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How exactly can I tell that my phone is fully charged? |
BobaFett
Joined: Jan 06, 2004
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if u leave the fone in on mode on the charger all night long, when its full, it stops charging, but if it loose power, it starts to charge automatically, cos its on the charger yet. therefore is suggested at longer ( all night ) charging to charge the fone in off mode, to avoid such problems. actually the best way is to charge the fone in off mode, cos even bad reception could influence the charging a nd the later batt performance.
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vogriphach
Joined: Dec 04, 2004
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Let's turn this around a little bit.
This is for the K700i. What about if I only charge it to 50% or 70% (as long as it's not full) because I'm running late or something - will that damage the battery? |
BobaFett
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its not recommended, the best is to stop charging when the batt is full. not sure if 50% etc damage the batt, but a charging doesnt take so much time that u couldnt wait til its ended.
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yea i get wat ur saying... something like a quick 10-20mins charge... gd question! any1 with an answer?
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BobaFett
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batts dont like those " quick " ways and actually its not for much use, the time is to short and the fone and batt " need time to get used " to each other.
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_ANDi_
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@vogriphach: not really. Li-ion/li-pol batteries are more advanced then the ni-mh one.
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BobaFett
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i have to say, that according my experiences, nicd and nimh batts were more stable and trustfull, even they were more bigger sized and more heavy. now a days i do prefer li-ion then li pol batts.
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_ANDi_
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@bobafett: i don't say they were crap, but you could charge them only when they were emty, now you can charge the li one anytime you want ;-)
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whizkidd
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I have actually tested this: i got one of my friends T230, fully charged it for 5 hours and decided to see for how many hours it lasts. I used the phone in between for some calls but nothing else. That thing lasted for 26 days! Then when i tried to charge it, i noticed that the charging had become very slow. Infact, it took more than 12 hours to charge it fully. After fully charged, the battery began performing normally.
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dj_wolfinstein
Joined: Feb 23, 2004
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its a universal rule of this world..Never Over Do Any Thing...!
Over re-charging will eventually damage either the battery or the adapter..!
Plus for all you people who are on the run, its advisable to buy an emergency mobile charger which runs on 4 pencil cells and is size of a pager to re-charge your phone anywhere and anytime for 20 Min..Talk-time,,Not bad I say....
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blumnmz03
Joined: Dec 01, 2004
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i dont know about SE phones but my mum owns a *coughnokiacough*. she forgot that she had it on charge and only remembered about it the following day. it was her charger that got busted. |
blackspot
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On 2005-01-16 15:13:15, vogriphach wrote:
This is for the K700i. What about if I only charge it to 50% or 70% (as long as it's not full) because I'm running late or something - will that damage the battery?
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Li-Ion/Polymer batteries don't have memory effect and will not get damaged if you don't fully charge/discharge it. I do that a lot with my previous phone, like when I'm in the car I charge it while driving and when I reach home I unplug it, and now after 5 years, my nephew is using it and the batteries still last about 90% of it's original capacity.
Li-based battery technology is different and in fact they last longer if you keep them operating within 40% to 95% charge. Overcharging and total discharging will shorten their life but phones/chargers are already equipped with circuits to prevent this. So there should be no problem (although pointless also) keeping it in the charger for a long time.
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k700nut
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when i had the misfortune of owning a k7,it stated "charging",whether it was on its charge cycle for 2hrs or 2000000hrs!god they're tat.
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govigov
Joined: Jul 30, 2004
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26 days??? surely you must be kidding me!!!!!
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02
Joined: Sep 24, 2004
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From: UK Birmingham
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k another question... when u 1st bought the phone.. how long does it take for a safe full charge, when its charging for the 1st time? I heard it shud be around 8hrs of charge, b4 u can actually on the phone... anyone can confirm this... thanx q!
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Posted: 2005-01-16 15:11
