Other Running battery to 1%: safe?

[max2]

Is it bad to run a phone battery all the way down to 1% before charging ?

 

[BigMcGuire]

Modern lithium ion batteries usually prefer the range of 40-80%. Staying for long periods of time at 100% or 1% will significantly reduce the lifespan of your battery.

Will going down to 1% every now and then hurt your battery? Not terribly but ... avoid it if you can.

BU-808: How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries

Manufacturers take a conservative approach and specify the life of Li-ion in most consumer products as being between 300 and 500 discharge/charge cycles.…

batteryuniversity.com

 

[max2]

Modern lithium ion batteries usually prefer the range of 40-80%. Staying for long periods of time at 100% or 1% will significantly reduce the lifespan of your battery.

Will going down to 1% every now and then hurt your battery? Not terribly but ... avoid it if you can.

BU-808: How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries

Manufacturers take a conservative approach and specify the life of Li-ion in most consumer products as being between 300 and 500 discharge/charge cycles.…

batteryuniversity.com

Thank you.

 

[Andeddu]

I used to go down to 1% several times per week. I now always try to preserve my battery by recharging at around 15%.

 

[reppans]

The Batt Univ 808 article is excellent and covers the high stress factors well, but IMHO falls short covering the benefits of low SoC/voltage in daily use devices. IMHO, the ‘keep-it-over-40%’ comes from infrequent use devices and long-term storage recommendations where batts may eventually self-discharge below critical minimums, but that’s not a risk on a daily use devices like smartphones.

Supplement BU808 with THIS and THIS (smartphones use LCO/Lithium Cobalt Oxide).