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Post by ZandraJoi on Feb 25, 2024 10:28:26 GMT -5
www.familyhandyman.com/article/this-is-how-often-you-should-restart-your-phone"We live and die by our cell phone, rarely giving it the chance to reboot and refresh. But are you harming the device without knowing it? We asked the experts...." My notes: How often do you restart it? I never realized this about the battery: "What could kill your battery is always rushing to recharge. “If you never let your battery drain fully, it will never ‘learn’ to recharge fully and will shorten the battery’s life,” says Motamedi. “It’s recommended that you let the battery drain down to 0 percent, and then refill it back up to 100 percent.” The same is true for laptops, according to Josh Davis of Abt Electronics in Glenview, Illinois. “After a couple of years of leaving your laptop plugged in all the time, you can expect it not to hold much of a charge at all when you go portable.”"
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Post by demonskeith on Feb 27, 2024 1:41:22 GMT -5
I don't know if its the same, but I pretty much always turn my phone off when I go to bed and turn it back on in the morning, restart it here and there. It's best to not keep it on all the time.
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Post by lammchen on Feb 27, 2024 13:25:49 GMT -5
www.familyhandyman.com/article/this-is-how-often-you-should-restart-your-phone"We live and die by our cell phone, rarely giving it the chance to reboot and refresh. But are you harming the device without knowing it? We asked the experts...." My notes: How often do you restart it? I never realized this about the battery: "What could kill your battery is always rushing to recharge. “If you never let your battery drain fully, it will never ‘learn’ to recharge fully and will shorten the battery’s life,” says Motamedi. “It’s recommended that you let the battery drain down to 0 percent, and then refill it back up to 100 percent.” The same is true for laptops, according to Josh Davis of Abt Electronics in Glenview, Illinois. “After a couple of years of leaving your laptop plugged in all the time, you can expect it not to hold much of a charge at all when you go portable.”" Is that still true? I know it was true about a decade ago, but I heard that it doesn't matter as much anymore? I don't let my phone drain down but plug it in to recharge every night so I have a full charge by morning. I restart my phone once every 2 or 3 weeks.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Feb 27, 2024 20:17:22 GMT -5
demonskeith, lammchen, I found this other link: Charging phone"Charging My iPhone Overnight Overloads the Battery: False! One thing all the experts agree on is that phones are smart enough not let an overload happen. Extra protective chips inside make sure that can't happen in a tablet, a phone, or even a laptop. Once the internal lithium-ion battery hits 100% of its capacity, charging stops. But if you leave you phone plugged in overnight, it is going to use a bit of energy by constantly trickling new juice to the battery every time it falls to 99%. That is eating into your phone's lifespan. The Best Thing to Do Don't worry about this too much. Plug the phone in or place it on the wireless charger when you go to sleep. If you wake up in the night, unplug it or move it to prevent constant trickle-charging. You could also plug your phone into a smart plug that's on a schedule to turn off." Then this one, from 2017: Smartphone battery myths"Myth #2: It doesn’t matter when or how long your charge your smartphone battery. Fact: If you don’t use your smartphone much, or upgrade every time a new model comes out, charge it whenever and however you want. But if you want it to be at it’s best the longest, “never run a battery to zero. That’s bad for it,” says Carl Howe former mobile analyst and Principal of Think Big Analytics. “The rule of thumb: To get your smartphone battery to last the longest, charge it to 80% and recharge it when it hits 20% to avoid stressing the system.”" "Myth #3: It’s terrible to let your phone die. Fact: We just told you not to make it a daily habit, but if you want your battery to stretch its legs a bit every now and again, it’s okay to let it run a “full charge cycle,” or to let it die and then charge back up to 100% again. This helps the little computers that control the battery remember where its high and low points are, and will give you a more accurate reading of your charge." So, I'm confused lol
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Post by demonskeith on Feb 28, 2024 2:18:23 GMT -5
I think at one point or with certain brands, keeping it plugged in isn't a good idea. I wouldn't do it as it may still stress the battery in some way, when you get 100, unplug.
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Post by Steve on Feb 28, 2024 12:50:24 GMT -5
demonskeith, lammchen, I found this other link: Charging phone"Charging My iPhone Overnight Overloads the Battery: False! One thing all the experts agree on is that phones are smart enough not let an overload happen. Extra protective chips inside make sure that can't happen in a tablet, a phone, or even a laptop. Once the internal lithium-ion battery hits 100% of its capacity, charging stops. But if you leave you phone plugged in overnight, it is going to use a bit of energy by constantly trickling new juice to the battery every time it falls to 99%. That is eating into your phone's lifespan. Don't worry about this too much. Plug the phone in or place it on the wireless charger when you go to sleep. If you wake up in the night, unplug it or move it to prevent constant trickle-charging. You could also plug your phone into a smart plug that's on a schedule to turn off." "Myth #2: It doesn’t matter when or how long your charge your smartphone battery. Fact: If you don’t use your smartphone much, or upgrade every time a new model comes out, charge it whenever and however you want. But if you want it to be at it’s best the longest, “never run a battery to zero. That’s bad for it,” says Carl Howe former mobile analyst and Principal of Think Big Analytics. “The rule of thumb: To get your smartphone battery to last the longest, charge it to 80% and recharge it when it hits 20% to avoid stressing the system.”" "Myth #3: It’s terrible to let your phone die. Fact: We just told you not to make it a daily habit, but if you want your battery to stretch its legs a bit every now and again, it’s okay to let it run a “full charge cycle,” or to let it die and then charge back up to 100% again. This helps the little computers that control the battery remember where its high and low points are, and will give you a more accurate reading of your charge." ^ This ^ Much more accurate than in the original post of this topic. Today's batteries are much efficient and less susceptible to the weaknesses of batteries of old. And demonskeith, there's no reason to do that but if it makes you feel better, go for it. My phone has a do not disturb function that I can have certain numbers pass through, like our son, in case of emergency.
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Post by ravenfreak on Mar 15, 2024 17:53:56 GMT -5
I usually only restart my phone if it starts acting up which is rare, or when it's updating. Other than that I don't restart my phone. I also keep my phone charged as much as possible, I plug it in before I go to bed on weeknights. That way it's fully charged the next day and I know my phone won't die on me at work.
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Post by kyng on Mar 16, 2024 16:37:41 GMT -5
I don't restart my phone unless I have a good reason to (e.g. it's acting up). Otherwise, I just leave it on all day!
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Post by ZandraJoi on Mar 16, 2024 19:47:31 GMT -5
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Post by spice on Mar 18, 2024 8:31:32 GMT -5
Restarting/Rebooting are pretty much the same thing. Sometimes the phone does glitch so you will need to restart it. There may also come a time especially for those who don't believe in having anti virus on their own, that they may have to factory reset the phone.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Mar 20, 2024 19:20:24 GMT -5
Restarting/Rebooting are pretty much the same thing. Sometimes the phone does glitch so you will need to restart it. There may also come a time especially for those who don't believe in having anti virus on their own, that they may have to factory reset the phone. That's a good tip on the factory reset!
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Post by Bob on Mar 26, 2024 18:08:30 GMT -5
That is interesting. I usually charge my phone in the car all the time. It never gets below 70%.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Mar 27, 2024 12:21:50 GMT -5
That is interesting. I usually charge my phone in the car all the time. It never gets below 70%. Some people like to charge it in their vehicles because they can remember it easier.
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