Is it a bad idea to charge a cell phone overnight? My girlfriend says yes but I've been plugging my cell phone every night, unplugging it in the morning and have had very few issues with power consumption.
Charging a cell phone overnight
- Thread starter AlboOfBorg
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I don't think it makes a noticeable difference. I've been doing it with every phone I've had, without incident. The cell phone manual even suggests you do so.
Your battery is going to go bad anyway, whether you constantly plug it in or not. But either way, it'll take years and years - your cell phone plan will give you an upgrade LONG before it becomes an issue.
Your battery is going to go bad anyway, whether you constantly plug it in or not. But either way, it'll take years and years - your cell phone plan will give you an upgrade LONG before it becomes an issue.
I only recharge my battery if it's near critical.
Usually I recharge it during the day if it can't wait, or simply put it to recharge overnight, and then wait again until it gets empty.
I think my recharge cycle is once every 4 days.
Enough for my needs since I barely use the mobile as it is.
Prior to this (relatively) new battery, I was keeping my mobile plugged int every night, and it's battery life went down rather fast and was dying on me during calls.
Unless you use the thing for constant calling, recharging every night is not necessary.
If you absolutely need it though, just leave it to recharge for 30 mins up to an hour during the day if the battery is low.
Usually I recharge it during the day if it can't wait, or simply put it to recharge overnight, and then wait again until it gets empty.
I think my recharge cycle is once every 4 days.
Enough for my needs since I barely use the mobile as it is.
Prior to this (relatively) new battery, I was keeping my mobile plugged int every night, and it's battery life went down rather fast and was dying on me during calls.
Unless you use the thing for constant calling, recharging every night is not necessary.
If you absolutely need it though, just leave it to recharge for 30 mins up to an hour during the day if the battery is low.
No.
If you have anything that's chargeable (iPods, cellphones, Harmony remotes, etc.) it's a good idea to charge them all the time when not using them. It won't ruin the battery.
biggest shitbox of a phone ever.
Old ni-cad batterys would roll over and die if you overcharged them.
The batterys and the chargers were stupid devices and would continue to pump current in as long as they were plugged in.... therefore batteries commonly died early deaths.
Most modern batteries and chargers now have circuits in them that cut off the charging current when the battery is full.
....so you really don't have to worry about it anymore.
The batterys and the chargers were stupid devices and would continue to pump current in as long as they were plugged in.... therefore batteries commonly died early deaths.
Most modern batteries and chargers now have circuits in them that cut off the charging current when the battery is full.
....so you really don't have to worry about it anymore.
