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Old 14th May 2018, 20:51
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Rwy in Sight
 
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Originally Posted by wiedehopf
airplane mode reduces maximum charge level to 90% and charging speed. now that would be easy to implement but you run the risk of people switching off airplane mode to get a full charge. still seems like a good idea because people already don't care about their GSM and other phone radiofrequency emissions.
people who are nice which is a bunch will still put the phone in airplane mode therefore reducing charging rate/max charge level reducing the likelihood of thermal runaways.
I just checked with my newish Xiaomi 4X. I activated the airplane mode and by using the company charger it went to 97% and that because I unplugged it. And ISTR that using the airplane mode it charges in less time - not sure if the charging is faster or much less energy is used from the mobile. However the temperature of the mobile did remain on the cool side.
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