[weluvjessicaalba]

How long do you charge for the first time on a new phone? I've read the manual, and it says nothing about letting it charge before powering it on. As a matter of fact, it says plug in battery, plug in charger, turn on phone.

My new phone arrived today. I'm excited about using it.... but, I have to have my phone available for the rest of the day, and I only have one SIM card. The SIM card is in my old phone while the new one is charging.

T-mobile MDA is the phone.
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[Soulofpostar]

The phone will tell you when it's done charging. With the batteries that we have today, you can leave it on the charger and not have to worry about taking it off when it's done charging. Just give it a full charge the first time and not worry about it.

[tipokotap]

You can safely have the phone on whilst its plugged in and charging, so you can play about with it. Sometimes though it will take 10-15mins before its even possible to turn it on, as the battery needs to hold a certain amount of charge first.

I would however wait until the battery says its fully charged before unplugging it though.

[DrKirkNoliss]

I've found it strange that in many cases the instructions recommend charging overnight, or 12-16 hours. Even the first charge usually takes a few hours max., and then the charging symbol vanishes. Surely it doesn't matter if the phone is then disconnected from the charger and used as usual? AFAIK the charger is effectively disconnected from the phone if the charging symbol isn't active. Could the instructions be BS?

[tipokotap]

I've found it strange that in many cases the instructions recommend charging overnight, or 12-16 hours. Even the first charge usually takes a few hours max., and then the charging symbol vanishes. Surely it doesn't matter if the phone is then disconnected from the charger and used as usual? AFAIK the charger is effectively disconnected from the phone if the charging symbol isn't active. Could the instructions be BS?

Usually the instructions over-quote the time needed, to make totally sure that you fully charge the battery the first time.

All modern chargers effectively "disconnect" once the battery is fully charged - which is basically the same as physically removing the lead once charging is complete.

[welihiedginly]

I usually just stick mine on the charger overnight just to make sure that first charge is a full one. But honestly 5-6hours is probably enough, or whenever the battery says it's full.

[CIAFreeAgent]

the last few phone i received had a certain charge already.

i used them till it was empty and then put it on the charger as long until it was full.