Freerunner looses the date when battery is away for short time

Jiří Pinkava j-pi at seznam.cz
Mon Apr 9 10:58:29 CEST 2012


Hi,

your backup baterry is probably dead. Have you read (1)?

Pinkava J.

(1) http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GTA02_RTC_backup_battery


Dne 9.4.2012 11:38, Hrabosh napsal(a):
> Frank píše v Po 09. 04. 2012 v 10:02 +0200:
>> Am 09.04.2012 08:59, schrieb Matthias Apitz:
>>> When I remove the battery from my FR, for example to change the SIM, it
>>> looses now(?) the date in hwclock and starts with 01.01.2000; I have to
>>> set the date and time again with
>> ...
>>> 	matthias
>>
>> That seems to be normal.
>> My FR also looses time when the battery is removed for a short time.
>>
> AFAIR there is a backup (button cell) battery on the FR mainboard.
>
> PS .. My FR keeps date, time and all the settings after replacing SIM or
> SD card...
>
>
>> Idea: Buffer it with USB-Power?
>>
>
>
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