Sheun001:


I noticed that my dad's 4000mAh battery lasts longer than mine (4000mAh too) and I use laptop to charge at times so I don't know if that's the cause

victor8269:
Studies has shown that Charging your phone with a low current rated charger, USB or laptop source weakens the battery and makes the phone discharge faster. An equivalent rating source like say a 2.1A USB or charger or power bank improves the battery life and increases the talk time of the charged battery. Every battery has its permissible number of charging, so charging every two minutes because of fake charger is surcharging yourself in the long run

Sheun001:
Hello Nairalanders.....

Does charging a phone with a laptop spoil the phone's battery

Engineers in the house I need your opinion

shedy03:

I think it's the other way round. charging phone on laptop spoils the laptop battery.

Sheun001:
Hello Nairalanders.....

Does charging a phone with a laptop spoil the phone's battery

Engineers in the house I need your opinion

shedy03:

I think it's the other way round. charging phone on laptop spoils the laptop battery.

Teddyg2:
The only problem you gonna experience, is slow charging

dominique:
I don't think it has adverse effect on the phone, I've used laptop to charge my phones several times and the batteries weren't affected. I can't say the same for the laptop battery though.

safarigirl:
Yes, especially if it's a strong battery

ryfoz:


75 views and no response? Either people are dodging attacks after comments or they just don't wanna talk. Anyway here's my opinion; without going into much geeky stuff about the amperes your phone takes to charge, chargers generate specific level of power ranging from 250mA(or below) to 2.4A (or above). So the higher it is the faster it charges (mind you if your battery capacity is not really up to 3000mah and above or uses fast charging [which still applies to 3000mah & above], I would say it's a waste of effort buying a charger above 1A cos it won't take above that level or probably doesn't need it). That being said laptop USB port are designed specifically for data transfer: flash drive, memory card (card reader) or direct connection with a device and although, it will be charging simultaneously but it won't be charging really fast at all except it's a Nokia Torchlight.
One thing (that I noticed) with smartphone is when you use lower power-generating source (a.k.a charger heads) to charge it tends to weaken the battery life and in this case pc is one of those slow-charging source. Let me point out too that the type of USB used plays a major role too: we have the silver pin and gold pin, the latter is the best to use.

I say conclusively that any smartphone that has above 3000mah battery capacity needs it "follow-come" charger or good power banks (some might argue that power banks does the same harm as pc, I will reserve my comment on that) or a good charger that meets the same specs of the "follow-come" or slightly above wouldn't do any harm; let's say if you have 1.8A charger, getting 2.1A isn't bad (so far the battery capacity needs it (I say again 3000mah above, especially for 5000mah like homtom HT50 has and 6000mah like the Partner mobile ps 2 or the gretel GT6000. Pls don't think itel is among them o, I'm yet to see any of their devices with high ba3 capacity that has fast charging feature)

So the summary of my essay is "Yes, charging a fone with laptop or desktop weakens ba3 (or spoil if you prefer that term).

I rest my case

wwwkaycom:
I lost my Techno M7 battery to this practise since then, I've tried to use only public electric power supply or very good generator for charging my phones.

Oloripelebe:
It spoils the phone and system battery.. .chikena

alexistaiwo:
Some people are naturally confused about life in general.
Patiently waiting for the day someone here will ask "if I slap a three star military general, will I die?"

mayze:


Yes yes yes..I can't explain why but it spoils both the phone''s battery and the laptop's battery...changed my laptop''s battery twice within 2 years...pretty crazy..probably someone can shed more light

Iseoluwani:



Are u using gionee



Yes it spoils ba3, my ba3 is spoilt thanks to laptop charging with a useless cord (after the original cord spoilt)

affable4:
those that made phones with their specific chargers are they mad? Or does 'follow-come' not make sense to you?

tosyne2much:
I guess anyone who is very observant should know that charging your phone with a laptop rapidly depletes its lifespan

Bluffly:

Your usages aren't same. I'm quite sure you are more busy and use more apps than your Dad. For me, it's just slow charging. One of the habits that kills batteries, is completely draining it before charging.

komododragons:
Wow!

we have alot of native doctor in this section!

straight to fact!

google battery life cycle,


google what is mah


google what is armp



google the type of battery


google type of usb cable/ what is USB cable (cos I know many of you don't even the thing you use to plug your phone)


if you google all the above and still don't satisfy with it, I swear you got no future in life

jayloms:
@op, don't f*vking try it! I ended up replacing my laptop battery twice before I came to the realization of the effects of using it as a power bank.

speaktome:



If you judge it in that way, ur Father's battery will last 10times ur own because ur father don't press his phone as you do... He might only use his own to make and receive calls but you will make calls, receive calls, take selfie, whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram, Imo, Ping, Telegram, Wechat, Nairaland... Etc tell me how ur own battery will last...










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Sheun001:


thought as much too

tosyne2much:
Do you also notice thy charging your phone with a laptop drains the battery faster unlike when you use a charger?

I mean, a battery that is supposed to last for 8 hours will die within 4 hours

Roon9:
Let me just throw some light on what someone already stated on this page. What matters most in any charging source is the power output. The voltage multiplied by the current gives you the power.

Most chargers will tell you 5v but the current will be 0.5A, 0.8, or 1A. This isn't really an ideal rating for a phone whose capacity is higher than 3000mah... Especially if you have damaged the original charger. An ideal charger should give a total of 10W ( say 5V, 2A) upwards.

The next most important thing is d cord. Lol most people don't know the cord is important. Failure to use the specified cord could cause overheat and damage your phone for obvious reasons YeA. In fact any charger that's not from slot, Samsung office and the likes is a cheap imitation from china and only the cord is about 1k5 upwards

To the main question, charging your phone with anything other than the main charger is a kamikaze in phone terms

Roon9:
Let me just throw some light on what someone already stated on this page. What matters most in any charging source is the power output. The voltage multiplied by the current gives you the power.

Most chargers will tell you 5v but the current will be 0.5A, 0.8, or 1A. This isn't really an ideal rating for a phone whose capacity is higher than 3000mah... Especially if you have damaged the original charger. An ideal charger should give a total of 10W ( say 5V, 2A) upwards.

The next most important thing is d cord. Lol most people don't know the cord is important. Failure to use the specified cord could cause overheat and damage your phone for obvious reasons YeA. In fact any charger that's not from slot, Samsung office and the likes is a cheap imitation from china and only the cord is about 1k5 upwards

To the main question, charging your phone with anything other than the main charger is a kamikaze in phone terms

valentineuwakwe:

o boy this ur grammar long o o but u try. . simply say yes or no. .

shady16:
You've said everything. #Thumbs