Between the rumors and the advice of parents and loved ones, it is sometimes difficult to know what is the right way to proceed when it comes to charging your brand new smartphone for the first time. The editorial team explains the correct procedure to follow.
He was young, he was beautiful, he smelled of hot sand. His virtues and his glory captivated audiences. You will never forget the first time you watched him, fascinated by his style, his forms and the intensity of his speech.
But once out of the box, you are in doubt: how should I charge my brand new smartphone for the first time to be sure not to damage it and start this relationship on good foundations? This tutorial will explore this question.
The batteries of our smartphones indeed attract all kinds of urban legends . Empty it completely? Recharge it, completely off? Do cycles from 0 to 100 every month for a certain period? There is confusion.
Calibrate the battery
In fact, if our parents often advise us to fully discharge and recharge our electronic devices for each use, this is a reflex inherited from nickel batteries which no longer concern our lithium-ions at all.
For a first charge, the best is actually to properly calibrate the battery. For this, we recommend that you normally use the phone at the exit of the box and then recharge it when it reaches 5% of battery so as not to damage the accumulator.
In fact, lithium-ions do not like to be completely flat. It is therefore better to avoid seeing the phone switch off when you are using it. And hop, full recharge up to 100% ! Whether the phone is on or off does not affect this however.
For the first few days, we recommend repeating this cycle ten times simply so that the intelligent battery knows how to estimate its real capacity and grants its consumption accordingly. Subsequently, repeating this cycle once here and there is a plus, on a much wider frequency.
Charge your smartphone well
The good reflexes afterwards to use your smartphone are nothing other than the opposite than what the older ones will try to teach you: waiting to completely empty your phone before recharging it actually degrades a lithium-ion.
For daily use, it is better to recharge your phone regularly and leave it between 40 and 80% battery in your day. Thus, to optimize its longevity and autonomy , it is advisable to get used to charging in the afternoon and leave your phone quietly at night.
By adopting this reflex, it is much easier to keep your phone in this pleasant range and also avoids launching it plugging in overnight. Although this does not necessarily have an impact, modern devices having the habit of stopping the charging process once 100% is reached, you can never be too careful.