A battery losing its capacity is the main cause of irritation and dissatisfaction with your own gadget. The smartphone can turn off at any time. There was only 50 percent charge, and after a minute his screen went dark and the device turned off, since the battery was fully charged. Or, you left home with a fully charged battery, and in the middle of the day it already shows 30% charge... How is that possible??
And this may apply to both mobile devices with small batteries up to 2000 mAh, and phablets with 5000 mAh. The cause of this “memory effect” in batteries is most often improper charging. Often, we are simply not aware or do not pay attention to the rules for charging the batteries of our devices. It's time to learn some theory. We will share with you some of these rules, compiled by us based on the Battery University resource guide.
Rule 1. Do not leave your smartphone charging from night to morning
Many of us are used to putting our mobile phone on charge for the next work day when we go to bed. As a result, the battery is charged from night to morning, although it only takes 2-3 hours to reach a full charge. The rest of the time, the fully charged battery will be under voltage. It's like if you're full, they keep pushing food into your mouth, and you refuse by closing your mouth. The condition is, to put it mildly, stressful. So for a battery, recharging is stressful. After all, after working out in the gym, we relax our muscles, otherwise they will hurt and the body will be overloaded. It is definitely important to disconnect smartphones from the charging power supply when the battery reaches 100 percent charge.
If you regularly leave your phone charging from night to morning, then after a year the charge holding time will drop significantly. (And the specialists of our service center fully confirm this fact)
What happens if the iPad is not charged correctly?
If you do not follow the recommendations proposed in this material, nothing bad will happen right away. The phone will not explode immediately after the first incorrect charge cycle and will not stop functioning instantly. It will take quite a long time for the consequences to appear. But they will be truly destructive not only for the device itself, but also for the nerves of its owner. To begin with, the device will begin to seriously glitch and work much less than out of the box. In the future, it will turn off when it reaches a certain percentage of the battery. Or completely discharge in a matter of hours. And in the end it won't turn on at all. And replacing the battery on Apple devices is very difficult - after all, they are non-removable.
Rule 2: Recharge several times a day
The times when we were advised to keep the battery charge to a minimum and only then charge the phone are long gone. This was useful for the older generation of nickel-cadmium (Ni─Cd) batteries. Modern lithium-ion (Li-ion) and lithium-polymer (Li-pol) batteries, on the contrary, require regular recharge. This will cause her to experience less “stress.” Therefore, get used to having a cable and a charger everywhere: at home, in the car “under the cigarette lighter,” in the office. There are statistics that if a lithium-ion battery is constantly discharged to zero and charged to 100 percent, it will endure no more than 500 cycles, after which it can be scrapped. A short-term recharge to half the charge will extend the battery life by three times.
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charge at levels from
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percent. This condition will provide you with the longest battery life.
iPad battery capacity
- The iPad 3 contains two batteries connected to each other with a total capacity of 24.8 Wh, which is approximately 6,613 mAh. The operating time of the tablet with this battery is approximately 10 hours.
- In the iPad 4, this capacity is almost doubled and is thus equal to 42 Wh, which corresponds to 11,666 mAh. Despite the large battery capacity, its operating time is about 10 hours, and all due to the fact that the inside of the device consumes much more energy.
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- Vsevolod:
12/21/2017 at 17:26I was very interested in this article and here’s why: I’m the one who charges my iPhone once a day and tries to drain my iPhone’s battery to 10% and leave it to charge overnight. Over the course of 10 months, my iPhone battery lost 20% of its capacity. (I checked this with the program Battery Care from the App Store). About the same time ago, I gave my wife an iPhone and she charges it as needed. I very rarely charge it overnight. I often swore at this, saying that because of this the battery dies and we will have to install a new one... but here’s what I noticed over time - my 1% iPhone lives for a few minutes and turns off, but my wife’s 1% iPhone can last up to o'clock. From the article, I understood that either my wife charged her iPhone more correctly, or her system went wrong and now needs calibration... Interesting. In any case, I stopped being a slave to charging, thank you =)
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- service_apple:
04/20/2018 at 01:28
Thank you for your feedback and story. We think that this will help our readers charge their iPhones correctly =)
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- Andrey Radinsky:
04/09/2018 at 12:05
Oh, there was such a situation. I bought myself an iPhone, it worked and wasn’t stupid. Then, after a month, I began to notice that my iPhone began to drain quickly. At first I didn’t understand why, I decided to send it in for repairs under warranty, but there was an immediate refusal, they said that everything was working as it should. I came as a lady and I think how the battery is draining quickly. Then I realized how best to do it. To prevent the battery from dying out, you must always charge it at 30% and charge it not to the maximum, but to 90%, then the battery lasts longer.
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- service_apple:
04/09/2018 at 20:19
Andrey, thank you for your comment! If you have any assumptions about the need to replace the battery on your iPhone, I recommend reading our article, it explains why the battery on your iPhone can quickly discharge, these are not only mechanical, but also software solutions! The article is available at the link:
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- service_apple:
04/09/2018 at 20:24
We also have a good article on the topic: How to understand that the battery on an iPhone needs to be replaced? I think this volume of materials is enough to determine the cause. And an accurate diagnosis, of course, can only be made by a service center, after a detailed study of the consumption on the motherboard, the operation of the charge controller, and the battery itself. So, link to the article:
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- Tatiana Sverdlova:
09/13/2018 at 12:22
It is difficult to disagree that it is beneficial for the manufacturer that our equipment breaks down faster, otherwise their production will suffer losses. For a long time, I also didn’t understand why my smartphone didn’t become completely infected when I connected it to the network at night. And during the day, it really only takes a couple of hours to fully recharge. Thank you for the instructive article, I think it will be useful to many.
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- service_apple:
09/13/2018 at 16:29
Thank you, Tatyana, for your comment. A very pleasant feeling arises inside when you receive gratitude. When you see that what you do is necessary and helps, you feel the usefulness that you bring to society. Thank you! Have a nice day!
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- Alexander Vosschilov:
10/22/2019 at 20:33
Thank you very much for this article. I read it with great pleasure, interest and surprise. I realized that I am charging my iPhone absolutely incorrectly and therefore I have to change the battery on my iPhone every year. I thought I was just unlucky with iPhones...
I have a question - now I charge my iPhone using a wireless charger, but before I charged it using a regular one, which is included. After I bought a wireless charger and started charging it, my iPhone began to work less time. Are my assumptions correct that this could be due to wireless charging or not?
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- service_apple:
10/22/2019 at 11:42 pm
Alexander, thank you for your feedback! I am very pleased that our work has benefited you. Regarding the fact that you change the battery on your iPhone approximately once a year - I think that this has nothing to do with the fact that you charge it to full. But if you discharge it to zero and then charge it to full, this is bad for Li-Ion and Li-Pol batteries. Such use will affect the battery life.
As for wireless charging. There may be two factors here, first, you bought wireless charging when you had already been using the iPhone for a considerable time and the battery had 200-300 cycles. And it just coincided that it began to hold less at the same time that wireless charging was purchased. But there may be a different situation. Often people who have wireless chargers get used to constantly putting their iPhone down for a “light snack”, for 5-10-15 minutes, and often. 5-15 times a day. This is what batteries don't like. I would be happy to discuss with you in more detail over the phone. If the format of communication here is more convenient for you, please write, I will answer. Thank you again for your feedback about our work!
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Putting the device into airplane mode
The most effective way to reduce the charging time of your iPhone and iPad is to turn on airplane mode for a while. Wi-fi, bluetooth and GSM modules, which ensure stable energy consumption, will be turned off. Without a network connection, there will be no background synchronization of applications, constant messages from instant messengers and social networks, calls and letters.
Take a 30-40 minute break from your device, and during this time it will receive a greater boost of energy.
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Many fans of Apple products are interested in whether it is possible to charge an iPhone using an iPad charger if the original one is broken. The question is really interesting, since Apple devices are quite expensive, and not everyone wants to spend a lot of money on repairing them.
For your information! Charging devices for iPhone and iPad are slightly different not only in appearance, but also in their characteristics. The output current in the first case is 1 A, and in the second - already 2 A. This is due to the fact that the iPad has a more powerful battery.
As for the very possibility of charging a smartphone with a device from a tablet, this is quite feasible. Moreover, this should not cause any harm to the iPhone. On the contrary, there are even a number of advantages:
- reduction of charging time due to the use of a more powerful power supply;
- no need to carry two charges with you at once.
Important! There are no downsides to this method, but some users on the Internet often write that their phone gets a little warm. We are, of course, talking about original accessories.
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The manufacturer always recommends using only original cords and power supplies. It is possible to use products certified as suitable for these operations. Turning on your smartphone or tablet for charging is done as follows:
- The device is connected to the cable via a USB port.
- The other end of the cable is installed into the corresponding connector on the power supply.
- The power supply plug is inserted into a regular home electrical outlet.
Note! You can also charge your smartphone from a computer, hub or docking station. You can also connect a cable to them, but in this case you will no longer need to use an adapter.
If all conditions are met, the battery will begin the charging cycle. If the phone is turned on, this will be immediately noticeable by the lightning icon that appears on the corresponding icon. In the locked state, just press the main button under the display to verify that the process has begun: a large picture will be displayed in the form of a AA battery with the percentage value of the available charge.
If the phone was turned off or completely discharged, then when you connect it to the network, it may behave differently:
- do not react to the process in any way for a couple of minutes;
- show the same picture of a battery, but in red;
- display an image of the cable if it breaks or the adapter malfunctions.
Replacing the power controller
