how often do you charge your mobile devices?

[JD]

My Pixel 3's battery ain't what it used to be so I usually have to charge nightly now. When I'm working from home I have the tendency to plop it on the wireless charger and use it as a desk clock but I'm guessing that topping up of the battery isn't the best thing for it.

After I had my Pixel 3's battery swell twice, I figured leaving it on the Pixel Stand all the time likely wasn't a good idea... even though it was advertised for such purposes. Been a lot more cautious with my Pixel 5.

That being said, the iPhone's I've had for work, they seem to really slow down the charging past 95% or so, not sure why Android hasn't adopted that.

 

[crazyea]

There is a setting in IOS under battery/battery health called "Optimized Battery Charging" that slows it down after 80%. That last 5% can be agonizingly slow.

 

[Izerous]

depending on what i'm working on the S20 FE i can drain the battery more than once in a day so it sits on a lower power wireless charger on my desk all day when not actively in use. It isn't as bad if i disable the 120hz refresh... but honestly turning it on and off is noticeably more pleasant with it on i'll deal with the crappy battery life for that. If i'm going to be out and about i'll turn it off.

 

[sswilson]

I was under the impression that modern phones were supposed to be "smart" when it comes to optimal charging.

 

[GeezerGamer]

If I go through a day(Very rare) where I'm left with %75 I leave it alone otherwise it charges every night. My android phones have always had good battery life......

 

[Marzipan]

Good question, I follow the 20%-80% rule and align the max charging levels with this app:

AccuâBattery - Apps on Google Play

AccuâBattery monitors battery health performance via science

play.google.com

Allows you to monitor the battery degradation as well as advise the best patterns for charging it. Generally charge max to 80% to reduce the wear.

I installed this, but because my battery is at 100%, it thinks it's plugged in and charging when it is not.

 

[Marzipan]

@anabioz doesn't appear there is a AccuBattery for iOS...do you know of a good 'battery' app for iPhone's n iPad's/

 

[anabioz]

@anabioz doesn't appear there is a AccuBattery for iOS...do you know of a good 'battery' app for iPhone's n iPad's/

Wasn't able to find a solid equivalent. We could message AccuBattery dev and see what he/she says about it.

 

[MARSTG]

That being said, the iPhone's I've had for work, they seem to really slow down the charging past 95% or so, not sure why Android hasn't adopted that.

My Huawei P30 PRO has that setting available. I usually charge it every other day, or whenever it drops under 20% but I had cases when it shutdown completely with the battery depleted. It has SuperCharging and in 30 mins gets to around 65-70%, it's one of the reasons why I left Samsung, the other is the 4200 mAh battery capacity and 5x optical zoom.

 

[On2wheels]

I found accubattery more trouble than it was worth after using a week or so. Android 12 is terrible for judging how a battery performs from cycle to cycle, but there's this now i suppose

https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/qo4swt