Help, please! GTA01BV4 died!

cormier.doug at sympatico.ca cormier.doug at sympatico.ca
Tue Jun 3 03:35:14 CEST 2008


Hi Ortwin,

You are correct - the Nokia battery was charged in a Nokia phone.

I will take a look at the wiki, I haven't been successful so far attempting 
to download Windows drivers.

Thank you for the insight.

Doug


>From: "Ortwin Regel" <ortwin at gmail.com>
>To: <cormier.doug at sympatico.ca>
>CC: openmoko at sardiniatravel.it, device-owners at lists.openmoko.org
>Subject: Re: Help, please! GTA01BV4 died!
>Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 16:17:25 +0200
>
>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:
> >
> > Battery recovery
> >
> > I have never been able to fast recharge an OpenMoko battery from any USB
> > port using Windows (xp / win2000)
> >
> > 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)
> >
> > 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).
> >
> > There are many Nokia battery types, many are physically impossible.
> >
> > 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).
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > i luv openmoko
> >
> > A Canadian friend,
> >
> > Doug
> >
> >
> >>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
> >>
> >>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?
> >>
> >>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)
> >>
> >>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;))
> >>
> >>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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> >
> >
> >
> >





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