As Sieghard mentioned re the Samsung Note 7, what could have caused it was a flaw in the design or the quality of the battery which was supplied. I am not sure which was the real cause in the Samsung incident, but it happene inspite of using Lithium batteries, not because of (with your iPods I mean), so there was a manufacturing flaw somewhere.
Chip -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of MamaPeach Sent: Friday, January 12, 2018 5:00 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Harming battery if left on a charger all the time This actually happened with two of my iPods, one was a 5 generation and one was a 6, I had the 6th generation one fixed, but not the 5th generation. I had them both plugged up most of the time and the tech said that it was me keeping the device plugged up all the time that was the problem. Why else would the battery swell on two different generations of iPods? What else could have caused it if not keeping them plugged up? The 6th generation was fairly new. I wanted to get them both fixed, but just the one cost me $150 to get repaired. -----Original Message----- From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Friday, January 12, 2018 4:06 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Harming battery if left on a charger all the time My laptop is always plugged in since I rarely use it away from the house and the same was true with my previousl laptop and even after over 5 years it still holds a decent charge when I do unplug it. As other said, modern batteries can handle this easily and the problem with the battery that swelled surely was a different issue and would eventually have happened regardless. After all look at the Note 7 disaster where devices which weren't even plugged in at all burst into flames. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo Sent: Friday, January 12, 2018 12:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Harming battery if left on a charger all the time It could harm older battery technologies such as NICD, but with lithium ion batteries, when the battery is charged, the charging circuit turns off, there is no such thing as a trickle charge for these kinds of batteries, so leaving it connected to a charger should be fine. Original message: > Hello everyone > Does it do more harm than good if I leave my iPhone 8 on a charger all > the time? > I have read somewhere that phones and tablets only have so many: > charge cycles before they can't hold a charge anymore. > I have been told by apple that they recommend not: fully discharge the > device but top it up regularly. However, I wasn't sure about leaving > it on the charger for all of the time. Obviously though, I would take > it off if I had to go out somewhere. > Thanks in advance for anyone who can clear up if leaving on charge is > either good: or bad for the overall health of an iPhone 8 battery. > Daniel > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, > or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact > the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. 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