Inflated battery [Android]

[ryvel9]

My battery seems to have inflated, now this has happened 3 times in a row, with 3 different android phones. First 2 times I had it on the charger all night keeping it at 100%. Looking up on the net says this is the reason why it inflated. So with my 3rd phone I did not do that, I only charge up to 90% regularly, yet still, it started to inflate.

 

Questions:

1) Am I doing something wrong here or is it just the batteries are crap?

2) Is there any way to prevent or fix this inflation problem?

 

 

[Enderman]

Were these all the same battery?

Is a cheap made-in-china 3rd party battery?

[antoainb]

It might be your charger that is not working well.

[Badger906]

all batteries have a limited charge cycle of around 1000 times. Leaving it on charge for long periods of times will easily impact this number. Also if you're a very heavy user that needs to charge their phone several times a day this is also the reason.

 

if you need to charge you phone regularly and often then its best to use a slow or trickle charger, something at outputs at around 1000mah or less. fast charging a battery again isn't good for it for prolonged and extended periods.

[ryvel9]

Were these all the same battery?

Is a cheap made-in-china 3rd party battery?

Big Bold "Samsung" name on Battery: made in China

 

all batteries have a limited charge cycle of around 1000 times. Leaving it on charge for long periods of times will easily impact this number. Also if you're a very heavy user that needs to charge their phone several times a day this is also the reason.

 

if you need to charge you phone regularly and often then its best to use a slow or trickle charger, something at outputs at around 1000mah or less. fast charging a battery again isn't good for it for prolonged and extended periods.

I'll give a slow/trickle charger a shot, but how do I determine if its 1000mah or less?

[Guest]

Keeping it on a charger all night really doesn't matter, where does this myth even come from.

[Enderman]

Big Bold "Samsung" name on Battery: made in China

 

I'll give a slow/trickle charger a shot, but how do I determine if its 1000mah or less?

Try a different charger with the next battery you use

 

Keeping it on a charger all night really doesn't matter, where does this myth even come from.

The fact that chargers are made to trickle charge a battery when it is finished fast charging

Trickle charging does not stop because its supposed to keep a battery topped off while plugged in, but this can cause overcharging if the current is too high or the battery is not being used with the correct charger

Either way, trickle charging for long periods of time leads to a faster battery degradation

[Guest]

Try a different charger with the next battery you use

 

The fact that chargers are made to trickle charge a battery when it is finished fast charging

Trickle charging does not stop because its supposed to keep a battery topped off while plugged in, but this can cause overcharging if the current is too high or the battery is not being used with the correct charger

Either way, trickle charging for long periods of time leads to a faster battery degradation

Well yeah but not to a noticeable degree I thought. The keeping battery topped off is exactly what I was talking about. thought all chargers/phones did that these days.

[Guest Generallee]

Keeping it on a charger all night really doesn't matter, where does this myth even come from.

 

It depends on the charger

 

Some macbook users got greeted with an inflated battery because they were using fake chargers plugged overnight

[Enderman]

Well yeah but not to a noticeable degree I thought. The keeping battery topped off is exactly what I was talking about. thought all chargers/phones did that these days.

yeah but if the lithium is expanding that much then something is wrong with the way its being charged

[Badger906]

Big Bold "Samsung" name on Battery: made in China

 

I'll give a slow/trickle charger a shot, but how do I determine if its 1000mah or less?

the chargers output will be written on the charger. it has to be stamped by law (well in most companies)

something must be wrong either way as in 16 years of owning mobiles I've never had a battery swell!! i had an iPhone that cooked itself but thats it.

[Mew]

Here's how I charge my phone- about 3 hours before I go to sleep, I charge from my computer. When I go to sleep, I unplug and use it until I fall asleep. Nothing hard or complicated.

[ryvel9]

Well yeah but not to a noticeable degree I thought. The keeping battery topped off is exactly what I was talking about. thought all chargers/phones did that these days.

I read that not all chargers do stop charging once it reaches max charge, and yes it does overheat which I can attest to. So its safe to assume not all companies abide by this.

 

On another similar point: my 2nd phone which was a Xperia x10, I was using a Samsung charger & 3rd party usb cord. Would that also contribute to battery inflation? 'cause I also read (not on this forum) that using chargers/cords that were not in-the-box is bad for your battery.

Also, to point out, the battery inflated to the point where the battery case, split and the pkg inside popped out. W/o being on the charger, for say, 2-3 months.