Too much charging?

kylegod · 01-07-2008, 07:53 PM

I charge my phone alot. Whenever im home I usually plug it in or whenever im driving I plug it in. I was wandering if this burns out the battery or does anything negative to the life of it. Also, I never let it go all the way down and die before a recharge. But I think I read on here thats not necessary because its lithium. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

OJsakila · 01-07-2008, 08:18 PM

Definitely not too much searching......

kylegod · 01-07-2008, 09:05 PM

couldnt find too much to answer my questions searching on here. but nevermind my dad answered all my questions. this thread can be closed. haha

Zabumafu · 01-07-2008, 09:09 PM

A tip that many people do not do.

To run your battery to your full extent, the first time you turn your phone on DO NOT CHARGE IT. Let it die, do not let it "almost die" let it die to the extent where u cannot turn in it.

Works great

kylegod · 01-07-2008, 11:29 PM

Actually thats not necessary with lithium batteries. with older batteries (i forget the chemicals, my dad told me) you had to do that. you had to do this because these batteries had "memory." if you ran you phone down half way before the first time you charged it, the battery thought that it was empty since you are charging it. so from then on, whenever your battery hit its halfway point, it was dead, because the battery thought that it was since that was when you charged it. lithium batteries do not have memory and therefore you can charge them when you want and however often you want.

scolbert · 01-08-2008, 12:35 AM

The iPhone battery does not have a memory, thus it is not necessary to full discharge the battery. And charging "a lot" or at any time, starting with a full charge, half charge, whatever, doesn't hurt battery life at all. About the only thing that hurts battery life (damages the battery) is too much heat... like leaving your iPhone in a hot car or in the hot sun.

Youngbinks · 01-08-2008, 12:49 AM

I figure that I might as well run the battery as ragged as I can within the first year, that way it's within Apple's one-year warranty and I can get a battery replacement for free. If not, it's still only $70 or so and by then I should have a new iPhone anyway (once again assuming the introduction of an iPhone 2).

mythrowbacknikes · 01-09-2008, 07:59 PM

They will replace the iPhone battery for free for the first full year? Maybe I should take advantage of this offer on the last day of my 1 year warranty.. There has to be a problem with the battery to get a replacement or can i simply ask for a new battery? Can I just "lie" to them and tell them the iPhone's battery was bad..?

Lincoln · 01-09-2008, 08:13 PM

Draining the battery is never necessary.

The iPhone can withstand approximately 400 charges before it looses about 20% of it's full charge time. From there, the time will continue to decrease. Once it gets too low for your liking, you can send it in to Apple for the battery to be replaced.

If you intend on getting the second iPhone, I say you have no reason to worry. If you think about, 400 charge cycles is a lot. The second iPhone will be out in '08, and your battery should still be a-okay then.

- John

Russmayne · 09-07-2009, 02:31 PM

i once heard that if you plug your iphone in over night then the battery can charge itself full but then heat up a little over it's specified limit and thus drain the battery a little, i usually just do quick little charges. Ive heard friends of mine say, "oh i plugged it in for 5 minutes and now its been full for 2 hours." I fully agree with this, it's like zapping someone to life, give them a charge, live for another 10, 20 years, etc... works fine for me. Of course i have a dock, wall, and car charger, i'm very pleased.