I recently bought a brand new laptop (Asus vivobook x510uf). I'm using ubuntu 18.04.2
When I plug it to charger, It charges near 98-99 percent. It always shows less than 5 min remains to full charge, but it takes about 30 min to gets 100%. After that its state changes to discharging and after few minutes the battery logo changes to a battery with cross on it and for remaining time it says "estimating…". What's the problem?
$ upower --dump
Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/line_power_AC0
native-path: AC0
power supply: yes
updated: Wed 03 Apr 2019 05:43:43 PM +0430 (155 seconds ago)
has history: no
has statistics: no
line-power
warning-level: none
online: yes
icon-name: 'ac-adapter-symbolic'
Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0
native-path: BAT0
vendor: ASUSTeK
model: ASUS Battery
power supply: yes
updated: Wed 03 Apr 2019 05:45:43 PM +0430 (35 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: pending-charge
warning-level: none
energy: 39.443 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 40.679 Wh
energy-full-design: 43.046 Wh
energy-rate: 4.065 W
voltage: 11.55 V
percentage: 100%
capacity: 91.7089%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-full-charging-symbolic'
History (rate):
1554297343 4.065 pending-charge
Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice
power supply: yes
updated: Wed 03 Apr 2019 05:45:43 PM +0430 (35 seconds ago)
has history: no
has statistics: no
battery
present: yes
state: unknown
warning-level: none
energy: 39.443 Wh
energy-full: 40.679 Wh
energy-rate: 4.065 W
percentage: 100%
icon-name: 'battery-missing-symbolic'
Daemon:
daemon-version: 0.99.7
on-battery: no
lid-is-closed: no
lid-is-present: yes
critical-action: HybridSleep
Best Answer
You need to calibrate your battery and sensors. Unplug and run the laptop until the machine shuts down for "critical low battery", then leave it turned off while it charges back up. One, two, or at most three cycles like this will let Ubuntu calibrate how much power is available at what sensor readings, and should cause the display to more closely reflect what you expect.