Re: T480s, battery state jumping from fully-charged to charging while plugged in, battery LED doesn't change

Adrian Walker <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Jun 2022 12:53:36 -0700
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On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 10:56 AM Rubin Abdi <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I'm running Debian Sid 5.16.0-4-amd64 from the repo. I just did a long
> needed aptitude safe-upgrade (I don't believe my kernel got upgraded).
> After reboot I am seeing upower -i
> /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 report the state of the
> battery going from fully-charged to charging every few seconds (which is
> throwing up notifications in KDE every few seconds). The charging indicator
> LED on the machine is maintaining white for fully charged (yes I know this
> is subjective). Battery percent is maintained at 99%.
>
> Additionally about a month ago I replaced the battery in this machine to a
> new generic one off of Amazon, after install and discharge/recharging the
> thing a couple of times upower reported about a 94% battery capacity (which
> I feel like is typical of generic replacement batteries). Today it's at
> 93.1404%.
>
> I looked through the "Battery recalibration" thread from April, I could
> have sworn linux these days (along with the bios) manage recalibration on
> their own, but I suppose I'm mistaken.
>
> So at this point I don't know if the issue is something got tweaked on
> this last apt upgrade, or a recalibration needs to happen. Any advice would
> be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Rubin (he/him <https://pronoun.is/he/him>)
> [email protected]
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Uns=
ubscribe</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=
=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 10:56 AM Rubin Abdi &lt;<a href=3D"=
mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockq=
uote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1p=
x solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hello.<div><br>=
</div><div>I&#39;m running Debian Sid=C2=A05.16.0-4-amd64 from the repo. I =
just did a long needed aptitude safe-upgrade (I don&#39;t believe my kernel=
 got upgraded). After reboot I am seeing=C2=A0upower -i /org/freedesktop/UP=
ower/devices/battery_BAT0 report the state of the battery going from fully-=
charged to charging every few seconds (which is throwing up notifications i=
n KDE every few seconds). The charging indicator LED on the machine is main=
taining white for fully charged (yes I know this is subjective). Battery pe=
rcent is maintained at 99%.</div><div><br></div><div>Additionally about a m=
onth ago I replaced the battery in this machine to a new generic one off of=
 Amazon, after install and discharge/recharging the thing a couple of times=
 upower reported about a 94% battery capacity (which I feel like is typical=
 of generic replacement batteries). Today it&#39;s at 93.1404%.</div><div><=
br></div><div>I looked through the &quot;Battery recalibration&quot; thread=
 from April, I could have sworn linux these days (along with the bios) mana=
ge recalibration on their own, but I suppose I&#39;m mistaken.</div><div><b=
r></div><div>So at this point I don&#39;t know if the issue is something go=
t tweaked on this last apt upgrade, or a recalibration needs to happen. Any=
 advice would be appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><d=
iv><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">Rubin (<a href=3D"htt=
ps://pronoun.is/he/him" target=3D"_blank">he/him</a>)<br><a href=3D"mailto:=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a><br></div></div><=
/div></div>
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