How true is this myth, charging a new phone for 12 hours for optimal performace?

[Dasin]

It has been allways said that when u get a new phone you must charge it for 12 hours in order to get optimal use of the device, how true is this.

A usual phone charge is for like 2 to 3 hours, i was told that when u first get a brand new phone you need to charge it for 12 hours for optimal performance. if u dont charge the phone for 12 hours later on the phone battery life will not be good moving forward, how tru is this.

For the record iam getting a Samsung Galaxy Note 5.3 ATT LTE, also i have another question.

Why is it that every android phone i ever had dies out so fast, but when it comes to a iPhone that phone can last for a long time, i really dont understand why it is like that, i have had many android phone HTC EVO 4G, G1, T-Mobile G2 and all these android phone die out really fast but the iPhone seems to last a very long time.

Why is that?

 

[lmike6453]

It has been allways said that when u get a new phone you must charge it for 12 hours in order to get optimal use of the device, how true is this.

A usual phone charge is for like 2 to 3 hours, i was told that when u first get a brand new phone you need to charge it for 12 hours for optimal performance. if u dont charge the phone for 12 hours later on the phone battery life will not be good moving forward, how tru is this.

For the record iam getting a Samsung Galaxy Note 5.3 ATT LTE, also i have another question.

Why is it that every android phone i ever had dies out so fast, but when it comes to a iPhone that phone can last for a long time, i really dont understand why it is like that, i have had many android phone HTC EVO 4G, G1, T-Mobile G2 and all these android phone die out really fast but the iPhone seems to last a very long time.

Why is that?

I always charge my battery on any phone for at least 6 hours because the software telling you its at 100 after 2 is wrong. The first charge is important because you are starting a cycle of charging and draining.


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[tactical45]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15631703

Read through this thread. It has a lot of good info. I hope i pasted the link correctly

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[gregsarg]

I'm sure glad we dont use Ni-Cad batteries any more....LOL

 

[lbroller]

I've never had problems with my note dying fast. I charge my battery over night clear all my programs a few times a day and restart my phone once a day. I can go over 8 hours of heavy usage with no recharge. And I've been on iphone since the second generation iphone 4 was the worse battery on heavy usage but great on standby

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[jpoirier587]

I always get a day and a half worth of use.

But seriously everyone do yourself a favor and turn off the battery percentage and just use the icon. Watching that percentage drop makes it feel like the battery goes faster. Ignorance is bliss.

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[Dasin]

None answering the question the way it is asked, LOL, u know when u get a phone and the wireless providers allways tell you to charge the phone for a full 12 hours before use.

 

[holmanm]

None answering the question the way it is asked, LOL, u know when u get a phone and the wireless providers allways tell you to charge the phone for a full 12 hours before use.

The second post answered it perfectly. The first charge on new software will not necessarily tell you accurately when it's fully charged, so you want to keep charging it after it says its full. 12 hours is probably overkill but it will definitely be fully charged, 6 hours probably will but maybe not.

So the answer is you should charge it as long a possible out of the box and after any factory reset or new rom to ensure the software doesn't cheat you out of some battery life later on.

And for the second part of your original question:

In my opinion, the Iphone is designed to run programs that are written to a very specific standard to use the hardware in a very specific way and to be used by the user in a very specific manner, and this it does very efficiently in both battery and performance. But it needs a user that is fine with being told exactly how to use the phone.

Android phones allow anyone to create programs to use the hardware in ways they weren't initially intended to be used as/for.

I think of it as a Turnpike and a regular highway. The Turnpike is much more efficient, safer and faster but you are very limited to where you can exit, what you can see along the way and it cost you more to get on it. It's good for what it is but I would rather enjoy the trip as long as I have to drive.

 

[MikeCriggs]

Ehh... I've never had it make any difference to me. Then again I use a CPU governor and custom UC/OC kernels ASAP.

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[TimOster]

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