Ideapad S400 battery charge until 60% and stop charging, on Linux

Got the same issue that windows users had but, I can solve the same way cuz I did Install Linux on my s400, is there anything that can do under linux?

Hi Yasumitsu,
Welcome to Lenovo Community Forums!
I’m sorry to hear that your S400 Laptop is charging only upto 60%, this issue in windows will get resolved by install the LEM (Lenovo Energy Management) and by choosing the (Optimized Battery Health), the Battery charges only to 60% and stops charging the battery and then it take its power from the charger, so if you want to charge the battery to 100%, you need to choose (Maximum Battery Life).
Do post us back if the issue still persists.
Best Regards
Shiva Kumar
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It seems that your concern might be similar to these threads:
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