battery
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Should You Switch Your Phone Off While Its Charging?
1As I was picking the letter for this week’s edition of Ask Lifehacker, I was reminded of how happy I am that my house has solar panels. This means I can leave most of my devices on during the day, charging away, and not feel guilty about how much electricity I’d be wasting otherwise. But…
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Ignore Your iPhone’s ‘Service’ Warning For Third-Party Battery Replacements
You don’t have to replace your iPhone’s battery at the Apple Store if you don’t want to — a $105 fix from Apple if your newer iPhone is out of warranty. If you do purchase a battery elsewhere, however, your iPhone is going to warn you that your new replacement battery needs service. Don’t stress…
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How To Buy The Best Wireless Charger For Your Phone
If you can charge your smartphone wirelessly, congratulations. You have arrived at the future, a time when the Herculean process of fumbling with a cable, inserting it into the bottom of your device, and waiting for the satisfactory tone feels archaic and silly. With one convenient, reasonably priced power pad, you can now set your…
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How To Charge Your iPhone Faster
Today’s “I’ll believe it when I see it” iPhone rumour-mongering concerns not the iPhone itself, but its charger – the most important accessory you’ll find in its meticulously crafted packaging. As the speculation goes, Apple is allegedly considering bumping up the default charger for the iPhone 9 or iPhone X2: from 5W to 18W.