Battery powered charging/USB hub

[Frank Coenen]

Somehow that doesn't sound right to me. Like in the movies, when they try to
hack a computer: there is always some OVERWRITE command, that doesn't
require a password but will grand you access to all the files.

Same applies here. Why put a safety-measure in place if you plan to ignore
it anyway? ;-)

On 5/10/07, Ian Stirling <openmoko at mauve.plus.com> wrote:
>
> Frank Coenen wrote:
> >
> > On 5/10/07, *Aloril* <aloril at iki.fi <mailto:aloril at iki.fi>> wrote:
> >
> >     Small battery-powered USB charger:
> >     http://www.ladyada.net/make/mintyboost/
> >     I assume above should be able to charge Neo1973?
> >
> >
> > No it won't be able to charge the Neo1973, since it doesn't identify
> > itself as a USB2.0 host.
> > Hence, the Neo will only draw 100mA. You need the full 500mA from USB2.0
> > to charge.
>
> Unless you apply the soon-to-be-created patch that someone (maybe me)
> will write that draws 500mA anyway, if the host does not talk USB1 to us
> in 10 seconds.
> Maybe even with a confirmation dialog box.
>
>
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