Hi Josh, yes, the adapter you’re speaking about would work nice, and would charge it more slowly. And yes, it’s discover to have modern telephones on while charging, so utilizing your PC can be good. On my phone, once I plug it in to the PC, the phone provides me some options similar to using it as a Mass storage gadget, or charge only.

But keep in mind that the quantity of charge saved in a cell can't be measured, so your phone is simply guestimating these percentages. 4.2V is generally thought of one hundred% full, which means that you simply don’t want to go greater than that.

they are truly linked three sequence connected sets of two in parallel. additional four.2 Volts, or reduce the charge voltage to 118.9 Volts, and so forth and so forth.

I see computers that are slow and hot and loud, the fan trying to maintain cool the overworked cpu. If you employ the cellphone while it’s charging, it'll cost more slowly, which is definitely a good thing! If I’m on a long street journey, using GPS and streaming Pandora, I actually have to keep it plugged in or it will run out of juice.

For it to be four.2V and nonetheless show solely 67% charged means you cellphone is making unhealthy guesses. Because I actually would like to use the 20% too, but when it will demage my battery, I would prefere to charge it.

I assume that once the light turns green, it quits sending out a charge. So leaving it on the charger received’t accomplish something if that’s true, nor will it damage something. I guess it might depend on your charger, and what makes it determine to turn green. Right now I’m eating a pizza, and shortly I’ll resolve I’m full. But after I wait a while and let issues settle, I’ll have room again for slightly more.

LiFe 3.3v LiIon three.6v LiPo 3.7v, there's a difference between lithium ion and lithium polymer batteries. This article suggests there isn’t which is why I mention that there's a difference. I’m trying to incorporate a constructed-in charger utilizing a function IC - MCP73831 or MCP73837. I’m constructing a small battery operated radio powered by a mAh (supposedly).

Hi, I just received a new 1600 mah three.7V Li-ion battery for my telephone (instead of the unique 1200mah 3.7V). Ken, additionally contemplate that if you're using the phone to charge the battery, how have you learnt if the supply of the heat is the battery or the telephone? Phones are computer systems, and after some time there will be lots of issues put in and operating that you simply aren’t conscious of.

It’s additionally possible that one thing contained in the battery has gone incorrect. Having charged my LiOn battery, and on the multimeter it shows up as 4.2V, my digicam still exhibits “battery empty” after I change it on, and would then swap off routinely. Ultimately, if that’s your only charger, then you definitely don’t have a alternative.

I always select “cost solely” unless I need to switch knowledge from the telephone to the computer. What can be used to measure the drop in present and swap off the availability of power to a 5v power provide.