How do you keep your phone's battery healthy?

How do you keep your phone's battery healthy?

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I don't

By replacing it.

Yeah but non removable battery is the norm these days

Some phones labeled as "non-replacable" are still replacable. Example: Galaxy S6 has instructions in the manual to remove the back glass cover.

It takes less than 15 minutes to replace the battery in any iPhone without any bg knowledge in the topic. A few screws, steady hands, and a YouTube tutorial will get you through just fine.

Not using it while charging, not leaving it plugged in after it hits 100 percent. Using the original charger. There's a lot more stuff you can do to prolong your batteries life.

Lots of fruits and veggies, an early bedtime, and regular exercise.

Oneplus put a 3300 mAh battery into their phone and limited the maximum charge to 3000 mAh. Sounds retarded, but it's working really well. The batter is about 1 year old now and hasn't lost capacity at all. Pix related, it's the battery

I buy cheap phones and don't care.

Just about the only thing you can do is keep them cool by not resting them on hot computers and not leaving them plugged in all the time.

holy shit you're right

I don't. Every battery lasts 2 years anyway.

This sounds like a great idea. You can set this on others phones (think of TLP on ThinkPads) with this root app: forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/root-battery-charge-limit-t3557002

I don't. I just replace them every year or so because they're cheap.

Nothing that can't be solved with a screwdriver and a suction cup.

This is similar to how the military handles batteries. iirc they only charge to 80% of max capacity. It dramatically improves battery lifespan and lowers the rate at which they lose capacity since the rate of degradation spikes above that level.

80% seems awfully low but it also what Lenovo uses.

Li-ion 40-80 rule. Batter decay shoots up exponentially while you're outside that range of charge.

Oneplus is using 90% and it's working out fine, lasts a whole day. I think 80% of a proper 9 cell battery on the classic thinkpads is still enough for a day of office work on medium brightness

A fan to keep the phone cool while charging, Qualcomm quick charge gets mighty hot

Only if you actually buy a phone without a replaceable battery which would be bat shit insane.

>Li-ion 40-80 rule.

This is a pretty good rule of thumb.

Basically the 40-80 rule, never let it completely discharge, avoid leaving it plugged in after charging (unless you have software that avoids charging above 80%), don't keep it hot.

check batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries for more info

>40-80 rule
not real
only real enemy is heat (which is where not charging it to full comes in)
and obviously don't discharge it utterly empty so it becomes unstable and explodes (your NSA tracking device won't let you do this)

By replacing it along with the rest of the phone every 2-3 years.

lrn2li-ion
batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/bu_808b_what_causes_li_ion_to_die
Heat exacerbates decomposition of the battery but it's the state of charge that drives it.

as liion have to stay in the 10-80~90% range to not have a considerable damage in its life (and also take care of hot temps), i use this app which works pretty nicely
f-droid.org/en/packages/com.slash.batterychargelimit/

Rooted android + xposed + amplify ( wakelock manager) + greenify. I use this to stop my phone from waking up a million times throughout the day.
Also dont fully discharge / charge your phone from 0% to 100%. That's not healthy and quickcharge ruins it.

>greenify
stop using chink shit with root u fucking retard
use brevent

The most healty way is to keep (iPhone) battery around 20% - 80 %. A professor from my university calculated this in a lecture. However, idk if it's woth not using 40 % of my battery health.

Disable fast charging?

What is wrong with quick/fast charge?

Nothing if done right. Kills the battery in no time when not done properly.

My battery doesn't look healthy I suppose...

Leave it plugged in all the time so it never leaves 100%.

I always wait for the battery in my phone to reach 10% or even less at times, then I charge the battery overnight every 2 or 3 days. Since my phone has USB C, it usually doesn't take more than a couple of hours for the battery to charge completely, which means that my phone stays connected to the charger much longer during the night. Am I killing the battery of my phone? Also is the battery getting damaged when it's recharging while the phone is on?

Fast charging heats up the phone more than regular charging and heat is a batteries worst enemy. Also non licensed quick chargers tend to go faulty overtime, like they continue to provide power to the battery after it's already reached 100% and if you leave your phone doing that overnight it stresses out the battery

Not on oppo/oneplus devices. They are charging with high current, opposed to regular quickcharging that uses high voltage. The phones don't hear up nearly as much and the batteries don't take thermal damage while loading.

It mostly depends on your device and charger. I know some phones won't quick charge unless you specifically use the manufacturers chargers to prevent damage. Others will quick charge using chink shit.

Basically for a tropical climate (Sahara)

Custom kernel (absolutely important) with tweaked governor, downclocked and undervolted
More aggressive thermals, mpdecision replacements sometimes help, core control and VDD never seem to 'gel'
Xposed if N or lower
Greenify - Xposed module
Amplify - with wakelock schedules
PowerNap/AppsOpXposed a while back
Backlight kernel edits
Black wallpapers on AM/OLED devices
Restricting the height of D2W sampling
Vibration restriction
A few Build.prop tweaks
Top up like mentioned
Ampere to monitor charge, keep it low (500-800mA)

>inb4 lol lowly African cannot even replace the battery cuz he's poor

if you use a quality phone and charger, leaving your phone to charge overnight does no harm. The phone detects the battery it's at 100% and sends a signal to the charger to stop providing power to the battery and instead just keep the phone powered as if it was a desktop. Once you unplug the charger, it switches from wall power to battery power.

Also having the phone on but idle is okay but don't heavily use for phones (like gaming) while it's charging, your phone will heat up fast and your battery will hate that.

Basically what some people already said in this thread:

> avoid heat, especially while charging
> do not overcharge your battery (40% --> 80% is a good rule of thumb) unless you want to grow a forest of these fuckers (pic related) which will kill your battery (or in the case of the Note 7, cause it to violently explode because they pierced the seperation layer and caused a short circuit)

Basically, avoid the formation of Lithium Dendrites at all cost. They're also the reason why your phone slows down the charging the closer you get to 100% to avoid these fuckers.

christ that's horrible. that's like 1 hour of screen time at best. how can you even use that as a phone?

It's actually 4h now. 5 year old Samsung Note 2 that I had to resort to after breaking my Oneplus 1.
I'm gonna order the Oneplus 5T tomorrow and carry a powerbank with me till it arrives.

reminder to be gentle the first time you charge your phone

>shoving the charge into your phone's virgin port like a brute
>not using wireless charging

Yeah, that's the problem with them. They'll accept usb c quickcharge too, but it's not as effective as the native charger

Thank you for replying. My phone is a Blackberry Keyone and it usually gets really really warm while it's charging, especially when it's on. When I get up early in the morning the phone's cold, even though it's been connected to the charger the whole night, then I presume that it stops charging once the battery has been fully charged.

I've found that battery life has an inverse correlation to your friend count. My phone lasts for weeks on one charge.

Yeah, if the phone is cold in the morning then it means that it's drawing wall power instead of battery power. Blackberry is respectable brand so you should be good.

>not using wireless charging

It just doesn't feel the same

This. All batteries will eventually go bad. Once you notice it then it's time to replace the battery. Even if your phone has a "non-removable" battery, it's most likely very easy to replace if you have common household tools (screwdriver, plastic card, hair dryer)

it is simple
>charge only when it is below 30
>never overcharge

But it is pretty inconvenient to do that. I used to plug the phone and sleep because it became low only at the night of the second day. I had to replace its weak battery 4 times because it swelled.
My laptop is on all the time and it is annoying to keep it pluggin in and out so it has turned into shit as well.

Where are you from user?

You have it wrong. No wonder your batteries are puffing up. Charge BEFORE 30, preferably higher, discharging lower usually adds one to the Cycle Count.
Also keep it off the charger if it's between 75-100, let it drain down to 30-40 before recharging and don't worry about getting a full charge.

What about laptop batteries?
Do you always keep it plugged in while working or only when it's running out?

same deal

Just make sure that the battery is only charged below 40% and up to 80% (thinkpad power manager has this setting, for example).

This works best with LiFePo4 or such though, which I imagine the military is using...?

LiIon still gains lifespan, but it's probably not quite as dramatic.

Frankly, on mobile phones I'd just take the 5y or so that a LiIon usually has and then replace the battery or phone.

>Implying it's not a 5 minute process and removal of about a dozen screws to replace the battery anyway

I keep my ThinkPad docked all the time, Power Manager handles the charging limit at 80%.

change the oil twice a year

Don't use quick charge

use quick charge but keep your device cool

High voltage kills battery

Last person in there died. Have fun.

pic related, plus some macros in macrodroid to automate it and so it'll persist after rebooting

Enjoy botnet warranty

Damn son

>not raw dogging the port on the first use itself
Take charge of your bitch Senpai

Sudan. Better late than never

It honestly feels good extracting maximum value out of a device

This
I've got a galaxy s7, I will probably pay some pajeet to replace it in the future, its worth it when you have a flagship phone

> I've got a galaxy s7
My condolences

Meant for

name one bad thing about it

It doesn't have a physical keyboard and it's made by Samsung. Shall I go on?

Good to know you are a smegmadicked faggot, I was almost worried there is something seriously wrong with my phone

exercise and a good diet

Anyone had any luck with repairing an xperia after a battery replacement? Just keep getting the three red lights or the phone thinks there is no battery present (tried with multiple different batteries).

This

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Lg v20. I use only Qualcomm 3.0 chargers, i also raised all the charging thermal throttling limits, raised charging current limits with screen on, charge anytime im near a charger, and, limit charge to 90%.

However i got the phone with only 85% health, so in the 5months ive had it, ive only damaged the battery 3% despite all that.

uninstall botnet

Get a AMOLED phone and use dark backgrounds.

By having a phone with a removable battery. I got an OEM LG V20 battery and dedicated charger for said battery for $31 on Amazon. When my current battery stops holding a charge as much as it's supposed to, I'll just swap out.

I give my battery a healthy diet of fresh fruits and whole grain raviolis