The usual recommendations still apply. 40-80% is the ideal to help prolong overall life. Going outside that range is going to cause premature wear and loss of life.
Thanks. How bad is it to go outside those ranges? I've been charging from 20-100 this past week.
Hard to say with much certainty. Charging beyond 75-80% doesn't do as much damage as draining it completely. It's actually not that bad to run down to 25% before the wear rates drastically increase.Thanks. How bad is it to go outside those ranges? I've been charging from 20-100 this past week.
You will be fine.I let it get down to 6% the first night after my first full charge just to see what my SOT was. Was that a big no no or consistently doing that is bad?
Doing it once now and then may not hurt it much, but yes doing it consistently does make it a much bigger risk.I let it get down to 6% the first night after my first full charge just to see what my SOT was. Was that a big no no or consistently doing that is bad?
You will be fine.
Thanks. How bad is it to go outside those ranges? I've been charging from 20-100 this past week.
If you plan on using your phone for like 7 years and have still keep a good charge, yeah do that charge at 40 and don't go above 90 thing. If you plan to replace your phone in one or two years anyway, it shouldn't matter, and the only rule is to not let it run down to below 15% if possible.
I have had my P2XL for nearly a year now. I don't go below 15% and try to charge around 30%. I charge to 100% but apparently Google has set it so that 100% isn't really full but is slightly less capacity to avoid the degradation thing. It also charges really slowly for the last 10% to avoid damaging the battery. My battery life is actually better now than it was when I bought it.
That Tesla example doesn't apply to phones. Customers can choose beteen a 60kWh and a 75 kWh battery but the 60 kWh is the same battery as the 75 kWh. Its software limited. Customers have to spend more money on the 75 kWh "battery".That is how all smart phones are, and electric cars, and anything that uses a battery. None of them allow the charge to go to complete zero or 100% for safety. There was an article last year about Tesla changing the battery capacity on its cars during disasters so that drivers would get more drive time.
Actually I heard that about Google phones. They don't go to 100% or 0%. My mobility scooter battery is the same. It cannot run empty because the batteries don't deep charge.That Tesla example doesn't apply to phones. Customers can choose beteen a 60kWh and a 75 kWh battery but the 60 kWh is the same battery as the 75 kWh. Its software limited. Customers have to spend more money on the 75 kWh "battery".