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Android - Bought A New Battery, Do I Need To Calibrate It?

Answer : No Calibration of batteries (Li Ion or Li Po, used in almost all mobile devices) is a myth You can start using it straight away and charge as you normally did with earlier batteries This post will help you understand more: Looking for a consistent answer about battery calibration Using calibration apps doesn't really help as the battery files in system (to which these apps write) are renewed and previous data erased when you charge / reboot As explained in this article It [ Batterystats.bin file which stores calibration information ] has no impact on the current battery level shown to you. It has no impact on your battery life.......it is reset every time you unplug from power with a relatively full charge (thus why the battery usage UI data resets at that point)... Explanation in Italics mine from the same article Related Myth : Charging a new battery for X hours Charging a new battery for x hours before use is a " legacy hangover ...

Battery Indicator Has Disappeared From Gnome Panel

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Answer : Note: Try steps 4/5 first, it may be fixed with 1st hit. Below the extended instruction to debug the problem with the indicator. Check if indicator-power-service is running: ps ax | grep indicator-power If it's running, try reset its settings then restart it: dconf reset -f /com/canonical/indicator/power/ pkill -f indicator-power-service No success, locate it then try it from terminal (looking for any errors in output): sudo updatedb; locate -r indicator-power-service$ My system is 64bit, So: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/indicator-power/indicator-power-service If it works with command, then some thing wrong with its autostart. As it was checked, it isn't running on start up. Verify the existence of: /usr/share/upstart/sessions/indicator-power.conf description "Indicator Power Backend" # Want to move to indicator-services-[start|end], but that's not all # there yet. Use the signals that exist today for now. start on indicators-...

Can I Have Backup Power For An Arduino Device?

Answer : you could set up a relay to work in reverse with the mains power, have your backup battery connected to the gate contacts of the relay, and then use the mains power running your project to open the relay and keep it open as long as there is power. if the mains turns off, then the relay closes and the battery is connected. you might want to put something in line with the power to the arduino to make sure you don't get any spikes when things switch. hope this helps as i love kittens I suggest this "Battery boost" circuit from AdaFruit. It's designed to do exactly what you describe. An Arduino needs a smooth, steady 5 V supply with no "blips". The AdaFruit unit does just that, and charges the battery while on Mains supply.

Apple - Can I Manually Limit The %CPU Used By A Process?

Answer : cputhrottle is the tool you need. You can install it with Homebrew. You can monitor a series of processes by name by running the Bash script below. I'm not quite sure how to turn this into a login item since cputhrottle requires superuser permissions. Run it as a script, in an Automator workflow, whatever: # Get the Process/App names from Activity Monitor and put them here apps=("AppOne" "AppTwo" "AppThree") # Set the respective limits here limits={30 40 50) while true; do for app in ${apps}; do for limit in ${limits}; do for pid in $(pgrep ${app}); do sudo /path/to/cputhrottle ${pid} ${limit} done done done done [Edited] I've added a different version for this script (a bash script), which might be useful for people looking for limiting the CPU for multiple applications. This new script also allows you to specify a list containing the application name and the CPU limit for it. The main di...

Apple - Check Battery Health On IPad Like On IPhone

Answer : Battery Health is currently not available for the iPad. According to Apple Support, For iPhone 6 and later, iOS 11.3 and later add new features to show battery health and recommend if a battery needs to be replaced. Nowhere on the page does it mention iPad or iPadOS, so unfortunately, at this time, it's limited to iPhones running iOS 11.3 and later. You may want to submit a feature request with Apple at https://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html If you have a Mac computer you can download and install Coconut Battery on your Mac. Then connect your iPad to your Mac with a USB-lightning cable and run Coconut Battery. Click on "ios device" on the top of the Coconut battery display on your mac and this will tell you much about the battery in your ios device. If you don't have a Mac go to the App Store and search on battery. There are many apps that claim to give you info about your battery. These provide different levels of information so you'll have ...