What is the best way to re-charge?

About improving  battery and phone  life, is it recommended to re-charge the battery before it's running out of power? 

If you want to maximize the life of your battery, the most important things to observe are:
1. Don't charge it to full. For every 10% less, the cycle life doubles. That is, if you always charge it to 100%, you get 400 charge/discharge cycles. If you always charge it to 90%, you get 800 charge/discharge cycles. If you charge it to 80%, you get 1600 charge/discharge cycles.
2. Don't let it get hot, especially while charging. Heat is bad. That said, while the battery is at a lower charge level, heat causes much less battery aging than if it is at a high charge level. 
3. Avoid discharging it to zero. Try to charge it when it's at 20%.
Bottom line: Don't charge to 100% every day. Ideally, charge from 20% or 30% to 80%. If you do that, the battery will probably last you for more than 10 years.
Of course, you don't need the battery to last for that long. So, just try to avoid charging the battery to 100% every day. 

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