Leaving the device with a charger connected unfortunately doesn't fix all the problems. A typical phone runs on battery power even if the charger is connected, so when it runs a CPU intensive tasks, the battery charging is switched on everytime the battery level drops to the point where it triggers charging, and switched off when it reaches 100%. Then the cycle is repeated. This is the best way to destroy the battery in a record time. I know that from my own experience, I use smartphones as HSDPA/GPRS modems a lot, so I'm often forced to leave them on the charger, because active data transfer (especially in a places with weak signal) drains the battery almost as fast as running CPU-intensive tasks. As a result, I have to replace the battery every 2-3 months, while with a typical usage the same battery lasts much longer.
/TJM On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:12:18 -0400 (EDT) Eric Myers <[email protected]> wrote: >On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Everyone I know wears the phone on the belt or carries >>it in the purse all >> of the time, and only puts it on charger when it needs >>to be on the >> charger. > >But it could end up on the charger overnight, which is a >long time >to do work. And it would still be ready the next day. > >-Eric >_______________________________________________ >boinc_dev mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >(near bottom of page) enter your email address. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4549 (20091027) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
