Help Question re Samsung Galaxy S battery

[keatingschick]

I've started playing Angry Birds ALOT on my phone and it really runs the battery down. Just wondering will it affect my phone keep charging it up? My mum and dad have always put their phone on charge every night when they go to bed and someone once said you shouldn't do that you should let the battery run down and not charge it so much, so will keep charging mine affect the phone or battery?

 

[XplosiV]

The modern "Li-ion" batteries are better than the older "NiMH & NiCad" but one thing to remember for ALL batteries is that over time, their charge will depreciate and they will gradually hold less and less charge.

With a new battery of any type, its a good idea to charge it for longer than a standard charge to begin with, usually 6-8 hours will do, even if your phone says the battery is full after only 2 hours, you want to keep it charging for the full 6-8 hours.

Some older rechargeable batteries use to have to be completely depleted before they were charged, however in the more modern batteries, the charging process includes a step whereby the remaining charge of the battery when connected to mains is first discharged, before the battery gets recharged, ensuring longer life.

However, is would still recommend trying to get your battery down fairly low < 10% before charging.

Each charge, will, over time, lead to a build up of residue on the internal cathodes, this will lead to longer charging time, and add to the batteries depreciation thus shortening its life. (as with all rechargeable batteries)

 

[keatingschick]

Thanks.
Generally it does run it right down to where it tells me to plug in my charger but sometimes if I notice the battery isnt full - like now - Ive just plugged it in to top it up because I have had the fone just die on me without warning. The thing is Ive always used my laptop with the lead plugged in and so have ruined the battery doing that so I wondered if charging the fone too much would affect it and knacker the battery cos I am nowhere near ready to get a new one so if it goes I am goosed. Thanks for the info.