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 😅
I charge it during the day at work.
Boss makes a dollar I make a dime…
… that’s why I charge on company time
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.
You just described my entire life. We’re probably best friends now.
Don’t you like… live with your wife…? sleep in the same room…? You should be the one with the answer. 😅
Lol I was going to say something similar. Just…ask her?
I don’t want an exploding phone in my bedroom. I charge it at my desk while working
I’m worried there’ll be an electrical fault and it’ll start a fire.
when i see people’s phones constantly at, like, 12%, it drives me crazy.
Haha it’s always funny with screenshots posted on social media, like 4% I’m sweating 😅
It doesn’t matter when you got a fast-charge phone.
This mindset is so frustrating. My fiancee and I will have a discussion like do you want to go do _______. We decide to go, and now ensues the I need to let my phone charge some before we go. Waiting ~30 minutes before leaving to go somewhere is very disadvantages.
Charge your phone in your vehicle on the way
Sometimes I fall sleep while scrolling or watching something in bed, so no overnight charge
I do generally charge my phone at night, but I do it while awake and unplug it before I go to sleep. It’s increasingly rare these days, but I just don’t want to risk the potential fire hazard of leaving a phone plugged in.
Fire hazard.
I charge it at work while I’m (mostly) conscious. xD
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??
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.
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.
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
That was true a long time ago when NiCad batteries were around. But, since they had the problems you described, they’re not around any more, and phones generally all use lithium-ion batteries which don’t have this issue.
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.
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
Haha right? It’s not worth it! But yeah, I feel like it’s just a stressful way to live when the other option is to just grab a cord and plug in before falling asleep…
I’m lazier than that. I got a 3rd party wireless charger (12watts) when I got my old phone. I still use that with ny Galaxy S9 Plus now. Never have to reach for a cord or worry about it falling behind a nightstand. Just set it down, and pick it up when I want it. I wanted to dremel out the bottom of the nightstand and put the charger there so it wouldnt take up any space and would essentially be spill proof when my phone isnt there… but I got lazy and haven’t started that project yet. I’ll probably upgrade the charger if I ever do that.
Because I can charge it in my car, at my desk in the office or with my battery pack when I am out.
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
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.
There’s actually a safety factor there. When Li-Ion (lithium-ion) batteries fail and suffer thermal runaway (fire), it’s most commonly during charging. It’s rare, but it does still happen. The rule is to avoid charging Li-Ion powered devices unattended. I do that at times myself, but I realize the risk and actually put things in a “charging pot” if unattended.
You don’t need anything fancy to use as a charging pot, a ceramic casserole dish will do. If you’re going to charge while asleep or out of the house it’s not a bad idea to use some kind of containment.
I didn’t know about that, now I’m scared.
Don’t be scared, it’s actually a pretty rare occurrence. Just be aware it can happen. Same thing with driving, accidents are rare, but wear your seatbelt.
