You've been charging your smartphone wrong

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You've been charging your smartphone wrong

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Hollis Johnson

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Do you know how to keep your smartphone's battery healthy?

Probably not. In fact, you've probably been hastening the death of your phone's battery with your charging habits.

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Charging to 100%? Charging overnight? Fully discharging before plugging in? All these common practices can shorten the usable life of your battery, according to Cadex, a company that offers devices that test smartphone and other batteries.

Just how to best extend the life of batteries has been a prime topic recently, since Apple disclosed that it was slowing down iPhones with degraded batteries so the devices don't shut down unexpectedly.

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Cadex offers a lot of information about batteries on its Battery University website. Among the things it discusses is lithium-ion batteries - the type that powers smartphones. It turns out - if you're interested in delaying having to replace your battery or buy a new phone - there are specific percentage charge levels within which you should keep your phone's battery.

Check out how and how not to charge your phone:

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