Battery charging changed?

[Robert]

Is anyone else experiencing different behavior with their triple charger that came with the fly more bundle. I started charging after I updated all my batteries and the 2 that had 4 bars are charging but they stopped the one that was charging first with only 3 bars. Are they set to charge the furthest along batteries first now?

 

[Dronason]

Seems so.
3 batteries,

1. 3 LEDs
2. 2 LEDs
3. 2 LEDs

Insert 1, starts charging -> OK
Insert 2, 1 stops, 2 starts and 1 starts again -> OK
Insert 3, 1 & 2 stops, 3 starts and 2 starts, 1 remain off -> Not same
Reinsert 1, 2 & 3 continue charging, 1 not -> Not same
Take out 3 and it start charging 1 and continue 2 -> OK
Reinsert 3 and it stop charging 1 and charge 2 & 3 -> Not same

Seems the clever idea to have a battery fully charged as soon as possible is gone.
There is a limitation in the charger that with 3 batteries inserted it takes more time. 1 or 2 batteries can be charged at full speed.

I don't see a real benefit doing this new way.

UPDATE:
After half an hour, the third battery started to charge too. So now all 3 are charging. Seems to start when all reached the same battery level. At the end, I should get all battery finish charging at same time.
So if you need urgently a battery charged, put up to 2 with the highest remaining charge possible.
If you are not in hurry, you can plug the 3, they will be all charged at the end.

 

[Zero.fx]

I had the same problem and was worried that my 'Smart batteries' were busted as one of them would charge and the other wouldn't. After a bit of googling, I found it was by design.

Phew.

 

[Dronason]

One more update:
I had 3 batteries depleted to 1 LED, put all on charger and the 3 have started to charge directly, as before.

 

[wyx087]

You can get around it by charging 2 batteries on the smart charging slab. Then charge the 3rd via USB on the Spark itself