I put mine in the charger nightly... Is this a bad thing? Will my iPhone be going to hell quicker than it should do?

@Dunny0: I think that's fine, and the way you're supposed to be doing it.

@Dunny0:

No worries. Ship me your iPhone and I will replace it. I just started my iPhone Battery Replacement company based off this video. :)

Umm what would "horribly mischarging" entail, cause I'm pretty sure I'm unwittingly doing that.

"It 's hardly been six months since the phone has been released, so most of you probably won't need this unless you're horribly mischarging it."

None of us really need it for at least another 6 months, regardless.

Maybe _now_ people can stop complaining about the battery?

Obviously, at least to myself, this was possible, considering all the iPods have not had user serviceable batteries either, and that never stopped anyone before.

Also, the battery has a certain number of complete charge/discharge cycles it is good for until you are at 80% of the original life. This number is 300 to 350 (that is FULL 100% batter to empty) So, if you're charging half of the battery every night, then after 600 charges, your battery life will last 80% as long as it did after a full charge when your phone was new. People made a big deal of this back when the iPhone was announced, even though all the phones currently available have a very similar cycle limit. Expect 2.5 years of 50% battery recharges every night before you really start feeling a need for a replacement.

In 2.5 years, you'll be wanting a new phone anyways, at least, most people I know don't keep a phone that long.

@yoshi: Okay, but I can only pay in cash. Do you accept small, unmarked bills?

Suddenly, I feel like a n00b.

Dru and Nate need to lay-off the jelly donuts.

I've always read that it was bad to charge overnight... that it was better to get close to draining the battery and then charge + remove when full.

I double boil mine. is that a bad thing?

I did a lot of research on batteries a few years back. Nickel Metal and Nickel Cadmium batteries are supposed to be drained fully and then recharged. Lithium Ion batteries are NOT.

Whenever a Lithium Ion battery drops below 20% of its capacity, you effectively cut its permanent capacity by 5%. Charge your LiIon batteries every night!

i guess by the time the battery dies a 3rd or 4th Gen will be out already so i really dont know why are people so much worry about it,

@MikeSWelch:

You're EXACTLY right.

Lithium Ion Batteries perform best when kept closest to full. Draining them all the way down, then recharging them back up to 100% is probably the WORST thing you can do to a Lithium Ion battery.

I try to never let any of mine get below 70% full.

click this link for the Apple iPhone battery page
[www.apple.com]

it has some good FAQ's and info on battery life. You really cant fuck it up too bad, unless you're using the hell outta bluetooth, wifi with constant downloads, full brightness, constant use and calls, and charging from 40%-60% constantly.

The project definitely doesnt look like something the novice user will want to attempt. However if you have water damage or something like he was saying and you don't want to fork out another 400 bucks than its worth it

@Terc:

So, if you're charging half of the battery every night, then after 600 charges, your battery life will last 80% as long as it did after a full charge when your phone was new

If that was true, only a handful of folks will need to replace their battery in less than a couple years. Unless Apple has some new battery technology I do not know about, I can tell you from experience that the 'real world' does not work that way.

@winexprt:

um, fuck me. this is what i have been doing.

@MrBlahBlah: don't worry, dude, I've been doing this too with ALL my iPods for nearly 5 years now, and clearly that 5% thing is an exaggeration (sp?). also, my lithium razor (the one that cuts my facial hair) AND my razor razor (the one Giz loves to dis but has worked flawlessly for me for 2 years now and only now is starting to have batt probs (and I always try to let the batt run all the way down).

Double boiling always helps, of course.

If they're so worried about shorting things, why don't they just clip the red wire first? You'll be tossing the old battery anyway...

I charge mine using a onion is that a bad thing?