TL;DW: Fast charging over 2 years only degraded the battery an extra 0.5%, even on extremely fast charging Android phones using 120W.

And with that, hopefully we can put this argument to rest.

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    4 hours ago

    Ok, before i watch the video, no damage is not what great scott found from his testings… ( https://youtu.be/iMn2yVoEqPs ).

    so i have no idea what to believe anymore, but my (based) experience is that it does damage it. Ill have to watch later.

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      2 hours ago

      Yea, but that wasn’t a great rest. I love Great Scott, but a lot of comments fairly call out his conclusion.

      Most (all?)phones don’t charge at full speed to 100% charge, they fast charge when the battery is almoast empty, and charge slower the more full it gets.

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        2 hours ago

        Right, so basically he removed the software aspect in his tests which removes systems to protect the battery. I assume without them, it is damaging, like what great scott found.

        Ye, he should have continued his experiments then!

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      Those circuits he made up doesn’t take into account that the phones have built in protections that alternate the input based on charge level.