dead battery

Vince M. Clark vclark at globalera.com
Tue Sep 30 21:35:56 CEST 2008


One more question. Maybe it will be obvious once I get my hands on a charger, but how do you actually connect the battery? Will it fit in an old Nokia phone? Or do you somehow connect the battery directly to the charger? 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel Newkirk" <freerunner at newkirk.us> 
To: "List for Openmoko community discussion" <community at lists.openmoko.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 1:25:36 PM (GMT-0700) America/Denver 
Subject: Re: dead battery 

A desktop charger for a Nokia BL-5c or BL-6c battery will do the job, at 
least the two non-Nokia ones I've tried. I've done it a few times. I've 
never let it sit on the charger until full, so I don't know if the charger 
can recognize full charge on the FreeRunner battery or not, but left on the 
charger for 15-20 minutes it will boot the FreeRunner. 

The most readily-accessible source is likely to be a friend with a Nokia 
phone using one of those batteries - several models over the past six or 
eight years. (mine is a 6600) If you know anyone with a nokia phone (now 
or the past several years) it's worth asking them what battery it uses, if 
they have a desktop charger, and if you can borrow it. (or keep it - if 
they're not using the phone ask for the charger and battery ;) 

j 


On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:04:07 -0600 (MDT), "Vince M. Clark" 
<vclark at globalera.com> wrote: 
> My battery is completely drained so I cannot boot to charge it. 
> 
> The following thread offered three possible solutions: 
> 
http://n2.nabble.com/Can%27t-boot-Freerunner-without-battery---Was:-Re:-unable-to-start-up-freerunner-after-batterie-was-full-down-td526783.html 
> 
> Does anyone know where I can get an external charger that will work with 
> the Freerunner battery? 
> 
> Vince Clark 
> vclark at globalera.com 
> (303) 493-6723 


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