Thread: [Announce] Battery status app
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2008-07-18 , 23:39
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Originally Posted by albright View Post
I guess there is no way to read the charge percentage
while the battery is charging? All I get when plugged
in is:

Code:
Nokia-N810-50-2:~# battery-status
[Jan  8 21:04] Charging
I'm guessing that the power management in the n810
is just not very sophisticated ...
I know I'm really late on this, but I just "found" this thread.

In reply to this particular question (insofar as the poster is still incarnated, let alone interested): Due to the nature of the charging process of LiIon batteries, a charge percentage while charging is completely uninformative. The only trustworthy measure is when the indicator gives a "battery fully charged" warning. A charging battery might give values of 90%, only to drop immediately to below 70 or even 50% when disconnected. LiIons charge in a very funny way.
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