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I was just doing random stuff on my phone and went to click a button near the top right of the screen, and was mildly horrified to see "1%", so I immediately put it into the charger, where the phone promptly started showing "0%" for the next ~30 seconds. The phone never died.

Has this happened to any of you?

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[–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip -1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I don't like doing that because it wears the battery. Better to have slightly inaccurate percentages than to actively make the long term situation worse

[–] infeeeee@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

1 up-down cycle doesn't wear the battery, negligible. It would only count if you would do this every day. It's recommended to calibrate a new battery

[–] LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I was under the impression that's not how LiIon batteries work. Was it a NiCad or some older type?

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think they are referencing how Li-ion batteries just generally have a limited number of charge cycles, so they don't want to waste a whole one.

[–] LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's why I asked. I knew about the cycles but I'm not aware of it causing any additional wear. I thought maybe there were new findings recently. I'll have to go look myself, just to satisfy my curiosity.