Openmoko Bug #1158: Charging stops even while connected

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Mon Jun 15 03:45:32 CEST 2009


#1158: Charging stops even while connected
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    Reporter:  plr@…             |        Owner:  openmoko-devel
        Type:  defect            |       Status:  closed        
    Priority:  high              |    Milestone:  Om2008.10     
   Component:  System Software   |      Version:  unspecified   
    Severity:  blocker           |   Resolution:  fixed         
    Keywords:  power management  |     Haspatch:  0             
   Blockedby:                    |    Estimated:                
 Patchreview:                    |     Blocking:                
Reproducible:  sometimes         |  
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Comment(by joerg):

 http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-12.htm
 According to this it isn't desirable to hold bat at 4.20V, no matter
 whether charging or cyclic recharging.
 My tests seem to show the PMU restarts charging properly at
 >>autores = 1 from the dump => supposed to restart charging at 96% of
 vbatmax
 which according to CC is ~75%..80%.

 Obviously the above mentioned restart by kernel is broken and so we don't
 need to worry (fixed by bug ;-), just sysfs reports "charging" after
 kernel tried to restart, when evidentally it isn't charging.

 Common sense is LiIon batteries suffer much less from frequent small
 90%..75%..90% cycles than from deep discharge or being kept at max charge
 (4.2V) all the time.
 So I think we should completely remove the (anyway useless, esp in
 suspend) kernel resume scheme, and live with the fact that our bat reaches
 ~80% ~10..20h after charging stopped, then gets recharged by PMU
 automatically.
 Anybody who needs to make sure he has 100% capacity when leaving the house
 should hook up the device to charger 3h prior to that, so it reaches 100%
 capacity just in time and doesn't lose too much after stop of charging.

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