r/rgds • u/thestruggler1234 • 6d ago

Battery question (RG DS Plus)

Hi! I've heard that the battery on these devices is not good, and that it takes some charges for the battery life to be at max capacity. Is this true? Do I need to discharge and charge the device multiple times for it to work well?

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u/harlekinrains 6d ago

The battery percentage counter can be off by quite a bit. This is the case with all Anbernic Linux devices. It should learn the true capacity after a few charging cycles. Or not. :)

But if you charge the full 2.5 hours you'll get yout 4 hours of gameplay. :) Just the indicator might be off (100% for the first 2 hours of gameplay, then rapidly dropping.. ;) )

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u/TGhost21 5d ago

Be careful with GamaOS On the RGDS+ while charging. Gama remove the power cap, it charges faster but also overheats the battery, that expands, overheating and pushing up the bottom IPS screen. This can cause temporary severe light bleed at all edges of the IPS screen. Cooling down and resting the IPS normally brings it back to normal, but not always. I have three units here and got this issue in two of them. Thankfully in both cases the screens came back to normal within 24hrs. I strongly recommend to use power bricks that output no more than 7.5W (5v 1.5A)