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well maybe its because we love to see the bar being FULL to confirm our happiness. I mean, why do you want to use a device that has a half-full battery?
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Aye yey yey. Okay, so, batteries have a memory. Just like a child, when you teach a child to do something right the first time, it does it right for the rest of their lives, in theory. Now, the same can be said with Lith-Ion batteries. You have to charge it for 24hours for the battery to recognize what a full charge is. When you begin to drain the battery for the first time, that signals to the battery what full capacity is. That is why you charge it for 24 hours first. It sets a limit for the battery. If you begin to drain the battery significantly, even a few minutes of use, when you first get the phone, the battery doesn't know what it's full capacity is. Make sense? By the way, I used to work for Sprint, had to explain that all the time.
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hello everybody!!! very new to everything here! n-gage, forums and so on! just be gentle and use full (slow) words!!! just kidding! just got my new qd and getting use to it! just realized it needs everything to work , mmc, card reader/writer, blue tooth and so on! my question is how do i change the t moble screen ? i got it from the states and havent decided which sim user yet! ive unlocked it and dont know what to do first! any helpfull advice so i dont screw it up right away would be great! i mainly want to put a mp3 player on it and watch movies but am an amature at this computer thing! any help would be great?
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i just ordered an n-gage qd off the net... waiting for it to arrive.
i wanna know though, when i get it for the first do i have to let it just sit there idly charging or can i play around with it while its charging for the first time.
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Lets just make sure nothing weird happens and load your battery as long as you can WITHOUT playing on the N-gage (in order to let the battery reach the maximum capacity ) Also when plz let the battery the first 3 times totaly drain empty before charging it!!
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As far as I know, the Li-Ion batteries doesn't have memory effect, as opposed to Ni-Cd. Mainly, they prefer smaller charges then complete discharges...
quote:The battery prefers a partial rather than a full discharge. Frequent full discharges should be avoided when possible.
The main problem with the battery isn't the battery itself, but the power gauge reading of the battery power.
quote:Although lithium-ion is memory-free in terms of performance deterioration, batteries with fuel gauges exhibit what engineers refer to as "digital memory". Here is the reason: Short discharges with subsequent recharges do not provide the periodic calibration needed to synchronize the fuel gauge with the battery's state-of-charge.
You might want to condition the Li-Ion cells, but surely there isn't any memory into it. (this is described in previous posts: 3 full charges with 3 full discharges is called conditionning the pack.) Some believe this is great to enhanced battery life. I think it is a matter of opinion.
I myself charged my battery about 30 minutes when I got my N-Gage QD, and refill it everytime I see its lower then 50% according to the gauge. This being said, I can stay 5 to 6 days without a charge and the device will still run. It turns more at 1-to-2 days if I do intense gaming. Therefore, I would believe that the ritual you guys are describing isn't necessary... Some experts tend to say it even is damagefull to the battery cells.
quote:People have all kinds of strange religious beliefs about the rituals that must be performed to exorcise the Memory Monster. If they were just dancing around their laptop, MP3 player or cordless drill waving incense sticks then I wouldn't care. But they're usually doing unnecessary charge/discharge cycles. Which is bad.
Info on the Li-Ion battery is easily available with google search. I don't know where most of the info on this thread comes from and I have been refreining for months to post otherwise, but memory effect in Li-Ion is just not true. Please do your reading and make your own opinion on the topic.
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guys, first of all, pleased to meet ya, im new in this forum, so, i muist tell you, that the right time for first charging, is about 12 hs, or so, but in the manual it says: do not overcharge!
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