My wife’s phone dies every. single. day. and I don’t know why she doesn’t just charge it at night.
I’m just wondering how people live like this 😅
Because I try to charge my phone when I am in the office, as much as possible. There are no small savings in my book :D
I just fall asleep while watching a yt video of something and the phone is still in my hand.
I charge my phone at work …
I feel this pain. Wife’s battery-powered devices are always in a constant state of dying. Something has convinced her that it’s better to let the battery almost! die, then charge it to full, but not leave it plugged in because that will degrade the battery; meaning it never gets charged overnight. I’m sure there’s a small kernel of truth in where she learned that, but it’s almost a joke at this point when she goes scrambling for her charger when using her phone, tablet, etc. It’s painful, but also adorable? I guess. Anyway, it’s not a hill I’m willing to die on, so I just let it be and laugh almost everytime it happens.
I think that was true like… 10+ years ago, but battery and power management tech have advanced so that’s no longer necessesary. I think running full cycles on your battery is actually bad for it now, I set mine to stop charging when it hits 85% to preserve battery health.
Sounds stressful constantly worrying about battery life, plopping it on a wireless charger before bed is the way to go.
She needn’t worry about manually optimizing battery wear, and, in fact, the most harmful thing you can do to a battery is to fully deplete it frequently.
Educate her about built-in optimized battery charging. iPhones and some Androids have it.
This. My wife and I have that setting turned on on our Samsung phones. Mine is 3 years old and I still get all-day battery
I don’t know you married one, ask her and let us know?
Oh I have, I’ve heard every excuse haha, mostly just that she doesn’t think of it? Seems weird to me
when i see people’s phones constantly at, like, 12%, it drives me crazy.
Same thing with my girlfriend. I even got a charger and a cable just for her exclusive use but she keeps unplugging my phone because “it has more charge than mine”. Which, fair, but like??? It didn’t have to be this way??
Keeping Lithium-ion batteries at 100% charge will reduce their lifespan. They want to live in the 40-80% range. I use an app that notifies me when my phone has charged to 80%, so that I can unplug it. It may be overkill, but I plan to use this phone for 9 more years or so.
Me too. Samsung has a feature to “protect battery life”, so it only charges until 85%. You can keep it on power, but it won’t surpass 85%.
I used to never charge my phone at night, because of my battery health pedantry. I the found the AccA app which enables me to limit the maximum charging, so now I sometimes leave it changing during the night.
Requires root? I’d rather degrade my battery than run an out-of-date, more vulnerable operating system…
I use a chargie. It’s a physical Bluetooth connected device that connects between the phone and charger and lets you set your own charge limit. Works great with my wireless charger at night. I also have one for my tablet.
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I work a desk job with an outlet right there, The nearest outlet to my bed is on the other side of the room and I ain’t ain’t getting out of bed for my 3am memes.
I charge it during the day at work.
Boss makes a dollar I make a dime…
I have a wireless charging stand at work, so my phone is nearly 70% charged when I go to bed. No real point to me in having extra clutter on my nightstand.
On the weekends, I’ll charge my phone on the kitchen counter while making breakfast for the kids.
There’s actually a safety factor there. When Li-Ion (lithium-ion) batteries fail and suffer thermal runaway (fire), it’s most commonly during charging. It’s rare, but it does still happen. The rule is to avoid charging Li-Ion powered devices unattended. I do that at times myself, but I realize the risk and actually put things in a “charging pot” if unattended.
You don’t need anything fancy to use as a charging pot, a ceramic casserole dish will do. If you’re going to charge while asleep or out of the house it’s not a bad idea to use some kind of containment.
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I thought you’re not supposed to keep things charging after they reach full battery. Also I don’t have a plug near my bed lol
Recent smartphones learn your patterns and don’t fill up until the morning. For instance my phone currently is stuck at 80% and says it’ll be fully charged at 7AM
