I want to use my Samsung Galaxy Note as a tablet. Sure, it isn't as large as a 10" tab but it offers the same great resolution. However, 5 hours battery life isn't good enough. Someone I know suggested just leaving it in the mains during heavy usage, as I would with my laptop, but would this not kill the battery? How can I get tablet usage out of my device whilst still having battery power left should I have to go out and need a phone?
On the topic of battery, what does power-saving mode actually do?
Lowers MHz, brightness, turns on one core only (my guess)
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Lowers MHz, brightness, turns on one core only (my guess)
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Thanks.
Will leaving it powered in mains ruin battery then?
^^ I don't think so. When the phone is fully charged, it stops receiving current. So, your phone should be safe.
Also curious.
Thanks. I want to use the device as a tablet but not be left without any battery.
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There is a limited amount you can do.
One of the bigger advantages of a larger tablet is the ability to have a huge battery - three or four times the capacity.
Using the note while plugged in is a bit annoying.
One alternative is external chargers/batteries. Swapping batteries every x hours isn't a huge deal.
- Frank
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But would leaving it in mains harm battery.
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No !! it will not damage the battery, As said above the phone stops receiving currents when fully charged.
Modern day batteries will out live the actual device, and under extreme pressures it will still live longer than the time you will own the device.
in general not due to technology, however its best not to, wear tear connectors, usb jacket plus risk when accidentslly dropping it bending it etc, etc etc
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Brad387 said:
But would leaving it in mains harm battery.
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Shouldn't do. Modern batteries don't suffer with lack of full charge cycles like old NiCd and NiMH batteries used to.
Probably won't hurt to fully discharge it every now and then to help with battery calibration though.
Thanks! Problem solved then.
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Bump Charge your android device
Follow the below mentioned steps so as to make the most of your battery charge:
1 Turn your device ON and Charge the device for 8 hours or more,
2 Unplug the device and Turn the phone OFF and charge for 1 hour,
3 Unplug the device Turn ON wait 2 minutes and Turn OFF and charge for another hour
Your battery life should almost double, as per the htc executives they have tested themselves and found out that there is a huge improvement in the battery life.
This post was published by HTC, so sharing with all android users.
))))) really? In my opinion is useless.
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Hmm this should be done once or each time i charge? ?
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I guess that is not a thing, u'd do at every charge.
Maybe after changing a rom. Its easier to clear bat stat file.
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Maybe it will work but it will force your battery...longer battery usage time with the expense of battery lifetime? Not worthwhile..
SGS2 and Galaxy Note battery doesn't need calibration... just read this and get informed before posting useless stuff:
[Guide] Everything you wanted to know about Li-Ion batteries but were afraid to ask!
Things You Should Know About Lithium Ion Battery
Complete Guide to Lithium Polymer Batteries and LiPo Failure Reports
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SGS2 and Galaxy Note battery doesn't need calibration... just read this and get informed before posting useless stuff:
[Guide] Everything you wanted to know about Li-Ion batteries but were afraid to ask!
Things You Should Know About Lithium Ion Battery
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HTC also uses Li-ion batteries so if it makes a difference there it's quite plausible it would work for us as well. Don't believe all the battery manufacturer hype.
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HTC also uses Li-ion batteries so if it makes a difference there it's quite plausible it would work for us as well. Don't believe all the battery manufacturer hype.
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I don't... i just read that articles and know some stuff related to batteries.. and never got one single battery to get to a faulty status
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Maybe it will work but it will force your battery...longer battery usage time with the expense of battery lifetime? Not worthwhile..
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Of course it's worthwhile. You can easily replace the battery if required and I'd much prefer longer usage time as I'll probably have changed phone before it's noticeable anyway. Not that I believe the method shortens the lifetime anyway.
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In essence this is overcharging the battery. Shortening its life as well as its ability to hold a charge in the long run...
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Calibrating Li-Ion batteries is a myth...It does not hurt the battery if you don't charge it "full" before you first use it and let it drain out before its charge again...and ect...it just doesn't matter. It's all bull****.
I have never see so much voodoo related to a simple issue.
Given a device has an internal charge voltage regulator and battery voltage, current & temperature monitor, then it is possible for the system to ascertain battery full status and calibrate the monitor system with one single full charge cycle.. This is neither new nor rocket science, and has been the basis for battery monitoring systems for a very long time.
Secondly, it is quite simply not possible to overcharge a battery.. a battery of any given chemical cell structure has a voltage at capacity that is a constant. Applying higher voltages to "over-charge" a battery, simply has the excess charging power dissipated as heat in the battery charging circuit... Full = Full. Period.
all this other stuff is wishful hogwash..
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I have never see so much voodoo related to a simple issue.
Given a device has an internal charge voltage regulator and battery voltage, current & temperature monitor, then it is possible for the system to ascertain battery full status and calibrate the monitor system with one single full charge cycle.. This is neither new nor rocket science, and has been the basis for battery monitoring systems for a very long time.
Secondly, it is quite simply not possible to overcharge a battery.. a battery of any given chemical cell structure has a voltage at capacity that is a constant. Applying higher voltages to "over-charge" a battery, simply has the excess charging power dissipated as heat in the battery charging circuit... Full = Full. Period.
all this other stuff is wishful hogwash..
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Actually, the awesome Note doesn't have a current monitor, only a voltage one (and temp), which could make these voodoo rituals useful.
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HTC also uses Li-ion batteries so if it makes a difference there it's quite plausible it would work for us as well. Don't believe all the battery manufacturer hype.
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This "trick" won't work on Samsung devices. It worked on HTC devices due to the type of fuel gauge chip they used, namely the ds2784 and ds2746 etc. But Samsung phones use the max17040 and max17043 fuel gauges and they do not react the same and thus "bump" charging literally does nothing on a Samsung phone.
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Actually, the awesome Note doesn't have a current monitor, only a voltage one (and temp), which could make these voodoo rituals useful.
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... and then you would need to explain why managing the voltage would not manage the current ....
"could" but highly unlikely.. and tbh unless you can provide some engineering theory based substantiation for it (the voodoo), my comment stands...
fwiw, it is not actually necessary to monitor charge current... A charger, be it single stage or multi stage, applies a charge voltage and the battery accepts current. As the battery charges, so its voltage increases and when the battery voltage is raised to within a predetermined window related to the charge voltage, then that charge stage is complete.. In general the final charge cycle, float, is left running as long as the device is connected to a charging source, though in some devices (eg iphone) the float charge is cycled on and off in a tight window of battery voltage.
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Actually, the awesome Note doesn't have a current monitor, only a voltage one (and temp), which could make these voodoo rituals useful.
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Tried and to my surprise worked - SGN
What I can say, just out of my curiosity I tried that thing and now, after 1 day of light use of my SGN it is now at 60 %, usually was down to 15-20 % . Did also battery stat wipe before. I do not argue with anyone, whether it is supposed to work or whether it can`t work and even not on Samsung device - whatever. Very useful and good method for me .
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SGS2 and Galaxy Note battery doesn't need calibration... just read this and get informed before posting useless stuff:
[Guide] Everything you wanted to know about Li-Ion batteries but were afraid to ask!
Things You Should Know About Lithium Ion Battery
Complete Guide to Lithium Polymer Batteries and LiPo Failure Reports
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hummm... good to know, and Galaxy S1?
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What I can say, just out of my curiosity I tried that thing and now, after 1 day of light use of my SGN it is now at 60 %, usually was down to 15-20 % . Did also battery stat wipe before. I do not argue with anyone, whether it is supposed to work or whether it can`t work and even not on Samsung device - whatever. Very useful and good method for me .
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I agree just tested it today even though all the logic says it does not work if did for me. 79% left after a day of light use. Normally it would be below 50%.
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Thanks I'm going to try this
I remember as a kid, when getting new hardware, you need to charge it to the maximum and leave it in for a few hours to kinda work the battery and get the most optimal battery life. So for this phone, what would you need to do when you first get it to get the battery to be the best it can be?
Do we cycle it from 0 to 100, or just charge it to 100 and leave it?
Or does it not matter?
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I remember as a kid, when getting new hardware, you need to charge it to the maximum and leave it in for a few hours to kinda work the battery and get the most optimal battery life. So for this phone, what would you need to do when you first get it to get the battery to be the best it can be?
Do we cycle it from 0 to 100, or just charge it to 100 and leave it?
Or does it not matter?
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It doesn't matter. While older nickel-cadmium batteries could have issues with charge memory, lithium ion batteries are not affected. Just charge and use your phone as normal. If you want to maximize battery life make sure not to place your phone in extreme heat (eg. inside a locked car in summer time) and avoid leaving your phone at 0% charge for any length of time.
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It doesn't matter. While older nickel-cadmium batteries could have issues with charge memory, lithium ion batteries are not affected. Just charge and use your phone as normal. If you want to maximize battery life make sure not to place your phone in extreme heat (eg. inside a locked car in summer time) and avoid leaving your phone at 0% charge for any length of time.
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But the phone is using Lithium Polymer...
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But the phone is using Lithium Polymer...
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For the purposes of this discussion it is identical.
Well technically it's Lithium-ion Polymer
Same thing. Either way they don't have the memory issues that old rechargeable batteries had..
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Nope.
These new Lithium batteries aren't subject to any of these myths.
Same with the "Take off your device from the charger once it has been fully 100% charged or the battery will stuff up." Nope. The battery just cuts the charge and just runs down. That's why if you look at your charging history, it might go to 99%, 98 or even 97, and go back up to 100% because that's when the phone decides, "Yep, I'll take a bit more charge."
Alright. Thanks to everyone!
I'm getting mine tomorrow ;D
(Aw, outta thanks to give :'( )
It is good with these batteries to run then down to almost empty every week or so, right?
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It is good with these batteries to run then down to almost empty every week or so, right?
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Another myth. Not true for Lithium batteries
Really? I read this in a battery forum years ago. This was for laptop batteries though..
Not meaning to sound sarcastic, how do you know this? Are you an electronics engineer or something? Just wondering.
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Lithium-ion/lithium-polymer batteries don't have the "memory effect" that older nickel-cadmium and nickel-metalhydride batteries did. So there's no point trying to run your battery down low every now and again to help its life. In fact, it seems that charging it more often is the most helpful thing, i.e. lots of small charges rather than big charges all the time.
Just use it normally and charge it when you need, it'll be fine.
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How about leaving the phone charging after it is fully charged? Like when you charge it overnight.
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How about leaving the phone charging after it is fully charged? Like when you charge it overnight.
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The phone and charger electronics will lower the rate of charging as it reaches 100% and turn it off when it's done. You don't need to worry about unplugging it right away.
In longer term storage situations where you aren't using the device (i.e. weeks or months) it's optimal to store the battery at a charge level of 60-70% to reduce battery degradation over time. When the Mars rover \Curiosity was en route to mars the batteries were at 60% and were charged upon approaching the planet.
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Really? I read this in a battery forum years ago. This was for laptop batteries though..
Not meaning to sound sarcastic, how do you know this? Are you an electronics engineer or something? Just wondering.
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I am an electrical engineer actually. Li-Ion or Li-Po batteries do not need to be treated any special way. The only thing that degrades them is use and time. And it does not matter how deeply you discharge them (discharging to 50% twice is about the same wear on the battery as discharging to 0% once, within a reasonable degree of error).
What you may have been reading was with regards to calibrating your laptop's battery meter. There is some truth to that, and allowing even your phone to discharge completely (down to 5% or so) once can help make sure your battery percentage is accurate. But it does not affect your battery life at all.
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I remember as a kid...
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I remember as a kid that all the phones had a cable attached and no battery whatsoever...
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I'm following what the manual said!
I was going th carge wherever and start using it, beut then i got the phone and read that it would be good to charge it full first.
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I prefer to follow what google says thank you very much
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I was going th carge wherever and start using it, beut then i got the phone and read that it would be good to charge it full first.
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I prefer to follow what google says thank you very much
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Actually, it doesn't say to do it "first". It says "its a good idea to fully charge *as soon as you get a chance*."
The wording in the quick start guide you provided doesn't seem to imply that its a critical thing. It seems to me that they are putting that there in case someone takes it out the box, starts playing with/using it, then wonders why the phone is already dead. Then they post to XDA about how the battery life sucks. (Just kidding! )
The note is a disaster for me when it comes to charging.
If your battery is low and you start charging it but using it at the same time, it doesn't get worse, but it doesn't get better either i.e. actually charge the thing, it just holds its own.
I have got to say I am not impressed with this!
I am not facing such problems. Charging takes pretty long yes but not as bad as you said. A larger battery will of course need a longer time to charge. But I wonder sometimes too if it's the battery problem or the charger output problem and if there's a way to speed up the process.
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I am not facing such problems. Charging takes pretty long yes but not as bad as you said. A larger battery will of course need a longer time to charge. But I wonder sometimes too if it's the battery problem or the charger output problem and if there's a way to speed up the process.
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I think it is more to do with the actual charger, seems like a trickle charge or something.
Yes if charging and using at the same time you would not expect it to charge as quick, but mine doesnt really charge at all, just stays the same.
My acer iconia will charge like lightning even when i am using it, smaller battery or not it still charges!
This was one of the things i was looking forward to with the note, but this slow charge seems to make it more or less the same as what I am used to.
I have the usb plug which comes with the kindle, might it do a better job?
If anyone manages to find a proprietary charger which can produce better charging I will like to know too
That is common the charging is very slow and if you are playing HD games then the charging is almost in negative. May be its because of the voltage of the charger inputs and it is to low. Samsung must have done it for a reason may be its because of the proprietry port or the battery itself we do not know but we need to live it
Agreed, charging this thing takes a long time. Keep in mind that the battery is 7000 mAh and the charger is most likely a 2 amp charger, pegging the charge time at around 4 hours with no other losses. So if you're using it, it should take even longer.
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The note is a disaster for me when it comes to charging.
If your battery is low and you start charging it but using it at the same time, it doesn't get worse, but it doesn't get better either i.e. actually charge the thing, it just holds its own.
I have got to say I am not impressed with this!
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No such issue here. I charge to full capacity while using all the time.
I get what he's saying. Because it draws so much power when you're using it; having it charging at the same time doesn't move the needle much. For example, if you're watching a movie while it's charging you'll probably be at the same point battery wise when the movies over. People complain about this all the time when their using their devices as a GPS. In some cases not only doesn't it charge but it actually continues to drain so you're worse off from where you started. We're using 21st century toys powered by 20th century battery technology.
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I get what he's saying. Because it draws so much power when you're using it; having it charging at the same time doesn't move the needle much. For example, if you're watching a movie while it's charging you'll probably be at the same point battery wise when the movies over. People complain about this all the time when their using their devices as a GPS. In some cases not only doesn't it charge but it actually continues to drain so you're worse off from where you started. We're using 21st century toys powered by 20th century battery technology.
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This is a better way of saying what I mean, thank you.
I also have to say one thing I do not like doing is turning the screen brightness down. After all we all get these things as they look so good, so I am not going to make it look worse when I am using it, what would be the point in that? Its a bit like saying yeah my battery life is 14 days but actually it is on standby for that time lol...
Anyway, I still believe it should be better and the primary cause is the weak charger for what ever reason sammy decided to make it that way, but its not a good thing.
It seems like I remember someone recommending a charger that was more powerful so the note would charge faster. Can anyone confirm this?
What a fail thread. If you know ANYTHING about charging, you would know why this happens and why this is NORMAL.
But why even search or educate oneself, let's post a thread on XDA and whine a bit.
It could be worse. It takes six hours to charge a N10.
I dont face this problem i charge mine when surfing the wep
On a slightly related side note, doesn't it suck that the brightness just turns down completely when the battery is low?
The zslower charge rate protects the batteries life ,reduces the possibilty of heat and battery damage trickling insures a full charge
if you don't want your screen to dim don't use the power saving setting.
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For all those facing the slight unresponsive screen please change the source of power, I had mine connected to UPS power supply as soon as I changed and connected it direclty the problem was gone.
Even if you read the user manual of Samsung Note its says thats one of the reasons
How Manhattan hours per day do you use the note? With a 10hrs battery life I find an overnight charge is sufficient
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What a fail thread. If you know ANYTHING about charging, you would know why this happens and why this is NORMAL.
But why even search or educate oneself, let's post a thread on XDA and whine a bit.
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Wow! many friends?
Anyway moving on.. so i just got my note 10.1 about a week ago, loving it but saw that while plugged in it was not charging at all while i was using the tablet and never quite getting to 100% overnight. By not charging while using, i mean to say that it was actually discharging. Yes of course i am using the stock charger and cable.. and even stock note.
so just tried something silly. Unplugged and plugged the usb from the block repeatedly about 5 times. Now its not only recognizing and charging, but charging relatively quickly even while using. To test, i unplugged for about 20 min and plugged back in. Same great results.
Just thought i would share instead of hoarding my new found knowledge like others..
Quick update: it charged about 10% in 20 min.. Nice
I don't charge mine - I paid cash for it
I've got extra batteries, so that isn't an issue. Could a mod be made, or an edit of a file, in a text editor, so I could disable this behavior?
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I've got extra batteries, so that isn't an issue. Could a mod be made, or an edit of a file, in a text editor, so I could disable this behavior?
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+1. I've always thought this but each time I forget to post a request about it lol. I too would love to see this mod.
I always have an extra oem battery with me too, but I'd also like to see this. I generally take my battery below 5% if I'm going to bed for the night soon and don't want to pop in a fresh battery and the battery has a little power left, I'll milk it
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I too would love to make this a reality, especially because I have the ZeroLemon 7500 mAH battery. 5% left with that is fairly substantial, and thus extra annoying to have to use it dimmed.
You do know that taking a lithium battery that low all the time is very bad for the battery. If you got spares why would you drain it like that? Most lithium batteries will fail after around 500 complete charge and discharges but can last 1000's of partial charges.
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You do know that taking a lithium battery that low all the time is very bad for the battery. If you got spares why would you drain it like that? Most lithium batteries will fail after around 500 complete charge and discharges but can last 1000's of partial charges.
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I have heard this before but so far I have not seen proof. I have been taking my batteries down to zero since the S1. And my daughter is still using the S1 with the original battery in it. And it still gets more than a days charge out of it. And I have done the same with the S2, S3 and my S4. All of which are going strong.
I know mileage varies but after four phones it doesn't seem to have an impact. And if it does have any impact it is very negligible. Enough that I can't tell.
Take the S1 for example. It was purchased on launch day. So it is three years old. That means it has probably close to 1000 charges. It has degraded some but that is normal for a battery that old.
Also look at it this way. If I charge my phone once it hits zero I am charging once a day at most. So 500 charges equals 500 days. If I charge my phone partially I would charge it at least twice a day, probably more. So 500 charges would be 250 days. So it would all work out close to the same in the end anyway.
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I have heard this before but so far I have not seen proof. I have been taking my batteries down to zero since the S1. And my daughter is still using the S1 with the original battery in it. And it still gets more than a days charge out of it. And I have done the same with the S2, S3 and my S4. All of which are going strong.
I know mileage varies but after four phones it doesn't seem to have an impact. And if it does have any impact it is very negligible. Enough that I can't tell.
Take the S1 for example. It was purchased on launch day. So it is three years old. That means it has probably close to 1000 charges. It has degraded some but that is normal for a battery that old.
Also look at it this way. If I charge my phone once it hits zero I am charging once a day at most. So 500 charges equals 500 days. If I charge my phone partially I would charge it at least twice a day, probably more. So 500 charges would be 250 days. So it would all work out close to the same I the end anyway.
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Plus you wear out the charging port more (obviously) when you keep plugging it in/out.
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Plus you wear out the charging port more (obviously) when you keep plugging it in/out.
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That's why external chargers are a beautiful thing! I have two for my s2.
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You do know that taking a lithium battery that low all the time is very bad for the battery. If you got spares why would you drain it like that? Most lithium batteries will fail after around 500 complete charge and discharges but can last 1000's of partial charges.
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i've had my battery go completley dead many times...no issues so far
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You do know that taking a lithium battery that low all the time is very bad for the battery. If you got spares why would you drain it like that? Most lithium batteries will fail after around 500 complete charge and discharges but can last 1000's of partial charges.
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It is correct that lithium cells can be damaged if discharged beyond a certain point. However, most batteries containing lithium cells are "smart" and contain circuitry which will prevent the cells from being discharged (or overcharged) to the point at which damage will occur.
I think samsung didn't make this clear at all. And at the moment, I really don't have sure what is the best thing to do. Let this always turned on may let the battery have a decrease of capacity on a period of time?
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No. Remember, the battery has a "safe" range of voltage. Of course I am assuming that even within the safe range it won't degrade any faster.
Also remember, you can just replace the battery!
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I also think this way. But when we let the phone charging overnight, during our sleep time. The fast charging is not necessary. In this scenario, did you still leave this mode on?
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I leave Fast Charging OFF because I only charge my phone while I'm asleep.
I think fast charging is harder on the battery than standard charging but as always, and unlike other phones, we can easily replace the battery in seconds.
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I leave Fast Charging OFF because I only charge my phone while I'm asleep.
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Same here, I leave it Off most of the time as I charge while I sleep, and only use it when I need a quick boost if the day is going to be much longer than expected, e.g. if I'm going out after work and not sure if I'll go back to my own place after that.
Fast charge is the only thing stopping me from complaining about the 5hr SOT
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Not sure its placebo or not but when i use fast charging i think im getting worse SOT times.
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Not sure its placebo or not but when i use fast charging i think im getting worse SOT times.
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It must be the placebo effect, I am not seeing any diff.
It's a great feature, should just use it and worry about battery life when the time comes. Like others already said, the battery can easily be replaced.
OBVIOUSLY the phone is designed for fast charging at night while we sleep or would you rather believe Qualcomm and Samsung didn't think of that and we now all have a ticking time battery bomb ready to go off at any moment at night....
Oh the horror....
So does this feature make battery life worse?
I dont charge mine over night, but if i did, I would turn off fast charging, or use one of my lower powered chargers. The fast charging is excellent duringbthe day, but using it while you sleep serves no purpose
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I tried theboth . I think both of them take same time to be the battery fully charged
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They take the same time to completely charge your device. Quick charge will charge your phone at full speed for about 15mins and then gradually decrease the charging speed so as to conserve battery life. It should not be a problem to quick charge your phone overnight because of this feature.
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Also it would not be a problem because it doesnt keep feeding into your battery when your battery is full. There ARE safetymeasures, its ultimately irrelevant. I leave it on fastcharging all the time, because theres no reason to turn it off.
Leave it on. It's one of the best feature. Fast charging. Luv it.
Having used multiple batteries, and both fast charging on and off with several different chargers, I can say that it has no effect on SOT. This isn't a thought, I record battery use with and compare the data.
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Surely there has to be SOME downside, if they allow you to disable it.
I mean, if there's no downside, why would anyone want their battery to take longer to charge?
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Having used multiple batteries, and both fast charging on and off with several different chargers, I can say that it has no effect on SOT. This isn't a thought, I record battery use with and compare the data.
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Seems like a highly scientific test there