Facts And Myths Of Charging Mobile Battery Power, This Is The Right Way To Maintain Battery Health

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JAKARTA The right charging routine must be understood by all cellphone owners. By understanding this, the health of the cellphone battery can be maintained according to the support period of the manufacturer.

The first thing you shouldn't do is let your phone run out of battery. If you are used to charging when the phone battery reaches 0 percent, this action needs to be stopped because you actually put extra pressure on the battery.

Instead, keep the battery level between 20 and 80 percent. This percentage is the most ideal, even recommended by large phone manufacturers such as Apple and Samsung. Keeping this percentage can reduce the problem of wear and extend battery life.

Right Battery Charging Cycle

There are still many who don't know how the phone battery counting cycle is. If you think one time you charge the same as one cycle, even when the phone is only charged up to 50 percent, this is wrong.

The smartphones circulating today already use lithium-ion batteries. This battery is different from the nickel model. The lithium-ion battery is slowly aus every time it is recharged, with one charging cycle equivalent to the use of 100 percent battery capacity.

When you use 50 percent of the battery today, then charge the battery to full and use 50 percent more the next day, it is calculated as one cycle. This counting system is much different from traditional batteries.

Myths And Facts Of Overnight Charging

Currently, most mobile phones already support fast charging so users no longer need to charge overnight. However, some users may forget to withdraw their power before going to bed.

If this happens to you, then you don't need to worry because charging excessively is no longer a problem. Smart phones currently have built-in protection features that stop charging after reaching 100 percent.

Some phones can even slow down the last charging process to avoid batteries being at maximum voltage for a long time, such as the iPhone. However, keeping the battery at the 100 percent level constantly is not recommended.