… until your phone won’t charge.
No fun to be had then. I can’t afford to replace it at the moment so all my fingers are crossed that turning it off and back on works! 🙂
I know it’s been misbehaving and not allowing calls through at times – of course I don’t know it’s done that until I see a missed call … but it didn’t ring. Odd!
Anywho, that got it switched off yesterday and this morning after ‘charging’ all night … it’s redlining and saying there is moisture in the charging port. I can assure you there is not. But try telling my phone that! I know it’s getting old. I know I usually replace my phones when they’re climbing toward 4 years old. It can’t happen this year.
I just told Siri to re-start it again and it’s charging … fingers crossed it continues to charge!
Fun and games with tech.
In other news:
The launch of [Indigo Romeo Lima] is coming up fast!
I have topped up the cherry jar in readiness – I need them for the launch cake.
I think I have everything ready. Maybe. Perhaps.
Pae Pukapuka is offering a very cool book box with [Nothing happens here] in it and some other treats from me that go along with the series and somethings they’ve created to go with [Nhh]. I’ve put a link to their website when I get a link to the box I’ll share it.
[Foxtrot Foxtrot Sierra] is coming along. I’m behind schedule though by about 20K so I need to pick up the pace and stop shitting around. 🙂
I’ve been listening to the audiobook of [Foxtrot Mike Lima] – and you know I struggle with audiobooks – but I can listen at night if I put my kindle down. 🙂 It’s pretty cool hearing my words like that.
That’s about it. I’m trying not to think about the bullshit Meta has put a lot of us through by using pirated copies of our work. I have sent letters to the appropriate people, expressing my disgust and disappointment.
Cat Connor 
I really do hope your phone gets sorted. Like it or not, we’re dependent on them. Your launch cake sounds wonderful. And I love the idea of a box of goodies; that’s clever, stylish, and fun. As for Meta? I’m really fuming about the whole thing. I’ve sent letters, too, and I know a lot of other people who have as well. We’ll see if it does any good, but at least I haven’t just stood by and done nothing. Grrrrrr…
I’ve always thought some clever bugger should come up with code that we can put in our ebooks that only activates if someone tries to share it … and blows their device up.
You can (and should) stop charging your phone when it hits 80 percent by David Nield, popsci.com July 31, 2024 01:19 PM
You don’t necessarily want your phone charging up all the way. Image: De an Sun/Unsplash Plugging in your phone before bed and letting it charge up overnight is a nightly ritual for many of us. But it’s actually better for long-term battery health if you’re not hitting 100 percent every recharge.
With that in mind, phone makers have started to add tech that manages battery charging more carefully. In the case of Android handsets, that means being able to get custom alerts at certain charging points, such as 80 percent.
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You’ve got a few different options, depending on the make and model of your phone. We’ll concentrate on Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy phones, but if you have another type of handset, there might well be something similar you can do. You can also set up 80 percent charging on your iPhone.
The science of not charging your phone fully Most modern phones come with battery management features. Screenshot: Google It’s perfectly safe to keep your phone charged up to 100 percent every time you connect the charger, and you’re not going to break it or cause an explosion. But because of the way lithium-ion batteries work, in terms of their long-term health, something around 80-85 percent is the sweet spot when it comes to getting the most out of them.
Essentially, it’s just a process of chemical aging, and it’s something Samsung, Apple, and others all talk about when it comes to their gadgets. If you’re still charging a phone when its battery is already at capacity, it’s a little bit like pouring more water on an already saturated sponge, and it means the battery is going to wear out faster.
The role of a battery is to store electrical energy as chemical energy until it’s ready to be used as electrical energy again, and modern-day gadgets use rechargeable batteries that can be reused many times over (imagine having to replace the battery on your smartphone every time it died). However, that recharging capability gradually degrades over time.
The transfer of energy from battery to smartphone and back again is mostly managed by electrons, and stopping your phone from charging up fully (or discharging completely) too regularly reduces some of the ‘stress’ on the electrons. Ultimately, it means more of the energy that the battery stores makes it over to your phone.
As the years have gone by, lithium-ion batteries and the phones they’re attached to have become better at managing this stress themselves, and limiting its impact. However, there are still steps you can take to keep your phone battery in a healthier state for a longer period of time–and limiting full charges is one of those steps.
The setup Get your phone to warn you when you reach 80 percent. Screenshot: Google If you’re on a Pixel phone, open Settings then tap Battery and Adaptive Charging. Enabling this feature means your phone will learn from your routine, and only fully charge the battery when you really need it (on days when you typically go the whole day or longer without a recharge, for example).
On Galaxy phones, if you select Battery and then Battery protection from Settings, you’ll see there’s the same Adaptive option. You can also pick Maximum, which means your phone will never charge above the 80 percent limit—so bear that in mind when deciding when to switch to this mode.
Another option on Galaxy phones is to keep your phone charging as normal, then get an alert to tell you when it’s reached 80 percent – so you can decide whether or not to continue charging. To get started, open Settings, then tap Modes and Routines. Tap on the + (plus) button in the top-right corner to create a new routine.
Pick Battery level as the trigger, and set the routine to activate when the level reaches 80 percent or above. For the action to take, choose Notifications and Show custom notification—you can then create your own alert to sound when your phone gets up to the 80 percent level. You can also just have a chime ring via Sounds and vibrations.
This option to set a routine is exclusive to Samsung Galaxy phones. If you’re on a different Android handset, you can try an app like the free Battery Guru from the Play Store: Pick Battery info from the main screen, then Battery level alarm, and you can get alerts for when specific charging levels have been reached on your handset.