For best effects you should do this on a table which can be raised to the ceiling, during a lightening storm :-)
Seriously, the goal is simply to provide 4.5VDC from some other source to allow the Freerunner to boot. A regulated adjustable power supply is an ideal source. The tricky part is connecting the power supply to pins in the Freerunner which would contact the battery. You'll want a steady hand and you should be very clear on what you are doing. I will write up the steps with pictures. Michael steve wrote: > > Thanks jOerg > > Michael can we get these instructions ( with pictures) on the wiki > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joerg Reisenweber > Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 5:55 PM > To: community@lists.openmoko.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: AW: RE: unable to start up freerunner after batterie was full > down > > No use in connecting a FR to any source to charge bat, as long as it doesn't > boot up. Actually it drains battery even further, instead of charging. > Battery is only charged when booting succeeds. > Jumpstart the battery is very unlikely to help you out. > > Get FR booted by any means > 1.:Remove sim-card! > 2.:Use wallcharger to startup. > 3:borrow battery, apply 4.5V (<5V!!!) to + and minus of battery connector in > FR. > After 5~10sec FR should come up and you don't need startup-battery or > 4.5V-power-source any more - remove it! FR should run happily from > wallcharger. > Now *don't* power down, and insert dead battery. battery is going to charge > now. > > Alternative way: find a charger for nokia-bat, or even use an old nokia to > charge dead battery. e.g. 6230i. If you find a friend who could lend a > battery to you, maybe he might prefer to take your bat and charge it for a > short while. > > sorry for the inconvenience. > Usually we shouldn't see "dead" batteries. We expect to fix the > deep-discharge of bat at software side. > The problems with no startup on dead bat are partially a hw-issue. Though > Werner has a new u-boot that might help (coming soon), especially when you > got a device that flashes red aux-led (good sign!). > > cheers > jOERG > > > Am So 13. Juli 2008 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >> ok...I`ll wait for Michael`s explanation... >> thx >> >> ----Ursprüngliche Nachricht---- >> Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Datum: 13.07.2008 17:16 >> An: "List for Openmoko community >> discussion"<community@lists.openmoko.org>, > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Kopie: "Michael Shiloh"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Betreff: RE: unable to start up freerunner after batterie was full >> down >> >> If your battery falls below a certain level then FreeRunner sometimes >> will not charge it. >> >> We are working on fixes for this but in the short term you have these >> options. >> >> >> 1. Jump start your battery. Michael will explain how, Takes 5 seconds. >> 2. Get a stand alone battery charger from Nokia ( for battery types >> 4bl, 5bl, 6bl) 3. Get a replacement battery. >> >> >> >> Steve >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of arne anka >> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 7:32 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; List for Openmoko community discussion >> Subject: Re: unable to start up freerunner after batterie was full >> down >> >> while surfing the device-owners list i've stumbled over this: >> >>> Sometimes it happened (I think to all of us! ;) ) that NEO1973's >>> battery goesfully discharged, and for this I follow the instruction >>> on the wiki pages(detach battery 20 seconds, attach to USB, wait 1 >>> hour, start the Phone). >> anyway -- the guy posting this seemed to have killed his battery (not >> finished the thread yet). >> regarding you usb-only: maybe your usb port does not supply 500mAh? >> >> btw: your leds flash? mine do nothing -- is this related to the asu image? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openmoko community mailing list >> community@lists.openmoko.org >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openmoko community mailing list >> community@lists.openmoko.org >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openmoko community mailing list >> community@lists.openmoko.org >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >> > > > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community