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gohan2091 2010-12-25 02:52
n900 Charging Problem
 
Just recently, when my n900 battery is in the red, I will plug the charger into the wall and n900, a message will come up saying "charging" and my battery icon will start animating yet when I remove the charger at a later time, the battery has not charged at all and remains almost drained.

This does not always happen bu it's starting to annoy me. Any ideas?

RockCreek1 2010-12-25 03:17
Re: n900 Charging Problem
 
This has happened to me on occasion. Don't know what the problem is, but it seems to solve itself by my plugging the N900 into a different outlet. I'd be interested to know why this happens, as well.

gohan2091 2010-12-25 03:21
Re: n900 Charging Problem
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by RockCreek1 (Post 903787)
This has happened to me on occasion. Don't know what the problem is, but it seems to solve itself by my plugging the N900 into a different outlet. I'd be interested to know why this happens, as well.
Tried a different outlet and even a different house, no difference. Sometimes it's fine charging, other times, I've wasted a few hours thinking it's charging when in fact it's been draining further...

retsaw 2010-12-25 05:02
Re: n900 Charging Problem
 
I can't really be sure what is causing your problem, but battery charging on the N900 is software controlled so it is possible it will be fixed by reflashing, before reflashing you can try just reinstalling the packages related to battery management
Code:
apt-get install --reinstall bme-rx-51 hald-addon-bme libbmeipc0
I doubt reinstalling those packages will fix it but shouldn't hurt, so is worth a shot. There is also the possibility that it is hardware related, maybe a dodgy charger, it is worth trying different charger if you can.

geneven 2010-12-25 05:32
Re: n900 Charging Problem
 
You won't have this problem if you get a separate charger. Of course, you have to be able to afford about $10.

gryedouge 2010-12-25 05:33
Re: n900 Charging Problem
 
I had a similar problem, re-flashing solved the issue.

obhishap 2011-04-04 16:36
Re: n900 Charging Problem
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by retsaw (Post 903821)
I can't really be sure what is causing your problem, but battery charging on the N900 is software controlled so it is possible it will be fixed by reflashing, before reflashing you can try just reinstalling the packages related to battery management
Code:
apt-get install --reinstall bme-rx-51 hald-addon-bme libbmeipc0
I doubt reinstalling those packages will fix it but shouldn't hurt, so is worth a shot. There is also the possibility that it is hardware related, maybe a dodgy charger, it is worth trying different charger if you can.
when i try to reinstall bme i get this


"Errors were encountered while processing : account-plugin-salut
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)"


Any idea guys ? thanks

obhishap 2011-04-05 06:25
Re: n900 Charging Problem
 
Problrm solved. Thanks to qole.

Omkar 2011-04-05 06:33
Re: n900 Charging Problem
 
What did u do?? could you please post the solution

abill_uk 2011-04-05 06:41
Re: n900 Charging Problem
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by obhishap (Post 982155)
Problrm solved. Thanks to qole.
As this is a help forum it would be really nice of you to at least post the solution so that anyone can read lol.

KetkuFIN 2011-04-05 07:24
Re: n900 Charging Problem
 
i have had a similar issue but never like that the battery stays drained. when i unplug the charger it takes some time to get the correct battery level showing up.

Omkar 2011-04-05 08:28
Re: n900 Charging Problem
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by retsaw (Post 903821)
I can't really be sure what is causing your problem, but battery charging on the N900 is software controlled so it is possible it will be fixed by reflashing, before reflashing you can try just reinstalling the packages related to battery management
Code:
apt-get install --reinstall bme-rx-51 hald-addon-bme libbmeipc0
I doubt reinstalling those packages will fix it but shouldn't hurt, so is worth a shot. There is also the possibility that it is hardware related, maybe a dodgy charger, it is worth trying different charger if you can.
this says reinstallation is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.

could you tell me which repository these belong to??

Solved: Default system software update repo was disabled.

bidomo 2011-05-20 22:36
Re: n900 Charging Problem
 
Same happens to me, totally charged with green light, disconnect charger, low batt sounds, waiting for a minute or so will show real battery remaining.

Recently installed catorize, would it have something to do?

kural7 2011-05-21 09:24
Re: n900 Charging Problem
 
i have no status bar battery display. i have no clue on high much battery i have left or what the current stat is. any ideas. any help will be great.


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