cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20916419

Google is adding a feature on Pixel phones that lets you limit the battery charge to 80%, but it was never in the first Android 15 release.

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I used to root my android phone to limit battery charge + adaway. But recently I finally gave up with rooting due to all the restrictions that comes along with it.

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You can use Tasker or equivalent apps to limit the battery charge.

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I thought it wasn’t possible except by rooting or external control. I’ve just been doing it manually but figure on adding an automatic controller sometime.

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I did it on mine. You can use ‘battery level’ state. Set it between 80-100% for example.

I think I’ve share mine tasker project somewhere in my comment quite awhile ago. anyway, if you want you can DM me.

edit: it’s not totally automatic. Need to manually unplug once reaching the level.

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Hope this feature will be in AOSP and not proprietary Play Services but who knows these days

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wait, isn’t it by default the case? they just change the scale to have a 0 to 100 percentage, or I’m missing something?

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Afaik yes, kinda. 100% likely doesn’t mean that the battery is 100% full it might mean 99% or something. I have no idea how much they reduce it but the point of this is to be able to reduce it even more. Which would be better for your battery.

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Crdroid had this feature before, so custom roms ftw.

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I can already do that on LineageOS 21 (Android 14), no rooting required.

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My Fairphone 5 had it in Android 13 and my Zenfone 6 had it in Android 12.

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The hardware supported it ever since adaptive charging was introduced, so that’s not surprising.

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