I bought a new tablet but my old one still has some life so I decided to use it till it dies. I set up my new Galaxy S9 Fe and I was thinking about just letting it be at 0% battery till I’m ready to use it, is this ok?

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    1 year ago

    nope, lion battery do not like deep discharge, they loose capacity fast then. If you want to leave tablet for longer time put 40 to 50% and then turn it off.

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        1 year ago

        The actual answer is that batteries are like two halves of a soccer field, except filled with thousands of players. You want your players to be spread evenly between the two sides of the field or things get crowded and they start damaging the boundaries of the stadium.

        Also, crossing the center is what generates/consumes power, depending on which way each of the players go.

        Well, not the actual answer, but an analogy.

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    1 year ago

    Alternatively, return the tablet and buy a better and newer one when your old one dies. Technology advances fast.

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    1 year ago

    0% is the worst you can do to a battery. 100% isn’t good either.

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      1 year ago

      100% is still way better than 0%. Besides swelling, if you leave it at 0 long enough it might never turn on again

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    1 year ago

    I let my Samsung S20 FE warranty replacement sit dead for 2 years and went to use it and the battery had to be replaced. I have let iPhones sit for that long and never had an issue with them working again.

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    1 year ago

    You want to maintain battery health but store it without use for a time. Do what the factory does. Charge to 50% or 60%, and turn it off. Then store it. Best for battery protection and longevity if stored

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    1 year ago

    li ion batteries are never really at “0” - that’s just a figure showed to the consumer.

    In reality, in very lay man’s terms, the batteries are hibernating when it’s 0. They will continue to “lose” energy as per usual (like how when you’re starving, it doesn’t mean you are on the verge of death). When the minimum energy level goes below a certain amount necessary for life support, the battery will suffer physical damange, you can no longer wake it up unless you bring it to a hospital and get a professional to resuscitate the battery by doing something dangerous.

    So yeah, you can leave it a 0%, just that your phone may never wake up again if you leave it alone too long.
    You leave it at 50%, it will depend on how long it takes for the phone to lose 50% energy in your environment, then you’ll be in the same situation as the 0% one.

    That’s why new phones are charged to about 80% or 90% when sealed in a box - you’ll never know how long the phone is going to sit on the shelf. That should be good for a few years.

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      1 year ago

      It should degrade pretty slow as it’s not being used or going through any charge cycles. Samsung was having an issue with battery swelling so be sure to switch the device on every so often. Maybe once a month.

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    1 year ago

    Why not charge it and switch off till you’re ready to use it. The Nokia smartphone I got few months back via CryptMI, I wasn’t ready to use it and that was exactly what I did.

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    1 year ago

    I set my new S9 ultra… to charge no more than 85%. That’s a setting there

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      1 year ago

      Where is the setting? I just bought a brand new Note 9. I couldn’t find “Protect Battery” that I use on my Fold 4 to limit charging to 85%. My old Note 9 was retired because of its battery.