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My wife's phone dies every. single. day. and I don't know why she doesn't just charge it at night.

I'm just wondering how people live like this πŸ˜…

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I charge my phone at work ...

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Fire hazard.

I charge it at work while I'm (mostly) conscious. xD

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Because I try to charge my phone when I am in the office, as much as possible. There are no small savings in my book :D

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Keeping Lithium-ion batteries at 100% charge will reduce their lifespan. They want to live in the 40-80% range. I use an app that notifies me when my phone has charged to 80%, so that I can unplug it. It may be overkill, but I plan to use this phone for 9 more years or so.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Both iphone and androids have an OS option to stop charging at 85 though - I keep it on all the time unless I'm going to need that extra bit of juice

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I charge it during the day at work.

Boss makes a dollar I make a dime...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

... that's why I charge on company time

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I feel this pain. Wife's battery-powered devices are always in a constant state of dying. Something has convinced her that it's better to let the battery almost! die, then charge it to full, but not leave it plugged in because that will degrade the battery; meaning it never gets charged overnight. I'm sure there's a small kernel of truth in where she learned that, but it's almost a joke at this point when she goes scrambling for her charger when using her phone, tablet, etc. It's painful, but also adorable? I guess. Anyway, it's not a hill I'm willing to die on, so I just let it be and laugh almost everytime it happens.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Something has convinced her that it’s better to let the battery almost! die, then charge it to full, but not leave it plugged in because that will degrade the battery

That was true a long time ago when NiCad batteries were around. But, since they had the problems you described, they're not around any more, and phones generally all use lithium-ion batteries which don't have this issue.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think that was true like.. 10+ years ago, but battery and power management tech have advanced so that's no longer necessesary. I think running full cycles on your battery is actually bad for it now, I set mine to stop charging when it hits 85% to preserve battery health.

Sounds stressful constantly worrying about battery life, plopping it on a wireless charger before bed is the way to go.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

She needn't worry about manually optimizing battery wear, and, in fact, the most harmful thing you can do to a battery is to fully deplete it frequently.

Educate her about built-in optimized battery charging. iPhones and some Androids have it.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I used to never charge my phone at night, because of my battery health pedantry. I the found the AccA app which enables me to limit the maximum charging, so now I sometimes leave it changing during the night.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

If you're still convinced you need to run your battery down to zero you're operating on outdated knowledge of NiCad batteries and ruining your lithium ion batteries.

My Android phone has a built in functionality to charge so that it hits 100% when your alarm is rigged to go off. Idk about iphone though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

iPhone will charge to 80% then wait until just before you wake up to charge the rest.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I use Samsung built in feature to limit to 85% and I'm so glad they implemented it because I was about to either try to look for an app again or stop charging at night...

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

when i see people's phones constantly at, like, 12%, it drives me crazy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Haha it's always funny with screenshots posted on social media, like 4% I'm sweating πŸ˜…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just fall asleep while watching a yt video of something and the phone is still in my hand.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I genuinely don't understand how this works for so many people. When i watch something, I watch it and wont sleep until i make the concious decision to stop paying attention and close my eyes. Same with books or anything really. Maybe music works

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I WISH I could make the conscious decision to sleep. How does THAT work?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It doesn't matter when you got a fast-charge phone.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Fast charging decreases the lifetime of your battery compared to traditional charging. It's not a huge difference anymore (maybe 3% or something), but traditional charging isn't that inconvenient considering you're not using your phone while you sleep, anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This mindset is so frustrating. My fiancee and I will have a discussion like do you want to go do _______. We decide to go, and now ensues the I need to let my phone charge some before we go. Waiting ~30 minutes before leaving to go somewhere is very disadvantages.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Charge your phone in your vehicle on the way

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I read to fall asleep, so my phone usually stays with me in bed. Pro-Tip, if she has an iPhone, set the Sleep focus to turn on at a specific time and enable low power mode.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

For many years I always did this for my own android phone in Tasker, and more recently Samsung Modes&Routines, but thank you for this as I just realized I never did the same for my wife's iPhone

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I have a wireless charger on my desk, pretty much almost every day I already have 100% when going to bed

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'm worried there'll be an electrical fault and it'll start a fire.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Same thing with my girlfriend. I even got a charger and a cable just for her exclusive use but she keeps unplugging my phone because "it has more charge than mine". Which, fair, but like??? It didn't have to be this way??

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I have a wireless charging stand at work, so my phone is nearly 70% charged when I go to bed. No real point to me in having extra clutter on my nightstand.

On the weekends, I’ll charge my phone on the kitchen counter while making breakfast for the kids.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

they forgor

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I don't want an exploding phone in my bedroom. I charge it at my desk while working

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Sometimes I fall sleep while scrolling or watching something in bed, so no overnight charge

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

There's actually a safety factor there. When Li-Ion (lithium-ion) batteries fail and suffer thermal runaway (fire), it's most commonly during charging. It's rare, but it does still happen. The rule is to avoid charging Li-Ion powered devices unattended. I do that at times myself, but I realize the risk and actually put things in a "charging pot" if unattended.

You don't need anything fancy to use as a charging pot, a ceramic casserole dish will do. If you're going to charge while asleep or out of the house it's not a bad idea to use some kind of containment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I didn't know about that, now I'm scared.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Don't be scared, it's actually a pretty rare occurrence. Just be aware it can happen. Same thing with driving, accidents are rare, but wear your seatbelt.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I charge in the morning.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Because i charge it before i go to sleep?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I do generally charge my phone at night, but I do it while awake and unplug it before I go to sleep. It's increasingly rare these days, but I just don't want to risk the potential fire hazard of leaving a phone plugged in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Laziness. The cord is always on the floor, and I don't want to have to reach down there.

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