Hi everyone! I just got a new Thinkpad T14 Gen1 (AMD) and am trying to set the battery start/stop thresholds. I’ve installed the latest TLP and acpi_call packages. I’m running kernel 5.10. For some reason the battery thresholds are not working. I’ve defined 40% low and 50% high but the battery is a…

Just for the record: there was no issue here. You just need to discharge the battery to a lower value than the defined start threshold, then plug in. That will bring your battery to the defined thresholds. Everything is working as expected now: +++ ThinkPad Battery Status: BAT0 (Main / Internal) /s…

Thinkpad T14 Gen 1 - TLP battery thresholds

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anon89812132 17 November 2020 08:18 2

Hello,

Is a RC kernel. Please use a different one, see some suggestions here:

Not quite sure what is the difference between T14 and T14s, but here are some hints to increase battery life