I managed to get hold of a BL-5C battery, and now everything's fine. :-) Btw, http://batteryreplacement.nokia.com/batteryreplacement/en/ for the list of phones sporting this battery.
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Glenn L. McGrath <b...@westvic.com.au>wrote: > On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:39:54 +0530 > max <csy0...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > I am attempting to switch on my Freerunner after quite a few months. > > However, it just doesn't turn on. > > > tried booting with USB power. Nothing worked. Any suggestions other than > > getting a new battery? :-) > > I dont think its mentioned in the wiki, but when booting via USB power > you need to use the USB cable supplied with the openmoko. > > If you have another USB cable it wont supply enough power to allow it > to boot, USB cables have some sort of id built in which is required to > allow a higher current than the USB spec specifies to be supplied. > > With the USB cable supplied it should be able to boot without the > battery. > > > > Glenn > > _______________________________________________ > support mailing list > support@lists.openmoko.org > https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support >
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