diff --git a/extendedcommands.c b/extendedcommands.c
index 1ce3bf1..2562e6c 100644
--- a/extendedcommands.c
+++ b/extendedcommands.c
@@ -1110,21 +1110,25 @@ int volume_main(int argc, char **argv) {
 }
 
 void handle_chargemode() {
+    // old code to read /proc/cmdline was broken because file size is always 0 so file_data was always empty string
     const char* filename = "/proc/cmdline";
-    struct stat file_info;
-    if (0 != stat(filename, &file_info))
-        return;
-
-    int file_len = file_info.st_size;
-    char* file_data = (char*)malloc(file_len + 1);
     FILE *file = fopen(filename, "rb");
     if (file == NULL)
         return;
-    fread(file_data, file_len, 1, file);
-    // supposedly not necessary, but let's be safe.
+    char file_data[1024];
+    int file_len=fread(file_data, 1, 1023, file);
     file_data[file_len] = '\0';
     fclose(file);
-    
+
     if (strstr(file_data, "androidboot.mode=offmode_charging") != NULL)
-        reboot(RB_POWER_OFF);
+    {
+	// let recovery kernel charge the battery, reboot on any key press so Android will start as user would expect
+	ev_init();
+	struct input_event ev;
+	do
+	{
+            ev_get(&ev, 0);
+	} while (ev.type != EV_KEY || ev.code > KEY_MAX); 
+        reboot(RB_AUTOBOOT);
+    }
  }
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