pianoman said:
Better battery life alone is enough reason for me to upgrade. So I will. You're saying you need to run the battery fully down after upgrading and then a full recharge before you see the difference though - right?
You "might" have to. You may not have to. Sometimes you do..sometimes you don't. I always do if the battery starts draining fast after a restore...so wouldn't hurt to do it anyway.
The proper way to do this is to well..
1) Charge it to 100%. (doesn't matter the current percentage..just charge to 100%
2) unplug and use it...let it drain down to below 15%. (That's what the most common percentage is for this method....but I always let go down to around 10%-5%. Seem to work well for me. Just don't drain it enough to where it completely shuts down like 2% or 1%).
3) once drained to a low level, charge it up again to 100%, leaving it on charge for a good 2 hours *after* it reaches 100%. (This is the hard part. Why hard? Because in order to yield the *absolute best results* is to not use your device or at least as little as possible while charging. Especially when it's at 100%,..because then it will never top off or will not be topped off long enough to complete the full charge cycle)
During the draining stage from 100% before the final recharge it is best to not plug in your device at all during that time...just let it drain..try to avoid being in a situation where you need to plug it in.
Basically....if you cannot follow these instructions exactly for some reason...then wait for a time where you can,....going off the coarse of steps 1-3 will make the whole process a waist of time and won't give the device a *true full charge cycle*....especially using your phone heavily after its reached 100% when it still needs to top off on the final charge.