There are lots of myths regarding lithium batteries.. some say you are not supposed to overcharge it (charge it only when it's running out)
Some say it doesn't matter since lithium can be recharged as much as you want and it won't deteroriate the battery's life.
Which one? Can I recharge my Touch Pro 2 every night before I go to bed and leave it until morning? or should I do it when it's running out to preserve the battery's life?
You should keep the device on A/C power as much as possible. So, it's fine to charge daily overnight. Every once in a while, you should let the battery run all the way out before recharging. What this will do is keep your battery meter reading accurate. If you don't do this, eventually, your device will "think" it has more juice than it actually does.
Check this:
http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm
Ah thanks
So to cut the story short, recharge it as much as you can and prevent the battery ever from being run out
Nahhh, not fully true. Somewhere else on the site of batteryuniversity it sais that completely discharging the battery will reset it's memmory. This is usefull after a lot of charges and discharges (in the beginning, I think they already did this (you may hope).
(the memmory helps the battery know where his power is storaged and how much power the battery has left. But doing this frequent speeds up the battery 's lenght of life
In my experience
Enjoy your device and charge battery when needed/desired
Use it normal
Batteries have a duration of 3-4 years aprox, no matter if you charge it every night or leave it till it´s empty...
When battery fails you buy another one and so on
Just my opinion,
My experience with the battery life on my touch pro 2 is that I will keep the phone usually docked in my cradle on my desk when working so it's always on charge. When I use my battery I wait till it's about 40-30% drained and will stick it on the cradle again.
When I'm in my bed ready to sleep, I use the normal charger and leave it on charge over night.
Still experimenting though.
ilabstudios said:
My experience with the battery life on my touch pro 2 is that I will keep the phone usually docked in my cradle on my desk when working so it's always on charge. When I use my battery I wait till it's about 40-30% drained and will stick it on the cradle again.
When I'm in my bed ready to sleep, I use the normal charger and leave it on charge over night.
Still experimenting though.
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Do you have a cradle for your Rhodium ? Where did you get it ?
Check my battery thread, it will tell you pretty much everything about li-ion batteries and taking care of them
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=519673
quarintus said:
Nahhh, not fully true. Somewhere else on the site of batteryuniversity it sais that completely discharging the battery will reset it's memmory. This is usefull after a lot of charges and discharges (in the beginning, I think they already did this (you may hope).
(the memmory helps the battery know where his power is storaged and how much power the battery has left. But doing this frequent speeds up the battery 's lenght of life
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Hmm, first of all Li-ion batteries have NO MEMORY unlike NiCd batteries. You probably refer to resetting the reading gauge - which is related to device's capability of getting accurate reading rather than battery itself. It is recommended to let the device die once a month and give it a full charge to "recalibrate" phone's battery meter (not the battery).
But you should avoid hitting 100% battery mark as well as going bellow 30% as much as possible.
from my experience as a phone shop owner and owner of many many phones i always advise my customers and friends as follows:
1st charge 10-12 hrs. allow battery to fully discharge
2nd charge at least 8 hrs
after 2nd charge you can charge and use as you want. the initial 2 charges kick start everything and starts your battery cycle on good stead
never had any complaints!
Another thing, is it bad to use your device whilst plugged in?
danmb said:
Another thing, is it bad to use your device whilst plugged in?
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its ok to do that as it will run off ac power while plugged in
danmb said:
Another thing, is it bad to use your device whilst plugged in?
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The battery should be as cold as possible when charged. So if you are using the phone the battery power drains and is charged at the same time. Therefore it gets warmer than without.
Best for the battery is to be charged when the device is switched off completely.
I wouldn't consider that much of a problem, because you have bought the device to use it and not to live in fear that you treat the battery right
when plugged into USB and playing a game on my TP2 I got the message the device is using too much power, and it drained the battery even though recharging via USB. No problems when using AC adapter though.
Used my XDA Orbit 2 for 2 years now, and mostly charged at free will. Battery is still fine, so no special charging rules for me...
I noticed though, that charging over USB takes quite some time while charging over AC cable is done within an hour or so. When looking at my AC it has 5 Watts of output power, while the USB only has 2.5. That would explain your issue with the battery running out even when having the USB cable plugged in.
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Do you have a cradle for your Rhodium ? Where did you get it ?
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http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=179339
My battery seems to drop by 10 percent almost immediately after coming off charger. I read this is a known issue. My question is if I install different kernel will this fix problem? And what would be a good starting one?
Thanks!
That will happen no matter what kernel you have installed. You must bump charge to reach a full 100% charge. Try out different kernels, everyone has their own opinion on which is best. I am using the newest stock HTC kernel and get great battery life, but i also did with Kings BFS Kernel.
Wonder why this can't be fixed?
By bump charge do you mean that you unplug and plug back?
Charge your phone to full with the phone turned on, then power off and charge till the light turns green again.
Does anyone know what changed exactly with the charging from 2.1 to 2.2? I know HTC made it charge slower so that it wouldn't over heat because for some stupid reason it still runs off the battery while charging. Anyways, is there a way to change it back so that it can charge much quicker like it used to, because now when its plugged in it charges extremely slowly while I'm on it and sometimes loses battery still. Is it possible to mod it so that it will draw its power from the external source and charge the battery quicker as well? Thanks!!
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try rmk's new kernel..
Can anyone confirm this kernel charges faster? I may consider a 1500ma batt, I don't really a larger batt, but format I may wish I did.
Uh, what?
Use rmk's new HTC kernel. It charges like 1% a minute. Super fast. Also, slower battery drain.
Thanks, Great detail.
I was meaning to say, a larger battery will take longer to charge.. so faster charging would be of interest.
My phone shut down or can not start with battery. I can see the battery is full charged.
It can start with charger, can work with charger.
Does my phone have only bettery issue? (ARHD 6.3.3 ROM).
soleil10 said:
My phone shut down or can not start with battery. I can see the battery is full charged.
It can start with charger, can work with charger.
Does my phone have only bettery issue? (ARHD 6.3.3 ROM).
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Can the phone run on battery after starting it?
Might need the battery contacts cleaned.
Darunion said:
Can the phone run on battery after starting it?
Might need the battery contacts cleaned.
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Thx for your answer.
After starting (with charger), it can run yesterday, but when i open the camera, it shut down...
Today, after starting (with charger), when i want unlock the phone, it shut down.
How to clean battery contacts?
is it possible there is something wrong with the battery stas ..??
CMIIW, im just newbie in here
Hey,
Is there a way to power this phone without a battery is plugged in?
It won't start without battery while charging and if you plug the batter out while your phone is on it will Shut down.
It would be very nice for Gaming because the battery isn't charging and discharging heavily on the same time.
Greets.
I want to know if people have done this too... probably will involve some DIY....
I'm using mine right now with no battery, only the quick charger plugged in. Turned it on with battery in and charger plugged in then took the battery out while the system was booting. About 10 minutes into use currently