Even though this was only considered needed on nickel-based cells, it's still required at first charge, and a couple times later in the life of the lithium battery. Lithium based batteries doesn't completly eliminate the "memory" problem, only reduce it.
So if it's not performing as it should, a calibration (full cycle, complete discharge, then complete recharge) should force a little more current out of the battery. Just don't do it more than once, lithium batteries aren't intended for full-cycles, only partial. On 24 Jan., 20:47, "Michael Martin - MM Agency" <[email protected]> wrote: > That describes the best practice for the antiquated Ni-Cad batteries. > > I admit that this was a practice I long held of waiting until it's fully > discharged before recharging due to battery "memory". > > Being that the G1 has a lithium polymer battery it's generally advisable to > NOT go full dis & re-charge chronically but every 30 or so times. > > "Avoid frequent full discharges because this puts additional strain on the > battery. Several partial discharges with frequent recharges are better for > lithium-ion than one deep one. Recharging a partially charged lithium-ion > does not cause harm because there is no memory. (In this respect, > lithium-ion differs from nickel-based batteries.)" > > ,Michael Martin > > http://www.googleandblog.com/ > > _____ > > From: Disconnect [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 10:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [android-discuss] Re: Android or G1 is eating too much battery > power? > > Step one in solving g1/adp1 battery problems is to recalibrate the battery. > > The factory calibration is terrible. So drain it until it will not turn on, > at all, no matter what. Then charge it - on or off - with the shipped > charger for at -least- 8 hours, and anything up to 24. It is -very- > important that it be charged -uninterrupted-. (And the shipped charger is > better because it delivers more power, so its more likely to work if you > only have 8 hours..) > > Step two is to uninstall locale. :) > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 3:59 AM, blindfold <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Could also be related to the lack of a (JIT) compiler with Android, > such that many more CPU cycles are needed for any given task that is > not implemented in native code. Vice versa, having a compiler lets one > throttle down the CPU clock frequency for a given real-time task, > which in turn allows for lowering the CPU voltage, both allowing for > major power savings. > > Regards > > On Jan 24, 4:42 am, howa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Don't know if it is the problem of Android platform or HTC G1. > > > I am using my G1, similar to my ex-iphone 3G, browsing the web, > > listening to music. > > > Normally iphone only need to recharge for battery every 2-3 days, but > > for the same usage, my G1 need to charge everyday or they are out of > > work. > > > Maybe Google need to spend some time in the OS about battery saving > > issues?? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
