Comment on Is Fast Charging Killing the Battery? A 2-Year Test on 40 Phones
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 15 hours agoNo, I’m saying that not all manufacturers have that limit, and it’s a relatively new setting (last few years). If you have an older phone or something not from the top few manufacturers, it might not have that feature.
BillBurBaggins@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
This is like spinal tap. Yeah but my phone charges to 110%. I don’t think you understood what they’re trying to say. Changing what 100% means isn’t a setting or “relatively new”
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
I’m saying when your phone charges to 100%, some manufacturers take that to mean 80% of capacity, whereas others actually charge the battery to 100% of capacity.
BillBurBaggins@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Exactly, which is neither a user setting or relatively new. Battery manufacturers have always had to decide what voltage is what state of charge (percent).
The user setting where you limit it to 80% is on top of what the previous commenter was describing
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
Sure, if the manufacturer sets it to not charge to the max. I’m saying some manufactured charge to the max by default, hence why that setting is useful.
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
No, they’re saying that some hardware manufacturers report 80% as 100% (as you noted) while others do not. Just like some manufacturers report 5% as 5% while others report 10% as 5% with the realization that most people misjudge when they’ll be able to charge.