got a new battery and..

[mvmacd]

and I don't remember where, but I read somewhere, some time ago, that when you get a new battery, you should fully charge, and fully discharge the battery a few times.. Is this a good idea? does it help the battery?

are there any tips, like doing a complete cycle every so often?


Also, well, I got this on Amazon so I'm hoping it really is brand new. The brand new batteries are supposed to be dead, not charged, right?

 

[baron4406]

Lithium ion batteries are never shipped "dead", bad things can happen (read up on it). So when you buy a lithium ion battery it always has a charge on it. They also don't have a "memory" like older batteries do so just use it normally. When i got my Naztech battery it was fully charged!

 

[mvmacd]

Ouch.. So does that mean my battery isn't going to be as good as an OEM battery? It looks like it's a legit samsung battery, it has the same model #

Anyway I charged it up fully, then I had to send in my phone to Samsung, so I took it out. When it gets back I'll see how my battery life is.

 

[OhioYJ]

Li-ion batteries aren't supposed to have a memory, however I read a lot of good articles that argue no batteries have memory. However that being said, I've had the best luck out of cycling batteries like that. We have 7 Samsung batteries for our Fascinates, and always just run them down and swap to the next battery. Whenever I get a new one I charge it up, then run it down a few times.

I always charge them, they do come partially charged, but usually not 100%.

 

[tonu42]

Any battery "woes" of memory is all placebo affect much of the time. Unless the phone doesn't get a balanced charge it will have no memory. But I think these batteries are one cell so you don't have to worry about it.

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[XxStechxX]

If you have 7 batteries isn't it a pain swapping them back in to charge them?

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[sageDieu]

you can get chargers, like just a wall charger that you can drop a battery or two in and it'll charge without the phone.

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