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Mythbusting
So there are a ton of myths out there and i want to know if anyone can debunk them.
1. Battery charging. is it really harmful to partially charge a battery/ is it best to let it die before charging?
1b. Is it bad to talk on a phone while its charging (was told by a customer a coworker told him they cn blow up)
2. Talking on your phone while pumping gas. I was told a while ago that it could cause fumes to ignite to talk on a cell phone, just wondering if this is still the case.
Anyone know the answers?
1. Battery charging. is it really harmful to partially charge a battery/ is it best to let it die before charging?
1b. Is it bad to talk on a phone while its charging (was told by a customer a coworker told him they cn blow up)
2. Talking on your phone while pumping gas. I was told a while ago that it could cause fumes to ignite to talk on a cell phone, just wondering if this is still the case.
Anyone know the answers?
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So there are a ton of myths out there and i want to know if anyone can debunk them.
1. Battery charging. is it really harmful to partially charge a battery/ is it best to let it die before charging?
My understanding is that it can help the overall life of a Lithium Ion battery (the most common kind these days) to do full charge/discharge cycles for the first 2-3 charges. After that, it should not matter.
Older NiMH batteries did have a "memory effect" that was greatly affected by full vs. partial charges. NiMH technology was replaced by LiIon many years ago. I can't think of a single phone produced in the past five years with a NiMH battery.
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The only thing I would question is the charing and talking thing. I was told by a Motorola lab tech (in regards to the 325/K1m batteries swelling) that talking for more than a few minutes while charging can overheat the battery enough to cause a gas buildup or the heat can damage the protective circuitry. He told me that many/most of the cell phone batteries do not have vents for larger amounts of gas buildup. The circuitry isn't a big problem unless your charger circuitry is also not working, in which case, the charger and battery won't really know when to stop charging.
I could be completely wrong as I am only going off of what I was told, but I figure the source to be as credible as you can expect from Motorola.
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I could be completely wrong as I am only going off of what I was told, but I figure the source to be as credible as you can expect from Motorola.
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Yes they did. There is more of a risk to get in and out of the car while fueling up.
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1 i charge my phone every day and usually have 70% or more battery life left
and my phone has the same life it has the day i bought it
so i would say no
2 is crap there would have to be a serious problem with the charger or phone for it to "explode" and for the time it actually happened i am willing to put money the person did something really stupid to the phone
3 the static electricity build up on ur clothes and in ur body is more likely to cause the fumes from the gas to ignite than the phone so talk away
and my phone has the same life it has the day i bought it
so i would say no
2 is crap there would have to be a serious problem with the charger or phone for it to "explode" and for the time it actually happened i am willing to put money the person did something really stupid to the phone
3 the static electricity build up on ur clothes and in ur body is more likely to cause the fumes from the gas to ignite than the phone so talk away
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Everyone has pretty well covered them. For 1b- there's no danger to charging the phone while talking on it, however it can weaken the charging port on the phone or the end of the charger.
It's not the talking on it that is the cause but the constant motion and pull of the charger on the side walls of the phone's charging port.
It's not the talking on it that is the cause but the constant motion and pull of the charger on the side walls of the phone's charging port.
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