My wife’s phone dies every. single. day. and I don’t know why she doesn’t just charge it at night.

I’m just wondering how people live like this 😅

  • Synapse@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Because I try to charge my phone when I am in the office, as much as possible. There are no small savings in my book :D

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      2 years ago

      Not necessarily. Many phones will charge more slowly during the night if you set a morning alarm. You could be wearing down you battery when you charge at work.

  • HouseWolf@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    I work a desk job with an outlet right there, The nearest outlet to my bed is on the other side of the room and I ain’t ain’t getting out of bed for my 3am memes.

  • Racchio@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    I just turn it off, and it generally need to recharge in the next day afternoon.

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    2 years ago

    I read to fall asleep, so my phone usually stays with me in bed. Pro-Tip, if she has an iPhone, set the Sleep focus to turn on at a specific time and enable low power mode.

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      2 years ago

      For many years I always did this for my own android phone in Tasker, and more recently Samsung Modes&Routines, but thank you for this as I just realized I never did the same for my wife’s iPhone

  • DrFuggles@feddit.de
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    2 years ago

    Same thing with my girlfriend. I even got a charger and a cable just for her exclusive use but she keeps unplugging my phone because “it has more charge than mine”. Which, fair, but like??? It didn’t have to be this way??

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      2 years ago

      Fast charging decreases the lifetime of your battery compared to traditional charging. It’s not a huge difference anymore (maybe 3% or something), but traditional charging isn’t that inconvenient considering you’re not using your phone while you sleep, anyway.

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    2 years ago

    Because I can charge it in my car, at my desk in the office or with my battery pack when I am out.

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    2 years ago

    I have a wireless charging stand at work, so my phone is nearly 70% charged when I go to bed. No real point to me in having extra clutter on my nightstand.

    On the weekends, I’ll charge my phone on the kitchen counter while making breakfast for the kids.

  • sneakyninjapants@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    I feel this pain. Wife’s battery-powered devices are always in a constant state of dying. Something has convinced her that it’s better to let the battery almost! die, then charge it to full, but not leave it plugged in because that will degrade the battery; meaning it never gets charged overnight. I’m sure there’s a small kernel of truth in where she learned that, but it’s almost a joke at this point when she goes scrambling for her charger when using her phone, tablet, etc. It’s painful, but also adorable? I guess. Anyway, it’s not a hill I’m willing to die on, so I just let it be and laugh almost everytime it happens.

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      2 years ago

      She needn’t worry about manually optimizing battery wear, and, in fact, the most harmful thing you can do to a battery is to fully deplete it frequently.

      Educate her about built-in optimized battery charging. iPhones and some Androids have it.

      • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org
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        2 years ago

        This. My wife and I have that setting turned on on our Samsung phones. Mine is 3 years old and I still get all-day battery

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      2 years ago

      I think that was true like… 10+ years ago, but battery and power management tech have advanced so that’s no longer necessesary. I think running full cycles on your battery is actually bad for it now, I set mine to stop charging when it hits 85% to preserve battery health.

      Sounds stressful constantly worrying about battery life, plopping it on a wireless charger before bed is the way to go.