MrConfusion
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So, this is weird, I noticed it yesturday, is this a known issue or something unique?
The Pandora thinks it's powered by the poweradapter (i.e. charging) all the time.
As in, I boot up, the remaining battery percentage gets updated. This is why I didn't notice this earlier; the percentage goes down on bootup and I've booted a lot. It has looked good when just glancing casually.
I got some SD cards yesturday and tried some emulators and started wondering why the percentage did not go down at all. Well, it did on next bootup!
So, essentially, it's as if the powerlevel only gets updated at startup.
What then caught my attention was that the "estimated time remaining" in XFCE keeps at 00:00 and when I hover the mouse over it, it also says "charging". If I plug in the charger, it still says the same. If I unplug the charger at that point, it remains the same. Always "charging".
I also tried "dropping" the battery out of it's slot while the Pandora is running charger attached. The Pandora reboots, but naturally then it's supposed to be "charging".
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I hadn't realized the Pandora can run completely without a battery, but that is excellent, that's been high on my wishlist for almost every smartphone/PDA-like device I've used!!! Definitely a good feature in a gaming oriented device, because you can save the battery for when you really need it.
)
I also checked this page late last night: http://pandorawiki.org/Power_modes
I didn't have time to check things out in detail, but one thing was weird: Status in /sys/class/power_supply/bq27500-0 was constantly discharging.
So, part of the Pandora thinks it's constantly charging, part of it thinks it's discharging .
I'll try to charge it fully when I get home tonight, though I originally intended to run it almost dry first.
But if any of you have seen something like this before, do let me know.
It's a CC unit, by the way.
The Pandora thinks it's powered by the poweradapter (i.e. charging) all the time.
As in, I boot up, the remaining battery percentage gets updated. This is why I didn't notice this earlier; the percentage goes down on bootup and I've booted a lot. It has looked good when just glancing casually.
I got some SD cards yesturday and tried some emulators and started wondering why the percentage did not go down at all. Well, it did on next bootup!
So, essentially, it's as if the powerlevel only gets updated at startup.
What then caught my attention was that the "estimated time remaining" in XFCE keeps at 00:00 and when I hover the mouse over it, it also says "charging". If I plug in the charger, it still says the same. If I unplug the charger at that point, it remains the same. Always "charging".
I also tried "dropping" the battery out of it's slot while the Pandora is running charger attached. The Pandora reboots, but naturally then it's supposed to be "charging".
(
I hadn't realized the Pandora can run completely without a battery, but that is excellent, that's been high on my wishlist for almost every smartphone/PDA-like device I've used!!! Definitely a good feature in a gaming oriented device, because you can save the battery for when you really need it.
)
I also checked this page late last night: http://pandorawiki.org/Power_modes
I didn't have time to check things out in detail, but one thing was weird: Status in /sys/class/power_supply/bq27500-0 was constantly discharging.
So, part of the Pandora thinks it's constantly charging, part of it thinks it's discharging .
I'll try to charge it fully when I get home tonight, though I originally intended to run it almost dry first.
But if any of you have seen something like this before, do let me know.
It's a CC unit, by the way.