discharge 100%?

[Imperium]

is it safe to discharge the battery to 0% so that it will shutdown automatically? (at 0%)

[zcink]

yes its safe. won't hurt your phone. but, its not good for a lithium ion battery. What kills a battery is a build up of sulfites. When you run a battery all the way down it builds up sulfites and shortens the life of the battery.

you should always strive to maintain a full charge on the battery as this will give you the longest life from it.

[gabriel31337]

It should be OK. But what I heard is you should not discharge the batterry too much (it turns off automatically, you turn it on and wait to turn off again and so on...) as Li-polymer batteries are "girlie" in such behavior and would loose capacity sooner than normally.

But it's just "one old lady said once..."