08-11-2022, 11:52 AM
Hi, @MarsColonist I have a Braveheart and I've been through the blunders of thinking it's dead and getting all disappointed. It's not dead. The thing is (and I don't know which version you have..) it discharges while turned off, in my experience. I'm currently charging my battery as we speak. To do that, I have an external battery charger (https://pine64.com/product/pinephone-battery-charger/). There are other ways to get it back up, someone mentioned JumpDrive... Check the wiki (https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_P...ly_drained) as this is a known issue. I think with further development (software?) this will get resolved.
And in order to properly charge it, it must be a high enough voltage... It took me forever to realize that I had to plug the cable into a wall adapter that would supply enough voltage. There's an adapter I received from Pine64 and I used that, plugging in the wall adapter --> to the cable --> to the external charger. But this is not the right way, because the wall adapter having multiple ports, splits the charge. It has to be 1 single-port wall charger (or female USB port) --> cable --> external battery charger.
The other thing I had to realize is that the light has to at least turn red (green is full charge), to indicate a charge. If the light is off, it is not charging! The solution is to get enough volts to charge it, because it won't take a 2 or 3 volt! I'm telling ya'll so you don't worry.
For the time being, my phone being a Braveheart, it's the only way I know to bring it back on from a complete discharge. I might figure out another way. TLDR the phone is not dead.
Also, on a new board, you have to install the OS. Insert a flashed SD card.
And in order to properly charge it, it must be a high enough voltage... It took me forever to realize that I had to plug the cable into a wall adapter that would supply enough voltage. There's an adapter I received from Pine64 and I used that, plugging in the wall adapter --> to the cable --> to the external charger. But this is not the right way, because the wall adapter having multiple ports, splits the charge. It has to be 1 single-port wall charger (or female USB port) --> cable --> external battery charger.
The other thing I had to realize is that the light has to at least turn red (green is full charge), to indicate a charge. If the light is off, it is not charging! The solution is to get enough volts to charge it, because it won't take a 2 or 3 volt! I'm telling ya'll so you don't worry.
For the time being, my phone being a Braveheart, it's the only way I know to bring it back on from a complete discharge. I might figure out another way. TLDR the phone is not dead.
Also, on a new board, you have to install the OS. Insert a flashed SD card.
