Keeping Your Phone At Full Charge Actually Stresses It Out

When you buy something, do you always read the directions? While it would be foolhardy to charge into building a piece of ready-made furniture or machinery without checking where these obscure pieces are supposed to go, sometimes it just seems unnecessary.

If there's no assembly required, getting us to read the instructions is a pretty hard sell. When we have a new piece of tech, we often prefer to play with it and discover what we can do ourselves. Sure, we'll check if we get stuck or can't figure out what something does, but if everything seems to work fine, what's the point?

Well, sometimes we can miss out on some valuable information while doing this and fall into some habits that seem innocent enough, but can actually damage our gadget. Today, we're going to look at the right way to charge your phone.

Like many of you, I didn't even know there was a right way until I found this out.

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I always thought it was a good idea to leave my phone connected once it was fully charged.

That way it'll never lose any power, right? However, it seems like things aren't quite that simple.

It turns out this practice puts a lot of stress on your battery.

To keep a phone charged at 100 percent, your device constantly gives it little "trickle charges." These charges keep the phone in a "high-tension" state, which puts undue wear on the battery.

In fact, getting it to a full charge in the first place isn't ideal.

Apparently, the voltage needed to bring a phone to 100 percent stresses the battery too.

So what are you supposed to do instead?

The good news is that a behavior we thought was bad was what we should have been doing this whole time.

Basically, you're supposed to charge your phone whenever you get the chance.

It's recommended you plug in when your phone loses about 10 percent of its charge, but that's really not realistic for most of us.

Don't worry about unplugging and replugging your phone into its charger.

It doesn't hurt your phone the way some people will tell you it does. In fact, it's healthier to do this than to wait until it's low and charge it in one shot.

Also, make sure your phone doesn't get too hot.

If you notice your phone gets hot when you charge it, it's a good idea to take it out of its case. You should also remember to keep it covered when you're out in the sun.

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