How many charge their Pixel 2's overnight?

[mary beth hale]

Used to but now with an all day phone battery I don't see the logic in leaving it plugged in when it only takes about 90 min to fully charge. I do the charge before bedtime. Wake to 93% and that's plenty for my day and nite till next full charge.

Exactly my scenario.

 

[infinidim]

I do overnight

 

[D1andOnlyOmen]

I think batteries degrade with each charge cycle, and the deeper the charge cycle, eg. from 10% to 100%, the more damaging. If you charge every single night you are wearing out your battery faster than if you keep your battery between, say 40% and 90%.

I guess the bottom line is if you replace your phone every two years or sooner go ahead and charge every night, the battery will degrade but should get you to the two year mark.

If you plan on keeping the phone longer than two years I wouldn't charge every night. I'm in the "keeping more than two year" category. With the strong battery life in my 2 XL I typically go to bed with it at 60% or so. When I wake up I plug it in, do my morning routine and when I go to work 45 minutes later I typically have 90% charge or so. Sometimes I don't charge in the morning, I can make it until work is over, then plug it in.

The idea is to reduce the number of charge cycles and avoid deep charging cycles.

I got a Pixel 2XL just over a week ago to replace my Nexus 6P. Used to ALWAYS charge overnight and now I'm switching up my charging habits. Much like many others, towards the end (and really for about the past year TBH), the battery life on my 6P was beyond terrible. Would initially start to "die"/shutdown when the battery got to around 20%, the towards the end it was close to 30%+ most of the time it would act like the battery died. While I've read that the issue could have stemmed from any number of things from software to just "bad batteries" used in a general sense, I'm sure my tendency to just charge it overnight likely didn't help the situation over the longer term.

Hoping that with the 2XL and my new habit of trying to charge it when necessary will help to prolong the life of this one. The 1.5-2 day life I'm getting right now based on my usage is sure making that approach much easier!!

 

[Morty2264]

I got a Pixel 2XL just over a week ago to replace my Nexus 6P. Used to ALWAYS charge overnight and now I'm switching up my charging habits. Much like many others, towards the end (and really for about the past year TBH), the battery life on my 6P was beyond terrible. Would initially start to "die"/shutdown when the battery got to around 20%, the towards the end it was close to 30%+ most of the time it would act like the battery died. While I've read that the issue could have stemmed from any number of things from software to just "bad batteries" used in a general sense, I'm sure my tendency to just charge it overnight likely didn't help the situation over the longer term.

Hoping that with the 2XL and my new habit of trying to charge it when necessary will help to prolong the life of this one. The 1.5-2 day life I'm getting right now based on my usage is sure making that approach much easier!!

Glad you are getting good life out of your 2 XL! I agree that charging habits are significant. There are times when I don't charge my phone overnight and just give it a top-up in the morning.

 

[mmcpher]

With all the concentration and effort on battery life, you would think a method of smart-charging would be developed that accounted for "degradation" once 100% had been reached, where the phone basically went into a resting state.

 

[Mushy Waffles]

Always charged overnight and never had poor battery life due to it either. Phone's these days don't keep charging when at 100% and trickle charge when getting towards full or when topping itself up overnight.

Although longest I'll keep a phone is two years.

Exactly!!!

 

[Mooncatt]

With all the concentration and effort on battery life, you would think a method of smart-charging would be developed that accounted for "degradation" once 100% had been reached, where the phone basically went into a resting state.

It doesn't matter. It's the simple act of being at 100% that's the problem. It'll require a change in battery tech to handle that.

I've read that some devices that need to be "at the ready" and always plugged in to stay charged (from laptops to emergency equipment) will not charge to 100% if using a lithium battery. They will only charge to about 75% and stay there to ensure they are ready to go without degrading the battery. I haven't personally seen this tech in use, but something like that would be helpful as well in a phone for those that insist on charging overnight or just want to leave the phone plugged in all the time.

 

[Konstantinos Daglaroglou]

On a normal day, I need about 50% of my phone's battery. I always try to charge it when it drops to 30% until it gets to ~85%. I do that before sleep, that's about 1 hour and something charging time. I never leave it charging when I sleep.

 

[Mike Dee]

I try to net let it get down to zero and when I have time I use a slow charger. I charge overnight if my phone is low. It's too much effort for me to worry about keeping between 30 and 80 or whatever the formula is out there.

 

[idiotekniques]

Look like we made it to the front page of Android Central

https://www.androidcentral.com/do-you-charge-your-phone-while-you-sleep

 

[Mooncatt]

Look like we made it to the front page of Android Central

https://www.androidcentral.com/do-you-charge-your-phone-while-you-sleep

I left my 2 cents a few times on there. All the "my phone stops charging at 100%..." comments both here and in those comments are amusing because no modern charger is going to over charge your battery (defects excluded of course).

 

[van_basten]

I used to charge every night with my old Nexus. With Pixel 2, the battery lasts at least 1.5 days but less than 2 days so I charge whenever I have to.

 

[KWKSLVR]

Leaving a device plugged in when it's fully charged isn't the best for battery health. I tend to stick to the 40%-80% rule, well, the spirit of it. I'm not afraid of 20%-80%. In my experience, it will squeeze at least twice as many average total charge cycles out of a battery.

Im typically at 40% towards the end of my day. I'll fast charge it for 10 or 15 minutes while I get ready for bed, then crash, then top off to 80% on the way to work in the mornings.

 

[103Softail]

I think batteries degrade with each charge cycle, and the deeper the charge cycle, eg. from 10% to 100%, the more damaging. If you charge every single night you are wearing out your battery faster than if you keep your battery between, say 40% and 90%.

I guess the bottom line is if you replace your phone every two years or sooner go ahead and charge every night, the battery will degrade but should get you to the two year mark.

If you plan on keeping the phone longer than two years I wouldn't charge every night. I'm in the "keeping more than two year" category. With the strong battery life in my 2 XL I typically go to bed with it at 60% or so. When I wake up I plug it in, do my morning routine and when I go to work 45 minutes later I typically have 90% charge or so. Sometimes I don't charge in the morning, I can make it until work is over, then plug it in.

The idea is to reduce the number of charge cycles and avoid deep charging cycles.

I think...
Any stats on this?

 

[Mooncatt]

I think...
Any stats on this?

Prepare for a long read.

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries

 

[Wiley_11]

Prepare for a long read.

How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries - Battery University

Table 2 pretty much tells the whole story.

 

[Kimmo Toivanen]

installed a battery alarm for 90% and 30% to take off the charger and then put back on

And how much battery is that app using?

 

[Kimmo Toivanen]

Charge level and temperature affect storage life. When in use, I'd be more worried about temperture (than having battery full enough for unexpected photo shooting or pokemon hunt), so better take the phones out of the pockets

Charging logic is built inside phone, so it doesn't matter what charger to use. Besides, if battery is not fully charged, coulomb counter will eventually drift (voltage is very inaccurate indicator) and not know correct charge level. I have had to change only one battery to a phone in last, IDK, 10 years. And we keep them more than one year

 

[ryancell]

Everyone is always very concerned about this, what about just plugging the phone charger into a timer and have it only come on to charge 2 hours right before you wake up. That way it gets a full charge and is on the charger minimal to prevent battery death.

 

[Morty2264]

Everyone is always very concerned about this, what about just plugging the phone charger into a timer and have it only come on to charge 2 hours right before you wake up. That way it gets a full charge and is on the charger minimal to prevent battery death.

... Genius!!