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[–] 50 points 2 years ago (22 children)

Any way to tell? I just got a monster phone with a 22K mAh battery.

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  • [–] 68 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    For Android, there are a multitude of apps, such as Wattz that will tell you the actual voltage of the battery. Full may be 4.2V or 4.35V depending on the chemistry used. ACCA (root required) will let you limit charge rates and stop charging at a certain percentage.

    Staying under 4 volts (around 60% for most phone batteries) will vastly extend battery service life. 80% is a bit less extension, but still far better than charging to 100%.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    that doesn't answer the question of whether there's a way to tell that their battery is limited to 80% on hardware level, though.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Unless it's lying about the voltage itself, you can be pretty sure it's not limited if it charges to 4.35V. 4.2 is a little more tricky if you don't know for sure whether 4.2 is the full voltage for the cell.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    That's one hell of a battery

    What phone is that‽

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Charge it from a smart power supply from battery at 1 to 100% then it can show you the number of mah/h it took to charge it.

    I have this power supply which also has USB-C https://a.aliexpress.com/_mrChiQ6

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Not sure how accurate this would be as charging is not 100% efficient. Also the amount of power the phone uses while charging would have to be taken into account as well.

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