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Bug? Battery charge 0% in Rockbox 3.7 even after fully charged

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ufo:
Think I've found a major charging/battery bug here - I'm using Rockbox Firmware 3.7 installed with iRiver H300 1.29J.


Charging when in Rockbox mode (player switched on):

When Rockbox is running and the charger is plugged in, Rockbox can be seen charging the battery in the top left hand corner. When it is fully charged, it shows a full battery.



Charging when iRiver is powered off (player switched off):

When the charger is plugged in, the iRiver begins charging in Original Firmware mode. This is okay as the player charges correctly until Complete.

Booting into OF mode, shows a full battery charge so I can be sure it is fully charged.

However, boot back into Rockbox mode and Rockbox seems to be misreporting the battery charge as depleted - I say misreporting because at this point I know it is actually full/complete. (Booting back into OF mode would also confirm again at this point that there is indeed a full battery charge).


But run Rockbox 3.7 and after a few minutes, a false message - "Low Battery - Shutting Down" appears, after which Rockbox powers off.


I know this is inccorect, because if the battery was so low in OF, the iRiver OF would not even allow you to attempt to power back on (instead it would display a "Low Battery" picture on the display), but I can boot back into OF mode easily with no problems even after this message from Rockbox, again the OF shows a full battery and I can run it for hours with no problem so I know somewhere here there must be a miscommunication/misreading from the battery charge to the Rockbox 3.7 firmware.




Before the obvious is stated, this battery is not very old and in OF mode holds its charge very well (probably around 16 hours).

I've tested this a few times now to make sure it wasn't a one off, but it seems to be happening each and every time - I never had this problem in previous firmwares of Rockbox even after similar charge patterns - this only seems to have started in 3.7!  :(


Soap edit:  Removed the yelling from the subject.  If this is a bug, the report belongs on the tracker.  If this is speculation a yelling header is not needed.

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