It is 2016 and almost everyone in Nigeria has a phone. The thing about these phones are that, like most other gadgets, they use batteries that tend to run out quite speedily as smartphones evolve.

Though these batteries are often cheap to replace, users have over time come up with certain rules to preserve battery lifespan. Although some of these rules are real, there are several others that are just myths that need to be ignored.

Jovago.com, Africa’s No.1 online hotel booking service clears the air about some of these commonly-held mobile battery myths.

Don’t charge your battery until it is completely dead and ensure you charge them to full before using them

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If you have ever been to Computer Village on Lagos mainland, you may have encountered a smartphone vendor advising you to refrain from using the device before it is fully charged and that you should only charge again when the battery is flat, as that is the best way to preserve the quality of the battery. Fortunately, this rule is a complete myth. Modern batteries are Li-ion, and they actually perform better when they are not fully discharged. Letting them drain completely has no significant effect on lifespan nor capacity.

The actual threat to the battery is in the number of charge cycles- the number of times the battery goes from dead or nearly dead to full. Each battery has a limited number of charge cycles before performance begins to degrade. To control this, it is best to keeping the battery in the 50 to 80 range, that way you avoid a high number of charge cycles, thus extending the lifespan of your battery.

Turning off the Wi-Fi, hotspot and Bluetooth helps save Battery life while phone calls, data use and downloads deplete battery fastest

It might come as a shock to most Nigerians, but Wi-Fi actually uses less battery than most other cellular functions. Also, smartphones with Bluetooth 4.0 and its Low Energy protocol means that you can leave Bluetooth enabled and your battery life remains unaffected, so, turning them off does not actually help you save battery life in anyway.

Phone calls, data use, downloads and other processes running on your phone, including background apps and tasks actually use some battery energy, but none of them cause severe battery drains. If you want to conserve your battery, you may want to start with reducing the gaming and graphics-intensive processes. Also, cut out streaming video or online games on your smartphone as they are the culprits that drain on your device.

Using your phone while it is charging is a bad idea, so is overnight charging.

Most smartphone users in Nigeria generally believe that it is wrong to use your phone while it is plugged and charging. Aside from the fact that they believe that the user could wind up electrocuted, they think that it takes a toll on the phone battery. But truth is, as long as you are not using a sketchy third-party charger, there are no risks really.

Also, regarding overnight charging, Nigerians may need to know that phone batteries have evolved so much over the years, becoming smarter and easier to manage, and these batteries actually know when to stop charging, whether they are plugged in or not. Leaving it plugged overnight does not necessarily affect the battery life, except in cases of erratic power supply.

Nice OP...tho I knw all diz b4

Nice tips..., i will start cruising at 60-80 knots

That last one is the most annoying myth.

they keep shouting that pressing your phone while using it will take a toll on the battery or otherwise damage it.

i feel like slapping them

Teempakguy:
That last one is the most annoying myth.

they keep shouting that pressing your phone while using it will take a toll on the battery or otherwise damage it.

i feel like slapping them

if I may ask, why does some phone ba3 get hot when using them in charging mode... even the processor compartment too

bqlekan:
if I may ask, why does some phone ba3 get hot when using them in charging mode... even the processor compartment too

That is because of how smartphones manage power. and the laws of physics.
when using the battery, you have a limited amount of power. in order to conserve this power and make the phone last longer on each charge, when on battery, the phone's performance is sometimes reduced. for instance, the screen my be dimmed, the processor speed may be reduced . . . and so on. in effect, less power is consumed and so, less heat is produced.
when charging, from the phone's perspective, it has all the power in the world. so It gobbles it. processor speed runs at top notch, all functions are activated, and on top of that, the battery charges. there is no way around this. since the phone is now using more power, it must heat up because all that energy has to go somewhere.

Teempakguy:
That is because of how smartphones manage power. and the laws of physics.
when using the battery, you have a limited amount of power. in order to conserve this power and make the phone last longer on each charge, when on battery, the phone's performance is sometimes reduced. for instance, the screen my be dimmed, the processor speed may be reduced . . . and so on. in effect, less power is consumed and so, less heat is produced.
when charging, from the phone's perspective, it has all the power in the world. so It gobbles it. processor speed runs at top notch, all functions are activated, and on top of that, the battery charges. there is no way around this. since the phone is now using more power, it must heat up because all that energy has to go somewhere.

oh ok, I get you.. good you used the word 'maybe' I'm afraid mobile phones don't work that way.. talk about a laptop computer and I won't dispute that fact. ever asked yourself why phone slow charge when using it while charging? and why system still charges normally?
when plugged in, mobile phones uses the battery as it charges, it doesn't use the dc power directly. this is why your phone won't switch on if you remove your battery when your charger is plugged in..
but system does.

using a battery while charging it is a great battery killer bro.

bqlekan:


oh ok, I get you.. good you used the word 'maybe' I'm afraid mobile phones don't work that way.. talk about a laptop computer and I won't dispute that fact. ever asked yourself why phone slow charge when using it while charging? and why system still charges normally?
when plugged in, mobile phones uses the battery as it charges, it doesn't use the dc power directly. this is why your phone won't switch on if you remove your battery when your charger is plugged in..
but system does.

using a battery while charging it is a great battery killer bro.

I thought we were talking about smartphones
Anyway, I guess I may be wrong about that.

however, There should be no reason why having the current pass through the battery should kill it. what usually damages batteries are charge cycles.

Teempakguy:
I thought we were talking about smartphones

lol, .. the explanation you gave earlier suited that of a laptop computer system not a smartphone bro.



smartphone doesn't use the dc power directly when in charging mode.. it still uses the battery power. and this makes the battery become hot, and causes faster discharge..

bqlekan:


lol, .. the explanation you gave earlier suited that of a laptop computer system not a smartphone bro.



smartphone doesn't use the dc power directly when in charging mode.. it still uses the battery power. and this makes the battery become hot, and causes faster discharge..

The battery does become hot even when not charging. at least for my phone.
but think about this. even if it uses battery power. how does that affect the battery life?

Teempakguy:
The battery does become hot even when not charging. at least for my phone.
but think about this. even if it uses battery power. how does that affect the battery life?

when your battery behaves that way, then your processor is being overworked/overloaded. clear background apps and if you are on android, get Greenify.



it's a known fact that using your battery while charging causes temperature rise. The Li-ion cell undergoes electrochemical reaction. It will always obey Arrhenius theory like every other reaction in equilibrium. whegn there is increase in temperature, the rate of reaction increases, thereby causing increase in power output which in turns generate more heat. This then cause thermal Runaway at the anode ( Lithium colbalt oxide which is mostly used in smartphone batteries). then explosion may occur. Even before this stage is attained, the battery performance would have been reduced drastically due to wearing out of the cathode.

bqlekan:



when your battery behaves that way, then your processor is being overworked/overloaded. clear background apps and if you are on android, get Greenify.



it's a known fact that using your battery while charging causes temperature rise. The Li-ion cell undergoes electrochemical reaction. It will always obey Arrhenius theory like every other reaction in equilibrium. whegn there is increase in temperature, the rate of reaction increases, thereby causing increase in power output which in turns generate more heat. This then cause thermal Runaway at the anode ( Lithium colbalt oxide which is mostly used in smartphone batteries). then explosion may occur. Even before this stage is attained, the battery performance would have been reduced drastically due to wearing out of the cathode.

Alright, thanks for the info . . .