Michael Pilgermann wrote: > Dear all, > > last weekend I went for a small cycling tour and I thought, with gps in my > Freerunner and track load capabilities of tangogps there is no need anymore > for physical maps - I took the Freerunner with me. > > I was really impressed, how smoothly the whole thing was working. No problems > with the GPS; no problems with tangogps either. > However, two small problems: > - I could not attach the phone properly to my bike; had to put it in a front > bag and this was somehow a pain; also with some troubles with the sun making > the reading from the display rather hard > - The power capacity was just enough to bring me from A to B; another > (longer) trip might result in troubles / me getting lost :( > > So my question: has anybody got any experiences with > - attaching a Freerunner to a bike (maybe even incl. sun protection) > - using some additional batteries? > > Thx in advance for you input; greetings > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community Once, I used a "USB battery v2" from Hackaday (4 AA batteries) that I soldered myself. It made the FR work twice as long, but the main battery was drained to 0%, what doesn't sound healthy. My not-so-new batteries seemed not to be able to provide the phone with enough power for it to boot.
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