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I'm seeing the the battery indicator stuck on the estimating message on
a Dell XPS 9560 using Ubuntu 16.04.2 with 4.10.0-20-generic
#22~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 20 17:43:29 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
GNU/Linux.

The Dell XPS, as the Thinkpad of the OP, has a charge limiter to prolong
the battery life in the  years. It can be set on a range from 55 % to
100% of the battery capacity.

upower reports the state as "charging" but the energy-rate is just
0,0114 W.

I think that when the rate is so low, detecting a trickle charging it's
more a fact than a guess.

This is the upower dump (some unimportant bluetooth external devices
removed):

upower --dump
Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/line_power_AC
  native-path:          AC
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              sab 29 apr 2017 15:47:39 CEST (10348 seconds ago)
  has history:          no
  has statistics:       no
  line-power
    warning-level:       none
    online:              yes
    icon-name:          'ac-adapter-symbolic'

Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0
  native-path:          BAT0
  vendor:               LGC-LGC8.33
  model:                DELL 5XJ2871
  serial:               3343
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              sab 29 apr 2017 18:38:26 CEST (101 seconds ago)
  has history:          yes
  has statistics:       yes
  battery
    present:             yes
    rechargeable:        yes
    state:               charging
    warning-level:       none
    energy:              55,6092 Wh
    energy-empty:        0 Wh
    energy-full:         95,8512 Wh
    energy-full-design:  96,9912 Wh
    energy-rate:         0,0114 W
    voltage:             11,7 V
    percentage:          58%
    capacity:            98,8246%
    technology:          lithium-ion
    icon-name:          'battery-good-charging-symbolic'

Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              sab 29 apr 2017 15:47:39 CEST (10348 seconds ago)
  has history:          no
  has statistics:       no
  battery
    present:             yes
    state:               charging
    warning-level:       none
    energy:              55,6092 Wh
    energy-full:         95,8512 Wh
    energy-rate:         0,0114 W
    percentage:          58%
    icon-name:          'battery-good-charging-symbolic'

Daemon:
  daemon-version:  0.99.4
  on-battery:      no
  lid-is-closed:   no
  lid-is-present:  yes
  critical-action: HybridSleep

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Title:
  battery status indicator shows 'estimating'

Status in indicator-power:
  New
Status in indicator-power package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Sometime in saucy my battery icon started showing '(estimating...)'
  for the 'time' in the menu bar.

  This could be because I:
  a.) am plugged into power
  b.) have used the thinkpad 'tp-smapi-dkms' packages to control my battery, telling it to not charge even though its plugged in

  I'm not sure.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: indicator-power 12.10.6+13.10.20130918.2-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-8.15-generic 3.11.1
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-8-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.4-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Sep 26 12:09:50 2013
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-19 (708 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: indicator-power
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-05-20 (129 days ago)

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