Comment 18 for bug 579513

I'm also experiencing this issue.

I have a Dell Inspiron 1545, and for me, if I scroll over the battery monitor, it states that 'Laptop Battery is Charged', despite the fact that the battery is at about 2% charge.

I believe the issue here is that the applet is simply looking at the 'charging rate' to determine if the battery is charged or not. In my case, my charger is faulty, and the laptop (presumably to protect itself) refuses to charge the battery anymore with the faulty charger.

I've ordered a new charger for myself, so the issue will be fixed for me shortly, however I think the battery monitor in gnome-power-manager should be smart enough to recognize that even though the battery isn't charging, that it isn't fully charged. I'm not even talking about the 'design charge' I'm referring to the 'Capacity' rating, as listed in the "Power Statistics" window you get if you left-click on the battery icon and click the battery in the list. This window shows all the correct information about my battery (including charge percentage, capacity, etc.) and I believe that this information should be taken into account when determining what info to display in the icon.