Replacement battery for GTA01/Neo

Daniel.Li lida_mail at 163.com
Thu Aug 20 01:06:03 CEST 2009


On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 18:38 +0400, Paul Fertser wrote:
> "Daniel.Li" <lida_mail at 163.com> writes:
> > On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 00:14 +0400, Paul Fertser wrote: 
> >> Gerald A <geraldablists at gmail.com> writes:
> >> > Looking at my Neo this morning, I noticed that it looked like the
> >> > case wasn't put back on straight.
> >> >
> >> > I removed the back to find the battery is slightly bulging. I'm
> >> > assuming this isn't a good thing.
> >> 
> >> Yes, using a battery like that is discouraged. Basically for gta01 you
> >> can use BL-5C or even better (more capacity) BL-6C but currently it
> >> doesn't charge it afaik. 
> >
> > BL-5C can't be charged with GTA02. 
> 
> That's just plain wrong! GTA02 has _zero_ problems charging BL-4/5/6C.
> 
> Please read the battery Q&A [1].

We have a discussion month ago, and found that FR (GTA02) can't charge
BL-5C, see below link.

http://lists.openmoko.org/nabble.html#nabble-td2908120 


[1] is it mean I should use gta01_battery driver to charge BL-5C
battery?

> 
> >> I'll try to come up with a patch to make it
> >> work.
> >> 
> >
> > Good. I'm trying to fix it, but I don't have much experience. Is there
> > any references available for me to study?
> 
> To fix what? Do you have gta01?
> 
> >> Please catch me on IRC if you want to be early tester/adopter.
> >> 
> >
> > Which IRC? do u have any address for IRC channel?
> 
> #openmoko at irc.freenode.net
> 
> [1] http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Battery_Questions_and_Answers
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Daniel.Li <lida_mail at 163.com>
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