Joerg Reisenweber wrote: > Am Mi 16. Juli 2008 schrieb Michael Shiloh: >> The OP says it fails to boot even with a full Nokia battery, so it's >> unlikely to be the dead battery problem. > Yep > >> The two other failures mentioned are (1) removing the battery while >> plugged into USB and (2) corrupting Flash memory >> >> Does anyone know exactly what is damaged by removing the battery while >> plugged into USB? Is there a way to verify that this in fact is the >> cause of the problem? > This shouldn't cause any problem on GTA02 (on GTA01 there were some scream of > death issues when removing bat while charged IIRC). At least we have no > reports on this so far, I myself do remove bat while on charger frequently - > no harm.
The original post is regarding a GTA01 in fact. > >> Another poster suggested damaged Flash. In this case, inspection with >> the debug board should verify this and allow for repair. I presume you >> don't have a debug board? Check whether someone near you has a debug >> board, or send it to someone with a debug board. > > Well a device not starting on a full battery is to be considered broken and > should be sent in for repair. My 2 cent. > > Of course you could check NOR, 'cause it'll not stat with bad NOR. But you're > supposed to not be able to break NOR without debug-board. So no use in trying > to get one, if you don't have already. > > /jOERG _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

