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Investigating the iPod USB charging bug
NiHaoMike:
As a temporary solution, put it in the debug menu as an entry to temporarily enable charging. I think it is annoying to those who want to be able to use USB for charging. Then it would be unlikely for a novice to accidentally enable it (since it is in the debug menu) and it cannot be left on accidentally since it resets on reboot. But someone who understands what that does can use it without having to compile firmware. (I doubt the average user knows how to compile firmware.)
gevaerts:
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on March 23, 2010, 05:39:56 PM ---As a temporary solution, put it in the debug menu as an entry to temporarily enable charging. I think it is annoying to those who want to be able to use USB for charging. Then it would be unlikely for a novice to accidentally enable it (since it is in the debug menu) and it cannot be left on accidentally since it resets on reboot. But someone who understands what that does can use it without having to compile firmware. (I doubt the average user knows how to compile firmware.)
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That's not what the debug menu is for
torne:
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on March 23, 2010, 05:39:56 PM ---As a temporary solution, put it in the debug menu as an entry to temporarily enable charging. I think it is annoying to those who want to be able to use USB for charging. Then it would be unlikely for a novice to accidentally enable it (since it is in the debug menu) and it cannot be left on accidentally since it resets on reboot. But someone who understands what that does can use it without having to compile firmware. (I doubt the average user knows how to compile firmware.)
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As a temporary solution, the releases boot to the OF on USB connection, which charges fine. The average user doesn't need to compile a patched build, because they are using the release.
NiHaoMike:
--- Quote from: torne on March 23, 2010, 05:52:38 PM ---As a temporary solution, the releases boot to the OF on USB connection, which charges fine. The average user doesn't need to compile a patched build, because they are using the release.
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Rockbox can already tell the difference between USB and a power supply, since it only reboots into disk mode if it is a USB port. So why doesn't it enable charging if it detects a power supply?
gevaerts:
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on March 27, 2010, 11:04:46 AM ---
Rockbox can already tell the difference between USB and a power supply.
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It can't. It can detect the difference between a port with an active host and a port without. The lack of an active host does not imply a charger.
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