QtMoko new replacement battery - charging oddness
People, My original Neo battery lasts about 3.5 hours from a full charge with no activity with QtMoko v33. I bought replacement BL-6C batteries but when I plug either of them in, they appear to be charging (~20 hours) but when the USB is disconnected the battery icon appears to be still charging(!) and the Neo shuts down soon after ( 2 hours) with no charge. When I reboot, I try to cat the files in: /sys/class/power_supply/battery/ but I get No such device messages. Any ideas about how to proceed? Thanks, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia E-mail: p...@pricom.com.au ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: QtMoko new replacement battery - charging oddness
Hi, Philip Rhoades p...@pricom.com.au writes: My original Neo battery lasts about 3.5 hours from a full charge with no activity with QtMoko v33. I bought replacement BL-6C batteries but when I plug either of them in, they appear to be charging (~20 hours) but when the USB is disconnected the battery icon appears to be still charging(!) and the Neo shuts down soon after ( 2 hours) with no charge. When I reboot, I try to cat the files in: Have you tried reading the battery QA[1]? It clearly states you need to use another driver to get some status for a dumb battery. [1] http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Battery_Questions_and_Answers -- Be free, use free (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) software! mailto:fercer...@gmail.com ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: QtMoko new replacement battery - charging oddness
On Thursday 24 March 2011 09:46:54 Philip Rhoades wrote: My original Neo battery lasts about 3.5 hours from a full charge with no activity with QtMoko v33. I bought replacement BL-6C batteries but when I plug either of them in, they appear to be charging (~20 hours) but when the USB is disconnected the battery icon appears to be still charging(!) and the Neo shuts down soon after ( 2 hours) with no charge. When I reboot, I try to cat the files in: /sys/class/power_supply/battery/ but I get No such device messages. Any ideas about how to proceed? You will need to use dumb battery kernel driver. I cant say how/if it works. Please try: modprobe platform_battery or add platform_battery to /etc/modules so that it's loaded automatically after reboot. Regards Radek ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: QtMoko new replacement battery - charging oddness
Radek, On 2011-03-24 22:38, Radek Polak wrote: On Thursday 24 March 2011 09:46:54 Philip Rhoades wrote: My original Neo battery lasts about 3.5 hours from a full charge with no activity with QtMoko v33. I bought replacement BL-6C batteries but when I plug either of them in, they appear to be charging (~20 hours) but when the USB is disconnected the battery icon appears to be still charging(!) and the Neo shuts down soon after ( 2 hours) with no charge. When I reboot, I try to cat the files in: /sys/class/power_supply/battery/ but I get No such device messages. Any ideas about how to proceed? You will need to use dumb battery kernel driver. I cant say how/if it works. Please try: modprobe platform_battery Yes, I found that info eventually (the battery page needs updating). or add platform_battery to /etc/modules so that it's loaded automatically after reboot. Thanks! Phil. -- Philip Rhoades GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia E-mail: p...@pricom.com.au ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
