Vince M. Clark wrote: > As long as it eventually comes back on I'm fine. I didn't realize that > the wall charger would eventually get enough charge in the battery to > boot it. My impression from the other thread was that once the battery > was dead you were screwed without an external charger or extra battery. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sarton O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "List for Openmoko community discussion" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 5:52:32 PM (GMT-0700) America/Denver > Subject: Re: dead battery > > On Wednesday 01 October 2008 09:45:08 Shawn "prjktdtnt" Thompson wrote: > > Odd. Sadly that is the only way I was able to get mine going again, > > would be nice to see a patch that corrects the issue somehow so that > > people don't have to use workarounds in the future. > > -Shawn > > I don't think it is as complicated as that. I think it's merely the > amount of > charge the FR is able to negotiate when powered off. Depending on the > level of > 'dead' determines how long you need to trickle charge it before anything > useful occurs. > > I'd say battery maintenance and usage patterns may contribute also. > > From what I have seen on this list, I don't think this situation will > change > in a hurry, if ever. > > Sarton > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > Nope, don't need the external, but if it is flat dead to where NOR won't start you'll be a few hours (charges at 50mA IIRC) before you can even try again.
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