I must be doing it wrong somehow, phone went dead and when I plugged it in and turned it on, it was at 14%. What's the right way to do it? Thanks in advance
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scootincivic said:Now the question is how to do a legit wipe for Ginger Bread users?..
I3ig Al said:What is this wipe/calibration/configuration thing you guys are talking about? i've never heard of it before
Also I stopped in to ask about how vulnerable todays phone batteries are to overcharge fatigue (not sure if thats the right term but yea).
I only charge my phone to 95-100% and then unplug it. however my girlfriend leaves her phone plugged in overnight every night, from 10pm to 6am. In the past I knew this to cause battery damage or wear out, and eventually the phones would not hold a charge for more than a couple hours. Is this still a concern today or am I alright to leave it plugged in overnight?
Since these won't charge while powered down (at least from what I've heard) I'd imagine you could just boot to recovery to do the "top-off" charge and then go from there. It may not be as absolutely accurate as the Froyo method but I have a feeling it would be close enough.
I haven't had any issue with the method I use. So I will offer it.
The general idea is to charge the battery to the fullest point possible. I do this by loading a backed up froyo ROM setup without any apps this is really only to get the backup to load up faster. I use froyo so it can stay off while charging. I then plug the phone in and wait till the charging animation stops cycling and wipe the battery stats/history. Turn it off again and let the charging continue. I repeat this until the charging animation stops in less than 30 secs. At this point the battery should be as charged as possible. Go into recovery then unplug the charger and then wipe the battery stats/history one last time.
Now go ahead and use the phone normally but don't plug it in or turn it off till it is at the lowest % you would like to charge it from on a daily bases. I suggest no lower than 5%.
^^Boot into recovery (hold down home-VolDown-power), select advanced-> wipe battery stats.
Edit: you're supposed to only do it with a fully charged battery. Hence the top-up charging procedure described by zedorda above.
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The GB roms now support charging while being off (IHO and Harmonia).