Re: USB connector broken, cannot charge or boot
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Pander pan...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: Help! My USB connector on my Freerunner is broken or worn out or I don't know what but I'm not able to boot or charge at all. Either that, or your battery is _very_ empty. It gives almost the same signs. Leave it alone with the charger in it for a couple of hours, then try to boot again. HTH! Christ van Willegen -- 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: USB connector broken, cannot charge or boot
When I 'wiggle' the connector the speaker cracks and the red LED blinks 2 times or 3 times of 4 times and that is that. I'll leave it again for a few hours. Really annoying that it won't boot with empty battery or without a battery :( Yesterday I also had a really bad connection with external USB keyboard. I thought it was the interndiate USB B - USB A converter but now I think it is really the Freerunner... Christ van Willegen wrote: On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Pander pan...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: Help! My USB connector on my Freerunner is broken or worn out or I don't know what but I'm not able to boot or charge at all. Either that, or your battery is _very_ empty. It gives almost the same signs. Leave it alone with the charger in it for a couple of hours, then try to boot again. HTH! Christ van Willegen ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: USB connector broken, cannot charge or boot
El día Wednesday, January 07, 2009 a las 04:14:07PM +0100, Pander escribió: When I 'wiggle' the connector the speaker cracks and the red LED blinks 2 times or 3 times of 4 times and that is that. I'll leave it again for a few hours. Really annoying that it won't boot with empty battery or without a battery :( Yesterday I also had a really bad connection with external USB keyboard. I thought it was the interndiate USB B - USB A converter but now I think it is really the Freerunner... What you say brings me to question I have already for weeks: When I plug-in the USB connector into the FR the black part of the USB connector does not reach the cover of the FR, there is a small distance of about 1.5mm, and one can move the connector a bit in the direction to the suspend button or external antenna connector... is that normal? I don't remember if that was already from the beginning, or not; I think this is at least a weak point and could cause damage to the electric part of the connector; Thx matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e matthias.ap...@oclc.org - w http://www.oclc.org/ http://www.UnixArea.de/ b http://gurucubano.blogspot.com/ SPAMer of the year: Subject: Alle Software ist Deutsche Sprachen From: -40 % die Neujahrsaktion gabriellekel...@grungecafe.com ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: USB connector broken, cannot charge or boot
2009/1/7 Matthias Apitz g...@unixarea.de El día Wednesday, January 07, 2009 a las 04:14:07PM +0100, Pander escribió: When I 'wiggle' the connector the speaker cracks and the red LED blinks 2 times or 3 times of 4 times and that is that. I'll leave it again for a few hours. Really annoying that it won't boot with empty battery or without a battery :( Yesterday I also had a really bad connection with external USB keyboard. I thought it was the interndiate USB B - USB A converter but now I think it is really the Freerunner... What you say brings me to question I have already for weeks: When I plug-in the USB connector into the FR the black part of the USB connector does not reach the cover of the FR, there is a small distance of about 1.5mm, and one can move the connector a bit in the direction to the suspend button or external antenna connector... is that normal? I don't remember if that was already from the beginning, or not; I think this is at least a weak point and could cause damage to the electric part of the connector; Thx matthias the USB connector had never reached the case of the FreeRunner and the connector can only make little movements, this with the USB cable's jack and with the wall charger's jack too. Although, I've just buyed a car charger (Motorola Fast Rate Car Chrager P510) wich has a mini-USB connector. This connector is harder to push into the FreeRunner and the connector seams to go deeper. I think is not a problem, also standard USB connectos behave in that way. Have a nice day! Meluste :-) ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: USB connector broken, cannot charge or boot
Matthias Apitz wrote: El día Wednesday, January 07, 2009 a las 04:14:07PM +0100, Pander escribió: When I 'wiggle' the connector the speaker cracks and the red LED blinks 2 times or 3 times of 4 times and that is that. I'll leave it again for a few hours. Really annoying that it won't boot with empty battery or without a battery :( Yesterday I also had a really bad connection with external USB keyboard. I thought it was the interndiate USB B - USB A converter but now I think it is really the Freerunner... What you say brings me to question I have already for weeks: When I plug-in the USB connector into the FR the black part of the USB connector does not reach the cover of the FR, there is a small distance of about 1.5mm, and one can move the connector a bit in the direction to the suspend button or external antenna connector... is that normal? I don't remember if that was already from the beginning, or not; I think this is at least a weak point and could cause damage to the electric part of the connector; I agree this should be more robust. Perhaps fitting a normal USB connector would not only decrease the breakdown risk but also improve connectability with normal USB devices. Thx matthias ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: USB connector broken, cannot charge or boot
mariu...@ifi.uio.no wrote: I suffer from the same problem on my GTA02. To charge I have to put the connector in exact right position, and the interface is all loose. To verify: 1) When you shutdown, remove the battery, plug in power and move the USB connector carefully a little bit, do you hear static/cracking sound from the speaker? 2) When you put the battery in, boot, plug in the power and move the USB connector carefully a little bit, do you see the screen brightness alter? 3) When you remove the power, put FreeRunner in USB host mode, connect an external USB keyboard and move the USB connector carefully a little bit, do you see the LEDs lights on the keyboard up/flicker and the possibility to enter characters via the keyboard is very difficult? 4) (other non-related hardware issue) Is the LED and laser pointer of your stylus at 25% brightness and does it sometimes go to 100% when you unscrew and rescrew the battery part of the sylus? Unfortunately, for me all the above questions I have to answer positively. Can more people do the above checks and report back here how their device performs in this thread? ___ 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: USB connector broken, cannot charge or boot
As to number 4, yes. If anyone has a fix for this, I'd love to hear it. ;) And while I'm asking about the stylus, is there a way to replace the pen when it runs out of ink? -- Thanks, The Digital Pioneer ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: USB connector broken, cannot charge or boot
mariu...@ifi.uio.no wrote: I suffer from the same problem on my GTA02. To charge I have to put the connector in exact right position, and the interface is all loose. To verify: 1) When you shutdown, remove the battery, plug in power and move the USB connector carefully a little bit, do you hear static/cracking sound from the speaker? Yes 2) When you put the battery in, boot, plug in the power and move the USB connector carefully a little bit, do you see the screen brightness alter? No, not with 2008.12. But the charger symbol is showing battery, charging, battery... ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
