Re: How stable is 0.8.4/GPE on Ipaq 3950?

On 21/03/07, Marcelo Urbano Lima <marcelo_urbano_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I've been away from the list for the last months after I got a dead
> batery trying to use 0.8.2 on Ipaq 3950 and leaving battery drain for the
> first time.
>
> I bought a new battery and restored Pocket PC but I'd like to give it
> another chance, so what are your experiences with new familiar releases and
> Ipaq 3950?
>
> Any battery/ASIC/learn cycles issues?
> Mount/SD issues?
> Suspend/Power off issues?
> How many of you don't use your Ipaq for such long time that the battery is
> drained and you can't even turn it on? Does it recharge and you have the
> Ipaq back to life?

I have a 3870. I don't know if the batteries work the same, so
hopefully someone with a 39xx can tell you. You may want to look for
the hardware support pages on handhelds.org to see if there is any
39xx-specific information.

On a 3870, the battery will drain too completely to allow it to boot,
if you leave it long enough, or refuse to let it suspend when the
battery is low. I've gotten it into this state a couple of times. The
device can't draw power from the charger until after the kernel is up
and running, so this is a really stupid hardware design, IMO. It
generally works to leave it in the charger in this situation. The
device trickle-charges then, even if it is off, and it will have
enough power to boot the kernel and start charging properly after a
while (sometimes several days).

There's a couple of notes on the 3900 series on
http://www.handhelds.org/projects/h3900.html

Niklas
Received on Wed Mar 21 2007 - 03:59:41 EST