at what point do you charge your iDevice?

[BLiNK]

i do admit i have a serious OCD issue. my anxieties start to rise around 60%. i have no idea why as i have never ran my battery completely dead

i'd have to say i start looking for a charger around 40%, which is crazy because technically i should be good for another 4-5 hours?? or so.. weird

 

[JasonG]

Usually I just throw it on the charger at the end of the night. But I won't throw it on the charger before that unless the battery is real low or the battery is low and I know I'm going somewhere and will be away from a charger for a while

 

[moneymike47]

I'm the same as Jason G, my battery lasts the whole day and I just charge it over night, but unless it's low cause I used it a lot or I know I'm going out at night and won't be able to charge it, then I'll charge it before I leave.

 

[Jeffdc5#IM]

I charge when it gets down to 10% or if I'm going out I make sure to charge it hours before

 

[Alli]

Since talking to the battery expert, I let mine run down as far as it will go. I've gotten to the point where now and then I'll get the low battery warning in the evening, and if I need to use the phone for something, I'll charge it for a few minutes, just so I can get through whatever task it is, otherwise I just let it go, and put it on the charger when I go to bed.

 

[golfnut]

I let mine almost die or die every time. It will give me around 1 1/2 days or more per charge...for those who haven't tried it yet, the last 30% lasts forreevverr..haha.

To add..right now my ip4 stands at 3hrs 48min usage, 1 day, 9hrs standby and has 40% left.

 

[takeshi]

i have no idea why as i have never ran my battery completely dead

Why do you think you should? It's Li ion, isn't it?

 

[markhunsaker]

Apple suggests you should at least once a month.

 

[Nophix]

On weekdays, it's usually always

 

[Nophix]

On weekdays, it's almost always plugged in. I have it in the cradle n my work truck and use Bluetooth. On weekends I usually only charge when it gets to 10%.

 

[Ham Solo]

I usually let my iPhone get down to single digits before I charge it. I try and let it die completely at least twice a month.

 

[736dave]

I charge when it gets down to 10% or if I'm going out I make sure to charge it hours before

Same here. I will have upgraded to the next model by the time I experience any battery trouble.

Exception: I spend summer months away from regular power so I solarcharge as often as possible.

 

[BLiNK]

forgot to mention i in fact do a power cycle once a month

regarding me never had an issue with running my battery dead; i was meaning why do i start to freak out when i get to the 60%-40% area.. as if it were time to worry?? haha

 

[pilsbury]

I have a charger at work also. I'm paranoid, so I rarely let mine get below 40%.

 

[Ariyala]

I charge mine just whenever it gets low (<20%) or if I'll be out for a while.

 

[anon4705295]

forgot to mention i in fact do a power cycle once a month

regarding me never had an issue with running my battery dead; i was meaning why do i start to freak out when i get to the 60%-40% area.. as if it were time to worry?? haha

I get the same anxious feeling XD I think it's from having had a blackberry before my iP4... getting to the 60% mark usually meant it was about 2 in the afternoon and i needed to turn everything down and close any unnecessary apps if I wanted to make it until 6pm lol. With the iPhone, I charge it in a pattern: one day I'll charge it when I'm getting done in the morning, then the next day I'll charge it at about 7pm. then I'll skip a day and then charge it when I'm getting done, etc. If that's confusing, it pretty much means I go about 36 hrs between charges. I'm usually down to 10% or so then. Once I finish up my last finals I'll be charging this thing daily as I'll be whipping out Infinity Blade again

 

[itsalexaye]

I start looking for a charger around 20% and when it hits 5% i start turning off location, brightness, and so on

 

[anon(631531)]

Once a month i let it get down to 5% or lower, then i charge it fully. Otherwise, usually at about 40% before i charge it.

 

[wcarlson40#IM]

I usually never let mine run below 90%! Seriously! I'm always charging it in the car on from my laptop. I guess i get paranoid too. I will let it run down once a month, though. I actually previously used a Palm Pre where they actually told users it works best if you "top it off" several times during the day.

 

[ame]

I try to kill it. I have only gotten to actually kill it once. Usually I put it on around 5%. I charge every 2 or 3 days thereabouts.