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Let battery die out???

Hi all.
What would be good battery maintenance on my nexus s? Should I let it die out once in a while? I keep charging it when I might that I shouldn't need to.
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Heeter
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Heeter said:
Hi all.
What would be good battery maintenance on my nexus s? Should I let it die out once in a while? I keep charging it when I might that I shouldn't need to.
Thanks
Heeter
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I'm New to All This But I think Would Idea one's A Week on The days you Don't Work Like Saturday or Sunday

From what I've read, the Lithium-Ion batteries like to be kept charged to 97%. Your phone will take care of keeping it at the right level. Don't fully deplete it as it will begin to decrease the lifespan of the battery.
Multiple short charges is better than long discharge / recharge cycles.
Check out batteryuniversity.com how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
I can't post the URL because I'm still a n00b

nauckwj said:
From what I've read, the Lithium-Ion batteries like to be kept charged to 97%. Your phone will take care of keeping it at the right level. Don't fully deplete it as it will begin to decrease the lifespan of the battery.
Multiple short charges is better than long discharge / recharge cycles.
Check out batteryuniversity.com how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
I can't post the URL because I'm still a n00b
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http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
Check out fig4. lower battery voltage gives longer battery life. Maybe that's the plan, make battery last longer.

Hmmmm very interesting,
In the case, sounds like a good idea if I was to purchase a second power cable and keep of at work. Sounds lilethe nexus s battery is designed to stay as fully charged at all times. From that report, would that be a fair assumption?
Heeter
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Yep..that's what I do too. In the car as well. Nexus S seems very power hungry but with the battery meter application built-in you can get very good at understanding where all the power is going.
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Thanks, for all your responses.
Heeter
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No problem. Had the exact same question when I first got mine.
Have fun!
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swapping between phones help

Hello I have a question hopefully someone here can help. I have a iPhone 4 and an xperia play that I like to swap in and out of. When I'm not using one should I let it rest on a full or empty battery? I don't want to ruin the battery if it sits for too long in the wrong charge.
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Let it rest on empty battery would b a safe option however it does not even matter if its fully charged or not, just switch it off and let it rest.
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thank you kind sir
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battery empty will be the best option because every battery has its own charging and discharging life .if it increases the battery life decreases and charge only when the battery goes down below 5%..try it

Battery stats

I've been charging my phone on a regular basis. Daily in fact. But the stats tell a different story. Anyone else with the same problem? Anyone knows how to fix this?
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.cruiser said:
I've been charging my phone on a regular basis. Daily in fact. But the stats tell a different story. Anyone else with the same problem? Anyone knows how to fix this?
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further explain what the hell do you mean? you need to give us a bit more detail on what exactly are you encountering or specifically ask why is this happening.

I included the screen grab didn't I? It says 6 days plus on battery. When the phone lasts only a day. See the screen grab.
And this is after the JB OTA update.
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.cruiser said:
I included the screen grab didn't I? It says 6 days plus on battery. When the phone lasts only a day. See the screen grab.
And this is after the JB OTA update.
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Your being to broad that doesn't mean anything to me all I see is 6days and your charging it every so often what's wrong? Your phone is lasting a day? Explain what exactly your doing you need to specify and further explain what your doing.
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In screenie I have 4 days on one charge.
I watched some netflix and barely any usage it was very minimal. And about every other 6 to 12 hours I turn off data and switch on airplane mode as you can see.
Another thing leaving your phone on for that much time just IMO makes the battery life die faster rather than fully charging do your usual stuff till the day ends and once done at night just shut it off charge turn back on in the morn.
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Isn't this a bug? It's only supposed to tell me the time the phone's been running on battery since the last charge. See screenshot from my Photon 4G for example.
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.cruiser said:
Isn't this a bug? It's only supposed to tell me the time the phone's been running on battery since the last charge. See screenshot from my Photon 4G for example.
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there is no bug at all. it tells you the time since the phone has been on no from the last charge.
Lets say i use my phone and im around 30% and its been 8 Hours since i turned on my phone from 100%. once i plug it in it will keep track of the time my phones been on (Up time) not from last charge.
there is an app called Better Battery Stats but it causes wakelocks but it will show you those type of stats and more

I think you are mistaken friend. The discharge graph shows the time since the last recharge. See http://support.google.com/android/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2677609&topic=2677645&ctx=topic (last para) for details.
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.cruiser said:
I think you are mistaken friend. The discharge graph shows the time since the last recharge. See http://support.google.com/android/?hl=en#/answer/2677609 (last para) for details.
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well on my Epic it will say whatever time its been on since turned regardless of being charged or not, ive tested it out on several devices i think your losing your mind haha what does it matter anyways?
Its simply telling you how long you have been using the battery not when it was off the last charge.

.cruiser said:
I've been charging my phone on a regular basis. Daily in fact. But the stats tell a different story. Anyone else with the same problem? Anyone knows how to fix this?
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For me it happens when the recharge doesn't make the battery goes above 90%. The graph will "reset" when the battery is charged above 90%.

Battery question

I've been having pretty bad battery life for some reason.. I was wondering if maybe its bad to use my phone while its plugged in? Like just browsing at night while charging? I can see the battery percentage drop really frequently while using it. Any thoughts?
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goldenshibby said:
I've been having pretty bad battery life for some reason.. I was wondering if maybe its bad to use my phone while its plugged in? Like just browsing at night while charging? I can see the battery percentage drop really frequently while using it. Any thoughts?
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I use my phone all night while it's plugged in, haha.
And is the battery dropping WHILE charging? If so, your charging plug or your wire itself is damaged. It's odd to see battery declining, even during use, while charging.

Oops.. Sorry I phrased that wrong. I meant that the battery percentage drops fast just in general. One minute its at 100 and then in a minute or two its down to 99. Not sure what's up.
By the way I'm on hyperdrive 7 with stock kernel.
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goldenshibby said:
Oops.. Sorry I phrased that wrong. I meant that the battery percentage drops fast just in general. One minute its at 100 and then in a minute or two its down to 99. Not sure what's up.
By the way I'm on hyperdrive 7 with stock kernel.
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Oh, haha okay.
Well it's normal for your battery to drop down to 99% in a minute or two, because the battery can't sustain 100% max for too long. If your battery life can last you throughout the day, I would say you should be fine. But, if you're like me, I would use a conservative-based governor, no matter the kernel. I use KTweaker.

Mind showing a screenshot of your battery stats?
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The weird thing is that the battery goes down fast even when I'm not using the phone. Yeah I'll upload a screenshot tonight. Thanks.
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goldenshibby said:
The weird thing is that the battery goes down fast even when I'm not using the phone. Yeah I'll upload a screenshot tonight. Thanks.
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Like how fast you think?
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Kindly advice .. my battery full charged at 4v, is this normal?

Hello ppl,
please advice if that normal battery or defective .. I use official AC charger for my new note 8, the battery is of course 4.2v but after fully chaging the battery and unplug it directly the voltage read 4v (read it by using *#0228#) .. Is this normal or should it read 4.2v .. thx 4 ur advice

Probably normal. I wouldn't worry too much
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sgirard1991 said:
Probably normal. I wouldn't worry too much
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Thx I noticed It reaches to 4.1 v .... hoped if can compare to other devices Readings