@opensourceopenmind@social.vivaldi.net
2026-07-20 05:07 UTC
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@tobykurien@mastodon.social 2026-07-20 08:26
@opensourceopenmind@social.vivaldi.net @carbonatedcaffeine@social.treehouse.systems Yep this is true, there are 2 reasons for this: (1) the PinePhone Pro is power hunger, using 4W to 6W when active, and (2) the battery driver in the kernel is buggy, so when it says 17%, the actual state of the battery might be more like 50%. I did make a patch to fix this bug, details here: https://fossil.tobykurien.com/mobian-pinephonepro
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@the_wub@mastodon.social 2026-07-22 18:29
@opensourceopenmind@social.vivaldi.net @carbonatedcaffeine@social.treehouse.systems I have experienced the same, although battery life varies a fair bit. Watching videos using FreeTube can drain the battery quickly but at other times much more slowly. I have not worked out the pattern. Maybe related to up-time? On both my PinePhone and PPPro keeping the back-light as dim as possible seems to help increase battery life. I have both set to sleep when on battery after 5 minutes but to stay awake when charging.