Comment on Is Fast Charging Killing the Battery? A 2-Year Test on 40 Phones
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 months 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 4 months 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”
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 4 months 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.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 months 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 months 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 4 months 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.