Battery charging/draining issues
Pranav Desai
pranavadesai at gmail.com
Sat Aug 4 04:54:36 CEST 2007
On 8/3/07, Brad Pitcher <bradpitcher at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> this is my favorite way. got this from someone (can't remember who) on
> irc:
> cat `find /sys/ | grep battvolt`
> the output is in millivolts. ~4224 millivolts is completely charged
thats great ! will try it out.
Pranav Desai wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 8/3/07, *Thomas Gstädtner* <thomas at gstaedtner.net
> > <mailto:thomas at gstaedtner.net>> wrote:
> >
> > This are definately no problems with the battery - I'm sure that
> > the problem here is the software, means the power management.
> > I think you expect too much from the software in this early state.
> >
> > Also you shouldn't trust the battery indicator in the top menu. At
> > least in the last buildhost-images it is out of function!
> >
> >
> > Is there a cmd line query tool that more reliable ?
> >
> > 2007/8/3, Krzysztof Kajkowski < cayco at poczta.cayco.pl
> > <mailto:cayco at poczta.cayco.pl>>:
> >
> > 2007/8/3, Pranav Desai < pranavadesai at gmail.com
> > <mailto:pranavadesai at gmail.com>>:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I am having a few issues with the battery:
> > >
> > > 1) I can't seem to be able to charge the phone when connected
> > to a host
> > > running windows. Windows does complain about RNDIS device
> > found and then
> > > 'not working' since it cannot install the driver. I tried to
> > search for the
> > > driver with no luck.
> > > But as soon I switch to linux, within 5 mins I can power it
> > up (still
> > > connected to the host). dmesg shows the usb entry.
> > >
> > > What am I missing here ?
> > >
> > > 2) Last night I shutdown the phone with the battery indicator
> > showing more
> > > than half left. This morning it wouldn't fire up. Does the
> > battery keep
> > > draining even when its shut down ?
> >
> > Hi! I think I'm having the same thing - I left my Neo ON for
> > night and
> > in the morning it was down and I could not wake it. This page
> > explains some battery and charging issues:
> > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo1973_Battery_Charger
> >
> > > Has anyone measured the battery life ?
> >
> > Some talked about 2 days but mine is completly discharged
> > after one
> > night. I am going to buy some bigger Nokia BL-5C battery...
> >
> > cayco
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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