How To Calibrate A Lithium-Ion Battery

[johnashtonedgar]

There are a lot of misunderstandings when it comes to the calibration of the Lithium-ion battery, which is not to be confused with conditioning. Having a phone that is a “Swiss Army” knife of phones can be taxing on your battery. You need to get the battery and phone in shape to handle running its multiple applications simultaneously. Did I hear someone say, “Sorry iphone?” Calibration pertains to the phone and not the battery. The phone can lose the exact point of what "full" really is, so it estimates it. The estimate, especially with new batteries, becomes or is distorted on the phones charge gauge. This will cause the phone to give false readings on charge and to prematurely shutdown.

Calibrate the battery by completely draining it until the phone completely shuts itself off. Turn the phone on again and let it shut itself off one more time. Then charge your phone while it is off for over 8 hours. Works great if timed to sync with your “Android” sleep period. This will fully charge the battery so that when the Android is turned on, it now sees the battery as full. It is recommended to repeat this process at least one more time. You will see a significant increase in your battery’s charge life. Calibration of a battery can be done at any point and a maintenance calibration is recommended every month.

This will ensure that you are getting your maximum amount of Android goodness per charge.

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[Obi]

Very helpful thread, well done

[PhxBlue]

Great write up for sure.

[johnashtonedgar]

Very helpful thread, well done


Great write up for sure.

Thanks guys. Proud of this one. It was hard to break it down into understandable lingo (even to me). For such a little diddy, it took a long time. Cheers! :)

[TtownLarry]

There are a lot of misunderstandings when it comes to the calibration of the Lithium-ion battery, which is not to be confused with conditioning. Having a phone that is a “Swiss Army” knife of phones can be taxing on your battery. You need to get the battery and phone in shape to handle running its multiple applications simultaneously. Did I hear someone say, “Sorry iphone?” Calibration pertains to the phone and not the battery. The phone can lose the exact point of what "full" really is, so it estimates it. The estimate, especially with new batteries, becomes or is distorted on the phones charge gauge. This will cause the phone to give false readings on charge and to prematurely shutdown.

Calibrate the battery by completely draining it until the phone completely shuts itself off. Turn the phone on again and let it shut itself off one more time. Then charge your phone while it is off for over 8 hours. Works great if timed to sync with your “Android” sleep period. This will fully charge the battery so that when the Android is turned on, it now sees the battery as full. It is recommended to repeat this process at least one more time. You will see a significant increase in your battery’s charge life. Calibration of a battery can be done at any point and a maintenance calibration is recommended every month.

This will ensure that you are getting your maximum amount of Android goodness per charge.

:D

VEry Nice!!!:D

[Obi]

yeah i always knew you should let it die and charge it while off like once a month but this was great. Oh and i did that last night, just turned it back on so we will see :)