- Status Closed
- Percent Complete
- Task Type Bugs
- Category Music playback
- Assigned To No-one
- Operating System
- Severity Low
- Priority Very Low
- Reported Version Release 2.0
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FS#1630 - More Short Battery Life Info
My unit has NEVER gotten more than 1.5 hours before it
stops playing (can’t spin up drive). I’ve tried 3 sets of
batteries, all act the same.
Last night I charged it (archos firmware) for 12+ hours.
After around 3 hours I noticed it said “charged” but then
did it’s cycling thing and recharged. Anyway, I left it
charging.
Turned it on
7:40 100%
8:40 86%
8:55 76%
8:58 74% (stopped playing - drive can’t spin up - I
can hear it clicking)
Debug menu:
Graph showed a steady drain
Power status:
Battery: 5.09 V
External: .04 V (fluctuating - note: no charger
attached)
Battery level: 73%
Est. remaining: 543
I’m now charging it again via Rockbox firmware.
Debug menu shows:
Battery: 5.30 V
External: 5.40 V
I’ve charged the batteries in an external quick charger
too and it doesn’t seem to matter. My guess is that the
batteries are not really discharged, so recharging them
would be a bad thing. Yet, the drive isn’t getting
enough juice to spin up ? Any guesses ??
2003-08-19 20:27
Reason for closing: Rejected
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Your unit is clearly faulty. Return it for replacement or refund.
We can't make the software work
around faulty hardware.
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Are you saying you get the normal 8-10 hours run time when
using the archos firmware?
If not, why is this filed as a Rockbox bug?
No, even with the Archos firmware, it only plays about 1+
hours. However, Rockbox is saying I’ve still got 74% battery
life left.
Follow me on this …. if a unit is only usable from 100% to
74% (because there’s not enough juice left to spin up the
drive), then the 74% REALLY means 0% to me. In other
words, shouldn’t the scale represent “usable” battery life ?
Your unit is clearly faulty. Return it for replacement or refund.
We can’t make the software work around faulty hardware.
Done. Returned Archos, bought an iPod.
Hopefully Archos will get their QA act together.