Perhaps it's been said before and I missed it... But why can't the Neo boot off USB power alone?
-Steven On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 8:41 PM, Michael Shiloh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Your Freerunner is failing to boot with a dead (or missing) battery. > Without booting, the Freerunner can not turn on the charger. > > There are 3 workarounds to this: > > The easiest workaround is to boot with a spare battery, which can be > from another Neo (GTA01 or GTA02) or a Nokia BL-4C or BL-5C and I think > also a BL-3C: > > 1. Boot with the spare battery and attach your charger. > > 2. Once your phone is booted, remove the spare battery. Freerunner will > remain running, powered by charger > > 3. Insert dead battery and let it charge > > The second method involves charging your battery in an external charger. > > The final method involves charging the battery manually, enough to allow > Freerunner to boot. This requires an external power supply of about 4.5 > Volts and should be done only if you feel comfortable with electronics > and hardware and understand about short circuits. > > Let me know if you want to do this and I'll instruct you privately. > > Regards, > Michael > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> hi all >> last night, my qtopia mean that the batteries are down and i have to charge >> them...it was 2 o`clock AM >> and nobody will phone me at this time...so, i don`t charge them and let the >> batteries run down... >> now, if i put the charging unit on it, i just hear some damped tones out >> from the speaker and see the red led >> on the AUX button is flashing... i have no chance to bring the freerunner >> up....neither in NAND nor in NOR-Flash.... >> and least of all not in the normal qtopia image.. :-( >> is anyone know this problem with the full discharge...? >> i try to flash it with the debug board... >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openmoko community mailing list >> community@lists.openmoko.org >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community