The epoch is upon me.

[Łukasz Pankowski]

Davide Scaini <dscaini at gmail.com> writes:

> 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

This is a GUI problem, I suppose it must be sleeping for 60 seconds to
update every minute, but this sleeping does not handle suspend in any
way, so it updates after less then a minute after waking up instead of
immediately.

> effect to make ffalarms useless ...

Seems the hardware clock is not updated properly, the dump
solution -- reboot the phone after setting time -- works for me.

> 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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