Does draining the battery help?

[sorbet]

My battery lasts a full day no problem, and when I plug it in at night it's usually around 40% or so. Someone at the Apple store told me before that it helps to let the battery drain itself once or twice a month, and then let it recharge fully and carry on as normal.

But whenever I do that, it seems like the battery life isn't as strong as it once was, but I don't really pay too much attention honestly. Is doing this helping/hurting/having no impact on battery life?

 

[Johnlennon78]

Hey! It's always good to let any type of battery drain itself once in awhile. Reason is, batteries have memory in them, so if you charge it whenever there is 40% left, it will 'tag' your battery charging @60% all the time so your battery will never be fully charged. Hope that helps

 

[iNurse]

for some reason i didn't think it mattered with these batteries. Thanks for update

 

[Rugaby]

Yes it helps. It resets the calibration on the battery so it knows the true zero. Also when it is 100% charged while plugged into a WALL outlet do a hard reset.

 

[iNurse]

thanks rugaby