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Modern Li-Ion batteries do not have a memory and do not need to be conditioned, but Android needs to be taught exactly what a full charge represents so that it can manage power appropriately.
One of the things I recommend all new phone owners to do is to perform a deep power cycle.
Let your phone discharge completely, keep it on until you are warned about low battery and then just let it run out. Most phone will shut down automatically around 5%.
Plug the phone into the original a/c charger, not the usb cable. Let it charge to full uninterrupted.
When the phone says full, unplug the phone from the charge and reboot. Once the phone is completely restarted, plug it back into the charger and shut the phone off. Even if it says fully charged, let it charge for at least one more hour.
Unplug the charger and reboot the phone one more time. Now you should start seeing (possibly significantly) longer charge times.
Without a deep power cycle, it doesn't know the true capacity of the battery. Be advised that you should only need to do this once as regularly deep cycling the battery can harm it. Li-Ion batteries perform better and last longer with incremental charges.
One of the things I recommend all new phone owners to do is to perform a deep power cycle.
Let your phone discharge completely, keep it on until you are warned about low battery and then just let it run out. Most phone will shut down automatically around 5%.
Plug the phone into the original a/c charger, not the usb cable. Let it charge to full uninterrupted.
When the phone says full, unplug the phone from the charge and reboot. Once the phone is completely restarted, plug it back into the charger and shut the phone off. Even if it says fully charged, let it charge for at least one more hour.
Unplug the charger and reboot the phone one more time. Now you should start seeing (possibly significantly) longer charge times.
Without a deep power cycle, it doesn't know the true capacity of the battery. Be advised that you should only need to do this once as regularly deep cycling the battery can harm it. Li-Ion batteries perform better and last longer with incremental charges.
greggebhardt
Android Enthusiast
If she is running out of power she need to set her social software to poll the server a little less often. OR she can put it on a charger during the day for a little while. Other than that charge at night while sleeping.
Nothing much you can do as far as charging or discharging to increase the battery enough to worry about.
Money_Mark
Well-Known Member
Turning off bluetooth and GPS will help. Reducing to power save mode and lowering brightness will also help. Finally, checking task manager and turning off unneeded apps running in the background will also help. This last part can easily be completed by holding down the home button from the home screen. I'm not exactly sure why people download an app for this, as the phone does it already.
misterrunon
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why not just buy her a new battery.. it costs $10-$15.
you can also flash her kernel/rom, which should help a bit.
you can also flash her kernel/rom, which should help a bit.