Android 'optimised battery charging'

J_B

I have a Motorola G31

I put it on charge every night about 10.30 and unplug it when I get up about 07.30

Just reading in the optimised battery charging settings (which is turned ON) which tells me it will charge to about 80% then boost to 100% before I get up.

Sadly, it's not getting anywhere the 100%

Why not, but does it matter?

Ayr_Rage

My Realme does the same but when I start the charging there is a notification telling me what time 100% will be reached in the morning.

It did take a few weeks to learn when I was waking up and adjust the finish time accordingly.

DullGreyGuy

J_B said:

I have a Motorola G31

I put it on charge every night about 10.30 and unplug it when I get up about 07.30

Just reading in the optimised battery charging settings (which is turned ON) which tells me it will charge to about 80% then boost to 100% before I get up.

Sadly, it's not getting anywhere the 100%

Why not, but does it matter?

It depends... are you running out of battery during the day? Do you have facilities to top up during the day?

If you want to prolong the battery's capacity as long as possible in theory its charge should always stay between 20% and 80%. With iPhone you have two options, optimised battery that does the same as you describe and a charge limit where you can set it never to charge over X%... the closer you get to 100% the more degradation the battery allegedly sustains. Given both ecosystems copy each other wouldn't be surprised if both options were in both OS

ballyblack

Charge to 80% capacity 

The charging rate slow dramatically above 80% and keeping your battery below 100% can prolong its life

J_B

DullGreyGuy said:

It depends... are you running out of battery during the day? Do you have facilities to top up during the day?

If you want to prolong the battery's capacity as long as possible in theory its charge should always stay between 20% and 80%.

Never run out of battery - it rarely drops below 20%

Yes we usually have top up facilities

outtatune

J_B said:

DullGreyGuy said:

It depends... are you running out of battery during the day? Do you have facilities to top up during the day?

If you want to prolong the battery's capacity as long as possible in theory its charge should always stay between 20% and 80%.

Never run out of battery - it rarely drops below 20%

Yes we usually have top up facilities

In which case, all is fine, no need to be concerned.

J_B

BUMP

Going away for a few days where I may need more battery power - can I just turn off 'optimised' in the short term?

moneysaver

Yes you can turn off if you like, it will then charge up to 100%. The way optimised charging works on Motorola is it charges up to 80% then once a week charges to 100%. This is supposed to keep the battery conditioned.

Moneysaver

J_B

Never seen it up to 100%, but thanks anyway

John_Gray

I read that it will charge the battery to 80% most of the time, but up to 100% once a week.

But I haven't been sufficiently enthused to notice how accurate that statement was!

J_B

I think I've 'mended' it.

I turned off 'battery saver' and now we seem to have 100% every morning.