I heard that you should overcharge the first time after buying it for a longer lasting battery. Is this true or should I just charge till it's done?
How long should I charge?
Three hours should be enough for any Li-Ion battery according to this:
http://www.buchmann.ca/Chap4-page8.asp
The first charge MUST be long! About 6-8 hours.
Well, according to the article I posted a link to (above), for Lithium-Ion batteries it isn't needed. Li-Ion chargers will charge for 1 hour + 2 hours to "top it off" and then nothing. Based on that, anything after 3 hours is not accomplishing anything.
So, dominator, when you say "MUST", do you have some expertise or other information sources to back up the claim?
Well thats what they told me at the store when i was buying the phone. But if it doesnt have to be charged for that long the first time then better.
But i wouldnt risk it, cuz in previous nokia phones the battery had to be charged for long the first time other wise it wouldnt work as good in future.
leave the first charge until its done, usually takes more than 8 hours about 10 or 12 the better you charge it the first time, the better your battery life in the future
The Charger that comes with the 3230 is quite slow.... x8 speed! Which takes about 3 hours to fully charge... which is really bad!
Other chargers now are x12 (such as the ones that come with the 7610/6670/6600/6630/6680/etc).... which charge fully at around 1 hour and a half!
The reason Nokia provided a slow charger with the 3230, i think is because it was trying to cut costs, making the phone cheap as possible! 😉
well i still got the charger from 6600, so not worrying about that. :redface: