How to limit battery charging on a Samsung Knox device
Environment
- Knox Platform for Enterprise [KPE]
- Knox Configure [KC]
- Knox Service Plugin [KSP]
- Samsung devices running Knox 3.4.1 and above
Overview
On Samsung Knox devices, you can protect and extend the life of your battery by stopping charging before 100% maximum capacity is reached when connected to a power source.
This article guides you through the methods of limiting the battery charging of Samsung Knox devices.
How can I prevent a device from charging a battery to 100% capacity?
To use this battery protection feature, ensure that your device has Knox 3.4.1 and above. You may enable this policy in the following Knox products:
Knox Configure - during profile creation
- Go to Device settings.
- Select Extend battery life by limiting the maximum charge when connected to a power source.
- Submit your profile.
NOTEThis feature will only work for tablets. It will charge up to a maximum of 85% when connected to a power source. Note that after you restart the tablet, the battery will show 100% when it is charged to 85%.
Knox Service Plugin - application configuration
- Set Device-wide policies > Enable device policy controls to Enable.
- Set Device-wide policies > Device customization controls [Premium] > Enable device customization to Enable.
- Set Device and Settings customization profile [Premium] > Enable battery protection setting to Enable.
- Save and publish your changes.
NOTEThis setting does not take effect until the device is restarted and has no effect on an unsupported device.
Additional information
- To learn more about the policies available on KSP, see the KSP documentation.
- For more on KC device settings in normal mode and Kiosk mode, see:
- KC normal mode device settings
- KC Kiosk mode device settings
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