Charging BL-5C in GTA02 (Was: Replacement battery for GTA01/Neo)

2009-08-23 Thread Rask Ingemann Lambertsen
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:14:18PM +0800, Daniel.Li wrote: > I bought BL-5C compatible battery month ago, and it can't be charged > with GTA02. I also remove BL-5C from Nokia phone, and GTA02 still can't > charge this battery. How do you know it doesn't charge the battery? IIRC, we had no char

Re: Replacement battery for GTA01/Neo

2009-08-21 Thread Sebastian Krzyszkowiak
On 8/20/09, William Kenworthy wrote: > err, which version? - I did a make update, built and upgraded yesterday > (shr-u) and its not there (though the new pin dialog is - Yeah!) > > or is it only visible on a non-gta02 battery? > > BillK It's only visible when you have "smart battery" driver load

Re: Replacement battery for GTA01/Neo

2009-08-19 Thread William Kenworthy
err, which version? - I did a make update, built and upgraded yesterday (shr-u) and its not there (though the new pin dialog is - Yeah!) or is it only visible on a non-gta02 battery? BillK On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 17:32 +0200, Sebastian Krzyszkowiak wrote: > On 8/19/09, Daniel.Li wrote: > > On W

Re: Replacement battery for GTA01/Neo

2009-08-19 Thread Paul Fertser
"Daniel.Li" writes: >> > BL-5C can't be charged with GTA02. >> >> That's just plain wrong! GTA02 has _zero_ problems charging BL-4/5/6C. >> >> Please read the battery Q&A [1]. > > We have a discussion month ago, and found that FR (GTA02) can't charge > BL-5C, see below link. > > http://lists.op

Re: Replacement battery for GTA01/Neo

2009-08-19 Thread Daniel.Li
On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 18:38 +0400, Paul Fertser wrote: > >> I'll try to come up with a patch to make it > >> work. > >> > > > > Good. I'm trying to fix it, but I don't have much experience. Is > there > > any references available for me to study? > > To fix what? Do you have gta01? Sorry, I don

Re: Replacement battery for GTA01/Neo

2009-08-19 Thread Daniel.Li
On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 18:38 +0400, Paul Fertser wrote: > "Daniel.Li" writes: > > On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 00:14 +0400, Paul Fertser wrote: > >> Gerald A writes: > >> > Looking at my Neo this morning, I noticed that it looked like the > >> > case wasn't put back on straight. > >> > > >> > I removed

Re: Replacement battery for GTA01/Neo

2009-08-19 Thread Paul Fertser
Gerald A writes: > Would a battery from a Freerunner/GTA02 work in my neo? Only with software tweaks i'm yet to try to provide a good method to perform. The same story as with BL-5C. And you won't gain much, BL-6C is 1150 and GTA02 battery is 1200, imho not worth it. -- Be free, use free (http:

Re: Replacement battery for GTA01/Neo

2009-08-19 Thread Gerald A
Hi, On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 3:31 PM, RANJAN wrote: > I'm wondering if there are any approved replacement batteries, or if >> Openmoko sells the originals. >> > > BL-C5A (name might be jumbled up but a Nokia battery did work for me.) > I'm guessing then that the resellers don't sell/stock the FI

Re: Replacement battery for GTA01/Neo

2009-08-19 Thread Sebastian Krzyszkowiak
On 8/19/09, Daniel.Li wrote: > On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 09:50 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> > BL-5C can't be charged with GTA02. >> >> I presume you mean GTA01, right? My GTA02 has no trouble charging my >> BL-5C. > > Really? > > I bought BL-5C compatible battery month ago, and it can't be charged

Re: Replacement battery for GTA01/Neo

2009-08-19 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> > BL-5C can't be charged with GTA02. >> I presume you mean GTA01, right? My GTA02 has no trouble charging my BL-5C. > Really? Yes. > I bought BL-5C compatible battery month ago, and it can't be charged > with GTA02. I also remove BL-5C from Nokia phone, and GTA02 still can't > charge this ba

Re: Replacement battery for GTA01/Neo

2009-08-19 Thread Paul Fertser
"Daniel.Li" writes: > On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 00:14 +0400, Paul Fertser wrote: >> Gerald A writes: >> > Looking at my Neo this morning, I noticed that it looked like the >> > case wasn't put back on straight. >> > >> > I removed the back to find the battery is slightly bulging. I'm >> > assuming t

Re: Replacement battery for GTA01/Neo

2009-08-19 Thread David Garabana Barro
On Wednesday 19 August 2009 16:14:18 Daniel.Li wrote: > I bought BL-5C compatible battery month ago, and it can't be charged > with GTA02. I also remove BL-5C from Nokia phone, and GTA02 still can't > charge this battery. > > And previous discussion tells that GTA02 can just charge battery with >

Re: Replacement battery for GTA01/Neo

2009-08-19 Thread Daniel.Li
On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 09:50 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > BL-5C can't be charged with GTA02. > > I presume you mean GTA01, right? My GTA02 has no trouble charging my BL-5C. Really? I bought BL-5C compatible battery month ago, and it can't be charged with GTA02. I also remove BL-5C from Noki

Re: Replacement battery for GTA01/Neo

2009-08-19 Thread Stefan Monnier
> BL-5C can't be charged with GTA02. I presume you mean GTA01, right? My GTA02 has no trouble charging my BL-5C. Stefan ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Replacement battery for GTA01/Neo

2009-08-19 Thread Adolph J. Vogel
> Which IRC? do u have any address for IRC channel? freenode, #openmoko, #openmoko-cdevel -- Adolph J. Vogel BEng(Hons) ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Replacement battery for GTA01/Neo

2009-08-19 Thread Daniel.Li
On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 00:14 +0400, Paul Fertser wrote: > Gerald A writes: > > Looking at my Neo this morning, I noticed that it looked like the > > case wasn't put back on straight. > > > > I removed the back to find the battery is slightly bulging. I'm > > assuming this isn't a good thing. > >

Re: Replacement battery for GTA01/Neo

2009-08-19 Thread Tilman Baumann
Gerald A wrote: > Hi, > Looking at my Neo this morning, I noticed that it looked like the case > wasn't put back on straight. My GTA01 Battery was always a bit bulgy from the beginning. If you feel it has become worse quickly, be afraid. :) -- MFG Tilman Baumann _

Re: Replacement battery for GTA01/Neo

2009-08-18 Thread Paul Fertser
Gerald A writes: > Looking at my Neo this morning, I noticed that it looked like the > case wasn't put back on straight. > > I removed the back to find the battery is slightly bulging. I'm > assuming this isn't a good thing. Yes, using a battery like that is discouraged. Basically for gta01 you c

Re: Replacement battery for GTA01/Neo

2009-08-18 Thread jeremy jozwik
> BL-C5A (name might be jumbled up but a Nokia battery did work for me.) can you see how much charge is left with that? or how much longer to full charge? ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman

Re: Replacement battery for GTA01/Neo

2009-08-18 Thread RANJAN
Hi I removed the back to find the battery is slightly bulging. I'm assuming > this isn't a good thing. > Lithium poly/ion batteries bulge so when they go bad.Never charge it or use it again .IT MAY EXPLODE.I had some bad experiences with them. > > The device was running fine, but as a precaution

Replacement battery for GTA01/Neo

2009-08-18 Thread Gerald A
Hi, Looking at my Neo this morning, I noticed that it looked like the case wasn't put back on straight. I removed the back to find the battery is slightly bulging. I'm assuming this isn't a good thing. The device was running fine, but as a precaution I powered down and pulled out the battery. I'