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Tips to care for your battery |
virusjun2
Joined: Jul 08, 2009
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Very informative. Keep sharing guys.
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StevenC
Joined: Aug 23, 2008
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On 2009-09-15 01:30:10, fairen wrote:
Hi, When I purchased my phone at timtechs one of their tech support told me not to charge the battery unless it's really empty. Recharging the phone while there's still battery left will shorten the life span of your battery
Their knowledge is outdated. That was true for NiMH but Li batteries are different, you can change and unplug any time. Also, the less you wait for the battery to become low for charging the better it is for life span. I read that on a battery manufacturer website. |
mallaccra
Joined: Oct 01, 2007
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a friend of mine told me this.....
to prolong your battery's life once a while store it in a freezer for 24 hrs, please don't laugh at me   
btw i have not try this trick.... 
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virusjun2
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Lol thats what I did to my newly purchased Li battery, drain it first then charge.
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marysaint
Joined: Oct 30, 2009
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Hi Fairen.
I am Mary. It is not necessary that you should charge your phone battery whenever it is empty. I think L-ion Battery is good for all the kind of Instruments. It lasts long as my self experience says. I would say that do not follow any misguidance.
Thanks You.
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borjeg
Joined: Sep 07, 2005
Posts: 4
From: Sweden
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Almost all phones today are delievered with a Lithium based cell.
So, a lot of "old knowledge" is still floating around as "the truth" about discharging and charging.
1. Never deliberately fully discharge your Lithium based cell!!! You can distroy it if it's discharged outside of the phone, for example with a bulb. The phone itself sees to that the cell is not fully discharged.
2. There is no need for any special treatment for new cells, no "breaking in" of a new cell.
3. Charge it whenever you feel like it, preferably often. It does not harm the cell if charged often.
4. All Lithium based cells have built-in intelligence for perfecting charge/discharge.
5. The capacity of a Lithium based cell actually gradually increases. After about 5-10 charge/discharge cycles it has reached its full capacity.
6. Don't believe those manuals saying that you should fully drain the cell and the charge for 10-14 hours. IT IS NOT FOR LITHIUM CELLS, it's for alder types of batteries containing more than one cell. Lithium "batteries" has got only one cell, they're not really "batteries". Battery means that more cells have been connected inside the battery.
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ahmedamin
Joined: Nov 06, 2009
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On 2009-11-03 12:24:44, borjeg wrote:
Almost all phones today are delievered with a Lithium based cell.
So, a lot of "old knowledge" is still floating around as "the truth" about discharging and charging.
1. Never deliberately fully discharge your Lithium based cell!!! You can distroy it if it's discharged outside of the phone, for example with a bulb. The phone itself sees to that the cell is not fully discharged.
2. There is no need for any special treatment for new cells, no "breaking in" of a new cell.
3. Charge it whenever you feel like it, preferably often. It does not harm the cell if charged often.
4. All Lithium based cells have built-in intelligence for perfecting charge/discharge.
5. The capacity of a Lithium based cell actually gradually increases. After about 5-10 charge/discharge cycles it has reached its full capacity.
6. Don't believe those manuals saying that you should fully drain the cell and the charge for 10-14 hours. IT IS NOT FOR LITHIUM CELLS, it's for alder types of batteries containing more than one cell. Lithium "batteries" has got only one cell, they're not really "batteries". Battery means that more cells have been connected inside the battery.
[ This Message was edited by: borjeg on 2009-11-03 11:26 ]
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Keith5400
Joined: Nov 12, 2009
Posts: 10
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What I do is that I turn it off when I go to bed. This simple practice increased my battery life like anything.
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ceaser2008
Joined: Jul 14, 2008
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From: Surat, India
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Which is the best way to preserve your battery without any damage?
Actually, i have one spare battery BST-38 for my K850i thanks to playtime and rookwise.  Now i want to preserve the spare one. Currently, i am using this one and kept aside the one which i got with my K850i. Let me tell you that both batteries are genuine one-original. What can i do?
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san4os
Joined: Dec 23, 2009
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I have the same problem!
my battery lives only 1.5 days 
the phone is new, but ... can you advice me real advise???
thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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shana_o7
Joined: Jul 24, 2009
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i'm used to charging my batt whenever i feel it. not thinking of the consequences. hmmm.
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shana_o7
Joined: Jul 24, 2009
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oops double post. sorry
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PMCbob
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On 2009-10-02 08:30:33, StevenC wrote:
On 2009-09-15 01:30:10, fairen wrote:
Hi, When I purchased my phone at timtechs one of their tech support told me not to charge the battery unless it's really empty. Recharging the phone while there's still battery left will shorten the life span of your battery
Their knowledge is outdated. That was true for NiMH but Li batteries are different, you can change and unplug any time. Also, the less you wait for the battery to become low for charging the better it is for life span. I read that on a battery manufacturer website.
That was exactly how I understood it - it's worse to leave your battery to run near flat before recharging.
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kawaii
Joined: Mar 31, 2009
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On 2009-10-02 21:02:06, mallaccra wrote:
a friend of mine told me this.....
to prolong your battery's life once a while store it in a freezer for 24 hrs, please don't laugh at me
btw i have not try this trick....
[ This Message was edited by: mallaccra on 2009-10-02 20:02 ]
actually, i had tried this 
and its effective, prolong the battery standby time
thanks
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r3dzy
Joined: Oct 10, 2009
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From: Pila, Laguna
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Thanks for sharing sir...keep sharing. |
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