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Old 11-23-2012, 03:24 PM   #435
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Originally Posted by twobob View Post
Would be nice to amend the charging params so that 70% = 100%

I would hate to have to constantly unplug them. This would be a better solution...

Hmm. Wonder where one might go about achieving that?
With only 70% maximum charge, you may need to charge more often (depending on your device), which would shorten the lifespan. There is a tradeoff between too much charge and too many charges. For a given device, you would need to find the "knee of the curve" between mAh/charge and total charges.

I think that the kindle uses so little energy that perhaps charging it to 70% more often may extend the total life, so perhaps your idea is a sound one.

To test it, perhaps you can use the shipping mode script (or diags test) to charge it to 70%. Custom charging firmware could perhaps be based on that script, but perhaps it may be even easier just by programming a /proc or /sys file from a startup script...

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