From: Ryan O'Connor <rocifier@gmail.com>
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Bob, does your phone have a feature marketed as "fast charge"? As it may be
set to that mode (in software), in which case it could be negatively
impacting your battery life. It requires a fairly beefy charger of at least
~3000mAh.

Ryan

On Mon, 7 Sep 2020 at 05:34, Bob Blick <bobblick@outlook.com> wrote:

> Hijacking the thread, I have a question about the battery in my mobile
> phone. I'm careful about charging, and want to get as many useful years o=
f
> life as possible out of the battery. I try to never let the battery get t=
oo
> low, never charge the phone if it's hot, and never let it charge fully.
> Based on the phone's gauge, I charge it when it's down to 40% and take it
> off charge when it reaches 80 or 85%. I think this is probably a pretty
> good way of doing it. I plug the charger into a timer so I don't have to
> watch it, I'm not totally OCD :)
>
> My question regards preferred charging current. The charger that came wit=
h
> the phone will do my normal charge regime in about 20 minutes. The good
> quality charger from a previous phone will take 90 minutes to do the same
> thing. Neither charger noticeably heats the phone.
>
> Which is easier on the battery, high current for a short period of time,
> or medium current for a longer time, both taking the battery from 40% to
> 80% state of charge?
>
> Thanks, Bob
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