<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">I usually leave the battery out for around 10 minutes with the USB cable disconnected. <br><br>I am using a Dell laptop to charge it. I presume they have not modified the USB standard for power-saving reasons. But, could the laptop be an issue? I have tried different USB ports on the laptop too. <br><br>Is there a possibility that the battery is deeply discharged into an unrecoverable state?<br><br>Thanks!<br>Anuj<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Nick Guenther <kousue@gmail.com><br>To: Anuj Sawani <xeonclub@yahoo.com><br>Cc: device-owners@lists.openmoko.org<br>Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 5:14:44
PM<br>Subject: Re: battery not charging<br><br>
On Jan 17, 2008 3:05 PM, Anuj Sawani <<a ymailto="mailto:xeonclub@yahoo.com" href="mailto:xeonclub@yahoo.com">xeonclub@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> Hi all,<br>><br>> The battery that came with my Neo went into a deep discharge state
and now<br>> refuses to charge. I followed the steps at<br>> <a href="http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo1973_Battery_Charger" target="_blank">http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo1973_Battery_Charger</a> and left it
connected<br>> overnight. I have tried this a few times too but the phone does not
turn on<br>> at all.<br><br>Did you really really make sure to leave the battery out for a long<br>time (and disconnect the USB cable, just to be sure (not that the neo<br>can power itself direct from USB--which is kind of sad)) before trying<br>to charge it?<br>What are you trying to charge it from? Are you sure it is<br>USB-compliant (i.e. provides 100mA at all times)?<br><br>-Nick<br><br></div><br></div></div><br>
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