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

My serial cradle is not good for charging so I use a USB cable to charge the
battery. Do you use USB or outlet power to charge your Ipaq? Would that make
any difference if I have the battery completely drained?
Would USB have power enough to let me start the kernel?

Thanks for sharing your experience.

>From: "Niklas Höglund" <nhoglund_at_gmail.com>
>To: "Marcelo Urbano Lima" <marcelo_urbano_at_hotmail.com>
>CC: familiar_at_handhelds.org
>Subject: Re: [Familiar] How stable is 0.8.4/GPE on Ipaq 3950?
>Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:59:39 +0000
>
>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

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