How should I keep my battery charged?

[Sithara Ariyarathna]

Barttery health

I saw somewhere that it's better to keep battery charge somewhere between 40%-80% .But since there's only 40% space ,I keep it between 40% -100%.Does that affect battery health than having it at 40-80%?

 

[wizzrah]

Re: Barttery health

I saw somewhere that it's better to keep battery charge somewhere between 40%-80% .But since there's only 40% space ,I keep it between 40% -100%.Does that affect battery health than having it at 40-80%?

This may be the articles you were looking at:

http://gizmodo.com/how-to-take-care-of-your-smartphone-battery-the-right-w-513217256

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...VOID-fully-charging-dont-let-drop-50-sun.html

I suggest you read this article if you are interested in battery life retention:
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries

To answer your question, there isn't a big difference from 80 to 100 percent, so no.


Sent from my splendid Note 4.

 

[Rukbat]

Re: Barttery health

The Care and Feeding of Lithium Polymer Batteries. 40% to 100% is fine. Just don't store a battery long term at 100% charge without checking it periodically (monthly is more than enough) - the higher the state of charge, the faster the self discharge.

I have 11 year old batteries (if I lose an 11 year old phone, it's cheaper to replace than a new flagship, so if I might be in a situation where someone may "find" my phone [in my pocket] I'll carry the old one) that have always been charged to 100%, and have about 95% capacity now. If I live long enough I may have to replace them some day - but at almost 73, that's not too certain. (They should still have another 10-15 years of life left - I probably don't.)