new battery charging?? help

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just got my self a new phone and they say to charge the battery for 12
hours in the shop but the book has it for 1.5 hours what is right
thanks


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Many thanks,
i'll let it charge over nite
damige

"Ivor Jones" <this.address@notvalid.inv> wrote in message
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> "damige" <damige@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
> news:40efbe4d$0$18672$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
> > just got my self a new phone and they say to charge the battery for 12
> > hours in the shop but the book has it for 1.5 hours what is right
> > thanks
>
> It's always a good idea to charge a *new* never before used battery for 12
> to 16 hours. This applies for the first 2 or 3 charges, irrespective of
> what it may say in the manual.
>
> Also it's a good idea to periodically (say once a month or so) to let the
> battery discharge to the point of getting the "low battery" message on the
> phone, rather than continually topping it up.
>
> All the best,
>
> Ivor
>
>


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