Smartphones are magical, loyal little companions, there to
keep you in touch with your friends and family,keeps you in touch with the world,helps you stay in touch with
work, mails and a lot of other cool things.
But, with a little neglect, they can die on you in the worst
moments. Avoid this nightmare scenario and treat your little friend right, with
these quick tips to maintaining your battery's health. see them below...
Less is More
Back when nickel-based batteries were a thing, people were
encouraged to “train” their batteries by completely draining them and then
completely recharging them. But right now, pretty much every modern smartphone
contains a lithium-ion battery, which are entirely different things.
In general, you should keep your smartphone’s battery
charged above 50 percent. If you want to take it one step further, you should
try to do one full drain a month. But any more of this and you’ll be shortening
your battery’s lifespan.
Overnight phone-chargers take note! Technically you should
not be charging your phone for extended spans of time. Though most chargers are
designed to curb charging once your phone is all full, you should avoid juicing
it to 100 percent and then leaving it connected to a charger. Overall, short
starts and fits of juice are much better than constant zero to 100 charging. If
you’re totally neurotic, the real sweet spot oscillates between 80 and 40
percent at all times.
Zero Is Bad
Lithium-ion batteries sometimes get volatile at zero
percent. Like good little robots, however, they are usually equipped with
self-destruct circuits that will kill your battery in order to prevent an
explosion or something. This obviously doesn’t happen every day, but better to
be safe than sorry.
Chill Out
Your smartphone is not invincible. Do not leave it on your
car’s dashboard in 90 degree weather. Do not set it under sun rays, it doesn’t
matter if your phone is off, the heat will fry your battery.
That’s because—good news for readers who live in miserably
cold climates - your phone is most comfortable at about 32-degrees fahrenheit
(and even then, it will lose a small percentage of its maximum capacity per
year). Once you get to up to more tropical temperatures, you risk losing
anything from 20 to 35 percent per year. Not like you should forgo a trip to
Hawaii just to preserve precious battery life, but just be mindful about where
you leave it.
Plug It In
Though wireless charging devices are convenient and chic,
most inductive wireless chargers tend to waste energy by generating heat.
Remember what we said about heat? (HEAT = BAD) The best method to charge a
smarphone is by directly hooking it into a wall (as opposed to connecting it to
your computer). It charges faster and safer that way.
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