Help, please! GTA01BV4 died!

[cormier.doug at sympatico.ca]

Battery recovery

I have never been able to fast recharge an OpenMoko battery from any USB 
port using Windows (xp / win2000)

I am always successful using Linux (e.g. Knoppix live CD)!!
    (oddly, even when using the same computer that has windows as the 
primary OS)

An obvious sign that the battery is recharging (quick charge) is the battery 
symbol is grey
   and has a lightening bolt (assuming one can view the battery symbol).

There are many Nokia battery types, many are physically impossible.

One Nokia battery replacement that I know that does work 100 % in the 
Neo1973 is the BL-5C, used in the Nokia 6820 (for example).

I had this exact problem this week where a colleague noted that he could not 
recover using a battery that had died.  I placed the seemingly dead battery 
in my Neo1973, connected it to a computer using Knoppix, amazingly, the 
battery didn't look too bad.  Within an hour, the battery had been fully 
charged.

i luv openmoko

A Canadian friend,

Doug


>From: Joerg Reisenweber <joerg at openmoko.org>
>To: device-owners at lists.openmoko.org, openmoko at sardiniatravel.it
>Subject: Re: Help, please! GTA01BV4 died!
>Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 20:54:34 +0200
>
>Am So  1. Juni 2008 schrieb Panta:
> > Sorry, i'm not so good enough in speaking english so perhaps have
> > misunterstood your words: you can really send me a faster charger for 
>the
> > Neo1973?
>
>Sorry Panta!
>I was in a bad mood when I answered your last posting. :o(
>No, I don't have spare fastchargers, only 2 I need for tests. But you
>can "easily" convert a off-the-shelf charger when you find a 5pin-mini-usb
>plug to build the 47kOhm-ID hack GTA02 charger is using to switch to
>fastcharge automatically. There's a howto in the wiki, I think from Michel
>Shiloh. Also in a few weeks pulster.de and other distributors will sell the
>original GTA02-chargers if I got that right. With any standard charger you
>still should be fine with 12h of charging time (or use the script to
>fastcharge)
>
>And yes there is a script / tool to switch on fastcharge with standard
>usb-chargers, which should work with GTA01 as well. I'm not sure whether
>it's "approved" by OM, but AFAIK it's not deprecated and has been tested by
>some users. You have to care yourself not to smoke up a too weak 
>usb-charger
>that isn't designed to deliver 1A at least (that's why we don't "approve"
>it). So please double-check before using this script (charger should have
>spec "5V=/1A" (or 1,5A or 2A;))
>
>Alas to me it seems your problem isn't the battery or charging it. Though I
>have no GTA01 here to test, I think your battery should charge faster, and
>your Neo should at least show *some* kind of reaction when starting it.
>I suggest you visit next Nokia-store, there should be some batteries that 
>fit
>to the Neo (see wiki:battery for compatible Nokia bats). Ask the guy in the
>shop whether he can check his battery is full, and then ask him you like to
>test if it works with your device before you buy.
>If your Neo boots with the Nokia bat, probably you should buy it right 
>away,
>cause yours is probably dead. If it does not boot, I fear you are in 
>trouble
>that's worse. Maybe you should find a technician then to check your Neo
>whether it charges correctly, has working contacts etc.
>
>Best Regards
>jOERG


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