help!? my N810 seems dead(ish)

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On Dec 18, 2007 10:22 AM, Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa at nokia.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 10:19 +0100, ext Fr?d?ric Crozat wrote:
> > On Dec 18, 2007 8:54 AM, Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa at nokia.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 09:51 +0200, ext Tuomas Kuosmanen wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 20:56 -0800, ext Joshua Layne wrote:
> > > > > they have had warranty issues on it.  However, a brief search on google
> > > > > shows some fly-by-night places that have it for really cheap (like a few
> > > > > dollars), so I may just pick up a replacement and a spare for the office./;
> > > >
> > > > Beware that some of the cheap noname ones might have different voltages
> > > > - one of my 12V car chargers for example does not charge my N800 at all.
> > > > It charges 770's and phones just fine.
> > >
> > > That's weird - N800 and 770 have practically the same chargin interface
> > > - HW, SW and battery - and when doing idle chargin their current is
> > > comparable.
> > >
> > > Unless the N800 sw recognises the fake charger and simply refuses to use
> > > it :-)
> >
> > I object :)
> >
> > With my 770, I could use my Nokia 6021 charger ACP-7E (with the plug
> > adapter CA-44) nicely. Unfortunately,
> > it is no longer possible with n800, probably because the output power
> > of the charger is too low.
> >
> > A collegue is able to charge his n800 (and 770) with his 6230 charger
> > (ACP-12E) and the adapter.
>
> It depends also on the sw version you are running on the tablet.

At the time I did the test, it was OS 2006 on 770 and 2007 on n800.

> Different OS versions have different versions of charging sw.
>
> Anyway, it shouldn't fail silently, but show some message.

Yes, there was an error (not very explanatory IIRC). But it renders my
CA-44 adapter useless :( Sound like a regression for paying Nokia
customers..

-- 
Frederic Crozat


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