Nikita V. Youshchenko writes: >> >> The phone is charged via USB. I am assuming it comes without a power >> supply. You can get a USB charger for a power outlet on ebay for a few >> bucks if you want to charge it without a PC. > >How can it charge over USB if it gets full discharged? >AFAIK, USB device is not powered by USB host until it is configured. >So gadged must be operational to charge over usb.
No... in fact, bus-powered deviced can't configure themselves until after they see power. >BTW, this is the exact behaviour I'm observing with my old ipaq running >Familiar Linux: it could be charged via USB while it it operational, but if >it gets full discharged, USB can't help and power choord has to be used. That must be something in the charging circuit in the iPaq. _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

