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The folks at the Verizon store the other day were telling me that it's best to let a phone battery run to near-depletion before replenishing, because they only
by Estragon 17y ago
The folks at the Verizon store the other day were telling me that it's best to let a phone battery run to near-depletion before replenishing, because they only have a finite number of depletion-replenishment cycles, and running the battery to, say 50% capacity then replenishing uses up one of these cycles.
I have no idea whether or not this is true.
- pronoiac 17y agoFor Li-Ion batteries, which I think are the norm, they're wrong, & that course is about the worst for your battery life. Deep discharging once a month or so can be helpful, but, say, every day or two, is not. Charging halfway counts as half a charge, so lots of small charges is much gentler than many big charges. See http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-14A.htm http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-14A.htm
- Estragon 17y agoThanks for the information.