Top Five Tips You Should Know About Smartphone Battery

With the technology evolving, smartphones are becoming more and more important in every person's life and the battery is an essential part of a smartphone for it to work. However, many people don't really understand how to optimize their smartphone's cell and how to keep it healthy. Here are 5 things you need to know about it.

1. Fast charging does not harm the battery

Many people have believed that fast charging might reduce the life cycle of the smartphone battery. However, that claim is actually wrong. In order to fast charging a cell, the smartphone’s CPU must support the technology and it will control the charging rate and temperature. If there is any abnormal, it will automatically reduce the charging rate or stop the phone from charging temporarily.

Usually, fast charging will be divided into 2 stages. In phase 1, smartphones will only charge up to 70 or 80% of the capacity and stop temporarily to stabilize and then continue to charge. Those are the ways the manufacturer has done to protect your phone's battery life.

2. Overnight charging does not affect the battery

Previously, older devices using removable batteries would make worry that charging their phones overnight might cause the battery to swell and get quickly damaged. But with current technology, you do not need to worry about that. When you charge overnight, the phone will stop charging when it is fully charged. Some of you worry that after stopping at 100 percent of battery life, the smartphone will start charging again if the capacity drops to 99%, and that will reduce battery life.

It is not fully wrong to think so, but the effect is minimal. If the battery capacity drops it still will not recharge itself and if recharged, it will not affect anything because repeatedly charging will not harm the battery.

3. High temperatures are harmful to batteries

Temperature is always a concern for your battery. Therefore, charging and using it in a tight space like leaving your phone in a backpack and charged it with a power bank could be dangerous. It is because the temperature will rise, and that will harm the battery and possibly you as well. So to be safe, you should be careful and unplug the charger when the temperature is too high.

4. Using third-party chargers is not recommended.

I see some of you think that charging the same charger for many devices will damage your phone’s battery. That is only accurate when you use a fake and low-quality charger. If not, there wouldn’t be any significant difference between a high-quality charge and the original charge. However, it is worth noting that the fast charging technology in the third-party charge might not be compatible with your phone. Therefore, you should do a bit of research before buying one.

5. Do not empty the battery

There are many friends who often let their phones run out of battery and even think that it is good to leave their phones fully run out and then recharge it. If you’re charging your phone’s battery from 0 to 100 percent every, that will count as one charge cycle. That means you will quickly shorten your battery’s lifespan. If your smartphone only has a capacity for around 300 to 500 cycles, then charging your smartphone from 0 to 100 percent could quickly lower the lifespan.

Through this article, you can now understand more about the smartphone battery and avoid actions that cause damage to it.