Guest jibber Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Hmm. I got my m3100 yesterday, I@ve been using it and charging it on and off, but it never seems to go above 90% charge!. It's been sitting at 90% for the last hour on charge via my laptop... anyone seen the same? I'll try and plug it in the mains when I get home.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jibber Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 ok,. it seems to be reporting correctly now with a reboot of the device.. weird tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimbouk Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Even though these new fangled batteries are supposedly a lot more forgiving than the ones we all used a few years ago, I am sure that a little bit of conditioning doesn't go amiss... ie fully charge and fully drain as often as you can (ie at least once every couple of weeks). Then again I might be once again displaying my ability to communicate using a language derived from the spherical male reproductive organs... PS Havent seen my M3100 go below 40% yet and used it for about an hours calling yesterday, constant direct push, about 30 mins 3g surfing and nearly two hours mucking about on web/email/messenger on wifi - so although I will make sure I have a mini USB and car adapter with me, the worries about the 3g and new processor draining it too fast seem unfounded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pondrew Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Know what you mean Jimbouk but apparently completely discharging the battery can damage it's product life and/or capacity (this from Awarner (MVP) who seems au fait with the technology involved). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimbouk Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Ok - not completely discharging but running as low as is safely allowable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awarner (MVP) Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 It's best to keep lithium batteries topped-up rather than draining them. A condition charge for this type of battery is to keep it in the charger for a long time ie overnight, this is worth doing once in a while. Trying to discharge the battery will cause a loss in capacitance which can never be repaired. This will result in a shorter life expectancy. Also don't forget these batteries are technically designed to last a year/500 charges as a minimum anything longer is a bonus but most will last longer. And the battery is the one component of the phone that is classed as a consumable. Finally this is for lithium batteries and not the old nickel based type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ingvarr Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 (edited) They only why you need to completely discharge the LiIon/LiPoly (and also Lead Acid) battery, is to calibrate a battery controller to make proper runtime estimates and collect some other knowledge it needs. This only needs to be done when you are replacing a battery or did a hard reset. Also periodically no more often then once a month (as battery slowly ages and characteristics change). Besides from that, full cycling of LiIon/LiPoly will only stress them more and shorten their life a lot faster. Edited August 18, 2006 by Ingvarr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eaglesrest Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 Hmm. I got my m3100 yesterday, I@ve been using it and charging it on and off, but it never seems to go above 90% charge!. It's been sitting at 90% for the last hour on charge via my laptop... anyone seen the same? I'll try and plug it in the mains when I get home.... I have exactly the same problem. Its stuck at 90 % & still charging. its been like that since i first got it and reboot and even a hard reset hasnt made any difference. any tips? i'm tempted to send it back for a replacement. i bought it from an orange shop so would it go back there or direct to orange? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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