BU-808: How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries (2023)

After the first battery of my Samsung S4 expanded at the end of its life in less than 2 years, I found a utility that didn't work perfectly but could limit charge anywhere between 30 to 100% most of the time, and it prolonged the lifetime of the couple of later batteries during the 10+ years I used the phone with a limit around 66%.

I was glad to see my new Samsung XCover 7 has a built-in option to limit charge to 80%, although a flaky usb cable could sometimes overcharge to 100%. And also has a removable battery.

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Mistletoe an hour ago | parent [-]

You only charged your phone to 66% for ten years?

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gattilorenz 40 minutes ago | parent [-]

Veeeeery slow charger :)

But yeah, at some point we should also consider the tradeoff between convenience and battery life. Batteries can be replaced, having to charge twice a day is a PITA for me.

	▲	BLKNSLVR a minute ago \| parent [-]
		My charging solution is that I've purchased three wireless charging docks that sit my phone slightly leaning backwards, therefore nicely viewable if necessary. One sits on my desk at work, one sits on my desk at home and the third sits on my bedside table. I just place it on the charged while working / sleeping and it's always got enough charge. (I also use the surprisingly fairly recent addition of matter charging protection to limit it to 80% charge) I'm aware this won't work for all use cases, but it's great for mine.