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Is battery calibration necessary on a fresh distro install? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Using a new laptop with a confirmed healthy battery, do you typically need to do battery calibration after a fresh distro install? Or is that only used when replacing a battery on an existing system?

By battery calibration I mean the multiple cycles of letting battery drain to 0% and then recharging back up to 100%.

Thanks in advance!

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Not an expert but: tldr don't.

Battery calibration is supposed to help the battery's firmware figure out how low the battery can go. It also tends to hurt your battery, so you should avoid performing these calibrations and keep the charge between 20% and 80% as much as you can.

It seems what you're trying to do is improve battery estimation by the OS on a new machine. And in that case, ~~Is just trey trip love~~* I'd just try to live with possible insecurity of not knowing whether the machine has 15 or 25 minutes left.

Thanks, auto-correct!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Appreciated! Thanks!