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justme123

Member

Registered: 2020-01-30

Posts: 1

Battery charge not changing

Hi, I just bought a HP BC523NS and installed Arch on it

I'm trying to see how long the battery last, but I have a problem. Battery charge is not changing.

I unplugged the wall cable when battery was at 98%, I've been watching a move for an hour or so on it, and battery is still at 98%

This is upower --dump

[root@archlinux]# upower --dump
Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/line_power_ADP1
  native-path:          ADP1
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              Thu Jan 30 22:51:50 2020 (902 seconds ago)
  has history:          no
  has statistics:       no
  line-power
    warning-level:       none
    online:              no
    icon-name:          'ac-adapter-symbolic'

Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0
  native-path:          BAT0
  vendor:               HP
  model:                Primary
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              Thu Jan 30 23:05:50 2020 (62 seconds ago)
  has history:          yes
  has statistics:       yes
  battery
    present:             yes
    rechargeable:        yes
    state:               discharging
    warning-level:       none
    energy:              63.0784 Wh
    energy-empty:        0 Wh
    energy-full:         64.064 Wh
    energy-full-design:  64.064 Wh
    energy-rate:         0 W
    voltage:             17.612 V
    percentage:          98%
    capacity:            100%
    technology:          lithium-ion
    icon-name:          'battery-full-symbolic'

Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              Thu Jan 30 22:51:50 2020 (902 seconds ago)
  has history:          no
  has statistics:       no
  battery
    present:             yes
    state:               discharging
    warning-level:       none
    energy:              63.0784 Wh
    energy-full:         64.064 Wh
    energy-rate:         0 W
    percentage:          98%
    icon-name:          'battery-full-symbolic'

Daemon:
  daemon-version:  0.99.11
  on-battery:      yes
  lid-is-closed:   no
  lid-is-present:  yes
  critical-action: HybridSleep

Energy is always at 63.0784 Wh and it doesn't change...

juphu2Va

Member

Registered: 2019-05-16

Posts: 36

Re: Battery charge not changing

This is probably because newer Laptops usually don't charge the battery always to 100%. I experience the same on my X1Yoga