ican it be fully recharged???

francie BradyII

Hello. i just got a new iphone, so far so good. I currently have it charging for the last 2 and a half hours. The guy in the shop told me to charge it over night, but the phone is telling me it's fully charged! Would it be ok to disconnect it now?

Type 17

If the big battery symbol (the one that is full-screen when you press the home button) is truly full, then it is fine, but it can look full but only be 98% full if you don't look carefully.

You should run it down to (phone turns off) and then fully charge it once or twice in the next while - conditioning a new Lithium-ion battery that way enables it to give its full performance.

Apple info on iPhone battery

Carter96

Type 17 wrote: »

If the big battery symbol (the one that is full-screen when you press the home button) is truly full, then it is fine, but it can look full but only be 98% full if you don't look carefully.

You should run it down to (phone turns off) and then fully charge it once or twice in the next while - conditioning a new Lithium-ion battery that way enables it to give its full performance.[/URL]

Pretty sure this is only with much older batteries. The lithium ion battery doesn't need to be drained a few times - if you do this you're using up a few of it's charges. Yeah you can charge it overnight but it's only recommended you leave the battery drain maybe once every couple of weeks.

Type 17

From the Apple article:

For proper maintenance of a lithium-based battery, it’s important to keep the electrons in it moving occasionally. Be sure to go through at least one charge cycle per month (charging the battery to 100% and then completely running it down).

This is to keep the battery and the iPhone's battery meter aligned - frequent partial charges cause the device's battery indicator to become inaccurate.

For more info than anyone needs to know about batteries, take a look here.

Carter96

Type 17 wrote: »

From the Apple article:


This is to keep the battery and the iPhone's battery meter aligned - frequent partial charges cause the device's battery indicator to become inaccurate.

For more info than anyone needs to know about batteries, take a look here.

http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-12.htm

Unlike nickel and lead-based batteries, a new lithium-ion pack does not need cycling through charging and discharging. Priming will make little difference because the maximum capacity of lithium-ion is available right from the beginning. Neither does a full discharge improve the capacity of a faded pack. However, a full discharge/charge will reset the digital circuit of a 'smart' battery to improve the state-of-charge estimation

Type 17

Carter96 wrote: »

http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-12.htm

Unlike nickel and lead-based batteries, a new lithium-ion pack does not need cycling through charging and discharging. Priming will make little difference because the maximum capacity of lithium-ion is available right from the beginning. Neither does a full discharge improve the capacity of a faded pack. However, a full discharge/charge will reset the digital circuit of a 'smart' battery to improve the state-of-charge estimation

Fair enough, told you that was good site

Carter96

Type 17 wrote: »

Fair enough, told you that was good site

Type 17

OP, you can plug it out any time you like, just be sure to fully discharge it once a month or so, to keep the battery meter accurate.

Enjoy your new iPhone!

Nonoperational

Phone shops still say all sorts of nonsense. If it's full it's full!

francie BradyII

iphone unplugged and ready to enjoy, thanx guys!

Can i ask another question.

I used a 3v credit card with only 5euro credit on it to register for apps. i have downloaded plenty of apps costing about 79c, but they haven't charged my 3v account. Do they actually charge your bill? and just use the card card details for id?

Stuxnet

they will charge you, and i over spent by 10 on a 3v before, i was spending money i didnt have on it, and i couldnt sync my app till i paid the outstanding balance, so be carefull, they let you over spend !

francie BradyII

BOBBY wrote: »

they will charge you, and i over spent by 10 on a 3v before, i was spending money i didnt have on it, and i couldnt sync my app till i paid the outstanding balance, so be carefull, they let you over spend !

cheers for that!