06-05-2023, 04:00 PM
Can I come back to this topic for anyone who may shed some light on my situation? I have used the ppkb with the ppp and was very happy with it. Had worked out how to get the extra symbols without having to use userspace drivers etc and was very happy with the added capacity. I had some problems with receiving and making calls from suspend but this was working after a recent mobian update and just as I was preparing to daily drive the ppp I am unable to charge the ppkb. It seems to charge for a short second or two and then on sxmo it has a red indicator around the battery. It seems to charge the maain phone when the usb cable is plugged into the battery.
I have to admit I was using the usb port in the phone to use the convergence on my nexdock but have done this in the past with no problems particularly as megi and others have said this is no longer thought to be problematic, particularly if you do not use both usb ports at the same time. The only thing that I did not do was power off the ppkb using the side button, but I was led to believe this should not matter as all it does is lead to the ppkb battery being discharged unnecessarily.
In my mind it is either the charger chip that is broken or the ppkb battery has become too discharged (I say this as at times for a short second or two it looks like the ppkb battery is charging before it errors out - may that is a charger chip issue).
Any help gratefully received as at the moment just using the regular battery for the pinephone is not enough (although I could buy a few J7 batteries and get into battery swappage like in the old days) to daily drive the phone.
I have to admit I was using the usb port in the phone to use the convergence on my nexdock but have done this in the past with no problems particularly as megi and others have said this is no longer thought to be problematic, particularly if you do not use both usb ports at the same time. The only thing that I did not do was power off the ppkb using the side button, but I was led to believe this should not matter as all it does is lead to the ppkb battery being discharged unnecessarily.
In my mind it is either the charger chip that is broken or the ppkb battery has become too discharged (I say this as at times for a short second or two it looks like the ppkb battery is charging before it errors out - may that is a charger chip issue).
Any help gratefully received as at the moment just using the regular battery for the pinephone is not enough (although I could buy a few J7 batteries and get into battery swappage like in the old days) to daily drive the phone.
