- Jun 17, 2013
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Ive never left my gs4 charging over night cuz usually I still have about 40% left but would it damage the battery if I was to leave plugged in after its been completely charged to 100 at night??
I have heard though that if you expose the battery to trickle charges repeatedly over time that you will shorten the life span of the battery (i.e. - the amount of charging cycles until it stops being able to hold a true 100% charge anymore). Considering how fast the S4 can recharge itself (just under 2 hours for me when recharging from 10-15%), best bet would be to charge prior to bed, reboot and unplug at bedtime, and turn off all the radios you can in order to reduce discharge overnight (you'll probably only lose 3-4% by morning at worst).
I have heard though that if you expose the battery to trickle charges repeatedly over time that you will shorten the life span of the battery (i.e. - the amount of charging cycles until it stops being able to hold a true 100% charge anymore). Considering how fast the S4 can recharge itself (just under 2 hours for me when recharging from 10-15%), best bet would be to charge prior to bed, reboot and unplug at bedtime, and turn off all the radios you can in order to reduce discharge overnight (you'll probably only lose 3-4% by morning at worst).
Its no big secret that a cell phone battery is toast at about 18 months. I think that was the logic behind the old upgrade plans. Yes batteries have gotten better and rate plans are keeping up with the cycle. If you can replace the battery, don't sweat it. I plug in all night or when ever I need it. In the off chance it makes a difference I can drop 50 bucks on a new battery every year and a half. WTF its better then a dead battery on the charger because I wanted it to be preserved. Just my two cents.
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Its no big secret that a cell phone battery is toast at about 18 months. I think that was the logic behind the old upgrade plans. Yes batteries have gotten better and rate plans are keeping up with the cycle. If you can replace the battery, don't sweat it. I plug in all night or when ever I need it. In the off chance it makes a difference I can drop 50 bucks on a new battery every year and a half. WTF its better then a dead battery on the charger because I wanted it to be preserved. Just my two cents.
Yes it will damage it because i am on s4 i brought brand new i called Samsung company up and they told me don't leave ur s4 more than two hours meaning once its fully charged unplug it because it will damage it also i been told by Samsung company that if charge like for example your battery life is 20 percent and you started charging it, then when its fully charged and ur using ur phone normally then u can use it but it will die when it comes to 20 percent but you feel it because ur battery die normally on 1 percent but actually the truth is it could of longer but it didnt as u started charging at 20 percent day by day ur battery life dies and become less life meaning it wouldnt last long but gd news is that it can be restored if you charge it normailly from 1 percent to 100 without overcharging it then automatically restore and also if hasnt been overchargred before i am saying this because it happened to me i have my sec s4 i overcharge it and now it dnt last long it does but i havent overcharged as much as my 1st ever s4 that one used to die in 6 hours