Lithium Battery FAQ & Care Tips

Wikipedia article on LiIon batteries has some good info. The money paragraph:

At a 100% charge level, a typical Li-ion laptop battery that is full most of the time at 25 °C or 77 °F will irreversibly lose approximately 20% capacity per year. However, a battery in a poorly ventilated laptop may be subject to a prolonged exposure to much higher temperatures, which will significantly shorten its life. Different storage temperatures produce different loss results: 6% loss at 0 °C (32 °F), 20% at 25 °C (77 °F), and 35% at 40 °C (104 °F). When stored at 40%–60% charge level, the capacity loss is reduced to 2%, 4%, 15% at 0, 25 and 40 degrees Celsius respectively.

So, keep your batteries half-charged and put them in the fridge if you're not gonna use them for long.

Don't freeze your player though. It won't hurt the battery but the rest of it might get somewhat messed.

What a great first post to start on...Thanks for your contribution, and Welcome to MeizuMe!

I have observed that every time I'm having my player with me when I go somewhere and it's like almost below 0 Celsius degrees the player tends to show EMPTY battery in the upper right corner. The thing is it isn't, I have no idea why it does that when it's cold outside.

Hello,

When I play movies on my new M6 SL, The battery lasts for max 3.5-4 hours,
while the manufacturer says it should hold for 6 hours. I tried to reset battery by fully discharging (as mentioned in the guide herein), but to no avail.
Do you think i got there's a problem with my battery ?

wao.. nice information. i noted the info posted.

Originally Posted by stranded

I have observed that every time I'm having my player with me when I go somewhere and it's like almost below 0 Celsius degrees the player tends to show EMPTY battery in the upper right corner. The thing is it isn't, I have no idea why it does that when it's cold outside.

It's gotten warm but here's an answer that can be classified as "better late than never."

The battery meter is measuring voltage and estimates power level based on the usual discharge curve of the batteryl. Unfortunately cold weather depresses the voltage. Your Meizu can't tell the difference between a fully charged cell that's cold and one that's warm and partially discharged at the same voltage. The battery actually has lower capacity at those temperatures too. Not only is the meter off but your runtime really will be shorter.

The simple solution is to put it a pocket to let it get a little bit of body heat and warm back up closer to it's normal operating range.

Thanks for good information.

I have charge it when M8 warning battery 20%. But I found M8 has heat on bottom body during charge and will gone after fully charge, is it normal for this mobile?

Can I switch the battery in M8 to another battery with hight MaH ? it's only 1200mah in meizu m8 original battery..=\

Yes, but at your own risk. Higher capacity batteries may be from not so reputable companies, so they may get very hot and eventually catch fire. The safest ones to use are always the manufacturer's original ones, but you probably could use an aftermarket one.

I have got two batteries for my Meizu M8, the backup / spare one i have not used for a while.

Will the battery die when not using it regularly?

By the way, very informative post. Thank you!

Thanks for that very useful information!

very good information!

but it is normal that i have to recharge the battery every day?

...the battery is empty after one day.

Originally Posted by 2Nice

very good information!

but it is normal that i have to recharge the battery every day?

...the battery is empty after one day.

I can do 3 days on a full charge.

Originally Posted by 2Nice

very good information!

but it is normal that i have to recharge the battery every day?

...the battery is empty after one day.

Battery broken....me too, but i have a second battery that work perfect

where can i get a new battery?

....except egay

The first hit on this Google search: Google is pretty reliable.

Originally Posted by 2Nice

where can i get a new battery?

....except egay

Amazon (15€)