Android: how to know the battery status and why it is losing capacity
The Android smartphones current are equipped large capacity batteries which guarantee hours of use without our having to be particularly aware of their autonomy; However, the most powerful terminals require special attention from the user so as not to run out of battery after intensive use of the terminal. Therefore, it is interesting that we know the battery status of our mobile Android , when in the life cycle it is, and how it can prematurely lose its capacity. And it is that over time, the batteries of mobile phones start to wear out and shorten their lifespan ; therefore, we offer you everything you need to knowhow batteries lose capacity and a simple but effective way to check their health before considering a battery change, either via the technical service of the mobile manufacturer (in the case of terminals with fixed battery ) or by buying a new one if it is a removable battery .
How mobile batteries lose their capacity
With each new charge less than 70% of battery capacity, a new battery charge cycle begin . According to the manufacturers, between 300 and 500 charges , the batteries begin to deteriorate and their autonomy begins to decrease. So, if we do about one charge of our mobile phone per day for 12 months, we will be more than 360 charges per year, with which from the second year, the battery of our terminal will start to lose autonomy and will see its lifespan hope.
While it is true that each user uses their mobile phone differently and performs charge cycles in the most varied way, we can establish an average usage and know when our terminal will begin to lose autonomy . Fortunately, there are methods to have a better control over battery life of our terminal, in order to estimate its life cycle and decide whether to change the battery or continue to use it for a longer period of time.
Fortunately, mobile phone manufacturers already offer some systems to protect the batteries of their terminals; so much so that, for example, current smartphones turn off before the battery percentage does not reach zero or cut off the charger's current when the percentage reaches 100% , among other solutions.
How to know the battery status
A very useful way to find out the status of your battery is through the use of third-party applications, programs specially designed for these tasks that offer the user all kinds of really detailed information. And one of those most proven apps in the world is CPU-Z , which we can find on Google Play via this link .
It is an application that offers us all kinds of information and technical data about the hardware of our smartphone, classified by sections such as device, system, battery, sensors, etc. Obviously in this case we are interested in knowing the battery data. To do this, and once you have accessed the main page of the application, click on the tab Battery , between the tabs System et Thermal .
In the menu Battery , look at the first entry: Health . If the battery condition is adequate, the word Good appears . Directly below it will appear other data of interest such as the percentage of charge, current power, its status and other data such as temperature, the technology it uses or its capacity.
Thus, if the word Good appears, that means that the battery has not yet exceeded the number of full charge cycles stipulated by the manufacturer, so do not fear for the autonomy of our terminal beyond the control of the percentage to calculate the following load. Of course, if the application CPU-Z indicates a state other than Good , this will be when the battery charge starts to degrade over time.
Special note: Thanks to Google Play, we will find many applications dedicated to optimization of the battery of our mobile . We do not recommend their use, as they may conflict with our terminal's system with excessively intrusive power saving modes. In this sense, we recommend the different options and tools offered by the manufacturer itself through the options of our mobile.
