2006-10-13 15:53:37 · 11 answers · asked by Lan-Lan 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cell Phones & Plans
you can leave the phone on while charging, thats fine, if its a lithimum battery you don't have to drain it. To be sure, check the manual
2006-10-13 15:58:56 · answer #1 · answered by swan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the phone is new you want to drain the battery completely before you charge it while there is still some juice in it. You should do that for the first couple of times you use it. If you don't you could shorten your battery life each use. That is what I thought maybe I'm wrong, who knows?
2006-10-13 16:03:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although lithium-ion is memory-free in terms of performance deterioration, batteries with fuel gauges exhibit what engineers refer to as "digital memory". Here is the reason: Short discharges with subsequent recharges do not provide the periodic calibration needed to synchronize the fuel gauge with the battery's state-of-charge. A deliberate full discharge and recharge every 30 charges corrects this problem. Letting the battery run down to the cut-off point in the equipment will do this. If ignored, the fuel gauge will become increasingly less accurate.
2006-10-13 18:22:35 · answer #3 · answered by sdh0407 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Follow the instructions in the manual. Whether the battery draining thing is good or bad is very much dependant on what type of battery your phone has.
2006-10-13 16:24:10 · answer #4 · answered by John's Secret Identity™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you dont have to have it off when you charge it. and i should not be drained totally before you charge it. it ruins the battery and makes it were it doesnt stay charged for as long either.
2006-10-13 16:28:12 · answer #5 · answered by malinda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should only be drained the first time you got it, otherwise just charge it as normal.
2006-10-13 16:01:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That IS what they tell you....but my experience proves otherwise.
My cell needs to be accesible 24/7....
no probs charging when "awake".
2006-10-13 16:02:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my phone charges fine on, or off, and I usually charge my phone
at about half or less, don't matter either way.
2006-10-13 15:59:29 · answer #8 · answered by bald eagle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not if you have a lithium battery (and most of the new ones are)
2006-10-13 15:55:56 · answer #9 · answered by moflo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not true!
2006-10-13 15:55:30 · answer #10 · answered by woodtigerdp 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋