First charge?

[saldawop]

Just picked up my omnia 7. Guy in shop said to charge it for eight hours.
Is that necessary with these types of batteries?
Can I just charge it fully then use as normal?
Do I evern need to do that, or can I just use whatever charge it has?

 

[mwako]

Just picked up my omnia 7. Guy in shop said to charge it for eight hours.
Is that necessary with these types of batteries?
Can I just charge it fully then use as normal?
Do I evern need to do that, or can I just use whatever charge it has?

IMO it's worth it. I've had countless friends complain after they charge phones full after an hour then 3 weeks later it doesn't hold a good charge.

As soon as you plug it in, it turns on so you can use it while it charges anyway.

It's more for old phones. But always worth it IMO.

 

[saldawop]

Thanks......

 

[c-bone]

Just picked up my omnia 7. Guy in shop said to charge it for eight hours.
Is that necessary with these types of batteries?
Can I just charge it fully then use as normal?
Do I evern need to do that, or can I just use whatever charge it has?

I didn't bother. From what I understand Li-ion batteries have no "memory" so a full charge and discharge isn't necessary for it to fully reach its capacity. Also Li-ion prefer to be charged frequently and for short periods of time.

Keeping it fully charged all the time however, speeds up its degredation, as does excessive heat so keep these things in mind and your battery should have a longer life span.

 

[mwako]

I didn't bother. From what I understand Li-ion batteries have no "memory" so a full charge and discharge isn't necessary for it to fully reach its capacity. Also Li-ion prefer to be charged frequently and for short periods of time.

Keeping it fully charged all the time however, speeds up its degredation, as does excessive heat so keep these things in mind and your battery should have a longer life span.

Nice one, I've always been a bit curious.

found this info on the matter that helped me and might others

http://batteryuniversity.com/index.php/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries

"However, a full discharge/charge will reset the digital circuit of a 'smart' battery to improve the state-of-charge estimation"

 

[ZaForD]

I didn't bother. From what I understand Li-ion batteries have no "memory" so a full charge and discharge isn't necessary for it to fully reach its capacity.

This is only partly true, Li-Ion batteries don't sufer from 'memory effect' like the older Ni-Cad's did.
But they do 'forget' how much charge they 'should' have.
The solution is as mwako says to fully charge and fully discharge regually (once every couple of months should be enough) will keep them in good condition.

Also Li-Ion's have a limted charging cycle.
By that I mean they can only be charged a certain amount of times before the charges fail. This is around 10,000 times which seems alot. Until you take into account that everytime you connect to your PC (via USB) to sync, backup, update, transfer files, or whatever else, it counts as 1 charging cycle.