The Indicator Upower now supports battery charging limit on MTK and other devices - don't forget to reinstall indicator if this feature didn't work in older releases.

I have a working build for 20.04: https://github.com/paulcarroty/indicator-upower

Feel free to test it. Submitting /sys/class/power_supply/ will be helpful in adding support for your device.

New release arrived, thx to all contributors.

Ahoy, there's battery_charging_enabled support in the latest builds and I need beta testers to check the limiting battery's charge.

You need to apply new udev rule from README and install the latest build from Github Actions.

@mihael said in Range for manually adjusting brightness:

I change its value to let's say 100

100 it's overkill, try 2 or 4. Also check '*brightness*' with the find command.

I use locked brightness at level 4. This solves the problem - the screen is darker and doesn't hurt my eyes anymore.

The app has been submitted to the Open Store and should be reviewed by the Ubports maintainers (it seems):

This app needs to be reviewed manually
'unconfined' not allowed

You can also download it from Github (link in the first post). All features of the latest 16.04 build should work.

️ https://open-store.io/app/indicator.upower.ernesst.fork

Test builds can be downloaded from Github Actions.

@alagirialagiri submit your Pixel data.

@Eric-H probably the store review still in progress.

No problem for devices with MTK Power Bypass.

@arubislander said:

Unless you don't mind your battery degrading, because the device would be constantly plugged in to the charger, you would have to device a routine for charging and discharging the device.

@sm-xcx yeah, 24.04 works well, so remove "abandoned" label for now. Heard that VoLTE works too, Hotspot was fixed long time ago.

This device page needs the fix too.

The Indicator Upower now supports battery charging limit on MTK and other devices - don't forget to reinstall indicator if this feature didn't work in older releases.

@DJac works for me on the same device with enabled time autosync.

@PhAndersson there's active OpenStore matrix room.

Request a USB tethering test for Suzu.

@peat_psuwit make sure to include this fix.

@Eric-H said in Resurrection of Indicator Upower:

I can see POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_TYPE=Fast in udev battery info, so it seems to be a fast charge.

No, I got Fast with low-end 7W charger too. My guess it's POWER_SUPPLY_FASTCHARGE_MODE=1. My device has POWER_SUPPLY_HI_POWER.

How much power can your charger deliver? POWER_SUPPLY_POWER_NOW=39764516 looks realistic for 45W.

I also tried to find the Fast Charging voltage (9..12V) on BMS and failed, so you can try it too. Probably not being monitored by software. And all of this is very device-specific.

Eric-H Attach the power.txt file when the battery is being charged and has less than 50% capacity.

@Eric-H test fast charging if you have the hardware for.