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this episode of Android Weekly is brought to you by domain.com alright so today I'm on a mission to debunk five myths surrounding your device's battery life it's not so much as a complete myth per se as it is partial truths that can get you into trouble just like when your woman asks you do I still look good in this draft yeah you look fantastic ten years ago so when relationships partial truths may help things along but in tech not so much so let's debunk myth number one and that is that you shouldn't charge your device overnight now modern devices today are able to protect themselves from overcharging or overheating for the most part but here is the grain of truth to this myth ideally if you want to extend the life of your battery to the maximum you don't want to charge the device to 100% nor drain the device's battery to 0% this is because doing so will shorten the life of your battery now do I do it no I have a life I just charge it and I don't worry about it it's really not that big of a deal unless you really want to use this battery or the device for you know three years or something like that otherwise you shouldn't have a problem number two don't use your device while it's charging now this myth has really been perpetuated by reports of phones blowing up in someone's hand or face while they were using it and charging it at the same time now although this can happen it is by far the exception and not the rule and it's almost certainly not going to happen because you're just simply charging it and talking with it and the third myth is that you shouldn't use third-party chargers well you should know there's some great quality than reliable third-party charges out there but it is generally accepted that third-party chargers will not charge as well or fast as proprietary chargers directly from the phones of manufacturer you also want to be careful to ensure that the charging capacity of the charger is consistent with the needs of your phone sometimes it can be a mismatch there and that could two problems the other issue with some third-party chargers is quality issues you could have a wire that's frayed or frays very easily and now you have a whole fire hazard so you want to be careful of that just do your basic due diligence check on reviews do your research and you can find a very good quality third-party charger out there number four and it's hard to believe this is a myth at all but the myth is that it won't hurt to leave your device in the car or exposed to the elements hmm all right seems painfully obvious but clearly it's an issue for some people you do not want to leave your device in the car exposed to extreme temperatures whether extreme cold or extreme hot and obviously you don't want any rain or even condensation to get in the device because over time that may short out the electronics in the phone and you want to be careful with that at least if you're going to keep your device in the car and a very very hot and sunny day keep 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