Something as mundane and mundane as charging your cell phone should be the easiest task of the day. And yes, but there are important details we need to take into account to maximize the health of both the battery, cables and charging port.
And no, I’m not talking about the debate about the health of the battery if we use fast charging more or less, but directly about the physical health of the elements that allow charging: the pins of the cable and the port of our phone. And that’s it, It’s likely that many of us charge our phones incorrectly because we don’t consider the “correct” order. to connect elements.
The right way to charge your mobile phone
Right now, mobile phones have various security systems to preserve both its integrity and maximum battery life. The effects of fast charging are still being studied (although there are companies that claim 80% of battery life is retained after 1,600 cycles at 150W), but we generally have options on our mobile phones that will enable efficient charging.
For example, some models such as SamsungYou can choose whether we want to enable fast charging or not.However, there are also options such as setting a charging limit so that it does not reach 100% or, if we wish, to prevent charge and discharge cycles from occurring while the cable is plugged in. Other phones do this automatically.
But hey, we’re not going to talk about software here, but about hardware and our actions. A few months ago my colleague Eva shared her experience with an iPhone Lightning cable behaving strangely. It wasn’t charging when I placed it in one direction, but it was charging when I turned it.
He eventually discovered that there was corrosion on one of the pins of the charging cable, and this is something that happened to me too, albeit more seriously: My Lightning cable has corroded pins on both sides. Why is this happening?
The first thing I can tell you is that I have a few USB ports on my nightstand, but since I don’t like cables around the house, I always keep the cable in the drawer. When I take my phone out to charge, I plug it into my phone first, then plug the cable into the USB port.. And it’s the right thing to do.
What happens is Sparks may occur when we plug the cable into the phone due to the positive and negative voltage pins. This is because air conducts electrical current and can cause nearby conductors to produce this spark. It may cause oxidation and corrosion, which can be seen in cables due to the effect of oxygen.
Then, The correct sequence to avoid sparking would be as follows::
- Plug the charger into power.
- Connect the cable to the mobile device.
- Connect the cable to the charger.
If the cable breaks, you can replace it with another cable, but if it happens in the charging port, it’s another story. So knowing that one way to minimize this current jump between the pins of the charging cable is to connect the cable to the phone first and then to the charger is something to consider.
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