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Re: Conditioning your batteries for max life

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Originally Posted by Hypnotic2010 View Post
Im sorry but You should read a little more before you make a statement. You are saying the opposite of what the arcticle you linked stated. Nowhere in the arcticle does it say that chart is for Lion batteries with charge indication. It lists lithium ion, and contradicts your statement.

*Directly from the arcticle you linked:

-Li-ion comes partially charged. You can use the battery right away and charge it when needed.

- Li-ion is forgiving to partial and full charge. No priming is needed when new.
Fully charge and discharge battery. Repeat when readings get inaccurate.

-it is better to recharge more often; avoid frequent full discharges.

- on batteries with a fuel gauge, allow a full discharge once a month to enable reset

-Does not matter. Charging in stages is acceptable. Full charge termination occurs by reading the voltage level and charge current. Charging a full battery is safe and does not cause harm.

-It does not matter. The charger automatically cuts the charge current when the battery is full. A laptop may be connected to the AC when not in use.
- little heating is generated during charge. A large laptop battery may get lukewarm. Do not allow the battery to heat during charge.


I have a thread with the Truth if you want to know: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=69762
You should read closer before bashing my thread. Note that I said "If it makes you feel better, fully charge the battery before you do anything to discharge it." Key words "If it makes you feel better", in other words, it's not strictly necessary, but if you want to do it for peace of mind (and a longer runtime for when you play with phone for the first time), that's fine.

As for your quote "Fully charge and discharge battery. Repeat when readings get inaccurate", that only applies to battery with charge indicators, that is, batteries with buttons on them that you can press which usually light up 3 or 5 LEDs to give a very general idea of how charged the battery is. I made sure to cover this in my original post. Our phone batteries do not do this. The purpose of the full discharge in this statement serves only to "reset" the fuel gauge. It does no good in our phones, and as the article addresses, full discharges are not recommended for Li-Ion batteries.

As for the rest you quoted, I do not dispute it, and it was a direct copy (or nearly so) from the linked article. I'm not sure why you quoted it.

Putting your entire post in bold and slamming my thread, and linking to your own version in larger print is just childish. That's akin to shouting; can you not discuss things without shouting?

Last edited by SweetBearCub; 09-04-2009 at 02:23 PM. Reason: Oops, left out the word 'not'
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