Flashlight doesn't work if battery level is at 15% or lower

REPRODUCIBILITY: always
OS VERSION: 5.2.0.16 (Finlayson)
HARDWARE: Jolla Phone 2026
UI LANGUAGE: Finnish
REGRESSION:

DESCRIPTION:

Flashlight doesn’t work on Jolla Phone 2026 if battery level is 15% or below. This is the case even if the user controllable battery saving mode is off and even while charging the phone. The battery saving mode that can be toggled by the user doesn’t affect the flashlight. When the battery level goes down to 15% with the flashlight on, the light just turns off all of a sudden but the flashlight toggle stays on.

If flashlight toggle is set on at 15% or below battery level, the light doesn’t turn on even if battery is charged to above 15%. After that flashlight toggle needs to be turned off and on again to have the light actually turn on.

PRECONDITIONS:

Battery level of the phone is 15% or less. Flashlight toggle is in the top menu.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

  1. Tap the flashlight button in the top menu.

EXPECTED RESULT:

  1. Flashlight turns on and flashlight toggle state changes to on

ACTUAL RESULT:

  1. Flashlight doesn’t turn on but flashlight toggle state changes to on

MODIFICATIONS:

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Journal logs of the case where flashlight turns off when battery level goes from 16% to 15%:

Summary
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 kernel: is_kernel_power_off_charging, bootmdoe = 0
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 kernel: [fgauged][FGADC_info] tmp:37 36 36 rdnafg:0 vc:0 disable_fg:0:0 fg_v:5730:4270:38485:-15321:55836:8473:1527:1527 low_temp:0 0 0
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 kernel: [fgauged][FGADC_intr_end][FG_INTR_UISOC_LT]soc:1527 fg_c_soc:1770 fg_v_soc:1527 ui_soc:1545 vc_diff:243 vc_mode 0 VBAT 35330 T:[37 V 37 C 37 avg:33] D0_C 8637 D0_V 4270 CAR[c:-38344 v:-15321] Q:[55836 55836 55836 55836 57819] aging 10000 bat_cycle 21 Trk[0(0):0:0] UI[0:0] Chr[0:0:0] pseudo1 105  DC_ratio 100 dodinit[9][0],ag[0 0 0 0 0 0],rl[0 1 1]I:-6249
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 kernel: fgauge:[K]FG_DAEMON_CMD_SET_KERNEL_UISOC = 1545 15 GM3:0 old:16 diff=193
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 kernel: init temp_stage=0 soc_stage=1 soc:last=15:16 temp:last=37:37
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 kernel: cmep_addr is NULL, skip write!
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 kernel: flashlight: pt_trigger: PT trigger(1,2,0) disable flashlight
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 kernel: pwrctrl->pbm_drv_done: 0
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 kernel: pwrctrl->pbm_drv_done: 0
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 kernel: flashlight: pt_trigger: PT trigger(1,2,0) disable flashlight
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 kernel: pwrctrl->pbm_drv_done: 0
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 kernel: [exec_bp_thl_callback] bp_level=2
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 healthd: battery l=15 v=3550 t=37.2 h=2 st=3 c=-561900 fc=3760000 cc=22 chg=
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 kernel: [fgauged][GM3_old_data] soc:1527 fg_c_soc:1770 fg_v_soc:1527 ui_soc:1545 vc_diff:243 vc_mode 0 VBAT 35330 T:[37 V 37 C 37] D0_C 8637 D0_V 4270 CAR[c:-38344 v:-15321] Q:[55836 55836 55836 55836] aging 10000 bat_cycle 21 Trk[0(0):0:0] UI[0:0] Chr[0:0:0] pseudo1 105  DC_ratio 100 dodinit[9][0] Iavg:-6249,dis[0 0 0],ncar[-37970],dlpt_sd[0], dynamic_cv[0], dynamic_gauge0[0],select_zcv[0]
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 kernel: mt6685-rtc mt6685-rtc: rtc_field_read: rg:0x56, val:0x90
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 kernel: mt6685-rtc mt6685-rtc: rtc_field_read: rg:0x56, val:0x8f
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 kernel: fgauge:[oam] zcv_get MT6720 GAUGE BATSNS ZCV (pchr):adc_result_reg=19092, adc_result=42882
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 kernel: mt6685-rtc mt6685-rtc: rtc_field_read: rg:0x56, val:0x8f
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 kernel: mt6685-rtc mt6685-rtc: rtc_field_read: rg:0x56, val:0x8f
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 kernel: mt6375-auxadc 11282000.i2c:mt6720@34:auxadc: mt6375_auxadc_check_vbat_event, There are no events related to vbat
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 kernel: mt6375-auxadc 11282000.i2c:mt6720@34:auxadc: auxadc_irq_thread, handle auxadc irq (reg: 0x81C, bit: 4)
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 kernel: mt6379-gauge 11282000.i2c:mt6720@34:mtk-gauge: battery_temperature_adc_get, MT6720 GAUGE baton(bat_temp) val:385, ret=0
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 kernel: soc_handler:479 soc and temperature are all the same
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 healthd: battery l=15 v=3562 t=37.4 h=2 st=3 c=-561900 fc=3760000 cc=22 chg=
elo 08 15:59:54 JollaPhone2026 mce[1968]: modules/battery-udev.c: mcebat_update(): battery_level : 16 -> 15
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It happens on my device as well. Quite annoying, but not as annoying as the volume down button issue.