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Can you actually "over-charge" a cell phone battery?

I've had my phone since March. Nothing too fancy, just an LG Rumor Touch, not a smartphone or anything but not a complete piece of crap.

Lately, it hasn't been staying charged long, at all.. like today. It had a full battery this morning, & I hardly even touched it throughout the day..then at 11pm, it's almost dead.

Is this from "over-charging"? Did I "kill" the battery?.. I often charge it when it's not fully dead, usually when the battery's about halfway gone. Recently I haven't been leaving it plugged in for a pro-longed time AFTER it's done charging, but I did for a long time when I first got it.

Should I buy a new battery, or what?

Please tell me if any of that's confusing, I'll try to clarify.

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  • 10 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    You are like me. What I do is I charge the phone/iPod all night by accident. However, that is the WORST idea you can do. By leaving over night, what happens is that the battery would be done charging after about 2 hours (per se). If you keep charging it AFTER the two hours it required, the battery actually gets wasted and depleted to make sure it stays charged. Leaving over charge can lead to less battery life. Isn't that ironic? Regardless if you stopped or not, your battery is depended on being in a charger.

    It is best if you get a new battery. Unless you can bring your phone charger every where you go and find outlets to plug in your phone. Or, shut off the phone whenever you stop using it. Or to put the brightness on low. Just a few suggestions.

  • unruh
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    My battery will final me approximately 3 years or greater. What I do is; fee it a million/2 the day, and characteristic it off the different a million/2 day. This has looked as though it would artwork properly for me. you may turn off any good factors which you do no longer could have such because of the fact the dial gentle or the different lights it could have. The lights look to drag it down especially quickly. word if there are any lights that stay to tell the story while you're speaking on it, as this might help in working the battery down. The contacts that the telephone makes use of to value it with is additionally wiped sparkling in many cases to help it fee greater suitable. yet another ingredient which will draw fee out of your battery is; in case you enable any contacts on the telephone come into touch with any metallic collectively with money, keys, or something that should short around the contacts. A pencil eraser may be used to scrub the contacts, and which will enable it to value greater suitable. because of the fact the bars say completely charged, does no longer advise it extremely is completely charged! It in basic terms means you have become finished voltage. It would not degree the amperage the telephone can carry for a quantity of time. while a battery is going undesirable, it gets to the place it would not carry a fee, and could pass down quickly. sense the telephone after it has charged for a on a similar time as, and the battery could sense warm. If that is not, then the battery for some reason or the different isn't charging. i'm hoping this has helped you. reliable success!

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