Battery never reaches 100% when fully charged.

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Having app installed and allowing the battery to charge fully.

What is the expected outcome? What happens instead?
I would expect the app to register battery at 100% when the device has been 
charging for long periods of time e.g. overnight. It actually never ever 
reaches 100%, it varies, but is usually around 95%-98%. The battery has also 
been replaced once (due to preference not a fault) and this happens to both 
batteries. If you unplug and plug back in the device immediately it 
occasionally goes up 1-2% but still never reaches 100% regardless of how long 
it is left.

What branch (Free or Pro) and version (number) of the app are you using? Pro 
version 5.0.1

Which device are you using?
(samsung) Google Nexus S

Which carrier are you using?
TMobile UK

What language is your device set to?
English UK

Which version of Android are you using?
2.3.6 stock   (This was happening on the last 2 android versions also)

Please provide any additional information here:

If you need any further details please contact me at jamesround86@gmail.com

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jamesrou...@gmail.com on 26 Oct 2011 at 8:41

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Same issue on Galaxy S GT-I9000 on Samsung stock roms XXJVR and XXJVS, both 
2.3.4 roms.
Occasionally will charge to 100, but as soon as power plug pulled will drop 
down to anywhere between 75-99. Did not exhibit this behaviour before XXJVQ 
rom, but I haven't noted which version of BIP it started showing this problem, 
so it may or may not be anything to do with BIP.

Original comment by AIM120.S...@gmail.com on 29 Oct 2011 at 11:43

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The battery is ultimately responsible for determining its own charge level.  
The battery reports its status to the OS, which then passes the details on to 
my app, which then passes them on to you.

You can double-check that the app is correctly reporting the battery details as 
known to the system by pressing HOME->MENU->Settings->About Phone->Status.  
There is a "Battery level" field that should be the same as what Battery 
Indicator shows.  In the unlikely event that they are different, you probably 
have a Task Killer or something else interfering with the app -- please see the 
FAQ in this case.  If the numbers are different and you don't have a Task 
Killer or similar app, then please open another issue saying that Battery 
Indicator is not reporting the same charge level as the system.  If the numbers 
are the same, then you are just seeing what your battery is reporting, and as 
such, there is nothing Battery Indicator can or should do differently.

Original comment by andr...@darshancomputing.com on 30 Oct 2011 at 12:06

• Changed state: CantFix
• Removed labels: Priority-Medium

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I have had Battery Indicator and the battery widget by Beautiful Widgets 
installed at the same time.  Battery Indicator will not show 100% after an 
entire night of recharging, but the widget by Beautiful Widgets will show 100%. 
 There is sometimes variance in the charge level indicated between the two -- 
Battery Indicator often showing 1 or 2 percentage points lower than the widget 
by Beautiful Widgets.

HTC Rezound (stock)

Original comment by jaylit...@gmail.com on 30 Jan 2012 at 12:29

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There's a difference between a charge level of 100% and a battery status of 
"Fully charged".  100% means full capacity; fully charged means the battery is 
at or near full capacity and any more charging could hurt the health of the 
battery.

The other app probably shows 100 when the status is fully charged, but I'd 
rather show you all of the information as presented by the battery.  I don't 
like the idea of hiding things from the user.  If the battery is saying it's at 
98% and fully charged, then that is exactly what I want to present to you.  If 
you want to know when it becomes fully charged, you can set up an alarm for 
this (if you have the Pro version).

Original comment by andr...@darshancomputing.com on 30 Jan 2012 at 6:56