Thread: battery

when is it recommended to charge battery? (when it hits 20%, or lower? draining's better?)
+sources plz

someone correct me if wrong here. what i do is charge when i feel like it but make sure that once a week i drain it fully before recharging

drain it all the way down to 0 ? (i heard that once anythin reaches 20%, be it ur mobile phone or even ur laptop, u gotta charge em; better 4 ur battery life)

i've been rechargin mine once weekly everytime it hits 4-5%, around there (when the phone notifies me its very low)
but i noticed my battery life's gotten shorter :cry:

oh? i like to give mine a full discharge+charge on regular basis - thought this kept battery at max capacity :?

btw: how long do yours last on full charge? struggling to get more than a day on mine :/

ta

well dats the thing - i'm not usin my phone much rite now

basically the phone's on standby* for maybe 3-4 days then i gotta charge it (which kinda sucks cuz if i use many of its features & my apps, then i'd be havin 2 charge it like every friggin day)...

i dun kno.. sometimes i worry that waitin till it reaches 4% isn't the best choice, na mean


*ironically in the manual it says standby lasts up to like 20 or 200 hours... dats a joke im guessin :?

3-4 days!? thats very good - dont get anywhere near that on mine

I heard you can charge your battery whenever you want, but to let it drain all the way every once in awhile

To save some battery life make sure you don't leave unnecessary programs running and adjust the backlight brightness to where ever you are instead of having it at 100% all the time. If your in a low signal area where your phone will be working to find a signal constantly that will put a good drain on it too.

Originally Posted by dan55

3-4 days!? thats very good - dont get anywhere near that on mine

yeaa but u use urs a lot [dont u?]
if i were 2 use mine a lot i'd probably hav 2 charge it every-damn-day as well.. which is crap :shock:

Originally Posted by sevsev

I heard you can charge your battery whenever you want, but to let it drain all the way every once in awhile

To save some battery life make sure you don't leave unnecessary programs running and adjust the backlight brightness to where ever you are instead of having it at 100% all the time. If your in a low signal area where your phone will be working to find a signal constantly that will put a good drain on it too.

yea, & keepin it on standby esp.

well i dont use it that much - not many calls at all - the odd text - only have PI, messaging running all the time - and make sure i kill active synch

...so one day is pretty poor

was hoping it would improve like my sammy i600 did after a few charges

ta

u never know, it's possible =D

i can leave mine untouched for a couple of days, so that's probably why it lasts... otherwise, i drain & full charge... i'll keep lookin for more tips
(^_^)