I forgot to plug the Neo in last night, and now the battery is completely dead. I cannot even get to the NOR boot. I've tried both USB and the charger. I have tried with and without the battery. No combination of these will get the phone to turn on so it can charge the battery.
I'm saddened by the fact that a phone that was supposed to be released to the masses can have such a blatant failing. Not only can it NOT turn on when the battery has little or no charge, the APM service does not turn the phone off to prevent this (note: all OTHER phones I have ever used WILL turn off when the battery gets below some critical level). On top of this, if I ever expect to have a working phone, I have to disable the only feature which should extend the battery life (read that as: OpenMoko has fixed the WSoD problem by replacing it with the BSoD - Black Screen of Death). I have looked at the work-arounds, and none of them have worked or are doable. I refuse to "hardware hack" my phone with an external 4.5V line to give it the initial charge. I also do not have access to a charger that will work with this battery. Lastly, I do not have a second battery. If anyone has any suggestions, I'm open. However, if I'm unable to find a solution, I I cannot say that I will continue to support or recommend the OpenMoko platform or the Neo Freerunner phone.
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