QtMoko new replacement battery - charging oddness

[Philip Rhoades]

Radek,


On 2011-03-24 22:38, Radek Polak wrote:
> On Thursday 24 March 2011 09:46:54 Philip Rhoades wrote:
>
>> My original Neo battery lasts about 3.5 hours from a full charge with no
>> activity with QtMoko v33.  I bought replacement BL-6C batteries but when
>> I plug either of them in, they appear to be charging (~20 hours) but
>> when the USB is disconnected the battery icon appears to be still
>> charging(!) and the Neo shuts down soon after (<  2 hours) with no
>> charge.  When I reboot, I try to cat the files in:
>>
>> 	/sys/class/power_supply/battery/
>>
>> but I get "No such device" messages.
>>
>> Any ideas about how to proceed?
>
> You will need to use dumb battery kernel driver. I cant say how/if it works.
>
> Please try:
>
> modprobe platform_battery


Yes, I found that info eventually (the battery page needs updating).


> or add platform_battery to /etc/modules so that it's loaded automatically
> after reboot.


Thanks!

Phil.
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