2008/11/12 Alastair Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alastair@truebox.co.uk">alastair@truebox.co.uk</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Joachim Ott wrote:<br>
> 2008/11/12 Alastair Johnson <<a href="mailto:alastair@truebox.co.uk">alastair@truebox.co.uk</a><br>
</div>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:alastair@truebox.co.uk">alastair@truebox.co.uk</a>>><br>
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> It should be possible to charge the 'dead' battery. Boot with the<br>
> working one, attach the mains charger or USB so you have external power<br>
> to keep it going, then pull the working battery and insert the 'dead'<br>
> one. It should be detected and start charging, and you should be able to<br>
> monitor its progress using the usual /sys entries:<br>
><br>
><br>
> I tried this once more. I wouldn't charge. I started this around 12:45,<br>
> went off to another room around 13:10, when I came back at 13:30 the FR<br>
> was dead, no flashing LED this time, and no messages on the screen.<br>
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</div>And what do the /sys entries I linked to the details of say? They'll<br>
show what the power management unit and battery coulomb counter are<br>
reporting about the charging process, such as current going into the<br>
battery, or whether the coulomb counter is no longer talking.</blockquote><div><br>This is the good battery (uvent):<br><br>POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=bat<br>POWER_SUPPLY_TYPE=Battery<br>POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS=Charging<br>POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_NOW=4006000<br>
POWER_SUPPLY_CURRENT_NOW=-163312<br>POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL=1124728<br>POWER_SUPPLY_TEMP=301<br>POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY=Li-ion<br>POWER_SUPPLY_PRESENT=1<br>POWER_SUPPLY_TIME_TO_EMPTY_NOW=3932100<br>POWER_SUPPLY_TIME_TO_FULL_NOW=8460<br>
POWER_SUPPLY_CAPACITY=78<br>POWER_SUPPLY_ONLINE=1<br><br>The bad bat:<br><br>POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=bat<br>POWER_SUPPLY_TYPE=Battery<br>POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS=Charging<br>POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_NOW=3740000<br>POWER_SUPPLY_CURRENT_NOW=-302062<br>
POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL=1039048<br>POWER_SUPPLY_TEMP=268<br>POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY=Li-ion<br>POWER_SUPPLY_PRESENT=1<br>POWER_SUPPLY_TIME_TO_EMPTY_NOW=3932100<br>POWER_SUPPLY_TIME_TO_FULL_NOW=17100<br>POWER_SUPPLY_CAPACITY=12<br>
POWER_SUPPLY_ONLINE=1<br><br>And now it looks like it's charging again (/proc/apm):<br><br>1.13 1.2 0x02 0x01 0x03 0x03 13% 288 min<br></div></div><br>This is different from this afternoon. Did it just need a rest?<br>
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