The epoch is upon me.

Davide Scaini dscaini at gmail.com
Tue Jan 11 11:10:59 CET 2011


i'm experiencing the same problem: clock is stuck during suspend and
it takes some time to update correctly when resumed. This has the side
effect to make ffalarms useless ...
any hint is welcome
d

On 12/22/10, Al Johnson <openmoko at mazikeen.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 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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