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

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've

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 until it

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 cannot

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 X%.

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 shop

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

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 ever

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