@vanslaterco
I once won a ten foot charger. A while after I started using it, my battery started dying (i.e. shutting off at 20%, going from 50% to 1% in half an hour, etc.). After the charger died, I started using a six foot charger again, and the battery somehow rejuvenated back to the state it was before I started using the ten foot charger.
@DVDBZN There’s no way the length of the cable could actually alter the battery life. The charger could have charged it less, but then the device should be aware of it. The issue is either you or the phone.
@Telanis
My guess is that the length of the cable decreased the voltage of the current. This causes the battery to charge slower. Charging slower or with the lower voltage could cause the battery sensor to malfunction.
Depending on how the charge sensor works, it might just have to do with the amount of time spent charging.
And, yes, it was because of the charger. The problems only started after I started using the charger, and stopped immediately after I stopped using it.
I glance at the battery icon whenever I pull the phone out; it’s right there, at the top. I have my phone set up to go into a low-power mode when it hits 20%, and it goes all black-and-white (Kansas).
@serpent Yes. I was wondering where the “no phone” and “my phone has a cord, not a battery” and the “get off my lawn” options went to. I have a cell phone, but know a lot of people who don’t. I’m betting that @mediocrebot doesn’t know anyone without a smartphone.
@dave Nope. I never had a flip phone or a smart phone, but I did have a few Siemens phones and one Nokia before 2011. Then I went cold turkey on phones and now I mostly complain about polls not including my option as my sole entertainment in life.
I have an iPhone 5c from a few years ago, and I use it to track my bike rides daily. I always check there’s enough battery before leaving work, and sometimes have to charge it twice a day to make sure I can keep the meme pipeline alive and record my blistering speed on my bike.
I tend to use my phone on my walk to work and walk home, and on breaks while at work. I just keep a battery usb charger in my bag, and plug it in at some point where I know I’m going to be stuck at my desk for at least an hour to charge it back up.
Oh it hit 99%, better find an outlet…
I have the worn out iphone battery blues.
@vanslaterco Just swap out a spare!
@vanslaterco
I once won a ten foot charger. A while after I started using it, my battery started dying (i.e. shutting off at 20%, going from 50% to 1% in half an hour, etc.). After the charger died, I started using a six foot charger again, and the battery somehow rejuvenated back to the state it was before I started using the ten foot charger.
TL;DR don’t use a long charger.
@DVDBZN There’s no way the length of the cable could actually alter the battery life. The charger could have charged it less, but then the device should be aware of it. The issue is either you or the phone.
@Telanis
My guess is that the length of the cable decreased the voltage of the current. This causes the battery to charge slower. Charging slower or with the lower voltage could cause the battery sensor to malfunction.
Depending on how the charge sensor works, it might just have to do with the amount of time spent charging.
And, yes, it was because of the charger. The problems only started after I started using the charger, and stopped immediately after I stopped using it.
@DVDBZN one test case worth of anecdotal evidence? You skill at experimentation is astounding. I applaud your talent.
@simplersimon
Just send me a quarter of a million dollars so I can continue testing. I’m on the brink of a breakthrough!
When it beeps due to being at 10%.
I glance at the battery icon whenever I pull the phone out; it’s right there, at the top. I have my phone set up to go into a low-power mode when it hits 20%, and it goes all black-and-white (Kansas).
Not as often as I check the charge on my vape. I can live without the phone. YOU can’t live with me without my nicotine.
@WINTERMUTE ha, I was thinking THC.
Don’t have a phone, so I guess I am not going to Heaven. Which is just fine, Heaven is only for mormons anyway.
@serpent Yes. I was wondering where the “no phone” and “my phone has a cord, not a battery” and the “get off my lawn” options went to. I have a cell phone, but know a lot of people who don’t. I’m betting that @mediocrebot doesn’t know anyone without a smartphone.
@serpent Yeah, count me in the “accidentally assumed everyone on Meh would have a cell phone” category. Not even the old-style flip-phone, eh?
@rockblossom Yeah, exactly. It could also be an old-school satellite phone - those didn’t have any indicators. Or two cups, connected by a string.
@dave Nope. I never had a flip phone or a smart phone, but I did have a few Siemens phones and one Nokia before 2011. Then I went cold turkey on phones and now I mostly complain about polls not including my option as my sole entertainment in life.
I have an iPhone 5c from a few years ago, and I use it to track my bike rides daily. I always check there’s enough battery before leaving work, and sometimes have to charge it twice a day to make sure I can keep the meme pipeline alive and record my blistering speed on my bike.
I have a spare battery that is kept charged; I swap it in when I get the red LOW BATTERY signal.
/giphy low battery
@compunaut The beauty of some non-Apple phones. Removable battery is a feature I will definitely pay more for. That, and removable storage.
@Kniffin Just an old non-smart Samsung. Still pretty good for texting, tho
I tend to use my phone on my walk to work and walk home, and on breaks while at work. I just keep a battery usb charger in my bag, and plug it in at some point where I know I’m going to be stuck at my desk for at least an hour to charge it back up.