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So many times I forget to plug the deck or someone uses the charging cable for something else and I come back to play the next weekend and the deck is at 0%. Why doesn’t the deck have a deep sleep or hibernate mode on by default like my laptop or iPad?

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[-] Kaldo@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It will still keep it above 90% all the time which is bad according to most comments I just found by googling about it, it's just the nature of lithium batteries. Steam deck allegedly has a feature to use direct power from outlet if in use while charging and if at max, but it still keeps battery at high %.

[-] Alexmitter@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Most of that is really old knowledge from before the days of sophisticated charge controllers.

[-] IDe@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Maintaining a high SoC is still very damaging to battery life.

[-] Alexmitter@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Which is why the charge controller does not do it. It will drop to a sustainable voltage when it detects longer wired connection after being charged and adjusts the "percentage" it shows you accordingly so you still see a 100 to 0.

[-] IDe@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Do you have anything to back that up with or are you speaking from personal incredulity? What you said certainly does not apply to e.g. contemporary smartphones.

[-] Alexmitter@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Contemporary smartphones tend to push things a bit harder to offer the "best" performance in the first few weeks. Though I have to say comparing today's newest phones with phones from 2015, battery management has gotten a lot softer.

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