On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:19:13 +0200, Andy Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I ran without a battery for many weeks earlier in the year. It seems to > be specifically if we enable the PMU charger with no battery, it freaks > out and goes to PMU STANDBY state. Earlier in the year, we didn't > enable charger yet so it hangs together. What's the advantage of enabling the charger? >> However, running without a battery isn't really a use case. While >> plugged >> in, the phone can survive without a battery for several seconds, which >> is enough to quickly insert a spare. > Well it can be a use case if you don't want GSM... as Joerg said USB > alone cannot provide enough power for GSM TX usage so there's no hope > for it (or any other GSM device) being an actual phone with no battery. > ~ But it's actually a pretty decent embedded / server / smart display > device aside from the phone aspect useful for other things if it can be > tethered to some always on power without battery, so I still hope that > can be gotten to work. Still not really a use case because nothing stops you from having a battery inserted, even while external power is attached. -- Alexey Feldgendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ICQ: 115226275] http://feldgendler.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
