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January 15, 2008Charge Control 0.1.0 — Take Control of the PSP Battery Charge
Posted by greg
Another from developer Weltall… Charge Control is an extremely simple plugin written for your convenience. It’s responsible for two functions: disabling & re-enabling the PSP battery charge.
When disabled and using the AC adaptor, your PSP will not charge the battery — for whatever reason you may have. The charging status will remain set until the PSP is powered off completely.
Disable: L TRIGGER + R TRIGGER + VOL down
Enable: L TRIGGER + R TRIGGER + VOL up
Features:
- [ALL] First release
- [ALL] Builds for 3.7x and other firmwares
- [ALL] Works at low priority and combinations are checked one time every second
- [ALL] It’s possible to enable and disable battery charging immediately
Download: Charge Control 0.1.0
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I can’t think of a reason to use this
i was wondering the same thing
anti theft :)
oh no now the thief has to plug it in himself and charge it. :(
I can give you a reason, that is if you even care, Allot of people dont know that when you Charge and recharge a Battery, It loses Life, everyone thinks OOOO It will work forever, Umm NO. As an example The iPOD battery, If you listen to it for like 1 hour then immediately start charging it right after, your battery will DIE much quicker overtime then as if you Let it drain completely then charged it, So point being, Always let the Battery Drain all the way before you Recharge it. That is why this will come to use, Because when I have a FULL battery and I go to play my PSP while at home, I use the outlet, and then I have to take the battery out, then put the Cover back on, so with this you can just turn it off and BAM. No having to take it out. Or charge up the battery again from the same spot every time.
uhhh…. thats not how it works. THe battery inthe psp is a lithium ion battery. These types of batteries are fond in many electronics (laptops, ipod, to name a few). THese types of batteries die whether you use them or you dont. They have a 2-4 year life sentence. thought you should know.
I’m going by USEAGE from an old iRIVER and from what others have told me. I use to use the iRIVER every day, would charge it and also keep it on the Charger, after about a few months, The thing would DIE sooo quick, I thought Hmmm WHY ? Turns out it’s because of what I just said. The Battery Cells, do not get the FULL charge, you just keep charging from the beginning and not starting a FULL fresh Cycle CHARGE. As I said I had it happen to my iRIVER, uses the same Battery as the IPOD and my iPOD lasted longer now WHY ? Because I dont charge the thing like 100 times, I only charge it when it Drains.
You are still wrong. The other person was correct mostly. Lithiums, and all variations of them, do not require you to drain the battery before charging. It has no impact on its life whatsoever. You can read the packaging on any name brand lithium rechargeable pack at a store. There are no limitations on them, which is why the lithiums were extremely expensive only a few years ago. Thats also why NiCad batteries are slowly being singled out. Dont talk like you know, when JimmyD knows best.
“when JimmyD knows best.”
yea you are cool
Thank you. I’ve started a cult if you’d like to join. Theres no punch involved but there are random suicides as a offering to me. Just fill out your will so that I receive all your property and we are good to go.
I dont know, my friend went thru 3 psp battieries (Original Sony ones) in a year because he uses his psp constantly, its on apx 12-14 hours a day. Me, i’ve never killed an original battery, even though I may only turn it on for 15-20 minutes a day.
good call THE RUSSIAN, you’re right.
What’s bad is keeping them in the charging state, not charging after 5 minutes of use.
that not true a li-ion has a half life of 500 charges regardless of when you charge it. the PSP cannot tell you how many charges u are using but the macbook displays how many charges the battery has used and it not affected by when you charge it.
anyone tried it on 3.80M33-2?
On and you mentioned Labtop battery, same goes with the HP one, I left it in the Labtop all the time, the thing doesn’t even hold a charge for more then 10 min’s now, and when I first got it, I never even used it, I always used the PLUG but left the battery in, SO I guess there FACTS are wrong.
you probably over heated your battery since if the battery heats over 40 degrees it causes damage to it
no, only older really crappy batteries have that flaw. Most modern li-ion batteries (like the one in the psp) can be charged at any time you like and there will be no problems.
What you’re talking about is battery memory. It is usually recommended that you run batteries till they’re dead, and then charge them. Typically, new batteries don’t have the charge memory that older ones did, so usually you won’t have this problem anymore.
Battery memory no longer exist… are you people stuck in the ice age? That was NiCad batteries. Lithiums do NOT have that problem. There is NO such thing as memory in Lithiums.
Straight from “How Stuff Works” website:
Lithium ion chemistry prefers partial discharge to deep discharge, so it’s best to avoid taking the battery all the way down to zero. Since lithium-ion chemistry does not have a “memory”, you do not harm the battery pack with a partial discharge. If the voltage of a lithium-ion cell drops below a certain level, it’s ruined.
There you have it folks. NO MEMORY!
Lithuim-ion dont suffer the memory effect, they just get weaker with age.The only thing i can think of for this is for use with some of the cheap dodgy ones of ebay.
Ahh! Ive got it.Its to stop sweaty hand syndrome when Playing LOL.
Well if there “cheap” ebay ones just buy another!
This is for when you’re making out with your girlfrined and the PSP is plugged in, but she’s not ready to go all the way so you disable charging the battery. This happens to me alot so I will uses this hack for that reason!
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Anthony82 is 100% correct. When you have the battery in and the AC plugged in, what happens is the AC charges the battery to 100% and then stops charging leaving the battery to run the system. When the AC recognizes a drop in the charge, it turns back on and charges it again back to 100%. That’s the way ALLLLLLLL LiIon batterys work whether in a laptop, camera, IPod, PSP, etc. They ALL work the same exact way. This program is an amazing one that WILL actually help you get more out of your battery life, especially if you use it a lot in one specific location.
Downloading this baby right now!!!
Told Ya so : D lol
http://www.howstuffworks.com and then search for “lithium ion”. After that, bow at my feet and offer me gifts so that I may forget your stupidity. A new car would be good too.
Here I’ll even make it easier for you…
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/lithium-ion-battery2.htm
You mean when the psp is charged it stops the battery charinging and then runs the psp off AC and then recharges teh battery again if it notices a drop in charge….
And cmon look at teh nicknames rivera82falcon and Anthony82, your teh same bloody person rnt u lol
Types the same way as well.
LiIon batteries are weird. Constantly charging them will kill them, it’s usually best to charge them around 40-60%, and if you aren’t going to be using it for a long time, store it at around 40% charged, so it doesn’t run completely flat, and so it doesn’t lose capacity from sitting dormant at 100% full. NIMh were the ones that were good to run down every time, LiIon’s…. you shouldn’t do it too much, once every couple months is good to make sure it’s reporting it’s charge levels correctly, that’s about it.
The more you know, etc. (Charge levels are approximated, don’t quote me the actual ones, it’s +/- 10% or something)
Nice to see more homebrew coming out, even if I can’t think of anything to do with it… I suppose it is easier than taking out the battery if you’re near a power outlett/usb port.
I almost never have my psp plugged in while I’m playing it, it’s either running from battery or off or off charging, apologies to the people that charge while playing a lot and to who this is hugely helpful for :X, I kinda sound like a jerk up there ^
WHO CARES…… LEAST SUM1 MANAGED TO MAKE SUCH A PROGRAM
, USE IT OR NOT
how many people have the charge lead in when not charging i drain the battery then charge it still on my original battery had my psp for 2 years now gets played everyday never had a problem with battery
im not dising this program good effort but cant see the use for it myself why would you put the charge lead in if you dont need to charge it takes the portable side out of it
i have tryed coding myself and its a lot of work so well done on your coding hope to see more homebrew from you
You lot are retarded.
Lith Ion batteries like having their electrons constantly moving. Keeping the PSP constantly charged and occasionally recalibrating the battery (drain to 50% and recharge) is recommended. Fully discharging a Lith Ion is not recommended because you will significantly reduce its lifespan.
For those with duff iPod batteries, the info is on Apples websites.
And no, Lith Ion batteries don’t suffer from the memory effect either.
Learn your batteries.
Finally! Someone SMART!
Or maybe he just went to wikipedia.net and looked it up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery
HAHAH yeah you should know MR Finally someone SMART, Wiki is never 100% right, So get the FACTS straight before you open your Mouth. And I did learn my Batteries Darkmachine, I go by USAGE and How something works, not by what a COMPANY tells you. And from every battery I’v used, they all do the same when NOT letting it die completely, so What are you going to tell me now, I got all DUD batteries ?? HUH LOL
No, I’m going to tell you to shut the fuck up.
I’m going to tell you that “How Stuff Works”.com isn’t wrong. I don’t care what Wiki says about anything. http://www.howstuffworks.com is the ONLY place you should read how technology works. You get all “DUD” batteries because you are obviously doing something wrong, which doesn’t suprise me.
100% true @ DARKMACHINE
dont know why someone would need this program, not even internal work on the psp will benefit
did you even look at that article?
“Li-ion batteries can even go into a state that is known as deep discharge. At this point, the battery may take a very long time to recharge. For example, a laptop battery that normally charges fully in 3 hours may take up to 42 hours to recharge. Or the deep discharge state may be so severe that the battery will never come back to life. Deep discharging only takes place when products with rechargeable batteries are left unused for extended periods of time (often 2 or more years) or when they are recharged so often that they can no longer hold a charge. This makes Li-ion batteries unsuitable for back-up applications where they may become completely discharged.”
it’s right that they must be recharged often and not let draining completely but you should not over do it.
I love people getting owned on the internets, lolz.
I never got Owned, LOL now that’s the Funny part HAHA :D
Stop jacking off.
moron, of course you got owned, you couldn’t be more wrong, and we have facts to back our argument up, you just wont admit you were wrong.
wouldn’t it be a better idea to have a PIN code that you have to enter to re-activate battery charging capability, then it’s purpose could be for anti-theft…
Besides that I can hardly see any reason to use this
u lot are all need to relax… this scene is about homebrew and psps =D props to the maker Welltall even tho i wont use it :p. Chill out bout this battery nonsense! U dont know how lame u sound =D
Most dont need it or care but it is a good program that works and can be handy good work
Li-ion batteries actually include special circuitry to protect the battery from damage due to overcharging or undercharging.
Ref: http://www.greenbatteries.com/libafa.html
Exactly, so Anthony82 saying he goes by usage is totally BS.
Whether or not I know it my self or wiki-ed is irreverent people shouldn’t behave like sheep. It would have taken a simple google…rather than believe all the crap flying out of Anthony82’s ass.
Well I’m right and that’s all that matters, SO go fuck yourself asshole, I’m not the only one who has mentioned this, So You can be the SHEEP and follow all the brainwashed people who believe what others tell you, if someone told you that batteries Lasted forever and never needed a Recharge would you believe them ?? Idiot, No you would go by usage and, when it went out, you would go OOOH. Seriely you people make me sick. Fucking Morons. If this was sooo true, then why did my batterie DIE sooo damn quick on my iRIVER, it’s the same kind of Batterie ??? Explain that to me MR I KNOW IT ALL ??
I think is program is go for 1) thing if you stay in one spot for a long time or 2) the GPS with the car plug.
a good way to make the battery life span a little longer.
This is going to prove useful to me :)
I do prefer to let all my battery drain simply to make sure that I play it for the entire battery, then I change it and do something else (Y) it stops me from playing my PSP for too long (Y)
Sometimes I put my charger in while playing a game making me play it longer then I dont bother doing whatever I needed to do then im behind :(
So yeah something I need to mention to you, different software releases for the PSP work for different people, this might look useless to you all but Weltall has made me happy (Y) just like his CWCheat system which is one of the best prx’s for the PSP to date (Y)
Good luck to the coder and anybody else that uses this (Y)
Well thats good (Y) Andrew (Y) Briggs. Nice to see (Y) someone (Y) likes it. (Y) (Y) You shouldn’t drain your battery all the way down though (Y). But it (Y) probably won’t hurt it. (Y) (Y)
looks like someone uses instant messenger alot (Y)
the worst thing you could do to a lithium ion cell is to drain it. lithium ion cells gets permanently damaged once discharged below 3 volts.
is it possible dat i can use dis to repair my psp battery coz it is not charging only shows 0 percent….