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Should I charge my battery to 99% instead of 100%

trinhtran

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Jul 20, 2013
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Also I want to know at what percent should I charge my tablet back. Usually I charge it at 5% over night and it's fully charged when I wake up. But I heard some people said that I should just charge up to 80-90% and one Samsung service person told me to charge to 99%. What is battery discharge ? Are there any recommendations of charging and keeping my battery last longer?
 
Also I want to know at what percent should I charge my tablet back. Usually I charge it at 5% over night and it's fully charged when I wake up. But I heard some people said that I should just charge up to 80-90% and one Samsung service person told me to charge to 99%. What is battery discharge ? Are there any recommendations of charging and keeping my battery last longer?

You are doing it a lot of harm by discharging it to 5%, start charging it at 15% at the latest and do not worry too much about unplugging before it hits 100% as I am not sure you are really willing to wake up in the middle of the night only to do that.
 
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