Rich_bloor

ive had my new phone, a htc desire, but im wondering how long to charge it to get the best out of the battery. the book seems to say 3 hour charge and its ready, but i remember 'back in the day' you had to leave it on charge for a day or your battery wouldn't last very long. has battery technology moved on now so they don't need the big charge???

i just want my phone last longer than one and a half days without charging it

any ideas?

BM08

Wifes tale about leaving it all night/all day, i mean when its fully charged its fully charged, leaving it longer wont make a difference

If i was you id just use it as it came, then when it gets low turn it off and fully charged it, dont remove the charger or turn it on until its fully charged, thats how id do it.

Rich_bloor

cool, and how long does your phone last before it dies with normal useage ???

john

My iphone is shocking wont last a day without an over night charge.

BM08

I dont have a desire mate(that sounded abit wrong)


But n86 about 2 days and my new iphone i only got yesterday and it wasnt charged properly so cant comment yet.

How are you liking the desire by the way? ive seen some vids on youtube and it looks fantastic
If your abit lost just go on youtube, theres videos showing how to do stuff

Dangerous Malcolm..

You really wanna just do some full cycles if you can, run it almost completely flat then charge it up. Ideally you should do that anyway!

Rich_bloor

i haven't even turned it on yet m8, i don't want to without sorting some decent battery life for it. ive seen some vids on youtube about it, and yes, im really itching to turn it on and play with it, but im resisting cos i want the best out of the battery.

Dangerous Malcolm..

If you dare ruin the desirabilty of the iPhone I'll personally kick yo ass!!!

BM08

Did someone speak

Ryan_3

if the manual tells you three hours, it should be three hours batteries have changed from 'back in the day'. If you leave it overnight charging, it will fuck the battery up in time

BM08

I think your worrying about nothing chap, i did the above with a new n86, the battery life has been fine for the 2months ive been using it

If your THAT worried it will still be in its packaging at the weekend

Get it out and use it

Rich_bloor

people still remember the n95 (8 gig) phones !!!
i thought all that had passed

Rich_bloor

ok, thats all i needed, im going play with my new phone

callummarshall

compleatley empty the battery first then charge it 24hrs starts the cycleing process