dead battery

[Shawn "prjktdtnt" Thompson]

Vince M. Clark wrote:
> Yes. I have my fr plugged into the OpenMoko wall charger. Then I try 
> NOR boot but nothing happens. I have tried NOR boot plugged in and not 
> plugged in.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shawn \"prjktdtnt\" Thompson" <mokowatch at projektenterprises.com>
> To: "List for Openmoko community discussion" 
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> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 5:37:22 PM (GMT-0700) America/Denver
> Subject: Re: dead battery
>
> Vince M. Clark wrote:
> > Thanks Shawn. I have tried NOR boot (holding aux button while pressing
> > power button, then releasing aux  button.) I cannot even get that far.
> > I'm going to leave it plugged into the wall charger overnight and see
> > what happens. In the meantime i ordered an after market Nokia battery
> > charger. They are cheap but it looks like it may take a week or so to
> > get it.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Shawn \"prjktdtnt\" Thompson" <mokowatch at projektenterprises.com>
> > To: "List for Openmoko community discussion"
> > <community at lists.openmoko.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 5:31:17 PM (GMT-0700) America/Denver
> > Subject: Re: dead battery
> >
> > Vince M. Clark wrote:
> > > My battery is completely drained so I cannot boot to charge it.
> > >
> > > The following thread offered three possible solutions:
> > >
> > 
> http://n2.nabble.com/Can%27t-boot-Freerunner-without-battery---Was:-Re:-unable-to-start-up-freerunner-after-batterie-was-full-down-td526783.html
> > >
> > > Does anyone know where I can get an external charger that will work
> > > with the Freerunner battery?
> > >
> > > Vince Clark
> > > vclark at globalera.com
> > > (303) 493-6723
> > > 
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> > Vince,
> >     When my battery died I plugged my phone into the OpenMoko supplied
> > charger, started it using NOR boot, leaving it at the boot menu until it
> > timed out (repeat that twice) then I was about to select boot from the
> > NOR menu and after a few extra seconds the phone booted.
> >
> > -Shawn
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> When trying to get into NOR do you already have it plugged into your
> charger? That is how I was able to finally get mine to boot, you only
> need the actual OpenMoko charger until it starts up then you can use
> whatever USB charger you prefer. Just plug into wall-socket and phone,
> start NOR twice, viola.
>
> -Shawn
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Odd. Sadly that is the only way I was able to get mine going again, 
would be nice to see a patch that corrects the issue somehow so that 
people don't have to use workarounds in the future.
-Shawn