It is a new Nokia C3. I have always waited until the battery was low (red line) before charging, and charged it fully. Last week I didn’t have time to charge it full (took it off the charger before it was fully charged). Then charged it completely at the next opportunity ( it wasn’t on the red line). Before the short charge, the battery would last more than a week. Now, it wants a charge (red line) after 3 days. Did I screw it up with the short charge? Can it be resurrected? Or do I have to live with this?
A genuine full charge from a low level can take 24+ hours. The battery meters are often wrong; many phones will report a “full charge” that drops like a rock over a few hours, whereas the same “full charge” from a 15-24 hour charge will last for days.
Batteries really don’t have ‘charge memory’ the way the earliest generations of nicads did. I’d suggest running the battery down until the phone is throwing warnings at you, then charging it for a solid 24 hours. That should restore battery and battery-indicator performance to normal.
All rechargeable batteries eventually deteriorate and finally, fail. Different chemical formulas have different characteristics. They only way to cover your ass is to have several and rotate them, charging when possible.
Also keep in mind that the discharge rate may vary. If the fone can’t find a signal, it may run down the battery by repeated attempts to connect to a tower, or so I’ve been told.
A typical life span of a cellphone battery IMHO is 3 years. Budget accordingly.
Thank you. I get a message from the fone that says it is fully charged and to disconnect charger. This appears after about 4 hours. I will leave it on for 24 hours. Hopefully it will return to normal.
The C3 has lithium-ion battery
it’s better for lithium-ion batteries to use partial-discharge cycles - that is charge it at mid-level.
There is one exception. After about 30 charges, you should allow lithium-ion batteries to almost completely discharge. Continuous partial discharges create a condition called digital memory, decreasing the accuracy of the device’s power gauge.
There are multiple reports of this phone requiring longer charge times than the power gauge would indicate. Charge it over nite. If that doesn’t help, check the connections of the battery in the phone.
I know this is GQ, so at the risk of being told to go sit in the corner, here goes…
There seems to be a wide variety of opinion, even professional opinion, on how to use and maintain batteries, exacerbated by the many varieties now on the market.
My own, somewhat extensive experience, doesn’t seem to match some of the others in this thread, so I doubt that adding my voice to the cacophony will help.
About the only thing we can all agree upon is that NiCADs have a memory problem and aren’t the first choice to use, and all batteries eventually wear out and/or lose their ability to hold a charge. Other than that, if you get 10 engineers in the same room, I doubt that they will all agree on just how to treat your batts.
So take all advice, including this, with a grain of salt. If it contradicts your experience, maybe it’s wrong. À chacun son goût.
I put the cel phone on charge for 16 hours, and all has returned to normal. Its charge now lasts over a week. Thanks to everyone for taking the time to respond and solve my dilemma. I once was sad, but now am happy. Thanks again folks!