The only reliable method on my A5 is to jump-start the phone with another LiIon battery. Connect up the spare battery and boot, connect the external power then swap the battery for the dead one. After a few seconds the charging indicator should show flat but charging, and apm or the sysfs entries should show more detailed charging status. A spare openmoko or nokia battery is easiest, but i've used the one from my mp3 player and a couple of trailing leads when both my openmoko batteries were dead. just be very careful with the trailing leads!
On Thursday 03 December 2009, François-Léonard Gilbert wrote: > You bet! Last time I let my battery completely discharge, I had to > do some voodoo to get it to running state, but nothing out of the wiki > article. > > This time, on the other hand, my FR shuts down even in the NOR boot > menu between AUX presses. I am ordering a battery tonight so I can > call around again. > > Unfortunately, I don't have a multimeter around, so I can't even know > the real state of the battery or the charger-supplied voltage. My > best option now is getting a known good one and hoping the phone starts. > > This brings me back to my original question: do any diagnostic > procedures already exist? I have an A6(date code 20081104) so it does > not work without a battery. > > Thanks for the support > > François > > Le 09-12-01 à 10:28, Tilman Baumann a écrit : > > That can only happen if the charger supplies more then 5V. > > Which is unlikely even for the cheap ones. > > > > I suppose you follow the guidelines on the wiki to get the phone > > back from > > deep uncharge. > > Freerunner can be difficult to get back to life once the battery is > > completely empty. > > _______________________________________________ > support mailing list > support@lists.openmoko.org > https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support > _______________________________________________ support mailing list support@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support
