That’s bad for the battery’s long-term capacity/longevity.
Charge slow (disable fast-charging) and (Never mind; this seems to be old news) stay within 40-75% at all times (for lithium-ion, anyway). Avoid both heat and freezing temps. Turn it off every night or at least on a regular basis. It will last for years longer.
People often say this but it isn’t really backed up by the science. Sure, there’s a bit more degradation, but not all that much. And by keeping it within 40-75 you’re effectively limiting yourself to using just 35% of a perfectly healthy battery, giving you far less capacity than if you had just maximally used it. Even if after significant usage you end up with only 70% of the original capacity, that’s still more than you get by artificially limiting yourself.
Extreme temps are a factor, but just don’t put it in the fridge or leave it in a hot car and you’ll likely be good.
Well, I’m not obsessive about it; if I can’t get to a charger, I just let it drain. Really, the most practical bounds are 20-80%. It’s really easy to make the phone ping a reminder at either end each time to remind you to connect or disconnect, via Automation, MacroDroid, Tasker, etc. Samsungs and Asus laptops also come with a Protect Battery/80% charging limiter already.
If you don’t care about the environment and just wanna keep buying and discarding batteries every few years, then that’s on you, but I value usage reduction and wanna try to make mine last 5+ years if possible. With that said, I don’t think I’ve seen this video before, so I’ll check it out, thanks.
The point is that all these measures you take don’t really meaningfully impact the battery life. Ultimately the only thing that matters is how much you use it. Ironically, cutting down on background apps probably helps your battery life more, rather than using those apps to artificially limit it.
I use them for many other purposes, too, not just battery! Also, I did watch both entire HTX videos and they consistently did objectively show at least a few % battery saved every 6 mo when limiting the range on both ends.
That’s a myth. It does not make any difference. Modern chinese fast charging solutions can charge your phones faster with less heat vs slow charging which generates more heat. This has been proven in by a HTX studios which did a 2yrs long battery test.
I watched that video, yeah. You’re right. However, it wasn’t 2 years long; it was 3 or 4 500-charge cycles’ worth of time across different phones, the total of which took 2 years. None of the phones was tested for more than about 6-9 months.
Anyway, yeah, I re-enabled my fast-charging, haha.
I use it a lot but it’s like new after 3 years so I really don’t care. A replacement is kind of cheap too so it’s not worth the hassle, for me.
I think your figures are for older batteries with less stable anode/cathode tech. Or the predecessor of our modern batteries. Who tries to keep their battery between 40 and 75%? It defies the usability of it IMO.
I call bollocks, the environment wont cry if I change my 100 gram battery after 4 instead of 5 years.
Also, nowadays it’s inbuilt in the phone charging process, so no need to do it manually, only exception is going really too low (phones auto shut down at low percents, when you see 0, it’s probably 5% left) and then leaving the phone for weeks.
They can now also recycle lithium to like 98-99% IIRC.
That’s bad for the battery’s long-term capacity/longevity.
Charge slow (disable fast-charging) and(Never mind; this seems to be old news) stay within 40-75% at all times (for lithium-ion, anyway). Avoid both heat and freezing temps. Turn it off every night or at least on a regular basis. It will last for years longer.People often say this but it isn’t really backed up by the science. Sure, there’s a bit more degradation, but not all that much. And by keeping it within 40-75 you’re effectively limiting yourself to using just 35% of a perfectly healthy battery, giving you far less capacity than if you had just maximally used it. Even if after significant usage you end up with only 70% of the original capacity, that’s still more than you get by artificially limiting yourself.
Extreme temps are a factor, but just don’t put it in the fridge or leave it in a hot car and you’ll likely be good.
See https://youtu.be/kLS5Cg_yNdM?t=183 for some actual testing on this.
Well, I’m not obsessive about it; if I can’t get to a charger, I just let it drain. Really, the most practical bounds are 20-80%. It’s really easy to make the phone ping a reminder at either end each time to remind you to connect or disconnect, via Automation, MacroDroid, Tasker, etc. Samsungs and Asus laptops also come with a Protect Battery/80% charging limiter already.
If you don’t care about the environment and just wanna keep buying and discarding batteries every few years, then that’s on you, but I value usage reduction and wanna try to make mine last 5+ years if possible. With that said, I don’t think I’ve seen this video before, so I’ll check it out, thanks.
The point is that all these measures you take don’t really meaningfully impact the battery life. Ultimately the only thing that matters is how much you use it. Ironically, cutting down on background apps probably helps your battery life more, rather than using those apps to artificially limit it.
I use them for many other purposes, too, not just battery! Also, I did watch both entire HTX videos and they consistently did objectively show at least a few % battery saved every 6 mo when limiting the range on both ends.
That’s a myth. It does not make any difference. Modern chinese fast charging solutions can charge your phones faster with less heat vs slow charging which generates more heat. This has been proven in by a HTX studios which did a 2yrs long battery test.
I watched that video, yeah. You’re right. However, it wasn’t 2 years long; it was 3 or 4 500-charge cycles’ worth of time across different phones, the total of which took 2 years. None of the phones was tested for more than about 6-9 months.
Anyway, yeah, I re-enabled my fast-charging, haha.
I use it a lot but it’s like new after 3 years so I really don’t care. A replacement is kind of cheap too so it’s not worth the hassle, for me.
I think your figures are for older batteries with less stable anode/cathode tech. Or the predecessor of our modern batteries. Who tries to keep their battery between 40 and 75%? It defies the usability of it IMO.
It’s really a 20-80% range (look up
lithium-ion 80%) but if I’m home, I may ask well keep it tighter if I’m already around charging sources.It’s about environmental care, not money.
I call bollocks, the environment wont cry if I change my 100 gram battery after 4 instead of 5 years.
Also, nowadays it’s inbuilt in the phone charging process, so no need to do it manually, only exception is going really too low (phones auto shut down at low percents, when you see 0, it’s probably 5% left) and then leaving the phone for weeks.
They can now also recycle lithium to like 98-99% IIRC.
But imagine if millions of people did this worldwide…
But true, I forgot about lithium’s improved recycling. Good stuff…
You are right of course, but it’s kind of long down the list of things that if everyone did it it would ne benefical ☺️ right?