Otter to [email protected]English • 9 months agoWhy Charging Your Gadgets Over 80% Is Such a Bad Idea | iFixit Newswww.ifixit.commessage-square220fedilinkarrow-up1524
arrow-up1524external-linkWhy Charging Your Gadgets Over 80% Is Such a Bad Idea | iFixit Newswww.ifixit.comOtter to [email protected]English • 9 months agomessage-square220fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•9 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@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•9 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.