5800XM - Battery Level incorrect reading and phone...

After installing v40.0.005 firmware, I have noticed when the battery indicator shows 4 bars of charge, a phone lock-up occurs.
I can not use the white key to bring up the app menu, and phone functionality is limited.  The level of system lock up varies each time, but I always have to correct the problem by restarting the phone.
After powering down the phone, and powering back on again, the phone shows two (or sometimes one) charge bar.  
I have tracked the issue, and the problem seems to happen during these conditions.  The phone is usually on standby at the time it malfunctions.
I have already done a Hard Reboot (Red, Green, Camera, Power), but this doesn't seem to solve the problem.
I don't know if there is some relation to the two events, but any assistance in troubleshooting this issue would be appreciated.
Nokia N8

Thanks for the replies but as I said in my initial post, I had the problem even after buying a travel adapter (I went to Poundland instead of Maplin ) and using the supplied US plug - the battery level was still 0% after 40 minutes plugged in.
Things are OK now though - as I said above, I put the playbook into standby (by holding down the power button for a few seconds and then choosing the standby option from the menu that appeared) and then it started charging. Once it had got past the magic 20% it installed the software update and it seems to be behaving itself since then... There seem to be some other posts on this forum (although nothing turned up when I search google before) about the playbook getting into a confused state when the battery level is very low - especially with old versions of the OS software so I guess it might have been this same problem...

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