Battery charging habits - How to properly charge the phone?

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doriandiaconu

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How do you guys charge your phone?

Do you respect the old 40-80 rule?

Just got the Xperia XZ1 Compact and don't want to screw up it's battery.

I sent a message and it seems I got an answer from the official support that said:

The battery will be damaged if you leave your device charging for a long time after reaching 100%. To keep this from happening and to extend the battery life, the latest Xperia™ devices have a built-in feature called Battery Care (currently Xperia™ X Compact, Xperia™ XZ, Xperia™ XZs, Xperia™ XZ Premium, Xperia™ XZ1 / Xperia™ XZ1 Compact). With other device models, avoid continuing to charge your device after it has reached 100%.
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After that, I sent back a message to the support again asking about the lower limit and they sent me some link for the phone manual, lol. So I guess that's it for the help from the costumer support.

https://support.sonymobile.com/gb/xperiaxz1compact/userguide/battery-and-power-management/

Thanks!
 
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Try to keep your phones battery between 20%-80% and avoid fully charging it.
I've also heard some people saying that you should sometimes fully drain the battery but only rarely.
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Rdslw

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in general now fast charge will damage your battery more than ANY kind of behavior :)
EXAMPLE: IF you charge:
2 A will last a year
1 A will last 3 years
0.7 will be ~5 years
with same charging behavior. IF you want your battery to last, switch for slower chargers (especially if you charge overnight) and avoid discharging battery under 15% if you still want to use QC
 
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That hasn't been my experience - - I've been charging my Xperia SP phone with a 2A charger for four years, and my wife's been using a 2A charger for her iPhone 5 also for four/five years.

So your assertion that it "will last a year" just doesn't stack up.


 
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Karadjgne

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Shouldn't ever take a Lithium Ion battery to 0%, ever. Repeated 0% will kill it. Only batteries that benefit from 0% drains are NiCad, to help remove any 'memory' the battery might attain. Other than that I've had my Galaxy S5 since it was new, it charges every night for 5-7 hrs, and gets charged in a work van on a 2.1A charger every day. No battery issues so far.
 
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Quick charge tech pushed batteries A LOT quality changed massively and QC-charged batteries will be usable for years. 1 thing you does not nottice is LOWERED full change. When you will change your batter for new one it will hold +50% longer on same 100% charge.
1 year comparison was an example.
if your's handled 4 years well then, slower charger would add ~2 years of batter lifetime.
I had xperia z1 phone, it was last one when no QC existed, but CPU already had features supporting it.
battery survived 4 years without problems, still holding 1 day no-sweat. While I switched to QC, Battery shock was enough to kill it in a month.

Please compare discharge time (even estimated on something) and you will notice lower capacity, but how much lower, that depends how hard you use it. A lot of things does play a role here, temp while charging (like gaming and charging), quality of charger, quality of battery ....
 
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Hi,
I've heard of the 20 80 rule. But I've grown up with NiCd and I'm a 0 100 man :).
It seems to suit me, my stuff works.
My Iphone battery is still at 99% after nearly a year.
 
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