Comment on Healthiest way to charge Lithium Ion
solrize@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Check ifixit before you buy a phone, to make sure diy battery replacement is not too difficult. Then you don’t have to worry as much. Just figure on a swap or two during the phone’s lifetime.
Other than that, keep charge level between 20% and 80% as someone said. But I think in that range, it’s ok to fast charge within reason.
Supposedly starting in 2027, all phones sold in EU will have user replaceable batteries.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Unfortunately, while the law is certainly an improvement, it’s not as good as the headlines have misled people to believe.
Anybody who thinks they’ll be popping the back off their phone and changing the battery like it’s 2006 will be disappointed.
The law stops the most egregious stuff (like glueing the battery down in a way that requires specialised tooling to remove), but that’s about as far as it goes.
A confident tinkerer shouldn’t have an issue.
There are also exceptions. If you guarantee the capacity being over X (I can’t remember what the law stipulates) after 3 years, the battery doesn’t have to be removable. And IIRC, it’s not a particularly ambitious amount.
solrize@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think everyone likes to glue down batteries now because that helps the phone’s drop protection. The adhesive strips aren’t so bad since you can heat them a little / use a spudger to get the battery out. It’s worse when they make it very hard to get to the battery, or make you unglue delicate parts like the screen. You are probably right to be pessimistic though.