[Gta04-owner] charging battery

[Boudewijn]

On Sunday 21 April 2013 01:58:14 Liz wrote:
> my battery charging is erratic
> as if there is rarely an electrical connection on the power circuit
> although the USB connector is pushed fully in and there is power applied
> I've tried three different devices to power the phone and charge the
> battery with only intermittent success

Which OS are you running, and what are the symptoms? What do you mean by 
'devices'?

I think Alexander (Lehner) (sorry if it was someone else) wrote something 
about tests with different USB cables, concluding that the GTA04 was more 
specific about which power it liked than the GTA02. I can't find the message; 
the closest are a message from Wed Nov  9 18:35:49 2011 and one from Mon Mar 
19 14:08:55 2012. The message I had in mind had to do with the length of the 
USB cable as well: even short ones are no guarantee for a good charge.

Charging as such should not be a problem, though. 

Another thing is keeping charge: depending on the OS, charging stops when 100% 
charge is reached. That is OK, but it runs on battery after that, and not 
always starts charging before the battery is almost empty. I am not sure what 
the status of this situation is in each OS; I thought that for qtmoko there's 
a threshold of 3.x V for charging to kick in again.

Best regards,

Boudewijn
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