How Not to Recharge Your Nokia N70 Battery: An Open Blog

Unbelievabley I’ve been foolishly following old safeguards that just do not apply anymore and which actually cause harm. I have been using an N70 model from the Nokia Nseries for almost a year now and recharging the battery every four days on average, draining the battery completely before recharging like I was told years ago when I first got myself a cellphone. As the advice came from heavy cellphone users, I never thought of questioning it and then I read this article from IndiaTimes Infotech, the relevant passage I am quoting below: Earlier, battery types like the nickel cadmium warranted this treatment because of the memory effect (the tendency of a battery to discharge only to the level from which it was charged the last time). But the newer generations of batteries based on the lithium ion technology, which are the most prevalent today, work better if you charge them before they run out of power completely.So, charge your device when you receive the low battery warning, which is typically at 5-10% of the total charge. Of course I’m familiar with lithium ion batteries. I own a laptop and I do follow the 5-10% rule, never using up the Li-Ion battery below 5% charged. But for some reason, though I realize that Li-Ion batteries have replaced the NiMH batteries, I never really put two and two together. To totally discharge a Nokia N70 on low battery, I do one of these things: play 3D games (Snakes and Snowboard come with my N70)yes wait untl its dead before discharging it play MP3 music on speaker (don’t have to actually listen to it, leave the room and come back when it stops playing) call your phone using another phone, don’t answer it and wait until the battery is completely discharged If you know anymore don’ts, write it up in the comments area. Remember this is an open blog, so the most useful comments get to be posted here too.