fir anyone worried about negative impacts of turbo charging...its the same as laptops. Each laptop has a unique voltage for its charger, typically depending on how powerful the computer is. The more capable and bigger and badder the laptop, the higher the specs on the charger. Now that smartphones are becoming more capable it is necessary to have higher charging voltages otherwise our 3900 mah battery would take forever to charge. It isnt bad for the battery. It is designed for that. And as to heat damage, i dont think you should worry. To be safe I lean my phone side propped up on an object to dissipate heat better. But in the end motorola has designed the phone to be used with the charger it supplied
Droid Turbo: Battery Life
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MA2GA28
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The problem is, you can't say that with confidence. Heat is a battery's enemy, the battery gets hot on a turbo charge. So you can't say, "Oh, it'll be fine," and pass that off as a good resolution.
Companies don't always have the customer's best interest in mind. At the point when the battery may fail due to the heat, it'll be out of warranty and Moto will say, "Oh well!"
Companies don't always have the customer's best interest in mind. At the point when the battery may fail due to the heat, it'll be out of warranty and Moto will say, "Oh well!"
There has been a lot written on LI battery life; some I agree with, some I don't. I did some research on the number of charging cycles you should get out of your battery. That is how many times you can charge your battery before it really starts to show degradation. I found that LI batteries do not like to be fully depleted. When you drain your battery down to low charges like 5% you are decreasing the life of the battery. LI batteries like to be charged more times at lesser amounts. The number of charging cycles your battery is good for depends on the depth of the charges. If you let your battery drain to 5% you will get less charging cycles than if you topped the battery of at 75%. If you let the battery drain 100% you will only get 300-500 charging cycles. However, if you only let your battery drain to 75% before charging you will should get 2000-2500 charging cycles. To me this means that if you are only topping up your phone 25-50% with the Turbo charger you are getting more charging cycles, more battery life, and less heat generated from longer charging intervals. Therefore, I am charging my battery more often when possible and not letting it run for 1 1/2-2 days unless I have to. I guess only time will tell but it makes sense to me.
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Hmmm...interesting. I had WeatherBug consume 18% of my battery overnight on the 15th-16th. It happened to you on the 11th. I wonder why?
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yes it is true about how you shouldn't deplete them. The general rule of thumb is to charge it when it gets to around 25%. If you charged it every time it went down to 75 you'd be charging like 5 times a day so even though you'd get around "2000" it would be worth it.
General rule of thumb is charging at 25%. With that I am getting between 2-3 days of battery life which in turn like you said should help prolong your battery life. Its also recommended that every 30 days you run your battery down to 5% to calibrate your phones battery sensor. Not the battery like old NiCads but the sensor that displays the battery %
General rule of thumb is charging at 25%. With that I am getting between 2-3 days of battery life which in turn like you said should help prolong your battery life. Its also recommended that every 30 days you run your battery down to 5% to calibrate your phones battery sensor. Not the battery like old NiCads but the sensor that displays the battery %
That was one reason I switched to Accuweather. Another is that Weatherbug can take SO long to come up.
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I am getting about the same. I would classify myself as a light user. In general, I use about 25% of the battery in a day, and then recharge the 3rd day with the quick charger.
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I'm having issues finding consistency with the Turbo's battery memory / calibration. I generally get the estimated two days of battery life with four hours SOT, according to GSam battery monitor. However, any time I use my phone for non-typical use, e.g. Waze or Google Maps navigation, it completely screws up the Turbo's battery calibration. Even after a full turbocharge, it will continue to "drain" at least twice as fast as usual during normal use. Anyone else familiar with this? Clearing my cache partition seems to fix this, but that's not a solution, and I do not want to have to do this every time I want to use GPS.
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There isn't anything wrong with your phone, if you use any type of navigation app or anything similar it will drain your battery very quickly. It is usually recommended to leave plugged in while using GPS. Cleaning cache or anything else wont really help much. Its just the nature of the beast. Funny story, with my old phone, my Gnex, even with the phone plugged in and charging, Grand theft auto and navigation apps would use so much battery at times that it would slow down the battery drain but it would still be draining! Basically while using GPS or navigation your battery will drain alot quicker and it is very normal and very typical for all phones.
What you CAN do is turn off GPS and restart your phone when your done with navigation to close all services associated with navigation
What you CAN do is turn off GPS and restart your phone when your done with navigation to close all services associated with navigation
I understand that gps and nav will eat up my battery. Let me clarify -
Let's say as an example, for a while, I am using my phone normally, getting 48hr life with 4-5hr SOT. Then, one day I use my gps for about 1-1.5 hours. My battery life on that charge cycle ends up around 30hr and 3-4hr screen on. From that day on, I return to regular use but now my battery drains twice as fast as normal, 24-30hr with only 2-3hr screen time, and it will continue like this indefinitely. Only clearing my cache partition resolves what I am assuming is a miscalibration due to varying usage.
I'm wondering if anyone is familiar with any battery calibration issues, as it seems odd that the turbo would be so susceptible to outliers in usage stats.
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Let's say as an example, for a while, I am using my phone normally, getting 48hr life with 4-5hr SOT. Then, one day I use my gps for about 1-1.5 hours. My battery life on that charge cycle ends up around 30hr and 3-4hr screen on. From that day on, I return to regular use but now my battery drains twice as fast as normal, 24-30hr with only 2-3hr screen time, and it will continue like this indefinitely. Only clearing my cache partition resolves what I am assuming is a miscalibration due to varying usage.
I'm wondering if anyone is familiar with any battery calibration issues, as it seems odd that the turbo would be so susceptible to outliers in usage stats.
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Sorry to ask, but in the context of this thread, what is SOT? I've search online, but none of the acronyms I've found make sense.
As I said earlier, if your phones battery is still draining after using GPS, restart your phone when your done using navigation
He shouldn't have to. I don't. I think he's trying to figure out why his phone seems to necessitate doing it.
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