battery lifetime extender tool

[bladecgn]

Hi there,

I was wondering if there exists any tool to prolong the liftime of the battery.

In energy settings you can specify that the battery isn't charged when the device connected by USB.

Wouldn't it be good to have a tool running in the background that checks battery status from time to time?

It should turn off charging until the charge level drops below a configurable percentage (e.g. 20%). Then the battery gets recharged again until full.

Should prolong battery lifetime.

Only Question is, when connected to usb and battery charging is turned off, is the device still powered by the USB port or is the battery used.

So, have you heared of such a tool?

[vj4]

Nice love the idea saves havin to leave phone on charge over night screwwing battery hopefully some 1 will know/be smart enugh to creat 1

[gwnorth]

But actually, Lithium polymer and LiOH batteries in fact do best with more frequent charges. Deep cycling a Lithium battery will kill it far faster then many partial discharge/charge cycles (deep cycle it once too far, and it'll be toast anyway - hence the smart circuitry that shuts it down before it fully discharges). Similarly, not using a Li battery is not great for it either - they do best with regular use. So my practice is to always charge whenever it's convenient, regardless of the battery's charge state, and to leave my Tilt on 24/7. I've found over the years that my various Li batteries (cell phone, laptops, etc) retain greater charge capacity for longer that way, then either not using regularly or not charging them frequently.

And a Li battery has a finite lifespan anyway - just sitting unused at optimal conditions on a shelf, and it will be toast in about 4-7 years (typically) from internal self-oxidation. That's why when buying replacements, you always want factory new, not warehouse stored :)

[bladecgn]

I've always been thinking that Li-ion batteries wear with every charge cycle. Yes, deep cycle is deadly to battery life.

With Li-ion I've made a different experience: My laptop at home is usually operated without its battery. It's five years old and the battery is still in good shape / about 66% of its original capacity.
My laptop at work is three years old, battery is always installed, has got its second battery one year ago, because the first one was worn out.

Of course, this is not a sample quantity to be statistically relevant but a single experience.

Anyway, if you use the ernergys panel option not to charge the battery on USB connect and have the device connected to usb, the battery gets discharged if you have the Kaiser turned on, so the idea wouldn't work.

[Rudegar]

dont torture that battery! :P
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=351610&highlight=batt

[khaytsus]

I've always said this simple statement about LiIon: Charge early and often.

Do you need to plug the phone in every time you get off a call? No. Do you need to worry about it dropping below 80%? No. Just charge as often as is convenient. Sitting at a desk for a hour working on something? Charge. Driving for more than 15m? Charge.

I think if you obsess too much you might wind up with USB connector problems from all the cycles on the connector itself, but intelligent use of the above statement should get you the most out of your battery.

(Figure I'll do a small cross-post here as I replied to the wrong topic a minute ago)

[Rudegar]

i charge each night
doing so more often would not have too much of an effect if you ask me