edit /etc/Upower/Upowerc.conf and set UsePercentageForPolicy=truePercentageLow=20PercentageCritical=8PercentageAction=5CriticalPowerAction=Hibernate Now, restart the upower systemd unit: systemctl restart upower
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Today a client brought a Samsung Galaxy S10 which reportedly caught in fire while lying on the QI charger. The device has been in use for around 18 months.
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My Xiaomi Robot (V1) just sporadically shut down after around 20 Minutes of cleaning, stating „Error 14“. I looked it up, and Error 14 stands for battery malfunction. Since i own a lot of 18650 battery packs I’m able to build my own battery from old laptop battery 18650s, so I decided to upload the
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When i got my shiny new ZenBook 13 UX331UN in July, i immediately wiped it and installed Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver). But I soon realized something was wrong with suspend: The laptop would go to sleep and over night the battery would either almost (10-ish percent) or completely drain, leaving the laptop completely powered off.
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