Guide to recover bottle laptop battery

In this article, I will guide you how to fix a bottled laptop battery and introduce useful software to help extend battery life.

1. How to recover a laptop battery from a bottle

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You follow 10 steps in sequence:

Step 1. Unplug the charger from the laptop and use the device until the battery is depleted, let the device turn itself off.

Step 2. Remove the battery from the device.

Step 3. Remove the power from the machine.

Step 4. Please wait a short time, at least 30 seconds for the battery to start to cool down. Next, use a clean and soft cloth to thoroughly wipe the contact between the battery and the device to help conduct electricity better.

Step 5. Reinsert the battery into the device.

Step 6. Plug the charger into the power source.

Step 7. Plug the charger cord into the machine. Note that it is not allowed to turn on the device. Proceed to charge the battery while the device is idle until the battery is full.

Step 8. Remove the charger, continue to wait at least 30 seconds for the battery to cool down. Then continue to plug in the charger.

Step 9. Proceed to recharge while the device is still off. The reason is that the battery has been bottle and after waiting for a while, the battery capacity will be reduced a little, the recharging will continue to fill the battery capacity !.

Step 10. Continue to unplug the power, wait a while, then plug it in again until the battery is full. This time it will charge more than usual, when the battery is full, leave it for 1-2 hours.

Note : During the charging process, if the battery becomes too hot, then remove it immediately, wait for the battery to cool down, continue! Stop for a while, then repeat this 10-step process at least 3 times during the maintenance!

Once the maintenance is complete, you will see a significant increase in battery life as you stimulated to re-adjust the battery capacity to a state almost at the time of purchase.

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Tips for charging the battery:

1. - When charging the battery, you should plug the power connector first, plug the charger into the following device. Because plugging the power plug in, it can cause electric sparks, affecting the battery and core components!
2. - When charging, must charge continuously, do not unplug and unplug suddenly. The power source is flicker and unstable (especially if your home is near mechanical facilities) should not be charged.
3. - Rotate battery continuously: This means you should fully charge and then use it completely, continuously like that.
4. - Should remove the battery from the machine if not in use for a long time!

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In addition, to prolong the battery life, you should:

1. - Use software to save battery capacity (will be introduced in part 2 below).
2. - Adjust screen brightness appropriately.
3. - Turn off unused peripherals such as memory card readers, expansion ports.
4. - Some high-end models have the function to adjust the CPU speed, if the work needs are not much, it should be adjusted at a reasonable low level!
5. - Turn off Wireless and Bluetooth connections when not in use.
6. - Eliminate start-up programs and background services.
7. - Adjust Power Mangagement in Control Panel to suit the purpose of use (Normally the scheme is Portable / Laptop but can be changed to Max battery to save battery)
8. - If the device has battery management software from the manufacturer, it should be used.

2. Battery saving software

After a relatively long time of using the laptop, it is advisable to recalculate the battery capacity.

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Follow these steps every 3 months:

Step 1. First, charge your battery to 100% and let the device in the state of charge for about 2 hours. This process will ensure your battery is in good working order and you can fully use it during this time.

Step 2. Go to  Control Panel  >  Power Options  to access the power management window of the machine.

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Step 3. In the Power Options panel   click  Choose when to turn off the display  on the left side.

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Step 4. A new page will open and you can change settings here. Select  Change Advance Power Settings .

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Step 5. Select  Battery . When you click on the ' + ' sign , a number of options will appear. Click on  Critical Battery Action  and leave it in hibernate mode. Next, click on  Critical Battery Level  and set it to 5%.

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Step 6. Unplug the charger from the device and leave the unit on until the remaining power level is very low and the unit will automatically turn on Hibernate mode  . You can use your laptop to drain energy faster.

Step 7. If you do not use the machine during that time, make sure the machine does not automatically falls into sleep mode  Hibernate  or sleep  Sleep  or off automatically when the machine is not used in a while. If you leave these settings, the battery will not discharge naturally.

Step 8. To calibrate the battery when not in use, select  Choose when to turn off display . The settings panel will open and you can choose  Balance  and then set all options to  Never .

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Step 9. Leave the machine on for about 5 hours until the machine turns off automatically due to lack of power. Then charge the device to 100% again. After performing these battery calibration steps, reset battery protection settings back to normal.

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Good luck. 

Isabella Humphrey

Update 29 April 2021