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gohan2091	2010-12-25 , 02:52
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Just recently, when my n900 battery is in the red, I will plug the charger into the wall and n900, a message will come up saying "charging" and my battery icon will start animating yet when I remove the charger at a later time, the battery has not charged at all and remains almost drained.

This does not always happen bu it's starting to annoy me. Any ideas?

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RockCreek1	2010-12-25 , 03:17
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This has happened to me on occasion. Don't know what the problem is, but it seems to solve itself by my plugging the N900 into a different outlet. I'd be interested to know why this happens, as well.

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gohan2091	2010-12-25 , 03:21
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Originally Posted by RockCreek1

This has happened to me on occasion. Don't know what the problem is, but it seems to solve itself by my plugging the N900 into a different outlet. I'd be interested to know why this happens, as well.

Tried a different outlet and even a different house, no difference. Sometimes it's fine charging, other times, I've wasted a few hours thinking it's charging when in fact it's been draining further...

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retsaw	2010-12-25 , 05:02
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I can't really be sure what is causing your problem, but battery charging on the N900 is software controlled so it is possible it will be fixed by reflashing, before reflashing you can try just reinstalling the packages related to battery management

Code:

apt-get install --reinstall bme-rx-51 hald-addon-bme libbmeipc0

I doubt reinstalling those packages will fix it but shouldn't hurt, so is worth a shot. There is also the possibility that it is hardware related, maybe a dodgy charger, it is worth trying different charger if you can.

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geneven	2010-12-25 , 05:32
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You won't have this problem if you get a separate charger. Of course, you have to be able to afford about $10.

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gryedouge	2010-12-25 , 05:33
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I had a similar problem, re-flashing solved the issue.

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obhishap	2011-04-04 , 16:36
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Originally Posted by retsaw

I can't really be sure what is causing your problem, but battery charging on the N900 is software controlled so it is possible it will be fixed by reflashing, before reflashing you can try just reinstalling the packages related to battery management
Code:
apt-get install --reinstall bme-rx-51 hald-addon-bme libbmeipc0
I doubt reinstalling those packages will fix it but shouldn't hurt, so is worth a shot. There is also the possibility that it is hardware related, maybe a dodgy charger, it is worth trying different charger if you can.

when i try to reinstall bme i get this

"Errors were encountered while processing : account-plugin-salut
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)"

Any idea guys ? thanks