diff --git a/server/app/routers/common.py b/server/app/routers/common.py
index 1fe5de4..8672dc1 100644
--- a/server/app/routers/common.py
+++ b/server/app/routers/common.py
@@ -21,7 +21,16 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 # Battery-history / estimate tuning (see /frame/battery and battery_estimate_s).
 BATTERY_HISTORY_MAX = 500  # ~20 days at hourly reports
 BATTERY_LOG_MAX = 20000  # ~2 years at hourly reports -- cap on the battery_log table per frame
-RECHARGE_JUMP_PCT = 5  # a report this much above the previous one = battery was recharged
+RECHARGE_JUMP_PCT = 5  # a report this much above the recent baseline = battery was recharged
+# How many of the most recent reports make up that baseline. A lone noisy
+# reading (ADC/regulator glitch -- see firmware/main/battery.c) can still
+# dip or spike a single report; comparing against just the one immediately
+# previous report meant that a normal reading right after a noisy dip
+# looked like a 5%+ jump and falsely registered as a recharge. Comparing
+# against the max of the last few reports instead means an actual recharge
+# still needs to clear all of them, while a single stray low one doesn't
+# get to set the bar.
+RECHARGE_LOOKBACK = 3
 MIN_ESTIMATE_SPAN_S = 2 * 3600  # need at least this much observed time...
 MIN_ESTIMATE_DROP_PCT = 2  # ...and this much observed drop before estimating
 
diff --git a/server/app/routers/device.py b/server/app/routers/device.py
index 2b57d8b..7a53b82 100644
--- a/server/app/routers/device.py
+++ b/server/app/routers/device.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from .common import (
     BATTERY_HISTORY_MAX,
     BATTERY_LOG_MAX,
     RECHARGE_JUMP_PCT,
+    RECHARGE_LOOKBACK,
     immich_client_for,
     immich_creds,
     list_assets,
@@ -202,7 +203,12 @@ def frame_battery(
     alert_frame_name = ""
     with frame_locked(db, frame.id) as locked:
         locked.stats_battery_reports += 1
-        if locked.battery_history and body.percent >= locked.battery_history[-1][1] + RECHARGE_JUMP_PCT:
+        # See RECHARGE_LOOKBACK: compared against the max of the last few
+        # reports, not just the single previous one, so a lone noisy dip
+        # can't make the next normal reading look like a recharge.
+        recent = locked.battery_history[-RECHARGE_LOOKBACK:]
+        recent_max = max((pct for _, pct in recent), default=None)
+        if recent_max is not None and body.percent >= recent_max + RECHARGE_JUMP_PCT:
             # Percent jumped up meaningfully -- the battery was recharged
             # (or swapped). Start a fresh discharge cycle so runtime and
             # discharge-rate estimates never span a charge -- and let a