iPod Electric charger

[eekhoornstaartlolly]

Hello everyone

I had this question in my head for a very long time, and I figured out... why won't i just put it in this topic.
when i bought the ipod I bought an electric charger (europ type). but since I have rockbox i can't use it anymore, any idea how this comes, are there any plugins? I'm gonna go on a long journey with no computers in the neighbourhood....and I'd like to use my ipod during that journey

thanks in advance

[ryran]

All of my wall chargers work just fine with my ipods, rockbox or not. So what's the problem? Why can't you use it anymore?

[eekhoornstaartlolly]

well whn I use it, the ipod shuts down, restarts as soon as the apple logo appearsa and shuts down again over and over again, with an annoying (and I think pretty dangerous) klikking sound

[Chronon]

http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=10572.msg80399

[eekhoornstaartlolly]

well it actually didn't fix the problem. I have the new rockbox version now and when I put in the charger (in the wall) it just starts up rockbox and drains my battery by letting the LCD lighting glow all the time...

EDIT: Wow it is actually freaking out... I watched the recharging progress closely and found out that my ipod discharges, and then recharges again, again and again...

you know the simulator, where the battery goes up and down all the time... well my ipod does the same.

so it aint' that bad after all, as I just need to pull it out on the right moment.

though the touchpad gets suspiciously hit after a short while.... probably the charger itself...will watch out with it

[Chronon]

The battery meter while charging is known to be inaccurate.  I think you need to remove the cable before Rockbox will give you an accurate reading.

Edit: I'm taking this statement from my time as a former iPod owner.  I looked for corroborating statements on the forums, but couldn't easily find any.  Is this still true?

[eekhoornstaartlolly]

A corroborating statement about the unaccurate reading of rockbox? don't know really :S

though thanks for the help, I will keep it in mind and plug it out a bit earlier before fully charged to make sure.

EDIT: BTW, my ipod is still acting strange.... i left it to charge and on the percentage of the battery, it recharged untill 77 % I disconnected it and when I restarted rockbox, it was on 56.... is this still because of the unaccurate reading?

[Chronon]

It probably wasn't actually at 77% when you disconnected it.  Any more detailed information should probably come from someone who has one of these players currently. 

[Sambolina3]

In my experience with the ipods is that its normal to plug them in and for the battery readings to continually fluctuate, they don't seem to become accurate until it is fully charged.

[dreamlayers]

I've never really paid attention to the battery meter when charging.  The battery voltage however is accurate, and it clearly demonstrates charging with lithium-based rechargeables.

[gnu]

[...] though the touchpad gets suspiciously hit after a short while.... probably the charger itself...will watch out with it

Check if the charger really delivers 5 Volts; does it get hot too with the OF?
It sounds to me as if the charger is faulty...