100% charge or not? Wait at 0%? Buy a compatible charger or look for an official one? The battery is one of the most important components of your Xiaomi, Redmi or POCO and taking care of it means paying attention to your charging habits. Sometimes we fall into bad habits that end up degrading not only its load capacity, but also the general operation of the mobile.
In the absence of a general charger and standards that regulate the minimum and maximum limits in fast charging, in this article we gloss how to combat harmful habits, how to avoid degradation and how to have your smartphone battery in its best health.
Bad habits that deteriorate the battery of your Xiaomi
Let’s go first with bad habits, those unhealthy habits for the battery of your Xiaomi, Redmi or POCO that end up deteriorating your “health”.
- Using a charger that is not recommended. You can use a non-original compatible charger, no doubt, but you should never resort to chargers of poor quality and doubtful origin. A charger with poor quality finishes, with power leaks or poor quality components will not only provide an unstable voltage but will also compromise the condition of some components in your mobile.
- Charge from the USB port of another device. In addition to taking a long time to charge, which increases the overall temperature of the terminal, currents vary widely between different USB inputs. The mobile should preferably be charged with a charger.
- Exposing it to high or low temperatures. Extreme temperatures degrade and deteriorate components. Smartphones have been designed to operate optimally in the same temperatures (25º Celsius). Xiaomi works on improvements from MIUI to avoid these types of problems, but they are not always effective.
- Cover or overprotect the terminal when charging. Similar to the previous one, your smartphone must be able to dissipate the excess temperature. It should be loaded outside of book-type covers and never under the pillow or materials that accumulate heat. Performance will be affected by this heat change.
- Leave it charging all night. In addition to being a not very profitable option in economic terms, most terminals suffer a degradation in the face of constant voltage admission. Although the operating system itself is responsible for stopping the power supply, your mobile should be charged only when it needs it.
- Carry out disassembly to install alternative batteries. In addition to losing the warranty, we will be exposing ourselves to possible accidents, incompatibilities and, in short, the breakage of components. Before doing anything, consult the manufacturer: even when you have run out of warranty, Xiaomi can collect old terminals or offer you solutions in terms of spare parts.
- If you can, avoid fast charging. In the long term, abusing fast charging reduces the useful life of the mobile. Some experts point out at a 10% loss of performance for every 500 full charges with this system. Fast charging processes, however, are becoming more efficient and intelligent, as are energy management algorithms.
Myths and truths about the battery of your Xiaomi
And now we go with that handful of myths that, like the old stories, They have been traveling by word of mouth until they are true.
- Completely download your mobile the first time you take it out of the box. A hoax that goes back to the first nickel-cadmium batteries, which were later replaced by LiPo. You don’t need to put the extra stress on the battery from going from 0 to 100.
- Always charge 100% to keep the mobile “healthy”. A battery is not a muscle that needs elasticity. It is recommended to charge between 20% -30% and up to 100%, without waiting for it to be completely zero or leaving it connected after reaching a full charge. In this way we will extend the useful life of the battery.
- Do not use the mobile while charging. Beyond increasing its temperature due to use, if it is not an indiscriminate abuse – playing games with a high graphic load – you can use your Xiaomi, Redmi or POCO while using it, the battery will not deteriorate.
- Wireless charging is harmless. This is not true, since magnetic induction charging produces greater residual heat as a result of less energy use, which also reduces the useful life of your battery and which leads us to …
- Wireless charging consumes less power. Quite the contrary: the relationship between energy consumed and used is lower, up to 50% more inefficient. In this article you can find all the information.