Extending the battery life of our mobile is possible by applying certain settings and behaviours, and it is not due to a bad charge. However, the recharging process is very important, especially to avoid technical problems, and the order in which we connect the cables, chargers and mobiles does matter.
During charging, it is common for the phone to heat up: its worst enemy is heat, which damages its components and degrades the battery capacity. Although this appears more evidently during a fast charge, you have to protect your phone from another dangerous element that has nothing to do with temperature: overvoltage.
Power surge can fry your mobile
A power surge is a sudden, brief increase in voltage in an electrical current. It can occur for a variety of reasons, such as thunderstorms, problems with the power grid supply, or even when the power is turned off. connect or disconnect electronic devices.
In this sense, and as an electronic device that our mobile phone is, it is susceptible to overvoltage when it is time to go through the socket. That is why, the order we were talking about before, must be respected to avoid it at all times.
The usual thing is to connect the charger with its cable to the power supply (to the wall socket, to put it bluntly) and then immediately connect the USB-C end to our mobile phone. Gross mistake: Doing this may cause a small spark or surge. Although it is usually imperceptible, it can damage the electronic components of the charger or phone, especially if they are sensitive.
In case the charger breaks, we surely have some more in a drawer lost at home. There is no drama, as there would be if we melted the charging port of the phone, leaving us without the possibility of charging it and therefore with a nice paperweight as soon as the remaining battery is exhausted.
As if that were not enough, there are cases in which it has originated oxidation and corrosion at the cable connector. These are all reasons enough to connect these elements in the “correct” order. What is that? We describe it below:
- Plug in your charger to the currentIt is important to use an original charger, certified or one that meets certain quality standards.
- Then connect the charging cable to your smartphone via the USB-C port (or Lightning in the case of previous generations of iPhone).
- To start charging, just connect the other end of the cable to the USB charger port. Your phone should start charging.
So, We minimize the damage that both the accessory and the mobile phone may suffer from the aforementioned overvoltage. It may be difficult for us to change the habit a little, after all, we have been doing it “incorrectly” for many years: now that we know the order, we have no excuses left.
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