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To make a long story short: I constantly leave my phone in its dock on my desk when it's not in my pockets when I'm away. Essentially, it spends 99.9% of its time plugged in.
This is now the third time I swap its battery because it ends up being badly swollen.
Some will try to convince me that I shouldn't leave it charging all the time. But, the electronics are supposed to be monitoring and cut off the power when the battery's fully charged.
What's your story? Would you blame this bad experience on the fact that it's left plugged in 24/7?
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Mine gets charged when it gets low - below 20% normally - and sits there off charge the rest of the time, and I've never had a swollen battery.
I'd check the dock: is it cutting off charge at the right time, or just trickling too much into the phone?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I didn't know any current phones had replaceable batteries.
I had two Motorola Droids which I would charge all night, both developed battery life issues. So my current phone (Motorola One) I charge only when the charge drops to 20% or while I'm driving.
Oh, something I also consider is to put the charger on a timer and let the phone charge for no more than an hour each night.
modified 1hr 5mins ago.
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Who knows, I'd say it depends on how "aggressive" the charging circuit is in terms of maximizing energy storage vs lifetime. Li-ion batteries don't really like it when they're charged above 3.92V, but a common limit (for consumer electronics) is 4.2V, which is really significantly more energy. If the charge level of 4.2V is rated at 100% (as would likely be the case), then stopping below 3.92V would cost you about a third of that, leaving it around 65% charged max. Time spent at voltages above 3.92V slowly degrades the cathode (faster for higher voltages).
Leaving the battery plugged in, leaves the voltages above 3.92V for more time, maybe even all the time.
"Overcharging" in the sense of charging above 100% should be impossible thanks to the battery charging circuit, but long-term degradation happens significantly below 100%.
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I am convinced nay is the answer. I've got a Note 8 that still has decent battery life, and goes a full day for me between charges. Got my dad an S9 and he leaves it on the charger all night and complains about battery life.
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Cell phones don't generally have battery management. What you're seeing is the heat damage of the anode in a lithium ion battery that is constantly being charged to the maximum followed by a small discharge. Heat is the single biggest cause of early charge cycle death for LiOn batteries.
This is also why all EV manufacturers recommend charging to only 85 or 90% of the battery capacity for normal, daily driving.
Some phones, such as high end Samsung Galaxy and Note phones, have a software limiter that limits charging to 85%. If you have one of these, set it. Your phone battery will last a lot longer.
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I always charge my phone (Samsung) overnight which is about 8 to 9 hours. Occasionally I forget and the next night its down to about 40%.
So I've not noticed any battery degradation.
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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For my GitHub MaxiBug project, a multi-user version of MiniBug, I am trying to create a free Heroku Postgres database.
This along the lines of this C# Corner article[^].
Creating a database works, but I can't seem to create any tables using the "Dataclips" section, not even after using:
set transaction read write;
CREATE TABLE temp( [fields] );
Any ideas anyone?
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Hereβs an idea. Donβt post this in The Lounge.
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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In the Huffington Post maybe?

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Ah bugger. She had a great voice - I still have a couple of live tracks in my phone playlist for the car: "Georgy Girl", "I am Australian", and "Waltzing Matilda".
Rest in peace
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Yes, a fabulous voice. I never bought any of the Seekers' records, but often listen to then on YouTube.
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Prang has been trying to defeat me. I got it working with MIDI, battled the lag dragon until it was more of a lag iguana, but it still bit.
I decided to switch over to USB for the increased responsiveness but that created a number technical challenges.
Prior, I was using an ESP32 with an embedded screen, and zero programmable USB ports, of which I need two.
I moved to an S3 but lacked an additional USB port. I ordered a Teensy 4.1, but that seemed like overkill.
Well, after attacking this external USB 2 host widget with a soldering iron and tweezers, it was sufficiently edited enough to work. Funny thing, whoever designed it figured you could power a USB port with 3.3volts. No. So hackery had to be had on my part.
Anyway, it is now receiving messages. Prior, I had it sending over USB with the earliest rendition of prang so I'm confident there. I'm almost out of the woods.
Now I just have to connect the in to the out and check for lag (famous last words. If you don't hear from me, send help)
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Win shall I. Yoda speak.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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After 900 years, English perfect do you expect?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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As far as your title is concerned I think being too confident about winning isn`t [edit]usually a good think, a more suitable approach is "I will not give up, I will not surrender"
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He'll win
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming βWow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I won.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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good job. A win is a win. Not to be confused with an operating system.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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honey the codewitch wrote: battled the lag dragon until it was more of a lag iguana

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