Battery won't charge past 97%

ianegg · 12-08-05, 10:29 AM

For the past couple of days, my axim hasn't been able to charge fully for some reason. I've been playing a lot of Scumm games recently, and the battery's dropped to the warning level a few times, but would usually charge back up again with no problems. But all of a sudden, the orange light never goes off, and the meter never passes 97%

The battery doesn't feel warm at all, which makes me think the battery thinks it's fully charged, but the ax can't tell. I've tried a hard reset, and I've tried removing the battery breifly.

Anyone have any suggestions?

**Frenchy** · 12-08-05, 10:30 AM

Let the battery discharge completely and recharge to reset the reporting of the battery charge status.

axzilla · 12-08-05, 10:31 AM

make sure you have stopped all running programs

ianegg · 12-08-05, 05:43 PM

Wow thanks for the quick responses! I posted just before going out; I should have stayed a minute longer!

Anyway, I'll let it run down naturally, so I'll probably report back tomorrow night.

12-09-05, 02:55 PM

i just figured this out. mine is on charging and for some reason the battery meter isn't updateing. might be something that I am running, not sure but it is stuck at 97%. so i tapped on the screen near the 97% and it jumped to 100% and the green light came on. Weird!

ianegg · 12-09-05, 07:55 PM

Well, I let the axim turn itself off and charged it, and now, (2 hours later,) the light is a lovely shade of green! Many thanks!

chewbacca · 12-09-05, 08:39 PM

I suggest you not drain the battery completely, rather, let it come down to say 24%, then recharge it. I think it has something to do with the fact it is lithium ion and it loses the ability to hold charge slowly.

Kipple Master · 12-10-05, 06:26 AM

Originally Posted by chewbacca

I suggest you not drain the battery completely, rather, let it come down to say 24%, then recharge it. I think it has something to do with the fact it is lithium ion and it loses the ability to hold charge slowly.

Maybe.. but I don't think so as both my batteries do this. This issue appeared after I updated my X51v to A04. Just leave it charge for a while and then it reports 100%, at least that is what happens on the X51 not sure about the X50.

ianegg · 12-10-05, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by chewbacca

I suggest you not drain the battery completely, rather, let it come down to say 24%, then recharge it. I think it has something to do with the fact it is lithium ion and it loses the ability to hold charge slowly.

Too late now! I didn't really like the idea of letting it fully drain, but it had dropped to 20% a couple of times without resolving the problem on the next charge anyway.

I had tried leaving it to charge for an extended period after reaching 97%, but it just stayed there.

I've only had it since October and have generally taken good care if it, so I should hope the battery life hasn't deminished in that time.