charging cycle.
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Just to clarify, you saying to not charge when battery it has more than 60% charge remaining? If yes. Then how low do you recommend as to minimum charge left on battery when you plug it in?
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Few months back I was speaking with HTC support, the rep said don't put your phone on charge for more then 1 hour with any lithium batteries.
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Few months back I was speaking with HTC support, the rep said don't put your phone on charge for more then 1 hour with any lithium batteries.
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Huh? You saying to only charge it in one hour increments?
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i think the battry in the HTC M8 is really good. it will last for a whole day with no issue. I have beeing testing it and actually I am happy with the resulet
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Allen` said:
Few months back I was speaking with HTC support, the rep said don't put your phone on charge for more then 1 hour with any lithium batteries.
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As usual, speaking with reps can be cause for alarm. In this case, it's obvious he/she was blowing smoke. Read the links posted in the thread.
Updated OP. This is now more of a help thread for those who need it. Thanks for all the info and tips.
Let's keep it going guys!
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