Re: Dead FR: does not boot IT NOW DOES

2009-01-22 Thread Eildert Groeneveld
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

Re: Dead FR: does not boot IT NOW DOES

2009-01-22 Thread Peter Nijs
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

Re: Dead FR: does not boot IT NOW DOES

2009-01-22 Thread Eildert Groeneveld
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

Re: Dead FR: does not boot

2009-01-19 Thread Christ van Willegen
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

Re: Dead FR: does not boot

2009-01-19 Thread Xavier Vens
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

Re: Dead FR: does not boot

2009-01-19 Thread Pander
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

Re: Dead FR: does not boot

2009-01-19 Thread Xavier Vens
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

Re: Dead FR: does not boot

2009-01-19 Thread arne anka
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

Re: Dead FR: does not boot

2009-01-19 Thread Peter Nijs
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

Re: Dead FR: does not boot

2009-01-19 Thread Robert Piasek
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