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6 months ago

Battery State Bug

I entered a 24hour bike race yesterday. I knew my Gamin EDGE 1030 would not last 24 hours, so I plugged it into an external power bank. It stayed at 100%. So obviously my external power source was actively keeping it charged. (I have a power bank that can be set to "stay on" and not deactivate charging for very low draw devices that most will do).

Anyway, one of the things my data field does is track the status of the battery... I calculate the "time to live" based on watching the % charge drop over time. That takes a little time before I can offer that estimate (calc = calculating). I also note if the device is plugged in, and if so the bottom bar turns GREEN and I display (chrg). 

System.getSystemStats().charging

For some reason, when the EDGE 1030 is at 100% full and plugged in, it no longer sets the "charging" flag to TRUE. Even if the external power is actually providing power. I understand the firmware developers' thinking. If the battery is at 100%, then it isn't technically charging the battery, so set that back to false. HOWEVER, the more useful purpose of this variable is to indicate whether the device is PLUGGED IN or not. In that case, the "charging" flag should be TRUE.

Please consider improving the usefulness of this system stats flag.

DaveBrillhart
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  • over 3 years ago
    The interesting fact to a user is: is there an active external charging device plugged in, to sustain power to my Garmin. Yes or no? Did that external power pack get disconnected? Did it power itself off and no longer is supplying energy? Did it get depleted? Clearly, my external battery was actually supplying the Garmin with power (since the Garmin stayed at 100%). But the "charging" flag was FALSE, suggesting the external power supply was not providing power. Anyway - seems obvious to me in that scenario the charging flag should be TRUE with an external power source supplying energy to the device.
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  • over 3 years ago
    The interesting fact to a user is: is there an active external charging device plugged in, to sustain power to my Garmin. Yes or no? Did that external power pack get disconnected? Did it power itself off and no longer is supplying energy? Did it get depleted? Clearly, my external battery was actually supplying the Garmin with power (since the Garmin stayed at 100%). But the "charging" flag was FALSE, suggesting the external power supply was not providing power. Anyway - seems obvious to me in that scenario the charging flag should be TRUE with an external power source supplying energy to the device.
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