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00:18.54int_uafreemangordon: no, I'll better ping here, not there :)
00:20.53int_uaMy second N900 just died (softwarely) after my father who uses it pulled off microSD card and battery while it was switching off. Just booted into ubuntu, checking it.
00:22.51int_uauboot just doesn't show power kernel and doesn't boot with the attached one
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06:39.14*** topic/#maemo-ssu is Maemo Community Seamless Software Update "CSSU" channel, http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_SSU | Known bugs: http://j.mp/communityssu-bugs | Channel logs: http://mg.pov.lt/maemo-ssu-irclog/ | Sources: http://gitorious.org/community-ssu/ | Latest version (testing): 21.2011.38-1Tmaemo5.1; (stable): 21.2011.38-1Smaemo4.1
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06:40.08DocScrutinizer05~batteryfaq
06:40.08infobotfrom memory, batteryfaq is http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Battery_Questions_and_Answers
06:49.00DocScrutinizer05kerio: can you check when infobot left chan?
06:50.50DocScrutinizer05nm, found it in chanlog
06:52.30DocScrutinizer05kerio: long story short - Openmoko EE got told from cell manuf (hitachi?) that keeping battery floating at charging end level will cause cell damage.
06:54.10DocScrutinizer05bq24150 seems to think alike, and stops charging when charging current drops under a certain threshold. If configured correctly, bq24150 restarts charging when battery voltage has dropped to a certain level which is maybe equivalent to ~85% of charge
06:54.54DocScrutinizer05alas with system drawing a considerable amount of power, the charging current will never drop under that threshold
06:56.53DocScrutinizer05plus bme also jumping up and messing up things: on my t900 (KP46) bme restarts charging every 240s iirc. duration is like 30s. I gather bme restarts charging and bq24150 end it on detecting end-of-charge current threshold tripped
06:57.44DocScrutinizer05(only when device idle and locked aka screen blanked)
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13:30.47ShadowJKcharger, charge meter, and bme, all have different methods and thresholds for what is full
13:32.26ShadowJKalso bme itself does fuel gauge metering (with a twist) mostly independently of "battery full" detection :)
13:41.40Palianybody who can help me with GIO?
13:41.42Palig_io_channel_new_file
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15:27.22Paliok, problem with gio solved
15:49.25kerioDocScrutinizer05: who should we trust? i vote we trust bq24150
15:49.43kerioDocScrutinizer05: otoh 85% kinda sucks :(
15:57.05kerioPali: btw, your thing works perfectly :)
15:57.17keriodoes anything *require* bme to start, during boot?
15:57.34Paliyes
15:57.51PaliI do not remember, but something like dsme...
16:05.37kerioPali: btw, how does bq2415x-charger deal with charge termination?
16:27.56DocScrutinizer51kerio: 85% seems what the designers evaluated as best value
16:29.21DocScrutinizer51actually they use a voltage level which incidentally corellates to roughly 85percent on our cell
16:30.19DocScrutinizer51I'd have to check if bq24150 allows config of that voltage level or if it's hardcoded
16:31.19DocScrutinizer51kerio: you're free to do what bme does and force bq24150 into charge mode every 240s
16:32.04DocScrutinizer51or maybe every 600s
16:33.14DocScrutinizer51or you live with it and get used to replugging USB 90min before you unplug and leave house. As replugging also restarts charging
16:34.46DocScrutinizer51look, there are contradicting goals: either treat battery as gently as possible or get a max charged battery at all times possible
16:35.54DocScrutinizer51if you keep backlight on you get 2nd behaviour since current never trips charge end threshold
16:36.17DocScrutinizer51with backlight off bq will eventually top charging
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16:49.10kerioDocScrutinizer51: my laptop can keep the battery at 100% :(
16:49.27keriomodulo laws of thermodynamics ofc
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16:52.51DocScrutinizer05so what?` reread my very last post, 2 resp 3  lines above this one
16:53.33kerioit doesn't destroy the battery!
16:54.05DocScrutinizer05it doesn't even run from battery when plugged to PSU
16:54.20DocScrutinizer05this is plain impossible for a phone though
16:54.33DocScrutinizer05since modem might eat up to >4A surges
16:54.45DocScrutinizer05nothing else but battery can handle that
16:54.58DocScrutinizer05that's why it basically runs from battery all time
16:55.05kerioDocScrutinizer05: hm, how quick is the handoff from PSU to battery?
16:55.12kerioit doesn't seem to cause problems
16:55.14DocScrutinizer05and plugging it to PSU just means battery gets charged
16:55.49DocScrutinizer05kerio: eh? please rephrase, as there's no such thing
16:56.15kerioyou said that once the battery is charged, the laptop runs straight from the PSU
16:56.44kerioso how can i unplug the PSU and not get a powercycle due to a "brownout"?
16:56.45DocScrutinizer05I said it rns from PSU as long as there is any PSU
16:57.02kerioi mean, it's really quick
16:57.06DocScrutinizer05because electric current is fast as lightning (literally)
16:57.34DocScrutinizer05and there are migic little things called diodes
16:57.39DocScrutinizer05magic*
16:58.10DocScrutinizer05and other stuff that isn't suited for a phone with an intended 14 days of standby
16:58.28kerio:(
16:58.37keriobut my laptop used to get 8 hours!
16:58.45keriothat's close to 14 days
16:59.18DocScrutinizer05so what? you'd kill Elop with a flying N900 if it couldn't ever get beyond 8h battery life
16:59.22kerioheh
16:59.29keriowhy elop? it wouldn't be his fault
16:59.51keriowtf is time_to_empty_avg?
17:00.25DocScrutinizer05time to empty battery on average power consumption as avaraged during last few minutes
17:00.41DocScrutinizer05or seconds
17:00.44kerioTTE now claims i'm getting a bit more than 15 days of standby right now
17:00.56kerioTTE avg is 13
17:01.16DocScrutinizer05I'm too tired for your trolling
17:01.20keriohaha now TTE avg is 66
17:01.59keriohrmpf, where's pali
17:02.13kerio206940 is *not* a sensible value for time_to_empty_avg
17:03.08DocScrutinizer05~207000/60
17:03.08infobot3450
17:03.17kerioit's either 2 days or 140 days
17:03.20DocScrutinizer05hmm, 0.3mA
17:03.39kerioi'm using about 12mA now, so it could be in seconds
17:03.58DocScrutinizer05meh
17:04.14kerioit's no biggie, i'll just charge it overnight
17:04.22keriobut i never saw those 14 days of standby
17:04.33kerio...maybe because i can't resist using it
17:04.52DocScrutinizer05of course not, since active times will come, while just you watched an idle time
17:05.11DocScrutinizer05the values are of last 5s
17:05.24DocScrutinizer05no matter if you read every 5s or once a min
17:05.35kerioah fucking whatsapp
17:08.47DocScrutinizer05actually the ONLY really reliable values of bq24150 are voltages
17:08.57DocScrutinizer05particularly EDV1 and EDVF
17:09.48DocScrutinizer05and as it happens those are exactly the two most important thresholds for system to take action and warn resp shut down NOW
17:09.51kerioi thought bq27200 was really good
17:10.08DocScrutinizer05it *usually* is
17:10.36DocScrutinizer05if you understand what those values realy mean
17:11.24DocScrutinizer05TTE is "**IF** your system would continue eating exactly as much power as during last 5s, it would drain battery in X minutes"
17:12.24kerioshutting down yappari made the TTE twice as long :D
17:12.28kerioi should probably shut down wifi too
17:12.32kerioand switch to 2G
17:13.06kerioi'm just kinda worried that, in 2G, it'll keep looking for my home network
17:13.20kerio(i have to go roaming in 2G)
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17:57.35ShadowJKThere's a different value for time to empty in standby, STTE
17:59.29ShadowJKalso a MLTTE, max load time to empty :)
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18:04.16keriowtf is max load?
18:05.12kerioPali: also the version check is *really* annoying! :'(
18:05.32Paliwhich version check?
18:05.35Paliwhere?
18:05.44kerioPali: in the battery applet
18:06.02kerioyou said it checks bme's dpkg version
18:06.05Paliand what is problem?
18:06.09Paliit is not working?
18:06.16kerioit's slow! :(
18:06.59Paliwhat? slow? speed of hildon-status-menu starting starting is same
18:07.20kerioit's really not
18:07.26kerioit visibly hangs, here
18:07.28Paliif not, then write program for testing...
18:07.41Palitry it on more n900 and show results
18:07.48kerioPali: what do you need the version for, anyway?
18:07.52keriohah, yeah right
18:07.59kerio...to be fair it would mean i'd have more n900s...
18:08.27PaliI need to know if new version of hald-addon-bme is started or not
18:08.49Palinew is that from bme replacement project
18:08.54keriohold on, i'm testing it
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19:27.06ShadowJKHeh, reading anandtech's article on intel's new enterprisey ssd
19:27.51ShadowJKintel's new method for mapping data is almost exactly the algorithm I thought up a couple years ago :p
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22:15.09DocScrutinizer05yoh
22:16.00DocScrutinizer05I wish I had more time, for ex. to try Pali's awesome new "bme"
22:20.23merlin1991first you need to guinepig the new testing which I should have built a day ago
22:20.32merlin1991looks where the time went
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