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Charging phone at overnight is bad?

Hey forums, very simple question is charging the phone overnight bad for the infuse? I always get a warning to plug out the phone in the morning. Can overcharging be bad for my battery? Merci.
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No, charging overnight is fine.

Sarius24 said:
Hey forums, very simple question is charging the phone overnight bad for the infuse? I always get a warning to plug out the phone in the morning. Can overcharging be bad for my battery? Merci.
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Do you mean that you get a warning after leaving it plugged in all night?
If so, check to make sure that your cable is connected properly. On some cables, the connectors are not fully touching.

What I was trying to say is. Usually the battery is able to charge fully overnight. But then it probably just sits there with the charger in until morning when I pull it out. I was wondering if the extra time its charging on full battery is bad.
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Nope, its not bad, whenever the phone reaches 100% it disconnects the charger till it drops to 95%,then it starts charging again and so on,at least that's the case with my phone on official and custom roms
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Nope i've had 20 diff phones and never followed charging cycles and all that let your battery run down and charge it up nonsense. Never had any battery issues ever with any of my phones

GGXtreme said:
No, charging overnight is fine.
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I put it on charge when I go to bed, and unplug it when I wake up. Just make sure to keep it in open where the phone isn't covered.

Thanks for the responses! I wont worry about this anymore.
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Make sure to always use quality, reputable chargers and not the ones you buy at the flea market that say "Made in the Democratic Republic of the Congo".

Lol no problem. I still have the charger that came with it
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Yes it is bad, because it will overcharge your battery. It takes a while, but if you overcharge your battery constantly then the battery life slowly starts decreasing until it dies.

SSBB freak said:
Yes it is bad, because it will overcharge your battery. It takes a while, but if you overcharge your battery constantly then the battery life slowly starts decreasing until it dies.
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In a sense this is correct as the same as playing on your phone while its charging I wonder if we have a unplug app when I was on the evo we had a app that would disconnected the charger when full and wouldn't read it until the battery was at 80%
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SSBB freak said:
Yes it is bad, because it will overcharge your battery. It takes a while, but if you overcharge your battery constantly then the battery life slowly starts decreasing until it dies.
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The phone doesn't actually charge the battery to 100% unless you're using an SBC kernel. You can leave it on the charger as long as you want and it will never overcharge unless you have some kind of malfunction.

Been only charging overnight since I got the phone last May.
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I use my phone as alarm and it charges every night since I've had it. No issues with battery unless I flash a rom that is a battery hog.
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What "method" do u use to charge your Captivate

Hello !
I have read several articles in where people use different methods to charge theyr battery.Maybe it has been talken in XDA too but i havent found nothing that regards charging
How do u charge the battery ?U keep the level from 90 % to 50 % and once a month u fully discharge and than fully charge ?
Or u fully charge it after it shuts off cause of low battery?
Thanks

I'm a bit of a battery abuser, I tend to charge randomly when I think it will be under heavy load such as long drive in the car listening to music I will plug it in with my cigarette usb adapter thingy..
Most other times just plug it into my laptop. My habit for discharging and turning it on until it dont turn back on is maybe every couple weeks to a month if I remember to. Bout that time is when I start cycling out old apps I don't use and just maintaining clean phone status.

...Wall charger every night, all night, while still on, while I sleep. Been doing it this way for 2 years and still using the original battery.
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I just charge it whenever it's anywhere between 40-50% and have access to an outlet.

I use USB to charge my phone I plug it in at night around 9 and it's good around 10am then I unhook it. It stays good till about 6 or 7 pm
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Lithium Ion batteries don't have memory effect, so the only reason to run a complete drain and recharge is if the battery fuel gage needs calibration.
I leave mine on the AC or USB charger everynight. The Captivate's power management chip reduces the charging current when the battery approaches full. After becoming fully charged, it stops charging for an hour or two, waiting until the voltage has dropped about 0.1 V, then resumes the small trickle charge until full again.
You want to avoid getting the battery too hot, because that will reduce battery life (life= number of battery charge cycles). I have an alarm set in battery monitor widget (bmw) when the battery temp is 45 degrees C or higher. you can get bmw or other battery tools on Google Play.
you can read more about charging Li Ion batteries here:
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries
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It is my second time that i fully drain and fully charge my battery.
It is wrong what im doing ?

I don't think of it as right or wrong. You don't need to drain it all the way or charge it to 100% if it is not convenient.
I put my phone on the charger at night even if the battery is 60% or more full, with the phone on. I want it at 100% in the morning. During the day, it often gets charged while I am driving or when I am using my laptop. Is is seldom fully charged during the day, and it rarely gets drained all the way.
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Hamsters...

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Lol !
And the hard part was that it took ya 2 months to train the one hamster to say, "Beeeep ! Fully charged !"
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4-2ndtwin said:
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Lol !
And the hard part was that it took ya 2 months to train the one hamster to say, "Beeeep ! Fully charged !"
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Exactly! But we're still having issues with his timing!
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I just plug it into a wall socket when it drops below 50% ... been doing it that way for a couple of years and haven't had any issues.

on a normal day, my cappy gets to 10% and under and then i charge it everynight

m1batt1 said:
Hamsters...
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Yeah, and you want to give 'em hummingbird food for faster charging and best compatability with the captivate's cpu. With this charging method, you can even hear the hummingbird hum if you put your phone in a conch shell and hold it up to your ear.

I use a potato battery.
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MikeyMike01 said:
I use a potato battery.
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Good to see you still popping your head in the cappy forums
I charge my phone whenever the hell I feel like it. No thought to it, always have. Battery still holds a charge perfectly fine.

MikeyMike01 said:
I use a potato battery.
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how many potatoes in series does it take to get 5 Volts?
one potato, two potato,
three potato, four?
five potato, six potato,
seven potato, more?
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laughingT said:
how many potatoes in series does it take to get 5 Volts?
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42.
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I have four batteries for my Captivate, because the original seemed sorta crappy, and I found supposed-OEM batteries pretty cheap on Amazon.
My micro-USB port seems to have taken a crap, and the phone will no longer charge via that method. So basically, I have an extra-battery wall charger going all the time, and I swap batteries whenever the battery in the phone dies.

I just connect the usb cable port from my Xbox to the phone when I'm at the man-cave table. At night to my computer's usb port since it still power's up when the computer's off which is convenient :laugh:

[Q] Tablet won't start

Hi
I have a P6800 Tablet,
I was playing with it and the charge was on 5% And it was plugged in and was charged!
Then suddenly the screen turned off and and it won't start neither charge!
It won't give any response to USB!!!
It looks like DEAD!
PLEASE HELP ME :crying:
Any advice on how to bring this back is greatly welcome :crying:

Try a 2A AC charger and leave it charging for a couple hours BEFORE trying to start.
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UpInTheAir said:
Try a 2A AC charger and leave it charging for a couple hours BEFORE trying to start.
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Thnx for replay
I'm using a 2A AC charger and it's about 5 hours before I'm trying to start! nothings shows anything!
what is button combination in this tablet?
I mean is there any way to force this thing on?

sijav said:
Thnx for replay
I'm using a 2A AC charger and it's about 5 hours before I'm trying to start! nothings shows anything!
what is button combination in this tablet?
I mean is there any way to force this thing on?
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If you haven't already, try another charger.
Don't think you can actually "force" it on if the battery is damaged.
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UpInTheAir said:
If you haven't already, try another charger.
Don't think you can actually "force" it on if the battery is damaged.
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My Xperia P 1AC charger charged the tablet successfully and then after 10% charging I tried it's default charger and now the default 2AC is working too!
Really can't undrestand why or how but right now the problem has been solved
Thnx dude

its occasionally occur to me last time... now i'm against using the tab until it battery deplete... always charge it when 20% left...

edan1979 said:
its occasionally occur to me last time... now i'm against using the tab until it battery deplete... always charge it when 20% left...
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Yep, even with inbuilt safeguards, there is risk of permanent battery damage if totally drained.
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I read somewhere that if it goes flat under a certain amount you cant charge it from the wall charger as it needs a little bit of power in the battery to activate the charging circuitry on the board..
if anynoe else gets this problem i think you have to pop out the screen to asccess the battery and charge manually then replace it.
also it can go into deep sleep...
you can wake it up from deep sleep by plugging in 2a wall charger and holding power button for 15 secs then you will get the battery charging icon.

[Q] Charging decharges w/data on

My phone's battery goes down if it's charging and the data is on until the phone dies. I'm using miktouch and Hyperion's extended battery. It also doesn't seem to charge fast at all (12+ hours). Once it's "dead"it will power off, then randomly go back to 100% battery (orange light to green light).
Anyone else have this issue?
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4g data and wifi*

GiftigDegen said:
My phone's battery goes down if it's charging and the data is on until the phone dies. I'm using miktouch and Hyperion's extended battery. It also doesn't seem to charge fast at all (12+ hours). Once it's "dead"it will power off, then randomly go back to 100% battery (orange light to green light).
Anyone else have this issue?
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First guess is you have a defective battery. Draining while connected to the charger should never happen with a good battery.

I guessed as much too. These Hyperion batteries go bad quickly. I've had five since January.
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Fuzi0719 said:
First guess is you have a defective battery. Draining while connected to the charger should never happen with a good battery.
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Have you ever used the Anker batteries?
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GiftigDegen said:
Have you ever used the Anker batteries?
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I've not used them, but everyone I've talked to says they're the best.

Fuzi0719 said:
I've not used them, but everyone I've talked to says they're the best.
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I just got mine. It says to not use more than 4.2V to charge it. My chargers are all 5.0V. What kind of danger am I playing with buy not buying a compatible charger?

GiftigDegen said:
I just got mine. It says to not use more than 4.2V to charge it. My chargers are all 5.0V. What kind of danger am I playing with buy not buying a compatible charger?
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With LiPo batteries there is the danger of explosion/fire. I have an Anker universal charger and note that the output when plugged in is 4.2V. However, USB ports output 5V, so I would think the Anker battery can tolerate that otherwise you would not be able to charge the phone by plugging into a USB port.

Fuzi0719 said:
With LiPo batteries there is the danger of explosion/fire. I have an Anker universal charger and note that the output when plugged in is 4.2V. However, USB ports output 5V, so I would think the Anker battery can tolerate that otherwise you would not be able to charge the phone by plugging into a USB port.
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I hope so too.
So, brand new anker and the battery still decharges when plugged in and goes full charge once the phone is off. I'm thinking there's something broken with the phone and not so much the batteries.
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From a lot of the comments in this forum, I suspect the phone has a charging circuit controlled by software rather than hardware. Before you do anything hardware drastic, you might try flashing a different kernel.
Also, you report that the battery leaps to 'full' when you disconnect the charger. Have you tried measuring the battery voltage physically with a multimeter to see if the battery is charging at all. Should be 4.2V when fully charged. Something like 3.6V when empty. Obviously if you put the battery in for half an hour and the voltage goes up, it's charging no matter what the UI says!

I've not tried either of those. I don't completely understand what the kernel is. I'm using Miktouch rom, but I don't know how much that has to do with the kernel. I know the battery is being charged because if I leave it plugged in for a good 8 hours it holds its charge for the day. And if I leave it plugged in for say, half a day, and turn off data/wifi, it will slowly show increased charge, like a percentage per half hours of charging.
What do I need to know and do to flash a new kernel on here?
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GiftigDegen said:
I've not tried either of those. I don't completely understand what the kernel is. I'm using Miktouch rom, but I don't know how much that has to do with the kernel. I know the battery is being charged because if I leave it plugged in for a good 8 hours it holds its charge for the day. And if I leave it plugged in for say, half a day, and turn off data/wifi, it will slowly show increased charge, like a percentage per half hours of charging.
What do I need to know and do to flash a new kernel on here?
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Your the only one of my users to ever have this issue, including me. And the doubleshot was my last device before going Nexus last February.
What I would do is:
1. Backup all your user downloaded apps with Titanium Backup.
2. *Do a full wipe from recovery*
*Wipe data/factory reset
*Format system
*Format Data
*Format cache
3. Flash MikTouch and reboot.
4. Once rebooted don't go cramming apps and settings back into your phone just yet. Make sure its going to charge and drain like its supposed to. If all is well, then start 1 by 1 with your apps, making sure each of them are not causing your issues. If all tests are passed then something in the ROM its self went stupid.
Sounds like hardware though.
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[Q] Battery charging but not showing that its charging

It's charging just fine, but it doesn't show that it's charging. Running GT-P5100 CyanogenMod 4.2.2.
Keep in mind that it's charging fine, but doesn't show me that it's charging. Do I factory reset?

Try THIS way
1. Reboot in to recovery mode
2. Wipe battery status
3. Reboot
Hope it helps
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Didn't work. Last night, I left it at 28%. I was up for another hour, so I checked it. It was 39%, though it still didn't show that it was charging. When I woke up, it said it's 100%. ATM it's 98%

Didn't work. Last night, I left it at 28%. I was up for another hour, so I checked it. It was 39%, though it still didn't show that it was charging. When I woke up, it said it's 100%. ATM it's 98%
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i found that they are huge drain in XM/XM dual after updating or rom changing
to solve it
use this
Battery Calibration
install the app
charge the phone till 100
remove plug from phone
click battery calibration..
reboot
problem should be solved by this for most of the guys..
before using this my cell drain 5-10% in 1 hr even on screen off
but now after this app 1% FOR 4-5 HRS

uh
blue_drt29 said:
i found that they are huge drain in XM/XM dual after updating or rom changing
to solve it
use this
Battery Calibration
install the app
charge the phone till 100
remove plug from phone
click battery calibration..
reboot
problem should be solved by this for most of the guys..
before using this my cell drain 5-10% in 1 hr even on screen off
but now after this app 1% FOR 4-5 HRS
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This is not what I mean. My tablet is charging alright, but it just doesn't notify me that it's charging. You know up there, the charging circle spins when it's charging. Not for me, but it's still charging.
It DID spin in the past, though.

Have you changed charging cords? Is this through a wall or computer USB?
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njstein said:
Have you changed charging cords? Is this through a wall or computer USB?
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Well, not a wall... I used a plug extender, and tried it in the wall but still doesn't show. I might try buying a new charger.
By the way, the charger is a USB that is plugged in the you know, plug. I think you know.
Anyways, My friend borrowed me his white iPad, and I noticed that the plug is from his iPad. I called him to look at his plug, and it said it's made by Samsung.

CyanogenModFTW said:
Well, not a wall... I used a plug extender, and tried it in the wall but still doesn't show. I might try buying a new charger.
By the way, the charger is a USB that is plugged in the you know, plug. I think you know.
Anyways, My friend borrowed me his white iPad, and I noticed that the plug is from his iPad. I called him to look at his plug, and it said it's made by Samsung.
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Heop

I really need help