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Charging Droid

What is the best way to charge my Droid? normally i plug my phone in before i go to bed and let it charge all night and then just unplug it in the morning when i leave for work but I've heard it's bad to let it charge all night? should i just let it charge until the battery is at 100 and then unplug it? also should i let it die all the way before i charge it or not wait so long?

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Cobjones

If you use the plug it came with, then it should be fine all night. It is an "low drip" power cord that doesn't cycle the power.

Do not use the phone when it is plugged in though, this will cause battery wear.

bartkowski

Hey Cobjones,
Could you please explain how that would cause battery wear? I would have thought that with it plugged in that it would draw directly from the power cord similar to a laptop when plugged in?

TheGreatOne

The best way I have found out to charge a phone these types of phones is by powering it off awhile it is charging. It will charge fatser. Secondly I don't see why it wouldn't be okay to charge it every night. I tend to let the battery drain until I charge it again

hanny76

I charge mine every night and as long as i have had mine it's not an issue. You can not turn your droid off and charge it. The phone will turn on to charge.

unknown

Get a multimedia dock and leave it in there all night.

mess472

The droid can not be turned off while it is being charged.

PJNC284

You can turn the Droid off AFTER it's been plugged in. If you turn it off prior to plugging it in, it'll just switch back on. Really don't see the need to power it down though. I've used the Droid for ~7months with the multimedia dock every night and my battery life is as good as ever.

Cobjones

@thegreatone

Its crazy, but you cannot keep the Droid off while charging.

TheGreatOne

Cobjones wrote:
@thegreatone

Its crazy, but you cannot keep the Droid off while charging.

That is crazy indeed.Wonder why that is.?

PJNC284

Maybe it's the custom roms I've been running, but I can definitely turn mine off and it stays off while charging.

Cobjones

I have no idea...or maybe it has just been my phones..

I still haven't made the leap PJNC.. this is the only phone I have not hacked in a while...

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