is it ok to leave phone overnight on charge?

[Guest firestarter]

or as soon as battery is full I should remove it from the cradle?

Cheers,

firestarter

[Guest Emad]

Its a lithium ion battery, so it likes to be kept topped up continuously - it doesn't like being completely discharged and then recharged. Besides, if you let it completely discharge, your phone gets all forgetful..

[Guest xanadu]

If the battery is full, then the phone will stop charging automatically.

The phone may trickle charge the battery now and again just to keep it topped up.

[Guest elementalist]

Hang on, Emad, it DOESN'T like being completely discharged? What's this I've been told about the battery life improving after a number of discharge/charge cycles, then?

Eek!

[Guest timodonnell]

Modern Lithium Ion batteries don't suffer from the 'memory effect' of older mobile phone batteries (this problem disappeared years ago when most mobile device batteries went Li-ion)

The theory that battery life has extended after a few cycles is hokum, and obviously has nothing to do with us all playing with our new toys intensively for a few days then gradually using them less . . . ;-)

No doubt there are some who insist that the laws of physics don't apply at their house and their battery is indeed improving with age hehe

tim

[Guest xanadu]

The theory that battery life has extended after a few cycles is hokum, and obviously has nothing to do with us all playing with our new toys intensively for a few days then gradually using them less . . . ;-)

No doubt there are some who insist that the laws of physics don't apply at their house and their battery is indeed improving with age hehe

tim

I have to disagree with this.

My Nokia 7110 Lithium battery life definitely improved after a few charges when it was new, and the same thing happened when I got a new battery.

A new battery definitely does improve after a few charges, and that is what manufacturers recommend, so they can't be wrong !

Have a look here for info on Batteries...

http://www.cellpower.com/battery_tips.cfm

[Guest Rob.P]

I agree, I was always told that even though the discharge trickle on Li-Ion batteries is extremely low compared to the old type Ni batteries and that they can be constantly re-charged at anytime, they do need to be given a few cycles to start off with.

[Guest timodonnell]

I stand corrected ;-)