Otter to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agoWhy Charging Your Gadgets Over 80% Is Such a Bad Idea | iFixit Newswww.ifixit.comexternal-linkmessage-square249fedilinkarrow-up1506arrow-down163
arrow-up1443arrow-down1external-linkWhy Charging Your Gadgets Over 80% Is Such a Bad Idea | iFixit Newswww.ifixit.comOtter to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square249fedilink
minus-square@noodlejetski@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish5•4 months agothat doesn’t answer the question of whether there’s a way to tell that their battery is limited to 80% on hardware level, though.
minus-square@Zak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoUnless it’s lying about the voltage itself, you can be pretty sure it’s not limited if it charges to 4.35V. 4.2 is a little more tricky if you don’t know for sure whether 4.2 is the full voltage for the cell.
that doesn’t answer the question of whether there’s a way to tell that their battery is limited to 80% on hardware level, though.
Unless it’s lying about the voltage itself, you can be pretty sure it’s not limited if it charges to 4.35V. 4.2 is a little more tricky if you don’t know for sure whether 4.2 is the full voltage for the cell.