I definitely charge it overnight because it's so convenient. Got a 20+ hour charge on my Focus S so I'm happy.
I definitely charge it overnight because it's so convenient. Got a 20+ hour charge on my Focus S so I'm happy.
That's the key word. It's the same thing that I do.
The other morning the green LED was on (full battery signal on HD7) after it had been plugged in all night, but the battery indicator was showing around 85%. Weird.
Exactly, but being at 100% and continuing to charge it, reduces that. So for example, if you battery has 100 cycles before it craps out or starts to... continuing to charge it will help get it there faster than not charging all the way.
If I can find this podcast I listened to about this, from a battery expert, I'd post it up. Good info on that.
/me heads to find the podcast
I take off my laptop battery if I'm going to work with it plugged in.
As for my phone... well, I figure I'll have a new phone by the time this battery dies.
Isn't that a bad thing for electronic devices? Devices are designed with batteries in mind and removing it could overload the hardware. Or so I've read.
The software prevents the phone from continuing to charge after it's full. This is why you can't have it off while charging.
Android phones and iphones do the same thing, so MS isn't alone in that.
Well that's at least not entirely true. I'm using a Nexus One with stock Android system. I can charge it with the phone on or off with no difference.