"Smart" Phone Logic

[Mynock]

/be me
/phone battery at 3%
/uh oh
/plugs phone into charger
/3%
/4%
/5%
/phone vibrates, beeps and screen lights up telling me battery is critically low
/battery drops to 4%
/5%
/phone vibrates, beeps and screen lights up telling me battery is critically low
/battery drops to 4%
/5%
/phone vibrates, beeps and screen lights up telling me battery is critically low
/battery drops to 4%
/not sure whether to laugh or cry

[dlodoski]

Reminds me of a battle I endured between a portable generator and a UPS. (long story)

Try charging it while it's turned off.

Plan a trip to where you buy new cell phones.

[Mynock]

Haha yea that's exactly what I did. Just kind of a funny experience. You'd think somebody would've programmed the thing to stop beeping/vibrating/otherwise wasting battery power when it got that low.
I am still rocking a Galaxy S5, think they're up to S11 or S12 now. Really don't want to spend the money because it still does what I need it to do, namely phone/text/internet.

[BogDog]

Usually there is an option in the settings to turn off vibration mode. The one in my old LG phone buzzes anyway, so I did some surgery and performed a motor-dectonomy. No more vibration, no more power wasted prematurely.

[Duncan Edwards]

Buy an iPhone. It just works.