New 5S...drain battery before 1st charge?

[Chris Cook5]

I just activated my 5s. Should I drain the battery completely before charging for the 1st time?

 

[kch50428]

Do you have to? No.
Should you? your choice... whatever you want...

 

[ame]

You don't need to, but that's usually what I do. Mine had about 80% on it when it arrived, and I used it til it literally died. Then I charged it fully, and killed it dead again before charging it. Yesterday I was at an event and filmed a lot of long videos of q&a sessions so I killed it last night again, but I should be good on that for a few weeks I think.

 

[lush242000]

No. Just enjoy using your phone.


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[B1ue_B1aze]

I actually charged mine straight out of the box. I don't think it really matters with today's battery technologies. However from what I've heard is it's not the best to keep the battery fully charged all the time, or running it dead all the time. Pretty much charge it at night while you sleep, then use it for the day and repeat should be fine.

 

[Chris Cook5]

I read that to about its not good to keeping it charged & running it dead. I just wanted so see what other people thought would be the best

 

[blueshapti]

go to battery university and read about lithium ion batteries. They do not like complete discharge or staying on charger at full. Also heat is worst enemy.

 

[Chris Cook5]

do you ever do a full dis-charge like you says to do "done once every three months or after 40 partial cycles"

 

[blueshapti]

Lithium ion batteries don't take a set. That was older nickle cadmiums. Only reason to do a charge from 20% to 100% once a month is to reset the percentage meter on battery charge indicator. It gives a more accurate reading after a full cycle. The battery is not affected or in any way reset.

 

[Chris Cook5]

So it doesn't dissipate over time? It seems like my 16GB 4s battery to go quicker since 7.0


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[Chris Cook5]

It was supposed to say. it went quicker


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[Chris Cook5]

Doesn't push & fetch new data use battery?


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[Jeryl31]

With all my new phones I like to 'break in' the battery with a complete drain


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[mountainman]

With all my new phones I like to 'break in' the battery with a complete drain


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It is not good to fully drain the battery. There is no break in. I wish people would stop believing that. Li-ion batteries are happy when they are kept charged.

 

[Jeryl31]

It is not good to fully drain the battery. There is no break in. I wish people would stop believing that. Li-ion batteries are happy when they are kept charged.

I'll be sure to NEVER do it again since it's not good


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[imandroid]

I charge whenever it needs it sometimes at 30% sometimes 52% most of the time the phone charges so fast that it's not even an issue


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[FBPD10]

I use a mophie juice pack air, I flip it on whenever it reaches 20% and only up too 80%. It takes double the energy to charge the last 20%. Then I plug it into my nightstand at the end of the night overnight each day

 

[anon(4698833)]

You're really not going to get any legitimate battery performance enhancements by doing these charge cycle things...nor will you see any real improvement by draining your battery down before your first charge. It's all just mumbo jumbo that people have got into the habit of doing and passed it along as "helpful hints". None of them make a significant difference...

 

[Jrome.brooks]

The longer you phone is on sleep mode the better battery gets

 

[anon8383645]

The longer you phone is on sleep mode the better battery gets

lol and wow...