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My phone rarely gets below 50%, and I'd say it only gets below 20% a handful of days a year. But yes, I've often thought it would be nice to have a toggle to s
by photojosh 9y ago
My phone rarely gets below 50%, and I'd say it only gets below 20% a handful of days a year.
But yes, I've often thought it would be nice to have a toggle to say "Prolong battery life (as in years)... I only want a 90% charge since I'm not going to be using much tomorrow."
I've wondered too whether I should only use a slow (1A) charger for the overnight charge rather than the full 2.4A. But then again, I only keep my phone for 2 years before passing on it, so I've not had to care that much.
- kalleboo 9y agoIt looks like Sony's Android phones have this option https://www.phonearena.com/news/Sony-Xperia-Marshmallow-update-beta-includes-soft-charging-allowing-the-battery-to-live-longer_id82551 https://www.phonearena.com/news/Sony-Xperia-Marshmallow-upda...
- lorenzhs 9y agoI know ThinkPad laptops have this (mine is set to charge up to 90% and only start charging if it's below 80%), and I think I've seen it in some custom kernels for Android ROMs a few years ago, but I'm not aware of any popular devices supporting something like this.
- gambiting 9y agoSony phones have that, I have an Xperia Z5 and you can select an option to "prelong battery life", where the phone only charges it up to 80% and stops(the scale shifts, so 80% shows as 100%, but internally the battery is never at 100%).
- jandrese 9y agoI have a Lenovo laptop with this feature. It only charges the battery up to about 60%, which is fine since that laptop is plugged in a lot. When I am planning to take it out I'll turn off battery safer mode and let it fully charge.