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<strong>Warning: This page is still under review</strong> | <strong>Warning: This page is still under review</strong> | ||
| - | + | == You suspect you have drained your battery == | |
You see one or more of the following symptoms: | You see one or more of the following symptoms: | ||
* Device may be completely unresponsive with no signs of life | * Device may be completely unresponsive with no signs of life | ||
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* MeeGo or Maemo fail to boot up. The point of failure is random or attempts keep getting shorter | * MeeGo or Maemo fail to boot up. The point of failure is random or attempts keep getting shorter | ||
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* Battery voltage may be 3.0-3.3V (you may know how to measure this) | * Battery voltage may be 3.0-3.3V (you may know how to measure this) | ||
| - | Your best | + | Your best choice for recovering the battery is to boot Maemo 5 and let it handle recharging. |
How to do that depends on how MeeGo was installed into your device: | How to do that depends on how MeeGo was installed into your device: | ||
=== In case you have a working dualboot configuration between Maemo 5 PR1.3 and MeeGo === | === In case you have a working dualboot configuration between Maemo 5 PR1.3 and MeeGo === | ||
| - | + | # Power down | |
| - | + | # Remove MeeGo SD card | |
| - | + | # Connect Nokia wall charger | |
| + | # Wait for 30min to give device time to recharge | ||
| + | # The device will show amber status led until it boots to Maemo which will handle the rest of the charging. | ||
=== In case you have flashed the MeeGo kernel into N900, but have a working Maemo rootfs === | === In case you have flashed the MeeGo kernel into N900, but have a working Maemo rootfs === | ||
| - | + | You have to flash Maemo 5 kernel back to the device in order to boot Maemo and recharge. | |
| - | See this page: http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware | + | See this page: http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware and search for ''Flashing only the kernel from a FIASCO image'' |
| - | and search for | + | |
| - | + | # <u>If flashing of Maemo kernel is successful</u> | |
| - | + | ## Power down | |
| - | + | ## Remove MeeGo SD card | |
| - | + | ## Connect Nokia wall charger | |
| - | + | ## Wait for 30min to give device time to recharge | |
| - | + | ## The device will show amber status led until it boots to Maemo which will handle the rest of the charging. | |
| - | + | # <u>If flashing of Maemo kernel fails</u>, or above doesn't help, keep reading. | |
=== In case you are unable to flash Maemo kernel or do not have a working Maemo rootfs to boot into === | === In case you are unable to flash Maemo kernel or do not have a working Maemo rootfs to boot into === | ||
* You can always recharge the battery in another N900. Go to a phone store/friend/enemy near you and ask nicely if they can charge your battery for a while. | * You can always recharge the battery in another N900. Go to a phone store/friend/enemy near you and ask nicely if they can charge your battery for a while. | ||
| - | + | * Recharge the battery using a phone compatible with the battery (refer to instruction manual). As always - you are doing this on your own risk. | |
| - | * Recharge the battery using a phone compatible with the battery (refer to instruction manual) As always - you are doing this on your own risk. | + | |
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* Other creative ways to charge battery exists, ask help from MeeGo community. | * Other creative ways to charge battery exists, ask help from MeeGo community. | ||
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You see one or more of the following symptoms:
Your best choice for recovering the battery is to boot Maemo 5 and let it handle recharging. How to do that depends on how MeeGo was installed into your device:
You have to flash Maemo 5 kernel back to the device in order to boot Maemo and recharge.
See this page: http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware and search for Flashing only the kernel from a FIASCO image