The epoch is upon me.
Al Johnson
openmoko at mazikeen.demon.co.uk
Wed Dec 22 02:06:51 CET 2010
On Tuesday 21 December 2010, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:
> Em 21-12-2010 12:55, Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE) escreveu:
> > The last time my FreeRunner's battery died, the clock reset to epoch.
> > Now, it no longer keeps time during suspend either. I'm guessing this
> > means the clock battery has finally died.
> >
> > Someone recently commented that they replaced their battery with a pair
> > of super caps. I just wanted to confirm my diagnosis before I take a
> > soldering iron to my phone.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > John Gay
>
> So that's why my clock...?
>
> a) goes back to 2000 without a battery
Probably
> b) takes so long to update the clock in the toolbar and idle screen of
> SHR
Unlikely - even in suspend the rtc is powered from the main battery, not the
backup. The lack of update is most likely a software bug not a hardware
problem.
> Damn, any instructions on how to do this properly?
Just the post to the list.
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