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When to charge the K800i? |
Docalex007
Joined: Jul 20, 2006
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At what percent battery life should I charge the phone? What would be the healthiest for the battery?
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DCUK7
Joined: Aug 01, 2004
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From: Liverpool, UK
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Doesn't matter, Lithium-ion batteries don't suffer from the "memory" effect that Nickel batteries suffer from so you can charge at whatever percent you like.
Read the Wiki article on Li-ion batteries:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_ion_battery |
kalleboo
Joined: Nov 03, 2005
Posts: 218
From: Lund, Sweden (walking distance
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As often as possible. |
BlacK Devil
Joined: May 04, 2006
Posts: 276
From: Romania
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for longer life of the batery you have to charge it when it's completely empty and leave it shut down while charging
LE: sry i tought that that was featured in the manual .... sry for the mislead 
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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what page is that on please?
I've done half a dozen searches in the manual for words like life, empty, longer etc and I don't see that in the manual at all
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shaliron
Joined: Jan 15, 2006
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Whilst the newer batteries don't suffer from the memory effect, it is always advisable to charge it when the battery is low or empty. It lets the battery have full cycles rather than short ones. Sometimes, people do a monthly charge down and charge up to maintain their batteries.
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SonySandy
Joined: Aug 07, 2003
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From: Sunny Scotland
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But modern battery doesn't suffer in the same way with a splash and dash charge... even if your batter is at 50% charge, charging it once doesn't count towards a charge, it counts towards half a charge. |
Docalex007
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On 2006-07-25 13:44:00, ~DC:UK~ wrote:
Doesn't matter, Lithium-ion batteries don't suffer from the "memory" effect that Nickel batteries suffer from so you can charge at whatever percent you like.
Read the Wiki article on Li-ion batteries:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_ion_battery
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Well the battery is not a lithium-ion battery...it's actually a lithium-polymer battery so not sure how closely related that is to the Li-ion. But yeah, I'm thinking one could charge it whenever one feels like charging it.
Btw, I haven't seen anything in the manual about charging except for one paragraph's worth of stuff....stuff like temperature ranges when charging, etc....but nothing concerning this issue. |
shaliron
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Yeah, there's nothing wrong with chargin the battery whenever you feel like it, but for the longevity (no. of charge cycles, not the actual battery life) of the battery, you are better off with less frequent charges. So if you want to make your battery last long, say for a few years, then don't charge it unless you really need to.
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DCUK7
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Read the Wiki article! The battery depletes in capacity because of age, not charge cycles. Unless you freeze the battery it will lose capacity over time, but the advantage being it DOESN'T need charge cycles (no memory effect).
The Apple whitepapers on the iPod battery are a good read and will backup what I am saying. |
*Jojo*
Joined: Oct 15, 2003
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Most of the time, I charge the fone when I am already seein' the RED battery icon. What I made notice lately is that, battery lasts LONGER when the fone was charged in OFF mode .....
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kalleboo
Joined: Nov 03, 2005
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From: Lund, Sweden (walking distance
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As DC:UK says, Apple has a very informative writeup on Li-ion batteries http://www.apple.com/batteries/ |
SonySandy
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Also turn off 3G if its not strong in your area... most of the county where i live is poor for 3g, i note that 2 days max was all i was getting before.... it goes for twice as long now that i've turned of UTMS or whatver the hell it s called. |
bugsiiy
Joined: Jan 10, 2006
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i read somewhere that for every 2-3 normal charges (when the battery is not empty) it is advised to do a full cycle,but i don't care 
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BobaFett
Joined: Jan 06, 2004
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From: Kamino (wish it would be Lund)
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I tried it once, didnt noticed any difference later
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