I heard that you have to charge it only when it dies, and don't leave it on the charger, or something like that, are these real? how to conserve batteries?
2007-02-02 09:05:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cell Phones & Plans
Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) batteries don't work well or last very long if discharged fully. In fact, if you discharge then too low, the protection circuit built into it might prevent you from charging it up again! If you have Li-Ion batteries in your phone your best bet is to charge it up when it reaches 1/2 to 1/4 of battery life left. Also, another peculiarity of Li-Ion battery life span is manufacture date. No matter how well you treat your batteries, once it reaches around two to three years old they go bad.
2007-02-02 11:41:28 · answer #1 · answered by gkk_72 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most batteries nowadays aren't affected by how many time or how often you charge it. My phone (Samsung e335 flipphone) only has a 3 day standby battery. I've had it for 2 years and charge every time it hits 1 cell (about every 2.5 days) sometimes I charge it when it's only on it's second cell because I'm afraid it'll die before I get to charge it again. When I charge it, I end up leaving it plugged in about 10 hours even though it only takes about 3 hours to charge. And in those 2 years, the battery power hasn't changed at all. Most lithium-ion batteries nowadays don't have "memories" like older batteries used to have. So it doesn't really matter when or how you charge it. Before this phone I had a Nokia, and I used to charge that every couple days and leave it plugged in for hours and the battery power never diminished on that either. I actually charged it before I took out the sim card and turned it off (you can still dial 9-1-1 on an old phone, so keep your old phone and leave it in your car or something), and when I turned it on last, it still had full battery power a year and a half later.
Normally, it's a good rule of thumb to wait until it's almost dead to charge it, and you shouldn't leave it plugged in constantly, but if you do, on most newer phones, it won't affect them at all. Check the manual that comes with the phone though to make sure. Not all phones are the same.
As for how to "conserve" power... Just don't use it if you don't have to (i.e. use a house phone)... Turn it off when you don't need it... Don't use too many of the features (i.e. don't use the phone's calculator if you have a regular calculator nearby, etc).
2007-02-02 17:12:40 · answer #2 · answered by chica_zarca 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Use it until it is almost dead as often as you can. Then, make sure you charge it all the way before unplugging it. Draining and charging only partially will give your battery a "memory" - meaning that the battery won't be capable of using any more than the first 30-60% of its full capacity. Most Ni-Ca (nickel-cadmium) batteries are like this.
2007-02-02 17:08:22 · answer #3 · answered by huntingrl 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
you recharge it when ever you have a chance, but dont OVERCHARGE it cause unless its a good brand battery with an overcharge switch cutoff built in, but to conserve ummm.... dont use it as often?
2007-02-02 17:13:22 · answer #4 · answered by bufsabre666 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋