Charge phone with PC.

[CastletonSnob]

Is it safe to charge your smartphone by plugging the charger cable into your PC's USB port?

[IgniVellex]

unless you have a damaged usb port, it should be more than fine. I don't really see why it wouldn't.

[Spotty]

Yes, it's safe. I've been charging my phone that way for the past few years. 

[Dedayog]

30 minutes ago, CastletonSnob said:

Is it safe to charge your smartphone by plugging the charger cable into your PC's USB port?

Some motherboards even have passthru so when your machine is turned off, the USB ports can still charge.

 

Literally, if it's a USB port ,you can plug your phone into it and be fine.

[TheLANguy]

49 minutes ago, CastletonSnob said:

Is it safe to charge your smartphone by plugging the charger cable into your PC's USB port?

It may be a bit slower to charge but that's the worst of it.

[E-waste]

On 10/4/2023 at 2:11 PM, TheLANguy said:

It may be a bit slower to charge

and will help maintain battery capacity with slower charge.

 

My usb cable is low power, allowing my phone to take more than 7-8 hours to charge.  I also do not charge it past 70% often, and try not to let the battery get below 40%, usually checking it when it is 30% or so.

 

My phone does what I want, still seems fast, and I get current app support even several years of android versions out of date.  Since my phone still works, I plan to keep the battery capacity as high as it can be, as I don't see a reason to switch anytime soon.

[TheLANguy]

4 minutes ago, E-waste said:

and will help maintain battery capacity with slower charge.

 

My usb cable is low power, allowing my phone to take more than 7-8 hours to charge.  I also do not charge it past 70% often, and try not to let the battery get below 40%, usually checking it when it is 30% or so.

 

My phone does what I want, still seems fast, and I get current app support even several years of android versions out of date.  Since my phone still works, I plan to keep the battery capacity as high as it can be, as I don't see a reason to switch anytime soon.

I like the way you think. A phone should just do what it needs to do.

[E-waste]

Just now, TheLANguy said:

Unlike a computer a phone should just do what it needs to do.

Why would that be unlike a computer?  i definitely want my desktop pc do just do the necessities, faster booting, quicker desktop, faster program loads etc.  I run a light desktop on Linux because KDE takes too much memory and disk activity, so the simple desktop boots in about 15 seconds, vs waiting a minute for so much to load, and slow performance once it has loaded.

[TheLANguy]

8 minutes ago, E-waste said:

Why would that be unlike a computer?  i definitely want my desktop pc do just do the necessities, faster booting, quicker desktop, faster program loads etc.  I run a light desktop on Linux because KDE takes too much memory and disk activity, so the simple desktop boots in about 15 seconds, vs waiting a minute for so much to load, and slow performance once it has loaded.

Whoops!

I was trying to say that do not need to buy a new phone every year for the latest features when you don't need them. For a computer you could justify more frequent upgrades.