12 Mistakes You Make While Charging Your Phone
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- How to Prolong the Life of Your Battery. In case the battery of your favorite gadget can't keep up with the workload and dies too quickly you must be looking for ways how to make it last longer. people still keep doing all kinds of crazy stuff because they think it’ll extend their battery life, like throwing their phone in the freezer! We’re gonna get into this plus more common mistakes people make when it comes to charging their devices and what you can do instead to prolong your phone’s battery.
It turns out you don’t really have to charge your phone to the max before using it for the first time. It’s safe to use your phone while it's charging and also okay to charge it overnight.
TIMESTAMPS
Charging your phone to the max before using it for the first time. 1:14
Not using your phone while it's charging. 2:15
Being afraid that chargers from a different brand will kill your battery. 3:00
Thinking that turning your phone off will damage the battery. 3:40
Trying to “train” your battery. 4:13
Not charging your phone overnight for fear of damaging the battery. 4:58
Putting the battery in the freezer to make it last longer. 5:36
Using task managers to prolong battery life. 6:09
Fearing to leave your phone charger plugged in. 6:40
Not charging laptops all the time to prevent damage. 7:21
Believing that the Internet runs your battery down the fastest. 7:55
Turning off Bluetooth, GPS, and Wi-Fi to prolong the battery life. 8:42
Tips to prolong the life of your battery:
Keep batteries cool. 9:28
Store batteries with a bit of charge. 10:01
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SUMMARY
-You’ll be perfectly fine if you just buy a phone, take it out of the box, and start using it right away.
-It doesn't matter whether you’re using your phone while charging or not, it’ll still charge the same exact way.
-If the charger works well enough, it won't harm your mobile device. So if you need to urgently charge your phone in an emergency or the factory charger it came with doesn't work anymore, you can get any cheap version that’s compatible with your smartphone.
-If you simply shut your device off from time to time, nothing dramatic will happen. In fact, some devices may actually start working more effectively after you reboot them.
-Feel free to charge your phone even if the battery is as full as 90%. Charging your phone frequently doesn't hurt the battery.
-If you wanna extend your battery’s lifespan, keep it charged between 40 and 80%. Believe it or not, this actually helps the battery live the longest.
-Freezing your phone does nothing more than kill the battery. The thing is that lithium-ion batteries react badly to both cold and heat.
-The built-in system on your phone is already dealing with everything that should be done to keep your device’s performance in tip-top shape. As for third-party task managers, they’re actually more likely to decrease your phone’s performance.
-It's perfectly safe to leave your charger plugged in unless you have a damaged charger, pets at home, or no lightning protection.
-Experts recommend discharging your laptop to zero percent no more than once a month.
-If you’re just surfing the Net or reading articles, it doesn’t influence your battery life any more than listening to music does.
-Wi-Fi consumes even less energy than your smartphone needs to maintain the cellular data connection.
-Avoid leaving your smartphone, tablet, or laptop in direct sunlight or in a hot car. And definitely don’t take your gadgets to a hot place, like the beach or sauna.
-The problem with storing batteries is that they lose their charge over time. And when this charge drops to zero, your battery will automatically kill itself so that it doesn’t become unstable.
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TIMESTAMPS
Charging your phone to the max before using it for the first time. 1:14
Not using your phone while it's charging. 2:15
Being afraid that chargers from a different brand will kill your battery. 3:00
Thinking that turning your phone off will damage the battery. 3:40
Trying to “train” your battery. 4:13
Not charging your phone overnight for fear of damaging the battery. 4:58
Putting the battery in the freezer to make it last longer. 5:36
Using task managers to prolong battery life. 6:09
Fearing to leave your phone charger plugged in. 6:40
Not charging laptops all the time to prevent damage. 7:21
Believing that the Internet runs your battery down the fastest. 7:55
Turning off Bluetooth, GPS, and Wi-Fi to prolong the battery life. 8:42
Tips to prolong the life of your battery:
Keep batteries cool. 9:28
Store batteries with a bit of charge. 10:01
BRIGHT SIDE thank you
Thanks a lot for the informative video.
😐📱 searching
I don't do anything wrong serously
Wizard Gomes me to
It should be called wrong beliefs rather than "mistakes"
They're lying about half of this stuff so yeah
The first one is kinda uh pretty bad
Am I the only one feeling this video is misleading?
me !
me !
Ur not the only one man. Some "Facts" here are actually the complete opposite.
LuiSpot same here. U cant charge ur phone overnight. It will stress the battery. Misleading video
Me too
0:03 I really like how Santa claws just called him in the middle of the summer
This info is really important to me to end my worry of overprotecting my phone, thank you, friend!
this video is dump. this channel is a joke. check their other videos, they literally saying different things and its the same channel -.-
That's not true
@@goodprince5327 Yes, this channel contradicts itself too much about info on battery life in different videos.
@@goodprince5327 u are right
@@rvprksh u are right they are scamming
Want a phone that could stay battery long? Push the "Air plane mode" 😂👌
Airplane mode and turn off the phone completely while charging
yes! this mode is an awesome feature! watched 10-15min video from memory card and the battery didn't drop even 1%!
Idk if it was smart but I have putt my iPhone in the Fridge (3 degrees Celsius)and it didn’t drop by 1% after gaming on it.
Me watching this video while charging my phone 😂😭
never heard of freezing the phone in my life
Same as you.
Same as u
thank you so much i struggled the whole day you are a life saver
I lost 3% watching this video…😭😭😭😭
How many capacities does your battery have?
I lost 10%
I lost 2%
I haven't lost to me
I gained 200%
A-ha so that's what's draining my battery watching brightside videos.😂
The turning off wifi and other broadcast to save battery is true. Your phone will constant send request and search for network access and if you are in a location with weak or no signal. That action can drain your battery very fast.
You mean constantly
Thank you sir for making a free videos and giving such a great knowledge by spending your valuable time for us..
This video makes me now question the legitimacy of the channel's content.
I think you meant the comments of 'beforebefore' make you question the legitimacy of this channel's content and I definitely agree with you. Something about the narrator's voice that sounds so trusting. Still, I would hope much of this channel's content is correct . . . one would hope. Your observation is what most who read that are thinking, Cheers
I too
Hm
8:15 the moment you said i closed youtube
Thanks for your help and advice on this matter. Thanks again.
I just charge my phone to 100% at night, unplug it, then go to sleep.
So it already has full battery by the time I get up in the morning.
It seems a lot of people are thinking the batteries are NiMH or Nickel-metal hydride batteries with memory. Lithium batteries don't have a charge memory. And they like to be charged up anytime even at 70 - 80%.
The technology hasn't changed. Anode on one side, cathode on the other. Electrons travel through a membrane separating the two. Lithium-Ion is better, but it still wears out the membrane in between the two. Barring physical damage, the battery is the part you go get replaced because it wears out not holding as much charge as it did each successive year. It's simple science. Extreme temps make it worse.
@@glennquagmire3258 Giggity !
Thank you for this video . from now on . i will not worry if my phone charge overnight
I bet this guy could do a killer Casey Kasem impression! Thanks for the informative video.
*2:22* I don't have a phone but it does break when you use it while its charging ( tablet ) When I used it while it was charging, it didn't charge, proof! I used other devices and it charged but it didn't charge for my tablet so the charging hole is broken, *I think this only is safe with phones.*
I have a droid turbo, and it charges perfectly with an oem samsung charger.
Great vid!
Thank you for the thought provoking video and helpful comments. Thank you for the tips.
This video changes all of my beliefs related to battery life and now iam so happy that i can use my phone in a more efficient and without worrying about it too much
Re: #6 you have another video saying don't charge a phone overnight.
They repeat so people know for sure.
LEARN YOUR FACTS!!!!! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
John Hodgson fr he absolutely contradicted himself lol
I dont cause my phone would over charge and Mines charges fast but I dont even know if that's true
@@rockerz5891 wassup
@@tberrios9330 you must have a cheap charger, because most detect its not charging anymore and stop.
in fact, you cant overcharge on a usb hub. my galaxy tab's been on there for months. what happened? nothing, when I turn it off it charges, when I turn it on its like its plugged into the wall like any pc
2:15 i'm using my phone while it's charging And IT STILL GOING UP TO 100
9:30 Is an example
Showing this to my dad, so that I have a reason to use my phone while charging.
Hahahaha that’s what I’m doing to
Giorno Giovanna
"mysterious tasks" is my favorite.
Bio nhi
You forgot to mention if you have small children do not leave your charger dangling from an outlet
Maybe that falls under "pets."
Ha! Just kidding. :-)
@@sherryhammond7805 -sence- sense
Many great points! #9. You shouldn't leave your charger plugged in because of the continuous amount of "ghost power" that is used while it continues to convert 120v to 5v. It does damage the charger since the longer it is in use, the shorter its life span, but the issue with leaving it plugged in all the time is the amount of unnecessary kilowatt hours it can use throughout the years. Keep up the good work!
That's false
Modern Smartphones automatically cut the power once the battery hits 100%
I charge my phone each night and I've never had no problems at all
However with my phone being 6 years old the charge doesn't last like it did when my phone was brand new
@@stephensnell1379 It is correct information according to the battery specialist who I asked ( working at a Samsung authorized repair facility specializing in batteries of all kinds). Though it doesn't charge the battery, it keeps the battery in a state of stress and can drastically shorten a battery's life. I have also experienced this first hand with an Apple device and a Samsung device. Maybe not every device will have the issue (and I'm glad yours did not), but MANY will and have. I hope you have a great day and that your batteries stay strong! :)
@@ayushjha2345 Answering for @LI-First Films Productions from my regular account: According to the battery store personnel, it doesn't matter if it is on or off, the battery might be damaged by leaving it on a charger for too long after it is already at 100%. But, as @Stephen Snell said, this may be fixed with newer phones. I know that my Galaxy Note 10+ had battery damage because I always kept it charging while in the car (hours on end since I deliver packages). But, I hope the newer generations of phones have fixed this. Laptops have had this problem solved for a long time now. Best practice, only have it charging when it needs it. When it's done, disconnect it. 😀
@@ayushjha2345 On or off, night or day, if it is charged 100% then it may be bad to leave it plugged into the charger. It's considered putting the battery in a "high stress" state. Can be bad if done too much. Hopefully they really have fixed this issue on newer batteries. You can always contact the maker of the phone for more information. 😎
Great recommendations, thanks!
4:08
Me:
MY PHONE IS IN THIS PICTURE!!!
Samee
*Turn off your phone. And charge it. It will charge faster.*
not true
SWorD Z - it works it was 15% now its 86% 😉
kelvyn charlie is true.
kelvyn charlie
Is true. Keeping the phone on while charging is like trying to fill the bathtub with the drain opened.
'No proccess' cant be achieved while phone is turned on
Watching This video While Charging it on same time ;)
For some reason, my phone has been "cutting off" even when I still have 30% left on the battery?!!! 😲 It can leave me stuck at inopportune times! I used to leave my charger at home, but now I'll take it with me, if I know I'm gonna be OUT & NEED to use my phone!!! 📱
Thanks for this video and for the tips.
This is great! While Apple keeps doing some shady things to reduce battery life haha 😂
Allan Tan your English is fine.
Harshil Patel as well as refusing to buy into the 'standard charger for all phones' concept.
Nope, Apple slows down old Iphones, they don't reduce battery life, not willingly at least, because the latest iOS 11 version makes your battery drain extremely fast
Apple just sucks tbh. Droid ftw
Harshil Patel ikr, thass why i say samsung is better cuz they less greedy
I still have one percent of battery to comment, and i can say th
Hahaha 😅
Lol
😅🤣
Hahaha
4 months ago, he was trynna say this is a lie
Very knowledgeable video
. thanks for sharing!
#2
That's what I'm doing now eheheh
After watching no.2 I plugged out my charger correctly not the power plug but the micro USB cable but after I watch "leaving your charger plugged into the power plug can't harm" nah... Just following steps on bright side heeehehehehe....
Okay now I feel safe to use my phone at charger now XD
But dont make a call while charging its not safe
Ok,hold up,who tf charges there phone on the top😂(thumbnail)
Opposite of almost everything the phone sales person told me. Nice informative video. I have to go take my phone out of the freezer.
Thanks, Brightside. This video reaffirmed some things I knew and enlightened me with many things. I love what you do. I wish my fellow TH-camrs would stop making useless comments. If you're not adding to the conversation just be still - PLEASE
Can't agree with 2 and 10. When someone is doing heavy usage (TH-cam, IG, gaming) and charging their phone at the same time.... It causes the phone to get extremely hot which could lower the life expectancy of the battery. It's the same thing as what you said for number 10 due to overheating. As someone who works on computers, overcharging is real no matter what tasks are being done on the computer. If you leave the power cord in 24/7 it will take a couple years but your battery will only last 30 minutes or less.
Arthur Byers Uhm, my phone haven't been overheating while watching TH-cam for 3 hrs. Played some heavy games for 2 hrs and it indeed gets hot. But it just cools down. It's not even at 40 degrees Celsius.
Arthur Byers But I think over charging Does exist.
Actually the overheating is from your processor. Modern smartphones use the case as a heatsink.
Arthur Byers that is. Very true but i still do it
wRoNG! That is a lie
"batteries die too quickly"
*laughs in 3720 mAh*
Laughs in higher 4500 mah
*cries in 2500 mah*
@@user-ui5bx4pf9v dang what kinda phone
Laughs in rog phone 2 with 6000mah battery
Laughs in 5000 mAh
Thanks, appreciates your input.
Once i keeped my device in charging and after a while i realized there is a switch also lol....🤣😂😂😂
I did that to but it was over night
He said in a video 3 years back charge your new phone to 100% now you dont have to charge it to 100%
Me: am i joke to you
I understand you but its OK to learn the mistakes of the other things and teach the otherwise to people. I hope you do understand.
Well, I'm charging while watching this video.
kevindamerr me too 😂
Even me high five🖐
Me 2 😂
me 2 😂
Ditto!
I have noticed that for the past few years. Thanks
When im home ive always left my phone in cradle and charging, in all the years ive used a mobile phone has not once affected battery, i also use an old samsung phone as a cctv monitor that is left plugged in 24/7 battery still holds same amount of juice when unplugged as the day i got it, one of the many reasons i always buy Samsung, even if there ever is an issue just buy a new battery and replace.
Especially wifi, Bluetooth and GPS, it's giving misconceptions. Don't follow them. And charging overnight damages your battery. Yes battery itself stops charging once it reaches %100 but phone itself drains battery then charges again and again. Also they don't know how different chargers work, 1A 2A or more, charger amperes are different
*Good point amps are the most relevant thing to charging! (and screen brightness to battery life)* Also using higher amperage chargers then your phone came with should be fine. Electronics should almost certainly only pull the pressure (Amps) needed to do their designated work. This is not a hardfast rule but I've never heard of a problem. To know which charger has the most Amperage I _write the mA rating in Sharpie, Gold/Silver works om black plastic. _*_;]_*
My Bluetooth device like action cam and gimbal, (headset still 3.5) I'm not using those often , But how on this planet leave the Bluetooth on when don't use it ? omg
My problem is, I have no place in the house to charge my phone where I can keep checking on the charge. Very difficult to know when to pull the plug at 80% or less; and at that level I would have to charge it several times a day.
@@pennygardner4428 you don't have to stop charging exactly at 80%!
**charging phone while watching**
Well shoot--
Gacha Trash- I am to haha
Facebook@gmail.
I usually do that
Gacha Trash- ur profile pic is trippy
@@mynameisazz wait wha-
How?? .-.
Thank you so much for this video❤
Thanks BRIGHT SIDE that helps a lot.
Number 5
Training your battery
Running down the phone and charging it till full will cause it to count a cycle. After so many cycles your capacity goes down
#8 Battery Saver apps are useless,true!
thank you for the tips.. it helps a lot.😊
😂😂The cell phone battery killed itself😂😂
Good one
I have turned my phone off before and then turned it back on and realized that it had more battery than before
I'd love to look on, brigth side ,at you tube using my smart phone and one if this advise, has taken my brithside, and i learn a lot in this advise using my smartphone..
Tnx a lot to share this, simply brgthside
Nice i learned some things from this
Relatable to Apple
While Android sits there watching
😂
Android be like, what a pointless video. Didn't even use 1% to watch the entire thing.
Put phone airplane mode to charge faster 30%
Nah it does nothing
ZizOu -_- it does for my phone
Tru
Screen is the most source that eats your phone's battery
Turn off and charge to maintain good battery health. It's not that hard!
M Naji Safo yeah but just turn on wi-fi and you still receive msgs and phone calls
So to summarize
1. Don't let your battery die or 0% because it will lose its chemical reactions inside thus might damage the battery.
2. 100% doesn't typically mean full, as it is only an indicator but it is good practice to constantly charge so to avoid #1.
3. Don't let your battery heat up by leaving it in hot temperatures/conditions. When it is fully charged, plug it off.
Great tips thank you !
When you are using your phone while charging it it will take way more time because the processor heats when charging and if you are using it it will be even hotter and then it will slow down the processor and charging speed!
because its using energy, and yes, heat is a waste byproduct of it... heat does not slow down cpu's by the way, and the cpu is designed to stop itself in the event it overheats.
anyway... charging bat is faster when your not using it because the cpu is taking some of that power..
be nice if you could feed cpu and bat enough but those usb wall chargers are only 2 amps
electrical resistance increases when temperature rises, so CPU’s will slow down when heat increases. Apparently heat (excessive) also shortens CPU’s life. If CPU’s are designed to stop when it overheats I would think this would be in extreme conditions, but I would guess they are designed to slow down gradually to reduce the risk of overheating - but that’s just my guess.
Like mentioned in the video, even when the smartphone is charging, it most likely has some processes running in the background anyway, but using the smartphone while charging will - like you mentioned - slow down the charging process, but will also additionally increase the temperature of the CPU and battery excessively - especially when using internet with bad network and/or watching videos. Since high temperature is not desirable for the battery and CPU, that should probably be avoided.
I found with experience that ipad charger, charges the iphone faster, turning airplane mode on also helps however marginally - it decreases the use of battery by reducing processes that consume power while charging.
Not really sure how accurate this video is, it’s bery generalized at best, but I have been told by apple staff (genius bar) that leaving an iphone plugged in for charging overnigth is not good for the battery, also they said that it’s better to charge the battery full rather than charging it bit by bit. But again this probably is not a major issue with the type of batteries used in todays smartphones, but when done regularly it might have some impact.
Ridiculous. Your phone generates heat WHENEVER it's being used, regardless of whether it's being charged or not, and you're far more likely to get power slowdowns and dangerous overheating from running too many apps at once than you are from the negligible effects of a battery charge.
If your CPU is overheating from a battery charge, then you're either running too many background apps or something was wrong with the CPU to begin with, because it's designed to handle the heat generation of use while a battery charges.
Aquaria,
I heard that the iOS manadges apps so that even when they run in the background, they don’t consume resources too much - unless ofcourse some of them have background refresh on. So apparently in some cases it’s better to leave apps running in the background than turning them off and on, as loading the app would use more resources. I turn off all unused apps from the background despite that 😀 and only leave the few ones I use regularly and frequently.
All I was trying to say, is that using the phone while charging will just add to the heating effect and that could have a negative affect on CPU etc.
See the links below. If charging would’t generate significant additional amount of heat, they probably wouldn’t have advised to remove the phone from certain cases when charging battery.
www.apple.com/uk/batteries/maximizing-performance/
www.apple.com/uk/batteries/why-lithium-ion/
support.apple.com/en-us/HT202105
Regards,
Michael
Is this the bright side or the dark side. Sorry I'm confused
Really helpful - thanks!
I use Accubattery for Android to notify to stop an LG G6 (with a sealed in battery) charging at a chosen 66%, and try to start again at about 40%. It shows this is only 5% of a wear cycle, yet 26% depth of discharge.
I carry a short cable to top up when needed, to avoid
Hey bright side I'm having a doubt..That if a cellular data in a phone is simply turned on for several hours, It won't drain the battery percentage in the mobile??
Thanks. Now my batteries charge limit is now 200
fassonic 33 - wut
Lol
Mine just blew up once it reached the mythical 200% xD
WUUUUUT
How bc i hv Neva heard of 200 per
Thanks, I found this presentation very interesting as I recognized some of my misconceptions revealed. Great job!!
Nice tips but I struggle with the advice not to charge on wireless charger to prevent heat. Here is my findings: the charging port was the first thing on all our phones that gave up after 1-2years, while the battery was still in good condition! Thus I am trying wireless charging now to prevent the charging port from spoiling. Maybe it will affect battery life but by now I haven't detected a notable heat during charging.
Do remember that Wireless charging is much slower,less efficient and will generate way more heat so Wired Charging is way better
But screen off makes battery usage go to extremd low
Manufacturers recommend fully charging before first use.
I just went into a phone shop and they *don't*
Haha... the "good" old times, when basically each brand had their own charger/data cable totally incomptible with any other brabd device because they all had different type plugs... and quite several times even a bew model of a certain brand did not accept the cable of an older model of the same brand...
Quite sure any household old enough to have been around when mobile phones came to be, has about 10 different type cables from those years :)
Battery memory has a grain of truth. Ni Cad batteries, which were used in early calculators and portable computers, do have a charge memory, and lost capacity unless they were charged only when nearly empty. That is definitely NOT the case for Lithium Ion batteries.
Has anyone heard of livewave🌴📻
Im no rocket scientist but my phone even tells me through my notifications to not use it while its charging so that the battery will charge faster
well wrong, my tablet even charges faster when it is turned on, when it is turned off it takes longer it seems!
of course it will you cant use and charge at the same speed because the phone is taking power to run.
bt of course either way isn't hurting it
@@harleyme3163 common sense
He never said it charges at the same rate if you use it when charging, he just said that it is okay to use your phone when charging.
Thats common sense of course it charges slower, because when it's turned on it uses some power.
From my experiance,charging overnight slowly demage my 🔋...
Favorite part of this video starts at 2:44 ... Wowza!!!
Bluetooth and wifi are constantly looking for devices to connect to. I would leave those off if you're not using them. If you're afraid of remembering to turn them back on and dont have unlimited data then I would keep it on. Also I wouldn't leave your laptop plugged it. Based on many of the laptops I have owned, leaving laptops plugged in does damage the battery. I no longer leave them plugged in and have had no battery problems with my 4 year old laptop. :)
This video should be named 12 myths about charging phones
#2, it does matter. it makes a difference when in use or not in use while charging.
This TH-cam make me can sleep at know I love that 😆 keep up
Thanks for the tips that work
😂 Haha LOL mate you messed up look it says #11 twice
66
I like to low battery-mode on even if it's 100% & it prolongs my battery life.
Like power saving mode?
Thanks man...for information😇
Thanks for a very insightful and informative video.
me: look at me apple
apple: what NoOOoOOo
me ^_^ i plug the apple charger on a Samsung phone
Samsung: I feel fin...
BOOOoOoOoOOOOOOOOoOOOoOoOMMMM
That's some kind of smartphone buttsecks. Go to jail.
You posted a video about the damages of charging at night but in this video you said there is no damages in charging battery at night
Yes exactly
I'm number one fan of BRIGHT SIDE.i learnd so much with this. In every chapter issue i watching..really full sense..❤❤👍👍👍
Video : watching brightside videos makes your battery die faster.
Me: closes youtube.
My phone charges a LOT faster when its off....this video is already not reliable.......
I agree
Get a higher amp charger.
22 years of IT EXP here... I say that 50% is BS. Charging your phone and using it is far slower but it is safe to do so. Your phone will charge 70% faster powered down and the one that bugged me was leaving your Bluetooth on while not in use, yes it does drain batteries up to 40% faster. Some they did get right are task managers and turning your screen down and the extreme hot and cold will damage your battery however in the heat your phone will stop charging to save your battery and phone from damage.
Fenix Bloodstone
Bluetooth being used may drain 40% faster but if its just on it uses very little.
Maygan Phynix a
2:06 walks into store yeah uh my phones at 30 percent can I get a new phone who's gonna do that lol
You are brilliant is very good advised thankfully
Discharging lithium batteries actually perform a bit better when they are warm. around body temperature.