Freerunner won't boot: dies in uboot

[David Fokkema]

On Sat, 2009-06-27 at 07:42 -0400, Chris Wright wrote:
> My Freerunner was acting fine until yesterday. Now, it refuses to boot
> while not connected to a USB charger -- the power button does nothing.
> When connected, it starts booting, but stops and turns off about five
> seconds after showing the splash screen or uboot menu.
> 
> This happens when I boot into the NAND or the NOR bootloader. It
> happens if I wait at the menu. If I go to the menu, I can start
> booting the kernel, and I get as far as "Starting kernel..." and the
> screen turning white (depending on how fast I am with the menu) before
> the phone turns itself off.
> 
> I can do this many times, so I don't think it's a battery issue (also
> since the bootloader usually detects whether it's connected to power
> and starts charging, so I can just chill at the boot menu for an hour
> and then boot like normal -- that's not happening now). I don't have
> the wall plug, though, so I can't try that.

My understanding is that the boot loader does _not_ enable charging. So,
my guess would still be the battery. Someone can prove me wrong, of
course.

David