Katie PlevaMar 9
I love my new phone.
I'm still getting to know it though.
So, people who have devices that allow such things, do you bother to set a charge limit?
If so, what do you set it to?
So far I have mine set to the defaults out of the box, but I want to get as much use out of this thing as I can...
Show threadMichael Feir
@silly_singer @NightDrake I have mine set to a charge limit of 85%. I'm near power most of the time so this works great and preserves the long-term health of my battery. I always take a powerbank with me when I'm away.
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Show threadGinaMar 10
@mfeir @silly_singer And do you keep the phone plugged in most of the time? Or use charges when you're in the house? I've seen conflicting reports on keeping phones plugged in. But if it doesn't harm the battery I might do it more often. Why use charges if I'm near power. Which like you Mike. I usually am.
Show threadMichael FeirMar 10
@NightDrake @silly_singer I keep my iPhone on a MagSafe charger at my desk most of the day and haven't had any problems. It knows to stop charging if it reaches its charging limit or when the iPhone gets too hot.. The problem to be avoided is that you don't want your battery to be at full 100% charge for extended periods of time. That damages the battery. (1/3)
Show threadMichael FeirMar 10
If you limit the maximum charge to lower, you can keep it plugged in without doing the same damage. 80% is said to be ideal, but you can go higher. I've found 85% works well for me. There's also optimized charging where the system tries to learn your habits and uses artificial intelligence to charge your iPhone only when it needs to be. (2/3)
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Show threadMichael FeirMar 10
Battery management has goten way better now so you don't have to worry about having batteries expand. (3/3)
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Show threadGinaMar 10
@mfeir @silly_singer I do have optomized charging turned on. But I thought that only kicked in if you didn't have a charging limit set. I have mine at 80% at the moment. But I could change it to 85. I have a lot of my notifications turned off as well. Especially because a lot of the things I get notified for I can get from the computer when I'm at home.
Show threadMichael FeirMar 10
@NightDrake @silly_singer That's correct. It would start attempting to learn your habits if you didn't have a charging limit set. You should find what works best for your particular lifestyle. You might have circumstances when you need to charge up to 100% like before a particularly busy day. You can turn off the charging limit for a day so that it automatically kicks in again the next day.