Freerunner won't charge, and won't start anymore due to out of power

[Paul V. Borza]

I'll do that.

Thanks.

On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Christ van Willegen <cvwillegen at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Paul V. Borza <paul at accelsense.org> wrote:
> > I've flashed the updated 2008.8 on my Freerunner, and then left it for a
> > couple of days without turning on.
> > Yesterday I've tried to turn it on: it starts, the Openmoko logo appears,
> > and then it suddenly turns off.
> > I think this is because of the battery that is already out of power.
>
> Apparently (and I've seen it too...), it won't charge when it isn't
> booted, and booting is a problem because of a flat battery.
>
> AFAIK the only option at the moment is to use a replacement battery.
> Most people with a Nokia phone can lend you one...
>
> Boot with the replacement battery, put in USB power (or the wall
> charger), pull out the (spare) battery and put in your empty battery.
> Red light behind AUX should turn on to indicate charging.
>
> HTH.
>
> Christ van Willegen
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