Properly charging your smartphone is essential for
maintaining the health of your battery, and ensuring
better battery life and increased safety in the long run.
Simply plugging your phone in as soon as you get home
and leaving the charger on until you leave in the morning
is not the right solution. Since there is a lot of different
advice floating around on how to charge your phone, we
decided to get you tips to get the most out of your
smartphone's battery from the guys who built. Here's
what they told us:
1. Don't let your phone overheat
Heat is perhaps the worst enemy of lithium-ion batteries,
the kind most smartphones use. "You should take basic
precautions like not keeping your phone on the dash
board of the car where it will get a lot of direct sunlight,"
says Xolo R& team. You should also avoid charging your
phone while playing graphically intensive games, because
that will also raise the temperature of the phone and
harm the battery, they added.
The ideal charging temperature is between 20-30 degrees
Celsius, according to a OnePlus product manager.
2. Don't use your phone while charging
In general, avoid using the phone while it is charging. This
is called parasitic charging and this kind of usage can
apparently be quite damaging. "Small amounts of usage
load stop the battery from entering a full charging cycle,
damaging the battery," says Xolo.
(Also see: How to Prolong the Battery Life of Your
Smartphone, Tablet, and Laptop
)
3. Don't use a fake charger
One important piece of advice from Xolo is to use only
the company's own chargers - this is particularly
important if your phone supports quick charging.
According to Xolo, high capacity chargers can quickly
charge the phone up to 70 percent capacity, but can also
damage it in the process, if not properly optimised.
"Using higher current than specified reduces charge
retention capacity of battery cells in the long run. Hence,
using any third-party chargers for quick charging is a
strict no," the Xolo R& team tell us. This is true no
matter what phone you're using, and honestly, it makes
no sense to use a Rs. 50 roadside charger with your Rs.
50,000 phone.
This could damage your battery or even cause actual
injury. Apple even had a third party charger trade-in
programme to ensure that customers use original
chargers.
4. Zero and 100 are no magic numbers
There's no need to fully charge your new phone when
you buy it these days, since the battery is usually charged
when you get it, according to the OnePlus product
manager. And you don't have to charge the battery up to
100 percent all the time either; you can just start using it
and run the battery down before bringing it to a full
charge again.
On the other hand, you shouldn't let the battery go down
to zero either.
"Don't let your battery fully die if you can avoid it," says
the OnePlus representative. "I recommend charging it
when it gets to around 10 percent charge left. This
lengthens the life of the battery."
5. Don't leave the phone on the charger all night
While charging your phone overnight will probably not
damage it, there is a chance that it is hurting your battery
life, and since you don't need to have the phone at 100
percent at the end of each charge, you're better off
unplugging it at night.
"Once the smartphone battery voltage reaches its
capacity, it automatically cuts off charging," says Xolo.
The OnePlus product manager agreed, saying, "It's ok to
keep your phone plugged in after it's already fully
charged. It won't hurt the battery."
However, he adds, "Since it's not great for the
environment, I still recommend unplugging your phone
when it reaches a full charge."
Also, according to Xolo, while there is no practical
problem with leaving the battery plugged in, "in theory,
charging battery to 100 percent everyday increases
percentage of ageing."
Bonus
At the end of the day, batteries have a finite life-cycle and
you can't extend their life indefinitely. Following the tips
above will help, and will certainly keep you safer when
using the phone. Aside from that, there are a couple of
small things you can try.
Make sure you're using the phone's battery saver app.
For example, Xolo's Bangalore based R& team for
example has developed an app called Xolo Power Saver
that is pre-installed on all its phones. The app is designed
to optimise battery usage without any complex controls.
Almost all Android phone manufacturers install similar
apps on their phones, and you should definitely enable
these.
Also, Apple's battery guide mentions that if you plan to
store the device for longer than six months, you should
charge it to 50 percent every six months. This is
something you should do regardless of the brand of the
device you are using.

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Thanks for the tips

youngpol:
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