OttertoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·8 months agoWhy Charging Your Gadgets Over 80% Is Such a Bad Idea | iFixit News(www.ifixit.com)external-linkarrow-up1526arrow-down166message-square262fedilink
arrow-up1460arrow-down1external-linkWhy Charging Your Gadgets Over 80% Is Such a Bad Idea | iFixit News(www.ifixit.com)OttertoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·8 months agomessage-square262fedilink
minus-squarenoodlejetskiEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 months agolinkfedilinkthat 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-squareZakEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkUnless 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.