[cherries82]

ordered a new battery for my u600 its been charging in my turned off u600 since 11pm last night its now 3pm is that a long enough charge?...lol

know it may sound a stupid question but i want to make sure i have charged it for long enough!

thanx

[Sam24]

Thats fine, i only ever charge a new battery until its full now, only around 2 hours, so u will be fine.

Sam

[zmoosa1]

i think manufacturers recommend charging them for 12 hours, but I, like cherries82 only charge my one for 2/3 hours and off I go. Never had any battery issues that I can think of!

[dds14]

Originally Posted by cherries82

ordered a new battery for my u600 its been charging in my turned off u600 since 11pm last night its now 3pm is that a long enough charge?...lol

know it may sound a stupid question but i want to make sure i have charged it for long enough!

thanx

Overnight, then turn the phone on with the charger still in and wait another hour or so.

This gives it a full charge...whether you still need to nowadays with the newer battery technology, I don't know, but better safe than sorry IMO

[triplea4uk]

If you charge them to long you can damage the battery 6 hours is normally about right also with new phone batteries you shouldn't let them run all the way down.

[dds14]

Originally Posted by triplea4uk

If you charge them to long you can damage the battery 6 hours is normally about right also with new phone batteries you shouldn't let them run all the way down.

I've also heard that...though I've always worked on the anecdote that you need to fully charge and discharge them fully every few cycles.

When you charge overnight there gets a point where the phone stops charging itself, then by turning it on it starts to charge again (probably using the power required to turn it on) until it stops itself again.

Personally, I've never had any battery issues by doing the above. That's no guarantee that it's best practice, but for me, it does no harm.