Guest RedondoUK Posted February 5, 2005 Report Posted February 5, 2005 May be a bit of a silly question but I have an Orange SPV C500 and just wanted to know when I should charge the phone i.e should I wait till the battery indicator goes down to one bar or doesnt it matter when i do it? I've had it for about a month and charged it once with the battery charger that came with it when i first got it and since then i've been charging it via USB usually when its gone down to 2 or 3 bars on the indicator.
Guest squall Posted February 5, 2005 Report Posted February 5, 2005 charging cycles dont matter with li-ion batterys. Dont fully discharge as that will damage the battery. possibly causing data loss in the phone to.
Guest Dannyc500 Posted February 5, 2005 Report Posted February 5, 2005 I always thought you should let it discharge every once in a while?
Guest Disco Stu Posted February 5, 2005 Report Posted February 5, 2005 Not with modern batteries I believe. Best to keep the phone in the charger whenever possible.
Guest squall Posted February 5, 2005 Report Posted February 5, 2005 no not li ion that will damage the battery. Ive written about this before so do a search on modaco for details, but basically there is a circuit in the battery that requires a small but constant supply to manage the battery, take that away and the battery may not charge etc
Guest Dannyc500 Posted February 5, 2005 Report Posted February 5, 2005 Its on charge now, cheers. :lol:
Guest xenophobe Posted February 6, 2005 Report Posted February 6, 2005 Yes, it's not nicad or nimh, so you'll want to make sure to top it off whenever you can. Anytime I'm around a computer for a while, I'll plug it in, or when I'm at home.
Guest RedondoUK Posted February 6, 2005 Report Posted February 6, 2005 Thanks for the advice, i'll continue to charge from my USB cable like I have been doing most days.
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