On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 09:20:40PM +0100, Mich Lanners wrote: > On 20 Mar, this message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] echoed through > cyberspace: > >> > >> When it goes down, you can try to recalibrate your battery: let the > >> computer run until the battery shuts it down, with no pmud or > >> pbbuttonsd running to keep you from doing that. > > > > What should happen to the battery then? > > It normaly (and within the limits of physics) gets back part of it's max > capacity. > > However, this cannot make an old, worn battery be like new again. > Batteries have a finite number of charge cycles. > > But it can recalibrate the controller of the battery, which can over > time get confused about the max charge.
It worked quite well on my battery; it has now almost 50% more charge than before! This makes it last around 1 hour and 40 minutes (or this is at least what /proc/pmu/battery_0 claims). Thanks Edo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
