Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:37:10 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Motorola Droid 4 -- Stopping charger when battery is full |
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> * Ivaylo Dimitrov <ivo.g.dimitrov.75@gmail.com> [230307 14:10]: > > Also, some guys have concerns about charging (and keeping it charged) @4.35, > > because of the possibly reduced battery life. > > Yes for devices connected to a charger for long periods the battery will > bloat up within some weeks or months. This happens easily when using a > lapdock for example. > > A simple and safe solution here might be that we allow charging up to > 4.35V only once when the charger is connected. Then we let the voltage > decrease to 4.2V (or whatever known good maintenance voltage) if the > charger stays connected.
Optimum solution would be user specifying "I want battery full tommorow at 8am" and doing the right thing.
> For folks wanting to force the charge voltage higher we have the sysfs > interface.
Yep, we just need to make sure it is usable for this.
Best regards, Pavel -- People of Russia, stop Putin before his war on Ukraine escalates. [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature]
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