A strange problem

[Dave III]

Could this be an indication of something serious? There are times, when using my UX-50, the battery will drain (at the moment, entirely too fast... stoopid battery) and I will bring up the Battery Information dialog to check the remaining charge. What's strange about all this is the "Remain" percentage will actually go up... all the way to 100% if I let it. I knew, once it started this, that I couldn't ever trust the battery again, but could it be indicative of something else going wrong/bad? I'd hate to buy a battery and discover there's a fried spot on the motherboard that makes any repair pointless.

Help! :confused:

[m0nkeyb0y]

Don't panic - the fluctuating battery charge is quite normal and even happens with a brand new battery. To see the effect at its most obvious, turn on WiFi and surf for a few minutes - the battery level will drop really quickly. Then disconnect the WiFi connection and the battery indicator will shoot back up!

[Dave III]

Oh.... kay....... so, "don't take the battery indicator thingy as absolute gospel" is the basic thing, here? I can deal with that, it just seems kinda weird. Good to know it's not just me, though.

Thanks. ^_^

[Kalamets]

Just out of curiosity, is there a good tool that will give an accurate measure of the battery level? I'm talking something that's always accessible from the UX50 itself. I'm not going to carry a multimeter around with me.

[m0nkeyb0y]

The Sony support battery test application can be obtained from here (http://www.filehosting.cc/?d=9E261C122) and you can find another download link and instructions for using it here (http://www.1src.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104100).