In fact, how much should you charge your phone? When's the right time to plug in? Should it go down to 0 percent every time? Up to 100 percent? How do you get the longest life out of the battery inside a smartphone? Does it really matter if you're only going to keep the handset around for a couple of years before an upgrade?
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''Here are a few thing you don't really need to worry about anymore''
"You must charge the battery to full and run it all the way down on first use"
This is a throwback to the day of nickel- cadmium batteries, where if you didn't fully charge the battery and deplete it all the way on the first use, you might end up with restricted capacity or false charge level reading. this is no longer the case with lithium-ion batteries. Most phones and laptops will come with the battery partly charged and you will do no harm if you start using the device right away
"It dosen't matter which charge you use"
With most smartphones using micro-USB or, increasingly, USB-C,you might be templted to charg your phone from the usb port on your pc, a dedicated USB plug socket or any charge you can lay your hands on. That's not always smart.Most dedicated phone charges will have a cut-off that stop the phone charging once it reaches "full", preventing overheating caused by continous charging, which is deradly for batteries.
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