dead battery

[Vince M. Clark]

Got it. Thanks. 

----- 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 5:58:57 PM (GMT-0700) America/Denver 
Subject: Re: dead battery 

Vince M. Clark wrote: 
> As long as it eventually comes back on I'm fine. I didn't realize that 
> the wall charger would eventually get enough charge in the battery to 
> boot it. My impression from the other thread was that once the battery 
> was dead you were screwed without an external charger or extra battery. 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sarton O'Brien" <roguemoko at roguewrt.org> 
> To: "List for Openmoko community discussion" 
> <community at lists.openmoko.org> 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 5:52:32 PM (GMT-0700) America/Denver 
> Subject: Re: dead battery 
> 
> On Wednesday 01 October 2008 09:45:08 Shawn "prjktdtnt" Thompson wrote: 
> > 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 
> 
> I don't think it is as complicated as that. I think it's merely the 
> amount of 
> charge the FR is able to negotiate when powered off. Depending on the 
> level of 
> 'dead' determines how long you need to trickle charge it before anything 
> useful occurs. 
> 
> I'd say battery maintenance and usage patterns may contribute also. 
> 
> From what I have seen on this list, I don't think this situation will 
> change 
> in a hurry, if ever. 
> 
> Sarton 
> 
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Nope, don't need the external, but if it is flat dead to where NOR won't 
start you'll be a few hours (charges at 50mA IIRC) before you can even 
try again. 

-Shawn 

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