Re: Dead FR: does not boot IT NOW DOES
Just to update all of you: meanwhile the FR is alive again. None of tricks mentioned here cut, except replacing the apparently totally drained battery with that from a compatible Nokia phone. After booting I connected my FR to power and exchanged the batteries agaian and charging went ahead as one would expect. So we do not really ever have a problem with our nice FR as long as there are friends around who are willing to lend a battery. greetings Eildert ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Dead FR: does not boot IT NOW DOES
Borrowing a nokia battery isn't difficult, but it's not good pr for the freerunner tho. depeje On Thursday 22 January 2009 16:25:37 Eildert Groeneveld wrote: Just to update all of you: meanwhile the FR is alive again. None of tricks mentioned here cut, except replacing the apparently totally drained battery with that from a compatible Nokia phone. After booting I connected my FR to power and exchanged the batteries agaian and charging went ahead as one would expect. So we do not really ever have a problem with our nice FR as long as there are friends around who are willing to lend a battery. greetings Eildert ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Dead FR: does not boot IT NOW DOES
On Thursday 22 January 2009, Peter Nijs wrote: Borrowing a nokia battery isn't difficult, but it's not good pr for the freerunner tho. I would tend to agree ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Dead FR: does not boot
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Eildert Groeneveld eildert.groenev...@onlinehome.de wrote: Dear List the booting issue with a flat battery has been with us for some time, but allegedly also been solved. AFAIK this is unsolvable. My FR seems to have a drained battery but no combination of aux/power and power/aux with usb/laptop and wallsocket could persuade it to enter life: it simply stays dead. Have you tried leaving it with the wall charger in for a few hours? Christ van Willegen ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Dead FR: does not boot
Hi, I have the same issue with my GTA02. i tried lot of combinaison but nothing i cannot make my freerunner botting anymore. I let is charging 4 hours with the wall charger. i let it charging 3 hours on usb cable i tried to boot NOR without battery remove batterie and charger, press AUX-button and now plug in USB-cable, repeat this several time without batterie. Then insert batterie and repeat again. nothing solved my problem. On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Christ van Willegen cvwille...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Eildert Groeneveld eildert.groenev...@onlinehome.de wrote: Dear List the booting issue with a flat battery has been with us for some time, but allegedly also been solved. AFAIK this is unsolvable. My FR seems to have a drained battery but no combination of aux/power and power/aux with usb/laptop and wallsocket could persuade it to enter life: it simply stays dead. Have you tried leaving it with the wall charger in for a few hours? Christ van Willegen ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Dead FR: does not boot
Plug in the charger and wibble the usb connector gently, when speaker is cracking all the time, usb connector in the device is broken. Xavier Vens wrote: Hi, I have the same issue with my GTA02. i tried lot of combinaison but nothing i cannot make my freerunner botting anymore. I let is charging 4 hours with the wall charger. i let it charging 3 hours on usb cable i tried to boot NOR without battery remove batterie and charger, press AUX-button and now plug in USB-cable, repeat this several time without batterie. Then insert batterie and repeat again. nothing solved my problem. On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Christ van Willegen cvwille...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Eildert Groeneveld eildert.groenev...@onlinehome.de wrote: Dear List the booting issue with a flat battery has been with us for some time, but allegedly also been solved. AFAIK this is unsolvable. My FR seems to have a drained battery but no combination of aux/power and power/aux with usb/laptop and wallsocket could persuade it to enter life: it simply stays dead. Have you tried leaving it with the wall charger in for a few hours? Christ van Willegen ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Dead FR: does not boot
I tried but no sound/cracking from the speaker, nothing. looks dead. On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Pander pan...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: Plug in the charger and wibble the usb connector gently, when speaker is cracking all the time, usb connector in the device is broken. Xavier Vens wrote: Hi, I have the same issue with my GTA02. i tried lot of combinaison but nothing i cannot make my freerunner botting anymore. I let is charging 4 hours with the wall charger. i let it charging 3 hours on usb cable i tried to boot NOR without battery remove batterie and charger, press AUX-button and now plug in USB-cable, repeat this several time without batterie. Then insert batterie and repeat again. nothing solved my problem. On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Christ van Willegen cvwille...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Eildert Groeneveld eildert.groenev...@onlinehome.de wrote: Dear List the booting issue with a flat battery has been with us for some time, but allegedly also been solved. AFAIK this is unsolvable. My FR seems to have a drained battery but no combination of aux/power and power/aux with usb/laptop and wallsocket could persuade it to enter life: it simply stays dead. Have you tried leaving it with the wall charger in for a few hours? Christ van Willegen ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Dead FR: does not boot
i seem to recall something like: - remove battery and any connection (charger, usb) - let the fr alone for a few hours (to lose all power still cached somewhere and thus resetting fuses) - put the battery back in and plug in wall charger - let the fr alone for a few hours while charging - while still charging try to boot did you ever flash u-boot with a recent version? ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Dead FR: does not boot
You could try hooking the battery connector of the freerunner directly to an alternative 4,5V source, like a battery. With the original battery in the freerunner you can check the polarity. Remove the original battery before connecting the alternative one. If, with a full 4,5 battery, your freerunner doesn't boot, and the cables, connectors,.. aren't broken, I would also guess something serious is wrong with your freerunner. When it boots, or partially boots, you know you can keep trying other combinations of usb/wall/laptop/power/aux/UBOOT (I think some uboot versions can handle the problem better). You can also completely boot withe alternative supply, plug in the wall charger and switch the alternative supply with the original battery. It will then start charging. If I remember correctly you can't see it's charging from the battery icon. #cat /proc/apm will tell you the truth. depeje On Monday 19 January 2009 10:57:45 Eildert Groeneveld wrote: Dear List the booting issue with a flat battery has been with us for some time, but allegedly also been solved. My FR seems to have a drained battery but no combination of aux/power and power/aux with usb/laptop and wallsocket could persuade it to enter life: it simply stays dead. Has this happended to anyone else? Perhaps the FR itself is broken? any suggestions? Eildert ps I have hackable1 (upto date last week) on it. I ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Dead FR: does not boot
Eildert Groeneveld wrote: Dear List the booting issue with a flat battery has been with us for some time, but allegedly also been solved. My FR seems to have a drained battery but no combination of aux/power and power/aux with usb/laptop and wallsocket could persuade it to enter life: it simply stays dead. I can't remember when i had this problem last time. The option which always worked was to use old Nokia battery and boot. Once it's up just swap battery to original one and let it charge. Few months ago I switched to Qi and I never had this problem since. Has this happended to anyone else? Perhaps the FR itself is broken? any suggestions? Eildert ps I have hackable1 (upto date last week) on it. I ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
