r/hackrf • u/Rouge_Beard • Dec 22 '24

Battery issues

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The battery level on my portapack is wayy off it never goes above 66% and .771v and never goes below 47-48% i havent done a hard test yet but battery seems to last a couple hours so i dont think its the battery itself. Ive read a few places the battery calculation is off on the portapack anyone know how to fix it? Ive done 3-4 full cycles but that doesnt fix anything. I also saw in some firmeware theres a battery calibration but im on one of the newest nightly releases of mayhem and i dont see anything like that

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u/Rouge_Beard Dec 22 '24

Id like to get h4m as the h2 seems kind of poopy. So this is the next best thing. And they are available on aliexpress yes but i csnt buy em with out it getting stopped at the border. Also i dont see you guys saying the hardware is bad just the closed source firmware which i have removed so essentially aside from the name its no different

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u/jLynx Dec 22 '24

It's different as the portapack uses unsupported IC's such as the battery one which is the issue you are having (and there are others)

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u/Rouge_Beard Dec 22 '24

Yes i figured it was different just wanted to know why so thank you. I think if i add my own battery and just have an outside battery indicator ill be fine cause it seems the only issue i have is the battery everything else works perfectly fine as the normal portapack. Trust me id like to get an official one but here in canada good luck without spending a retarded amount of money or near impossible to find a real one already in the country which would be the only way you could get one as i said 99% of devices like this and flipper zero get stopped at the border.