Themadwaffle
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I have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and I recently purchased a replacement stock battery from Samsung; the official battery made by Samsung, not a third party one.
I'm considering using my Note 4 as a USB Wifi tether via the FoxFi app. This requires my phone to be plugged into my computer via USB and set to either file or photo transfer so as to prevent the connection being dropped.
As one can expect, the phone charges very slowly when plugged into a computer. I plugged it in around 50% and it's charged up to about 65% in a few hours, but seems to have leveled off there and will not charge any further.
My question is would this be a bad thing to do in terms of conserving my new battery's lifetime? Or should I only do this when my phone is at around 90% or higher or something like that? I've read somewhere that an optimal way to conserve your battery's health is to leave fast charging off and only charge from ~20% to ~80%.
TLDR: Would like to keep my Galaxy Note 4 plugged into my laptop via USB for a large part of the day, is this bad for the overall health/lifetime of the battery?
I'm considering using my Note 4 as a USB Wifi tether via the FoxFi app. This requires my phone to be plugged into my computer via USB and set to either file or photo transfer so as to prevent the connection being dropped.
As one can expect, the phone charges very slowly when plugged into a computer. I plugged it in around 50% and it's charged up to about 65% in a few hours, but seems to have leveled off there and will not charge any further.
My question is would this be a bad thing to do in terms of conserving my new battery's lifetime? Or should I only do this when my phone is at around 90% or higher or something like that? I've read somewhere that an optimal way to conserve your battery's health is to leave fast charging off and only charge from ~20% to ~80%.
TLDR: Would like to keep my Galaxy Note 4 plugged into my laptop via USB for a large part of the day, is this bad for the overall health/lifetime of the battery?