Alert! You Should Avoid These BAD Charging Habits To Protect Your Smartphone Battery

If you are a smartphone user then this is important for you to know. Though we are using smartphones on a daily basis, there are still some things that most of us don’t know. Though the battery is the most critical component of the phone, we usually don’t give attention to the battery maintenance of the device. There are some things that we do which affect the longevity and performance of your battery.

To improve the charging speed, extend battery life, and protect your phone from potential damage keep in mind some tips. Excessive heat and infrequent charging habits are a battery’s biggest enemies. Unfortunately, not many of us can do anything about heat, especially in hot countries like India. However, we can still follow some rules to extend the battery’s health.

In this article, we will explain how you can maintain your mobile phone’s battery health for a longer duration and enjoy good battery life by avoiding charging mistakes that most people make.

Here are some mistakes that you should avoid while charging your mobile phone.

Draining The Battery Below 5%

Another habit that can be detrimental to your smartphone battery is draining the battery to below 5% before charging it. This habit is the worst of all. As it puts a lot of stress on the battery when the cell drops from 10-15%. If you repeat this habit every day, the degradation of your battery will be much higher than normal. To avoid this, it’s best to charge your phone when the battery is at 15-20% and not lower. While it’s okay to do this occasionally, repeating this habit every day is not recommended.

Avoid Charging Your Phone Overnight

Most of us end up doing this. We plug in our mobile phones for charge before going to bed, leave it plugged in all night, and the device continues to charge for hours at a stretch. That’s called overcharging, and ideally you should unplug the charger as soon as the phone’s battery reaches 100% charge level. However, overcharging isn’t as big an issue in modern smartphones as it used to be in older devices.

Don’t put your phone on charge with the case on

The most common mistake we usually do is charging the smartphone with its cover/case. However, this is wrong as it causes overheating in the battery and connector breakage. The charging connector can break due to a poorly designed case. If the case has a opening for the charging cable then it can cause the connector to break over time.

Overheating of the smartphone can slow down the charging speed and reduce the lifespan of the battery. So, you should remove the case when charging your phone to avoid these issues.

Do Not Use Unofficial, Unsupported, Or Low-Quality Chargers

Whenever we come across news regarding someone’s smartphone battery exploding or catching fire, proceeding investigation mostly reveals the use of an unofficial or low-quality charger or harmful charging conditions. Hence, you should always try using the phone’s official or certified chargers.

It may not be possible to carry the official charger everywhere, so you can buy an additional certified charger for your car or workplace so that you don’t have to worry about using an unofficial charger at your office or during travel.

Gaming or watching videos while charging is bad because it distort charging cycles.