Help, please! GTA01BV4 died!

[Ortwin Regel]

Fast charging works with Windows when you install the driver that can
be found in the wiki.

When you say the Nokia battery works 100%, do you mean it charges in
the Neo, too? I remember that there was a problem with that in the
past...

Ortwin

On 6/2/08, cormier.doug at sympatico.ca <cormier.doug at sympatico.ca> wrote:
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> Battery recovery
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> I have never been able to fast recharge an OpenMoko battery from any USB
> port using Windows (xp / win2000)
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> I am always successful using Linux (e.g. Knoppix live CD)!!
>     (oddly, even when using the same computer that has windows as the
> primary OS)
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> An obvious sign that the battery is recharging (quick charge) is the battery
> symbol is grey
>    and has a lightening bolt (assuming one can view the battery symbol).
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> There are many Nokia battery types, many are physically impossible.
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> One Nokia battery replacement that I know that does work 100 % in the
> Neo1973 is the BL-5C, used in the Nokia 6820 (for example).
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> I had this exact problem this week where a colleague noted that he could not
> recover using a battery that had died.  I placed the seemingly dead battery
> in my Neo1973, connected it to a computer using Knoppix, amazingly, the
> battery didn't look too bad.  Within an hour, the battery had been fully
> charged.
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> i luv openmoko
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> A Canadian friend,
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> Doug
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>>From: Joerg Reisenweber <joerg at openmoko.org>
>>To: device-owners at lists.openmoko.org, openmoko at sardiniatravel.it
>>Subject: Re: Help, please! GTA01BV4 died!
>>Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 20:54:34 +0200
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>>Am So  1. Juni 2008 schrieb Panta:
>> > Sorry, i'm not so good enough in speaking english so perhaps have
>> > misunterstood your words: you can really send me a faster charger for
>>the
>> > Neo1973?
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>>Sorry Panta!
>>I was in a bad mood when I answered your last posting. :o(
>>No, I don't have spare fastchargers, only 2 I need for tests. But you
>>can "easily" convert a off-the-shelf charger when you find a 5pin-mini-usb
>>plug to build the 47kOhm-ID hack GTA02 charger is using to switch to
>>fastcharge automatically. There's a howto in the wiki, I think from Michel
>>Shiloh. Also in a few weeks pulster.de and other distributors will sell the
>>original GTA02-chargers if I got that right. With any standard charger you
>>still should be fine with 12h of charging time (or use the script to
>>fastcharge)
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>>And yes there is a script / tool to switch on fastcharge with standard
>>usb-chargers, which should work with GTA01 as well. I'm not sure whether
>>it's "approved" by OM, but AFAIK it's not deprecated and has been tested by
>>some users. You have to care yourself not to smoke up a too weak
>>usb-charger
>>that isn't designed to deliver 1A at least (that's why we don't "approve"
>>it). So please double-check before using this script (charger should have
>>spec "5V=/1A" (or 1,5A or 2A;))
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>>Alas to me it seems your problem isn't the battery or charging it. Though I
>>have no GTA01 here to test, I think your battery should charge faster, and
>>your Neo should at least show *some* kind of reaction when starting it.
>>I suggest you visit next Nokia-store, there should be some batteries that
>>fit
>>to the Neo (see wiki:battery for compatible Nokia bats). Ask the guy in the
>>shop whether he can check his battery is full, and then ask him you like to
>>test if it works with your device before you buy.
>>If your Neo boots with the Nokia bat, probably you should buy it right
>>away,
>>cause yours is probably dead. If it does not boot, I fear you are in
>>trouble
>>that's worse. Maybe you should find a technician then to check your Neo
>>whether it charges correctly, has working contacts etc.
>>
>>Best Regards
>>jOERG
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