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how to properly calibrate my battery??

hi guys I just want to know what's the best way to calibrate my battery??
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port76 said:
hi guys I just want to know what's the best way to calibrate my battery??
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Use it...... Charge it often... try not to discharge the battery to zero. Calibration is not needed... This is a newer phone with new battery technology.
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thanks I thought to calibrate it you had to discharge it fully then recharge
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Yeah just use it like normal. Don't worry about the battery bar too much.

Calibration is a myth
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It is a good idea to charge for solid 8 hours and discharge to around 10% the first 2-3 cycles of the battery to condition it. But after that, use as you please, no memory effect or calibration or the like.
Only thing I would add, do not drain completely flat (0%) as it can negatively effect battery capacity, tho modern batteries usually have guards to prevent full discharge, for that reason
Calibration (full discharge) was for Ni-MH battery technology, and is actually a bad thing to do with Li-Ion/Li-Pol batteries
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RellikZephyr said:
It is a good idea to charge for solid 8 hours and discharge to around 10% the first 2-3 cycles of the battery to condition it. But after that, use as you please, no memory effect or calibration or the like.
Only thing I would add, do not drain completely flat (0%) as it can negatively effect battery capacity, tho modern batteries usually have guards to prevent full discharge, for that reason
Calibration (full discharge) was for Ni-MH battery technology, and is actually a bad thing to do with Li-Ion/Li-Pol batteries
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There is no memory effect any more. Just avoid killing the battery fully or leaving it charged for extended sessions, because the heat hurts the battery.
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The thing about discharging to zero damaging the battery is another myth. The phone will report the battery at zero well before it reaches the "real zero". So there's an inbuilt safety margin that means you don't have to worry.
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[Q] prepare battery

Hi ! So, i will receive my N4 in few days, and i would like to know what i should do to improve my battery life at first. Is there any way to charge and discharge the battery ? I read something like that on the forum but it seems very long.. Thanks for your answer
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AutruiP said:
Hi ! So, i will receive my N4 in few days, and i would like to know what i should do to improve my battery life at first. Is there any way to charge and discharge the battery ? I read something like that on the forum but it seems very long.. Thanks for your answer
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Calibrate the battery by running it down to 0% and charge it fully.
You can also root the phone and flash a custom kernel that offers great battery life.
Other things you can do...
Turn off sync, turn off GPS, turn off Google now, and lower brightness level to a minimum.
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Yeah i was more talking about calibration. Is Just one discharge cycle enough ?
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There's no such thing as battery calibration. Just use your phone normally, charging it when you want to.
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AutruiP said:
Yeah i was more talking about calibration. Is Just one discharge cycle enough ?
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Don't calibrate now.. your phone will already have the best calibrated battery settings.
Calibrate when you flash a custom Rom and that too,if you face battery problems. Otherwise no need. You'll do more damage otherwise. No need to calibrate if you flash a kernel over stock either.
cm9 htc a310e k2.6

You dont calibrate li ion battery.
http://batteryuniversity.com

And you should never purposely run it down to 0%.

steviewevie said:
There's no such thing as battery calibration. Just use your phone normally, charging it when you want to.
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It is a bit of a misnomer as the phone is calibrating the battery scale to match the discharge of the battery. It isn't that there is no such thing, it just isn't what people think.

Get the latest Franco kernel on it. That is all.

MrBelter said:
It is a bit of a misnomer as the phone is calibrating the battery scale to match the discharge of the battery. It isn't that there is no such thing, it just isn't what people think.
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This. So much this.

Lithium-polymer batteries charging

Hey guys ...
As you know this beloved phone has Li-polymer battery and I remember that once I had read that this kind of batteries have this possibility that for example even if they are not fully discharged, we can connect them to charger and it does not damage them and so on.
Is this true? Do you know about this?
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It is even better for these batteries to not fully discharge.
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ashkan_mc said:
Hey guys ...
As you know this beloved phone has Li-polymer battery and I remember that once I had read that this kind of batteries have this possibility that for example even if they are not fully discharged, we can connect them to charger and it does not damage them and so on.
Is this true? Do you know about this?
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http://www.dailymobile.net/2012/03/...-the-life-of-your-smartphonetablet-batteries/
Read this article, basically says everything you need to know

Just charge and use your phone normally, there are a lot of myths about batteries. One is the fact that if you discharge the battery to zero you can damage it. That's true at an electrical level, but your phone will report "zero" and turn off at a safe level, well before any potentially-damaging level.
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[Q] Battery calibration

Hope this isn't a dumb question but after the EVO 4G I stepped away from android for a while (worst mistake ever) ....now that I am back I was curious, the way roms and kernels are being developed nowadays do you still need to calibrate battery after flashing new roms??

Never heard of battery calibration on any android phones in the past 2-3years...if ever.
Just let it drain from normal use to 15% then fully charge it.
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KGB7 said:
Never heard of battery calibration on any android phones in the past 2-3years...if ever.
Just let it drain from normal use to 15% then fully charge it.
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I know a couple of years back or whenever the EVO was the big cheese you had to calibrate after flashing. Recoveries even had options for wiping battery stats. I just wasnt sure if it was an issue anymore. But thanks!

A battery is a battery. As far as I know its taken care of by hardware that is responsible for charging it.
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These phones (Galaxy S models) take care of it themselves. All you do by calibrating is wipe the battery stats, but it won't provide any benefit.

Wow I havent heard anythong about battery callibration since forever ago xD I usually always flash roms on a full battery let them die then full charge for a couple days then start doing the testing of the rom!
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I remember reading over in the sgs3 forum about wiping battery stats/ calibration was that it was proved it was all a myth. I'll have to look for it....
Omega v3.0, 3minit framework, kt kernel 2.2 Ghz

Calibrating your battery (or calibrating the software to correctly read your battery's charge) was something that needed to be done on the captivate (SGS1) after installing a new ROM but not on any of the galaxy phones since then. Even then the software would correct itself after a charge or two.
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That's all I needed to know guys thanks for replies
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[Q] Question about the battery temperature sensor

Is there any way to disable? i got the message saying that the battery temperature is too low to charge. Ive read a lot about the problem and i know that the theres something wrong with the charging board but i wanna know if there is any way to disable. Thanks

I have the same issue. Did you find a solution?
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