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🔋powercontrol

💻 Shell script to control power and battery settings on the Lenovo Ideapad

Tested on the Ideapad 14ARE05 Ryzen 7 4700U (Should work on the Ideapad 14ARE05, 15ARE05 models).

Built using information from the Arch Wiki

- POWERCONTROL ----------
  Shell script to control power and battery settings on the Lenovo IdeaPad 14ARE05, 15ARE05.

  Usage:
    powercontrol [OPTIONS]

  Options:
    -i, --info              Display current power mode and battery status
    -r, --rapid-charge      Toggle Rapid Charge
    -c, --battery-conserve  Toggle Battery Conservation (Doesn't charge >60%)
    -m, --mode [value]      Switch power mode, values:
                              1 - Battery Saving, 2 - Intelligent Cooling, 3 - Extreme Performance
    -h, --help              View this help page

Get Started

First install acpi_call (or acpi_call-lts for LTS kernel, acpi_call-dkms for other kernels) and load the kernel module using: sudo modprobe acpi_call
Clone the repository and navigate to the directory git clone https://github.com/shaansubbaiah/powercontrol.git && cd powercontrol
Make script executable: chmod +x powercontrol.sh
Run: ./powercontrol.sh

Comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, LIABILITY if your device gets damaged. Obviously. MIT.

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Doesn't work on Ideapad Slim 5

This is an awesome Idea (get it?) but it doesn't work on my Ideapad Slim 5. I much prefer this over TLP which doesnt even let you enable quick/rapid charge. I don't know what logs to provide but calling either -r or -c says