• bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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        5 months ago

        I really hate and avoid when my phone switches into battery saver at 15%, so in my mind 16% is like 1%

        • VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          Don’t phone battery indicators lie to you now so that 0% displayed is actually about 20% specifically because of this?

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            5 months ago

            Yes and 100% isn’t 100%

            People and their batteries though… It’s a futile obsession for some. It doesn’t matter how much science or logic you throw at them there’s always something.

            Like how fast charging hasn’t for some time done like a full max rate for the entire time to keep heat within tolerances but still some people think doing the work themselves is somehow better thermal management than modern battery controllers to the point they think it will make a material difference.

          • where_am_i@sh.itjust.works
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            5 months ago

            Just as important. And most phones these days have a setting to prevent it from charging to 100%. E.g. I set mine to stop at 90%.

          • fkn@lemmy.world
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            5 months ago

            For lithium batteries (phone batteries) it’s actually more important than draining to 0. Many studies indicate that the average phone battery should last several thousand cycles while only losing 5-10% of total capacity provided it is never charged above 80%. Minimum % (even down to 0%) and charge rate below 70% is also unrestricted.

            The tl;dr is that everytime you charge to 100% is the same as 50-100 charges to 80%. Draining a lithium chemistry battery to 0 isn’t an issue as long as you don’t leave it in a discharged state (immediately charging).

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      5 months ago

      Here’s a hot tip. If you’re on android, open the developer settings and turn on “demo mode” before taking screenshots. It makes the battery and signal display as 100% so you don’t get judged by internet commenters who don’t go outside.