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How often do you charge your iPhone/iPod touch?
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I was told that it's good to occasionally run the battery completely down and then recharge it. One of the "Genuis'" told me that the battery has a limmited number of recharges till it's shot so it's in your best interest to run the charge all the way out before recharging.
That said, I put mine(3G) in the charger nearly every night. Sometimes, if I haven't had a heavy usage da yI can get 2 days out of a charge
That said, I put mine(3G) in the charger nearly every night. Sometimes, if I haven't had a heavy usage da yI can get 2 days out of a charge
Usually 2 full charges a day(hook it to a charger once it reaches 10% or less remaining), not including always placing it on a charger overnight to start the day at 100%. So, I guess that counts as 3 full charges a day.
Not true. It is true that it is a good practice to run the battery down all the way and charge it back up maybe once a month or so (See: Recalibrating Battery). However, the recharge cycles you talk about work like this, for example: Say you use 50% of your battery in a day. You charge it up overnight to 100%. The next day you use 50% again and charge it up that night again. That counts as one recharge cycle. They do not count as two recharge cycles.
I recalibrate my phone every two-three weeks just because of the OCD. It's usually in the iHome iP9 dock during the day so I can listen to my Sirius app at work. I then plug it into my computer and sync a few times at night (since my calendar always changes), so my phone is probably charging/plugged in at least 50-60% of my day
I charge my 3GS whenever I get the chance. Whenever I'm on a computer like the MacBook pro or the iMac it'll be plugged in via USB. If I'm in my bedroom watchinch tv it'll he plugged in next to me.
If I am driving in my car it'll be plugged in the charger. Usually my phones always charged between 90-100% whenever I look at it.
If I am driving in my car it'll be plugged in the charger. Usually my phones always charged between 90-100% whenever I look at it.
Agreed.
And wow at the poll results. I thought I only had to charge mine every day 'cause it's a 2G, so it's old . . .
I've been sizing up my chances of trying to watch films on it during a flight to the US I've just booked. Thinking there's no way the battery could make it through and I don't want to bring a dumb phone just so that I'm guaranteed a phone on the other side
I'd take it at double the thickness if battery life was improved.
For normal day-to-day use, I plug my phone in over night - every day.
When I am traveling and it is getting heavy use, I have to charge it mid day as well.
Never less than once a day though...
When I am traveling and it is getting heavy use, I have to charge it mid day as well.
Never less than once a day though...
Same here. I put my phone in the craddle to charge overnight, so that it's at 100% to start the day off.
Old thread, so thought of reviving it.
Charge it everyday, at night,and when I come back home from school. I do this because my phone is used as a hotspots for my friend's phone (he uses a $50 midget slow phone as an iPod Touch) and also for my tablet. Sometimes, other friends come on, sometimes my iPod Touch comes with me if I know I won't make it through the day.
Charge it everyday, at night,and when I come back home from school. I do this because my phone is used as a hotspots for my friend's phone (he uses a $50 midget slow phone as an iPod Touch) and also for my tablet. Sometimes, other friends come on, sometimes my iPod Touch comes with me if I know I won't make it through the day.
It makes a big difference when comparing battery life from iPod touches to iPhones. An iPod touch doesn't have all the same radio antennas an iPhone has so it is able to get great battery life. Put your phone on airplane mode and you'll see.
I dont know how peoples iPhones can last more than a day unless they just aren't using them, mine is usually dead by 4/5 if i haven't charged it yet.
I dont know how peoples iPhones can last more than a day unless they just aren't using them, mine is usually dead by 4/5 if i haven't charged it yet.
I am currently unemployed and on my phone all day. I have to charge my iPhone about 3 or 4x a day.
Once a day overnight at a minimum. I typically plug it in any time I am near a charger, which includes in my car. I typically listen to podcasts at work, so I plug it in there as well.
I charge my iPhone 5 everyday. I charge my iPad Air every one or two days. I charge my iPod touch 5 every 2-3 days.
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Why would you wake a 4 year old thread like this?
I only woke it up because it seemed like a good thread.
