07-30-2020, 07:35 PM
Like I've said before, I typically keep the backlight set to about 3 or 4 notches above zero. With a low-opacity, high-contrast theme, that's easily usable, and it lets the battery quickly charge to 100% every time. CPU/GPU load high enough to drain the battery or eat 100% of the current is actually quite rare.
My suspicion is that the hardware designers were working in dim rooms and simply didn't anticipate people using grey-on-black themes next to wide open windows on a midsummer day. It worked for them.
As the battery monitor is able to get a detailed reading of the current charge status, I'm more interested in being able to set the charge endpoint to less than 100%, so as not to be death-charging the battery. It typically drops to around 94% overnight from self-discharge, depending on the temperature, then immediately gets topped up to 100% during use. This is the worst sort of charge pattern for battery longevity, and happens every day despite the fact that I'm not even using the battery.
I'll have to try this when I'm on a newer kernel.
My suspicion is that the hardware designers were working in dim rooms and simply didn't anticipate people using grey-on-black themes next to wide open windows on a midsummer day. It worked for them.
As the battery monitor is able to get a detailed reading of the current charge status, I'm more interested in being able to set the charge endpoint to less than 100%, so as not to be death-charging the battery. It typically drops to around 94% overnight from self-discharge, depending on the temperature, then immediately gets topped up to 100% during use. This is the worst sort of charge pattern for battery longevity, and happens every day despite the fact that I'm not even using the battery.
I'll have to try this when I'm on a newer kernel.
