Thread: Guide to get detailed battery information
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2010-01-11 , 06:47
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#25
Originally Posted by Phantasm View Post
Yes a bug has been raised and it is not a bug... See https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7636#c16

As a summary battery charge percentage is current capacity divided by DESIGN capacity. Thus it is a feature it never reaches 100 %. Instead, a new battery at 60 % will last as long as say a 2 years old battery that can only reach 60 % at full charge lasts from that.
yes I had raised that bug
anyways, i wasnt fully convinced with that bug resolution, will be getting back on that with more info when I have to reopen.
Any *fairly new" phone on the market always reports 100% battery and I dont believe that other OS'es extrapolate the value to display 100%.
All facts stated abt a lithium battery in that bug holds good for even other phones not only the N900 so that explanation didnt convince me fully.
Last edited by krk969; 2010-01-11 at 06:53.