Re: FreeRunner is completely dead

2008-08-10 Thread Andy Green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | Hi andy- |> | |> | Is it possible that this issue happened with the neo1973 as well, by |> | any chance? I have a neo1973 that also refuses to power on no matter |> | what I do with it .. maybe I should use

Re: FreeRunner is completely dead

2008-08-10 Thread Neng-Yu Tu (Tony Tu)
Hi andy- > | > | Is it possible that this issue happened with the neo1973 as well, by > | any chance? I have a neo1973 that also refuses to power on no matter > | what I do with it .. maybe I should use the charged batter of my > | freerunner to see if it can be brought to life? > > Was neo1973 e

Re: FreeRunner is completely dead

2008-08-10 Thread Andy Green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: |> You can work around it with another battery that has charge; |> externally |> charging you battery with external charger; or the not recommended but |> "I did it and there was no smoke in my case" provide e

Re: FreeRunner is completely dead

2008-08-10 Thread Simon Comeau Martel
> as far as i understand the only available replacement batteries are those > from nokia which do not have the coulomb counter and thus do not provide a > battery status -- i am strongly averse to spend money on one of these. > which brings us to the point that om should provide a spare parts sho

Re: FreeRunner is completely dead

2008-08-10 Thread arne anka
> Also includes "Make sure that the battery never discharges completely. > This is an issue because ..." yes, but it is an issue been around for so long that a fix in kernel or u-boot or whatever is responsible should be in place now. at least some kind of controlled shutdown if power drops below

Re: FreeRunner is completely dead

2008-08-10 Thread Fredrik Wendt
Somebody in the thread at some point said: > | By now I've had it plugged into the wall charger that came with the > | phone for more than one hour, but to no avail - it still won't boot. :( > | > | > | Any tip, idea on what I should do or test? > > This is a known issue... basically Freerunner ca

Re: FreeRunner is completely dead

2008-08-10 Thread Jay Vaughan
> > You can work around it with another battery that has charge; > externally > charging you battery with external charger; or the not recommended but > "I did it and there was no smoke in my case" provide external 5V > briefly > to battery + terminal (making sure they share 0V too) briefly un

Re: FreeRunner is completely dead

2008-08-10 Thread William Kenworthy
There are instructions on how to fix this on the wiki: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner_(GTA02)_Battery Also includes "Make sure that the battery never discharges completely. This is an issue because ..." :) BillK On Sun, 2008-08-10 at 12:51 +0200, Fredrik Wendt wrote: > Hi. > > I'

Re: FreeRunner is completely dead

2008-08-10 Thread Andy Green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | Hi. | | I've been using my FreeRunner quite a lot since I got it and yesterday | evening I played with USB host mode (the goal was to use a normal USB | keyboard in the terminal). However, I reported my prog

FreeRunner is completely dead

2008-08-10 Thread Fredrik Wendt
Hi. I've been using my FreeRunner quite a lot since I got it and yesterday evening I played with USB host mode (the goal was to use a normal USB keyboard in the terminal). However, I reported my progress and then went to bed. [0] This morning when I got back to my computer, the FreeRunner's scree