• 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    All BMSs I’ve come across have this disabled by default sadly, manufacturers seem to target longest device runtime, rather than extended battery longevity

    On my FP3 it needs to be enabled in a terminal, while rooted (newer devices have it in the settings).

    On my Steam Deck it also needs to be enabled in a terminal, the exact command differs depending on the model of steam deck. An embedded developer or tinkerer will find it very quickly in the kernel sysfs though.

    Edit: Apple and Lenovo are the only companies I’m aware of, who have historically cared for the internal batteries in certain models of their laptops. Macbook Pros in particular used to behave differently when they reach 90%, some will stop charging and others will wait a few hours then resume charging to 100% depending on how the machine is used. I assume this is the only reason why my 2012 MBP still is going great on its original battery, running Linux of course.

    Lenovo used to let you configure the charge preferences in the BIOS of their ThinkPad line

    This was a decade ago though, can’t vouch for whether this applies to the modern stuff too

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      4 months ago

      Laptop folks reading this - check your bios settings. My recent Dell (and I’m sure other brands are similar) has options for this. It has a “usually plugged in” setting, but I manually chose to limit charging to 80%, which is an option in the same place.

      Obv if this is bad for your use case, don’t do it.