Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

Isn't it silly in the very beginning?


They don't do it that way.

There are chips which implement the entire charging cycle.

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/a..._ion_batteries

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/

Personally, I'm going to wait a few months, until
the postmortem results come out. I've seen no information
to date, which makes any indication of a root cause.

Paul