Charging my tablet

[Debp]

I usually let my tablet get down to about 25 or 30% before plugging it in to charge.

However, sometimes it might be higher like 45%. Is it ok to start charging it when the battery is higher?

Will that effect battery life?

 

[Zachariah.]

Depends on how old your tablet is. The newer the tablet the better the technology of the battery.

I'll explain how it works for you. Generaly your battery is divided into 4 cells meaning its basically 4 batteries wrapped up as one. 0- 25% is the first cell. 25 - 50% is the second cell. 50 - 75% is the third cell. And 75 - 100% is your fourth cell.

Now, if you generally use your battery between 25% and 50%, your second cell will start to degrade faster than the others. That's why they suggest you fully charge it, then fully use it. So you have an even spread of ware and tear.

If for e.g. you start to degrade your second cell you will notice things like your phone jumping from 50% to 25% in a very small amount of time.

Hope that helps.

 

[Debp]

That's why they suggest you fully charge it, then fully use it. So you have an even spread of ware and tear.

I do fully charge it...and usually let it go down to 25 or 30%. (Is that low enough? No instructions in the tiny manual.)

But like tonight, it was on 45%...and I plugged it in to charge to 100% because I wanted it to be high enough to use now.

 

[Jay Ross]

I wonder if you are charging your tablet with showing inappropriate material in its screen.

I somehow do not think that will help.

 

[Debp]

I wonder if you are charging your tablet with showing inappropriate material in its screen.

I somehow do not think that will help.

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[Zachariah.]

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Just have fun with your tablet Deb. Your battery will last for aslong as it needs to. Your not doing anything wrong with it.

 

[Zachariah.]

I wonder if you are charging your tablet with showing inappropriate material in its screen.

I somehow do not think that will help.

Lol, so what if she is?

 

[Jay Ross]

Lol, so what if she is?

It is none of my business. But I thought it would be a good laugh though.

 

[SavedInHim]

I do fully charge it...and usually let it go down to 25 or 30%. (Is that low enough? No instructions in the tiny manual.)

But like tonight, it was on 45%...and I plugged it in to charge to 100% because I wanted it to be high enough to use now.

I unplug my laptop once a week and let it drain to 90% then charge. I've always heard with lithium ion batteries, short discharge and recharge is best. You might look up your product online. Usually the instructions that come with stuff these days is worthless. Probably more info online.

 

[Debp]

short discharge and recharge is best.

So short discharge...does that mean letting the battery get low? I'm not too tech savvy, sorry.

P.S. My tablet is a Chuwi Hipad. A friend ordered it for me. I was surprised it arrived from China but it works well and the battery lasts long.

But the very brief manual said do not use the button to turn it off! After trying to figure out how to turn it off, I finally used the button....and that turned it off!

My friend said she sometimes gets furniture from China and the instructions are confusing.

 

[SavedInHim]

So short discharge...does that mean letting the battery get low? I'm not too tech savvy, sorry.

P.S. My tablet is a Chuwi Hipad. A friend ordered it for me. I was surprised it arrived from China but it works well and the battery lasts long.

But the very brief manual said do not use the button to turn it off! After trying to figure out how to turn it off, I finally used the button....and that turned it off!

My friend said she sometimes gets furniture from China and the instructions are confusing.

Short discharge means not letting the battery drain very much. Discharge is the opposite of charge.

I did find the manual for that brand online and you're right, it doesn't tell you much. I saw where it says not to use the power button to turn it off. That's talking about using the shutdown option within the operating system or software in your tablet. It's like shutting down from the Start menu in a computer. You can turn it off by pressing the power button and holding it for a few seconds but this isn't normally recommended. I've seen this cause disasters sometimes so you really shouldn't do it unless there's no other option; for example if your system freezes and nothing works.

I'd try to keep the battery between 80% and 100%. But don't keep it at 100% very long. Like I said, I keep mine at 100% for a week then discharge. A week may be a bit on the long side to keep at 100% but that's what I do.

 

[Jay Ross]

Over 25 years ago one of the problems with rechargeable batteries was that they grew "hairs" which then short circuited the batteries and they would lose their charge. Not sure if the battery manufactures have been able to overcome this problem.

 

[Debp]

Short discharge means not letting the battery drain very much. Discharge is the opposite of charge.

I did find the manual for that brand online and you're right, it doesn't tell you much. I saw where it says not to use the power button to turn it off. That's talking about using the shutdown option within the operating system or software in your tablet. It's like shutting down from the Start menu in a computer. You can turn it off by pressing the power button and holding it for a few seconds but this isn't normally recommended. I've seen this cause disasters sometimes so you really shouldn't do it unless there's no other option; for example if your system freezes and nothing works.

I'd try to keep the battery between 80% and 100%. But don't keep it at 100% very long. Like I said, I keep mine at 100% for a week then discharge. A week may be a bit on the long side to keep at 100% but that's what I do.

I am getting a little more confused about how low to let the battery go before charging. :)

My old RCA tablet said to not let the battery get lower than 20% before charging.

Oh well. I think this tablet is now a couple of years old, still going, thank God.

My RCA tablet was about eight years old and only bit the dust when the electric in my apartment short circuited everything...and I was charging the tablet at the time. (The apartment building management sent their maintenance man instead of an electrician to change a loose electrical socket.)

 

[Debp]

The past couple days when I plug my tablet in to charge, it doesn't want to charge. I keep replugging it and finally got it to say charging.

I will try to start charging at a higher percentage to see if that helps.

Otherwise I will probably have to buy a new tablet. I see some 11 or 12 inch on Amazon that are actually quite reasonable. I'm not sure about how much storage space I should try to find. I think this current tablet has a lot of unused space which I like because I have a couple of games that take up space.

This tablet is only three years old...a Chinese brand someone found for me. It does have a long battery life which I also like.

Any tips are appreciated.

 

[Debp]

Update...tried plugging tablet in the kitchen, dining area and it does charge there.

I guess the living room plugs are all getting loose.

But still could use suggestions about how much storage space is good when I might need to buy a new tablet

 

[Debp]

Yesterday my tablet wouldn't charge again.

I called one of my nice neighbors thinking he might help me order a tablet from Amazon. Instead he brought over some cable cords and gave me one to try. It did charge my tablet but I think it's a phone charger so it took five hours to charge instead of three and a half hours.

If I ever buy a new tablet, I'm still not sure how the storage works. I saw one tablet that said 20 GB...where as others were much lower.

Can anyone help me to understand a little about the storage when buying a tablet? My current tablet seems to have a lot of storage...I am up to using only 46 GB so far.

I only have two games that use a lot of space.

Also, I don't understand about charging cables. My other neighbor said I could buy another cable that would charge faster.

 

[Rockerduck]

My 2 Ipads stay plugged in all the time, and my laptop stays plugged in all the time. I also never turn them off. I never have a problem. I've never had a computer fail. They did get too old and I had to replace them.

 

[Debp]

My 2 Ipads stay plugged in all the time, and my laptop stays plugged in all the time. I also never turn them off. I never have a problem. I've never had a computer fail. They did get too old and I had to replace them.

It seems to be the cable that is the problem. Because when my neighbor gave me an Android cable to try with my charger block that goes into the electric outlet, that worked and charged my tablet...but it took five hours.

My other neighbor said because we have to pull our charging cable out of the tablet alot, that the connection gets loose....then it won't charge. She said I could buy a faster charging cable...but I don't know what to buy.

I emailed Chuwi to ask them. I have a Chuwi Hipad Plus tablet.

 

[Rockerduck]

It seems to be the cable that is the problem. Because when my neighbor gave me an Android cable to try with my charger block that goes into the electric outlet, that worked and charged my tablet...but it took five hours.

My other neighbor said because we have to pull our charging cable out of the tablet alot, that the connection gets loose....then it won't charge. She said I could buy a faster charging cable...but I don't know what to buy.

I emailed Chuwi to ask them. I have a Chuwi Hipad Plus tablet.

Lightning cables are notorious for wearing out. Apple and others went to USB-c connections for that reason. The Chuwi Hipad plus I saw on Amazon has a USB-c connection. This is an advanced connection. So it shouldn't charge slow. I don't know if you know what connection I'm talking about, you might google it.

 

[Debp]

Lightning cables are notorious for wearing out. Apple and others went to USB-c connections for that reason. The Chuwi Hipad plus I saw on Amazon has a USB-c connection. This is an advanced connection. So it shouldn't charge slow. I don't know if you know what connection I'm talking about, you might google it.

I think it is charging slowly because it is a cell phone cable that my neighbor gave me to use.

With the original cable that came with my tablet, my tablet only took three and a half hours to charge. With the cell phone charger it takes five hours.

I'm glad you mentioned that USB-c connection....I don't know about these things.

Chuwi hopefully will email me soon about the problem.