Charging

[Mathew]

Just wondered how often everyone charges their phones / portable devices?

I have to charge my phone every night (HTC Wildfire) and iPad every three days or so (I'm actually keeping a track of how often I charge it to see if it reduces in battery life.. /geek).

[Chris]

I have to charge my phone every night normally, but it depends how much I use wifi/3G or play games on it.

[Martin]

Charge my phone most nights, just becomes habbit to plug it in even if its like half full or something- nice to know it will last the whole next day then. Tis a samsung galaxy s2, and when I use it as a satnav and stuff it tends to use the battery quicker

[GommeInc]

My Xperia needed charging every 36 hours. My Nexus only needs charging every 52 hours - it has pretty good battery life :P

[Red]

Put my iPhone on to charge every night.

[kitten]

every single night, unless i fall asleep and forget :rolleyes:

[Recursion]

I just whack everything on overnight aside from my iPad, which lasts me about a week.

[Jssy]

i charge my crapberry every night

[jasey]

The mobile device I use the most is my iP which gets plugged in every night and often during the day as well if I am on it a lot.

[beth]

if i'm online my iphone will be plugged in cause the batt life is crap.

[Neversoft]

I have a HTC Wildfire S and usually charge it every other day, though sometimes it'll last for three or four days if I'm not using it much. The battery life is quite good.

[scott]

i charge my iphone when i'm on my computer most of the time using my dock cause i always leave my phone charger in work! So if it starts getting low i just find a plug in work and charge it there, normally though cause i have it plugged into my dock it lasts quite a while! I think it's only ever died on me once or twice since i've had it.

[auffant1]

I need to charge my phone (HTC Evo 4G) about once a day. Normally before I go to bed I plug it in. As for my Kindle Fire I almost never need to charge because I will watch like an hour of videos and it will not lose any power. So if I didn't just plug it in at night I would have to charge the Kindle Fire about once a week.

[Chippiewill]

My Galaxy Nexus could last three days but I figure it's just easier to remember if I charge it every night.

[xxMATTGxx]

I charge my phone every night as I use it quite a lot during the day.

[Mr-Trainor]

iPhone every night / iPad every few days. Sometimes my iPhone might have 40% of battery left at the end of the day if I haven't used it too much, but I'll still charge it anyway so that it lasts the next day :P.

[Catchy]

I usually charge my iPhone 4s every night because I use it quite a bit however sometimes it can last me the full day and I wont need to charge it for the morning.

I turn location services and push notifications off and I only use 3G when I need it and my screen is usually dimmed right down so that does save me a lot of battery life. I try to completely drain the battery once a month and then do a full recharge, I've heard this helps with battery life.

[Jutnux]

If I'm not using the device then it stays plugged in, the batteries like to stay charged (at an optimum level of 98% capacity) to keep them healthy.

[Recursion]

If I'm not using the device then it stays plugged in, the batteries like to stay charged (at an optimum level of 98% capacity) to keep them healthy.

Wrong. You'll actually do more damage to the battery leaving it plugged in than if you left it slowly discharging.

[Jordan]

I try to only charge it when I need it, but sometimes when I go to charge it I forget about it and it's just plugged in fully charged. I charge my ipod once every 2 days (or less if it really needs it).

[Jutnux]

Wrong. You'll actually do more damage to the battery leaving it plugged in than if you left it slowly discharging. Late reply by a month but don't you watch security now? D:

[Charlie]

I tend to leave it till the battery is low before I charge it which is annoying cause it occasionally happens when I'm out. I should probably charge it every night but I'm so forgetful.

[Seikou]

i charge my phone (htc wildfire) every night and my ipod every two nights sometimes every night depending on how much i use it

[Lee]

Everynight, or other night if I'm lucky!

[Recursion]

Late reply by a month but don't you watch security now? D:

No, why?

[iBlueBox]

I charge my iPad and iPhone every night.

[Jutnux]

Steve Gibson done some research that shows lithium ion batteries like to be kept at an optimum charging of 98% total capacity.

[Recursion]

Steve Gibson done some research that shows lithium ion batteries like to be kept at an optimum charging of 98% total capacity.

Who's Steve Gibson? I heard it's best to store them in a freezer at 40% capacity. Don't forget the environment also determines battery health.

[Chippiewill]

Security expert and paranoid geek who once made a radar gun that makes dogs **** themselves.