**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Tue Dec 22 03:00:27 2020 Dec 22 08:09:52 Any smart folks in here at the moment :) Dec 22 08:10:22 I have an interesting usb port issue I'm trying to trouble shoot Dec 22 08:11:47 I had a successful usb port repair but been acting up and now doesn't charge. But will start the charging if the n900 is turned off and booting into that special charge only mode. Dec 22 08:12:40 have you tried different chargers and cables? Dec 22 08:12:57 However I wondering could this be software based? Since it still can start the charging process, but then goes into a gharge boot loop. Dec 22 08:13:08 hey clort, yeah Dec 22 08:13:28 running system needs power, so trickle charge doesn't work, if that's the situation Dec 22 08:13:43 but i'm not a smart person wrt charging Dec 22 08:13:55 high resistance of some pin? (ie. bad solder) Dec 22 08:14:25 When I plug one of those usb meters inline, it looks like it never figuring out what kind of charge to give it? PD ... Dec 22 08:15:02 clort thankfully I have an ext charger and 2 batteries :) Dec 22 08:15:09 KotCzarny interesting Dec 22 08:15:29 So do you think this could work at first then slowly break down? Dec 22 08:15:32 what is supplying power Dec 22 08:15:43 computer or dumb 5v charger Dec 22 08:15:54 maybe your power source is trying to do the negotiation Dec 22 08:16:01 clort I tried them all Dec 22 08:16:18 For away the computer was working. Dec 22 08:16:38 Then most only shutdown boot charge (or whatever its called) Dec 22 08:17:26 KotCzarny would you think reheating the solders could reflow for a better connection? Dec 22 08:19:13 The other choice is to try and move a tiny magswitch chip for the keyboard over to my 2nd parts board :( Dec 22 08:24:01 i'm not sure what to use n900 for now Dec 22 08:24:02 maybe you can try measuring reistance Dec 22 08:24:09 thinking maybe streaming webcap with battery backup Dec 22 08:24:12 to check if it's the case Dec 22 08:24:13 webcam Dec 22 08:25:01 clort: install oscp and use it as a remotely controlled audio player Dec 22 08:25:17 soon i will add tidal/spotify support ;) Dec 22 08:25:25 cool Dec 22 08:25:48 is it available for armhf / omap4 too? Dec 22 08:25:54 Yeah I think this usb meter can do that .. but honestly don't remember how Dec 22 08:26:23 clort: yeah, although i would have to update the repo Dec 22 08:26:41 for a quickie i can upload the binary somewhere Dec 22 08:26:52 or you can build from arch repo Dec 22 08:27:47 but I can share that it my semi working board shows dcp-1.5a usb2.0-hs, 5.1469v, 0.4494A, 2.3130W Dec 22 08:28:14 I'm charging it up to see what is the normal stats are Dec 22 08:29:06 without display n900 eats ~5-10mA Dec 22 08:30:13 with display on/audio playing its ~100-250mA Dec 22 08:30:15 yup thats what I have 05810.6mAh Dec 22 08:30:26 on a different screen Dec 22 08:30:34 on the meter Dec 22 08:31:31 I was thinking that maybe I could factory format the device and clean up any issue. But if its like you say then of course that would matter Dec 22 08:31:49 It's just very inconsistent in how it works Dec 22 08:32:50 that's really amazing low power Dec 22 08:33:08 with omap4 and kernel 5.10 i never get near that Dec 22 08:33:31 but it still has power when i wake up in the morning, so it's all ok Dec 22 08:35:28 yeah the n900 power usage can be pretty amazing at times Dec 22 08:36:05 it why I can still get more then a day of battery from a 1300 battery Dec 22 08:39:24 the sad part is all this work and tmobile is shutting down 2/3g in January So this may really be less a priority. Meaning I had to get a PinePhone to replace it till something better comes along Dec 22 08:39:56 Anyway thanks guys for giving me ideas and opinions appreciate it. Dec 22 08:39:58 shut down 3g eh so no gsm either? Dec 22 08:40:28 you can still use n900 for wifi calling maybe Dec 22 08:40:32 ie. sip/voip Dec 22 08:40:50 well some body was saying you could do some kind of business gsm thing Dec 22 08:40:55 is there some ez-pz sip call package for linux Dec 22 08:41:05 n900 has sip integrated Dec 22 08:41:08 cause i am too tired to learn sip Dec 22 08:41:10 but for consumers I think yeah, will see. Dec 22 08:41:17 hm Dec 22 08:41:24 so you just create sip account on n900 and it works Dec 22 08:41:31 sip on the n900 is super easy though Dec 22 08:41:46 and yup still can use my sip account Dec 22 08:41:59 sad that skype stop working Dec 22 08:42:42 But I do find the sip is a bit cpu intensive and that creates call quality issues Dec 22 08:43:08 Maybe on a fresh clean system it could be better, not sure Dec 22 09:33:37 oh, skype finally stopped working on n900? Dec 22 09:35:11 xmn: you might want to give droid4+leste a try by the way ... not that it is ready for daily phone use, but ... I think it's in the right direction at least Dec 22 09:43:53 bencoh are the pulseaudio mappings fixed up for droid4 so i can do microphone input now? Dec 22 09:56:20 clort: no idea tbh Dec 22 10:04:37 ooh 5.10 is on repo Dec 22 10:04:44 i'll be courageous with one device Dec 22 10:07:22 well i'm retardo with pulseaudio, so i have no mic in Dec 22 10:07:41 pulseaudio-- Dec 22 10:08:18 i can arecord with just alsa Dec 22 10:12:03 nice, got calls werkin with alsa Dec 22 10:23:48 :) Dec 22 10:30:45 also bencoh with xgamma, pulling down the blue gamma makes d4 have such a cozy mellow look Dec 22 10:31:00 greys are way off but oh well Dec 22 10:31:31 xcalib ? Dec 22 10:31:37 a shader that only selectively biases saturation of colors that arn't grey is available Dec 22 10:31:50 so you can alter color balance without messing up greys Dec 22 10:31:58 xgamma Dec 22 10:31:59 xcalib and icc Dec 22 10:32:13 idk that Dec 22 10:34:34 where do i get an ICCPROFILE for this display KotCzarny Dec 22 12:14:42 bencoh yeah, keeping an eye on maemo-leste. But not a fan of the droid and frankly not looking to jump from one old device to another slightly newer_but_still_really_old_device. I would image also it doesn't support 4g either ;). So with the PinePhone and there keyboard I'm hoping to capture some of the best usability of the n900. we'll see. And leste does run on the PinePhone. Appreciate the recommendation though, some great work being done Dec 22 12:14:43 on the droid4. **** ENDING LOGGING AT Wed Dec 23 02:59:56 2020