Thanks for the reply. On Tue, 3 Jun 2008, Eero Tamminen wrote: > ext Andrew Daviel wrote: >> I read your post on maemo users re. startup when you say R&D mode "disables >> some battery checks." What checks are those? > > <AFAIK> > Battery type/safety ones, disabling them allows connecting e.g. > adjustable power source[1] to the device for RD purposes. I think > the checks are there so that device doesn't try to use a battery > that could be dangerous to the device or the user (I've understood > that bad counterfeit/forged lithium batteries could burn). > > [1] Industrial power sources naturally don't have these issues, but > then again, you really cannot call them mobile :-) > </AFAIK> I see in another forum that the third battery terminal is probably connected to a temperature sensor, and I presume this is what is disabled : http://www.electronics-lab.com/articles/Li_Ion_reconstruct/ > Device is not intended to be run in RD mode longer than is necessary. I've disabled RD mode and gone back to a hacked gainroot; I'd been thinking that setting RD in the Nokia flasher tool was somehow preferable to a user hack... -- Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
