I am having the same problem/question. Did you find out how to turn a specific device on? +1
Am Donnerstag, 3. Februar 2011 01:20:40 UTC+1 schrieb Martin: > > Hello! > > I do not have a question about a specific platform... rather I have a > question about a feature that only one phone I've played with has > supported. Please let me know if I should ask in android-platform > instead... or where else I may find information on the below. > > If you have the original Motorola Droid and it is powered off, as soon > as you plug it into a charger or a PC it turns on. > > My question is: Is the boot on power feature handled by the hardware, > the boot rom, the boot loader, or the kernel? Is it conceivable to > turn this feature on for any phone that supports it in hardware? Is > there some setting for hboot or in one of the images (nv.img on the > HTC Droid Incredible) or somewhere that would instruct the phone to > boot when plugged in? I've work with single board computers with this > sort of feature and it is usually set in the bootldr or the bios (some > PC's even have something similar). > > I suspect it may be possible on other phones besides the original > Motorola Droid. Some other phones I have played with (Droid X, Samsung > Galaxy S) run animations when the phone is powered off but plugged > into a charger/PC, so there is some code running somewhere. What would > it take to make this code boot the phone? > > I am asking because I have an application where I would like to leave > a phone unattended with an extra battery, DC-DC converter, solar > charge controller, and solar panel. The setup can last for a few days > with the extra battery and forever when the sun is out most of the > time. If it is cloudy/rainy for too long, the system will loose power > and the phone will shut off. Eventually when the sun comes back the > batteries charge and the system should come back on, but it will not > since the phone will not boot. A SBC is probably more appropriate, but > the price, functionality (wifi, cell, gps, screen, audio, camera), and > power use on all these android phones is absolutely incredible. > > I have searched and only found people wanting to turn off this feature > on the Motorola Droid. I want to enable it everywhere if possible. > Where else might I ask this question or search for the answer? > > Thank you! > > M. > > -- unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting
