{"id":6181,"date":"2016-07-04T05:09:16","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T23:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=6181"},"modified":"2016-07-04T05:09:16","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T23:39:16","slug":"does-charging-your-phone-overnight-really-kill-the-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=6181","title":{"rendered":"Does Charging Your Phone Overnight Really Kill the Battery?"},"content":{"rendered":"\nY<\/span>ou can tell a lot about a person by how much they\u2019ve charged their phones when they leave home. If they\u2019re living life on the edge, eating up to three samosas at the average movie premier, chances are they don\u2019t remember to charge it until it dies in the metro. If they have OCD<\/a> tendencies, chances are they are likely to keep it at a very specific number like 33 per cent or 66 per cent. Then there\u2019s the rest of the normal folk, who wait until the battery\u2019s nearly dead and charge it all through the night, so you don\u2019t have to think about it through the day. And that technically does sound like the most logical way to do it.\n\nOr so you\u2019d think\u2026 As it turns out, the question how long should you charge a phone is about as complex to answer as why Republic TV would think that a Jamia protester<\/a> would shoot at a fellow protester.\n\nFrom charging it 10 per cent every 20 minutes to waiting until it drops to 20 per cent and charging it to a very specific 77 per cent, there\u2019s hundreds of theories floating around. Some come with accompanying graphs<\/a>, others are largely based on the author\u2019s mood on the day, while a few more existential write-ups have decided that phones should be replaced every year so there\u2019s no point in having this debate. Let\u2019s hash out some of these theories.\n\nFor starters, most of them agree that anyone who leaves their phone to charge all night is actually a battery murderer and should be in battery jail. Answers to the question should I charge my phone overnight range from, \u201cno, but it isn\u2019t so harmful\u201d to \u201cit\u2019ll contract the plague and die a slow and painful death over the next year\u201d, but almost all agree that charging phones overnight is actually a really low-effort way to start a fire.\n\n

Most theories agree that anyone who leaves their phone to charge all night is actually a battery murderer and should be in battery jail.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\nMuch like Arnab Goswam<\/a>i\u2019s situation on an airplane, doing this puts the battery in a high-stress<\/a>, high-tension state. As something called the Battery University<\/a> (so you know it\u2019s legit) explains, the phone continues to draw a \u201ctrickle charge\u201d when it remains plugged in, to keep it at 100 per cent, and that unplugging it when it\u2019s done is like \u201crelaxing the muscles after a strenuous exercise.\u201d Something like a phone spa.\n\nPlus phones tend to overheat pretty easily, especially when there\u2019s a cover on, and it\u2019s hot outside. Apple even admits that temperatures above 35 degrees can \u201cpermanently destroy\u201d<\/a> the capacity of batteries… So maybe it\u2019s best to just not live in India and own one of them. On the brighter side, phone batteries don\u2019t like the cold either (drama queens, the lot of them) so remember not to leave them anywhere cold or hot the next time you\u2019re charging it and you should be good. Also don\u2019t accidentally forget it in the fridge<\/a> when you\u2019re getting a snack.\n\nNow we come down to the issue of whether we should be using our phones when charging them. Again, no conclusive answer. Going by this website\u2019s plainspeak<\/a>: you should probably avoid it altogether, but then going by this website\u2019s debunking skills<\/a>, that\u2019s a pretty common myth that should be ignored unless you\u2019re using a knock off charger. So just do whatever you feel like, it\u2019s probably not going to bite.\n\nStill between remembering to avoid hot weather, cold weather, using phones when plugged in, avoiding fast chargers, and not waiting for it to run out before you plug it in, you might as well be adopting a child<\/a>. Luckily, there is one way to ensure that our batteries live a long and healthy life, and it doesn\u2019t involve keeping your phone in a vacuum.\n\n

Still between remembering to avoid hot weather, cold weather, and using phones when plugged in, you might as well be adopting a child.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\nAccording to most articles, (you can read the science behind it on trusty Battery University<\/a>) charging your phone through the day is the best way to keep it running longer. The best case scenario is charging it every time it loses 10 per cent of its battery, but that\u2019s obviously not the most convenient thing to do, so keeping it between 20 per cent and 80 per cent works too. There\u2019s also no reason to worry about constantly unplugging and plugging it in, because phone batteries are apparently completely chill with that, even though they apparently go boom when you use them in the tropics.\n\nSo there you have it, the most conclusive answer you can hope for \u2014 charge your phone whenever you feel like, provided you avoid all the warnings above and you should be good. Unless you bought Patanjali<\/a>\u2019s latest \u20b9900 phone that is, in which case, maybe just avoid using it as much as you can anyway.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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