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Q: Will Chargin an iPhone 06 S or 06S Plus with a 2.1 or 2.4A output hurt and damage my iPhone battery!?

WWhat happens if I use a 2.4A to charge my iPhone 06S Plus !?

will it hurt and or damage my battery!?

Posted on Jun 13, 2016 8:37 PM

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Q: Will Chargin an iPhone 06 S or 06S Plus with a 2.1 or 2.4A output hurt and damage my iPhone battery!?

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  • by gail from maine,Helpful

    gail from maine gail from maine Jun 13, 2016 9:05 PM in response to FelipeAndre27
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    Jun 13, 2016 9:05 PM in response to FelipeAndre27

    See the response from Lawrence Finch in this link: Should I charge my iPhone 6 with 5V/ 2.4A or 5V/ 1A?

     

    Cheers,

     

    GB

  • by daobaolong,Helpful

    daobaolong daobaolong Jun 14, 2016 5:51 AM in response to FelipeAndre27
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    Jun 14, 2016 5:51 AM in response to FelipeAndre27

    Based on Apple suggestion, you can use high-voltage output charger to charge your iPhone 6s/6s plus. It will reduce charging time without damage iPhone battery.

  • by FelipeAndre27,

    FelipeAndre27 FelipeAndre27 Jun 14, 2016 5:55 AM in response to daobaolong
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    Jun 14, 2016 5:55 AM in response to daobaolong

    OK, what about charging or let's say re-charging the phone before it actually runs out of battery, and/or not charging  until 100%?

    does this hurt or damage the battery?

  • by stedman1,Solvedanswer

    stedman1 stedman1 Jun 14, 2016 6:13 AM in response to FelipeAndre27
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    Jun 14, 2016 6:13 AM in response to FelipeAndre27

    You can charge at any time, for any amount of time.

    Do NOT continually deplete the battery to low levels.

  • by Michael Black,

    Michael Black Michael Black Jun 14, 2016 7:11 AM in response to FelipeAndre27
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    Jun 14, 2016 7:11 AM in response to FelipeAndre27

    FelipeAndre27 wrote:

     

    WWhat happens if I use a 2.4A to charge my iPhone 06S Plus !?

    will it hurt and or damage my battery!?

    The iPhone itself controls the actual process of charging the battery.  The external power supply is just that - a dump power inverter & supply.  If the power supply exceeds what the phone's battery can handle, the phone's charging circuits will inherently restrict what is used to actually charge the battery.

  • by raymond73,

    raymond73 raymond73 Jun 14, 2016 7:30 AM in response to daobaolong
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    Jun 14, 2016 7:30 AM in response to daobaolong

    You do not want to use a high voltage charger. A high current charger is OK, high voltage is not. The nominal voltage should be 5 volts. Anything higher and you are asking for trouble.

  • by Michael Black,

    Michael Black Michael Black Jun 14, 2016 8:23 AM in response to raymond73
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    Jun 14, 2016 8:23 AM in response to raymond73

    True, but as long as the output of the power supply is standard USB, then there is no worry about voltage using anything that uses a USB to lightening connection (or USB to anything connection) for charging.  USB international specifications call specifically for 5v output.

  • by FelipeAndre27,

    FelipeAndre27 FelipeAndre27 Jun 15, 2016 6:03 AM in response to stedman1
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    Jun 15, 2016 6:03 AM in response to stedman1

    Stedman1, are you 100% sure about this?

  • by Michael Black,

    Michael Black Michael Black Jun 15, 2016 9:22 AM in response to FelipeAndre27
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    Jun 15, 2016 9:22 AM in response to FelipeAndre27

    Deep cycle depletion is notorious for rapidly degrading all Lithium ion/polymer cell.  The whole point of Lithium batteries in consumer electronics is that you can charge them at any time, for any amount of time that is convenient to do so.  Thus you can readily avoid the damaging deep discharge cycles, and you can readily keep your device(s) topped off as convenient to do so.  Partial discharge/charges are fine.  You cannot overcharge the battery as by international standards, all SMART technology Lithium cells include overcharge protection (the device controls its own charging and simply stops charging the battery when it detects the battery is at capacity).

  • by FelipeAndre27,

    FelipeAndre27 FelipeAndre27 Jun 18, 2016 12:07 PM in response to Michael Black
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    Jun 18, 2016 12:07 PM in response to Michael Black

    Yes, I understand, and it makes total sense! But if that's the case, why do people ever change iPhone batteries? Why do they even need to change it?

  • by Michael Black,

    Michael Black Michael Black Jun 18, 2016 12:26 PM in response to FelipeAndre27
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    Jun 18, 2016 12:26 PM in response to FelipeAndre27

    FelipeAndre27 wrote:

     

    Yes, I understand, and it makes total sense! But if that's the case, why do people ever change iPhone batteries? Why do they even need to change it?

    Change it, as in you mean replace it when worn out?  Regardless of how it's used, a Lithium battery (actually, any chemical battery) has a finite usable life span.  Lithium cells decay by internal oxidation from the very moment they are assembled at the factory.  If not used at all and left on a shelf, a Lithium battery will still be useless and unable to hold a charge in as little as a year, due to internal decay.

     

    If used normally, without excessive deep cycling, a Lithium battery's practical life span is measured in discharge/charge cycle equivalents.  After about 500 cycles, an iPhone battery, even if discharged and charged optimally, kept cool and used only under ideal states, will have lost about 20% of its charge capacity.  Further use will see that decline further, and typically the rate of decay (reduced charge capacity) accelerates as the battery ages further.  Eventually, it's capacity is just so little it is useless as a practical power source.

     

    That simple fact applies to any battery - lithium ion/polymer, NiCad, NiMH, Lead Acid, Silver Zinc - the chemistry doesn't matter.  No battery lasts forever.  They all experience decay, and a degredation of charge capacity with time and use.