Is there anyone from the #LinuxMobile #mobileLinux community living in Berlin with a working #Librem5 battery who would be willing to help me booting and updating my device once? Unfortunately my battery is dead and I haven't found out how to quickly get a new one - however IIUC it would boot without battery once updated to a newer firmware (https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-does-not-boot-without-battery/16954/11).
What is the issue exactly with the battery?
Does not charge? No LED light?
It could be that the battery is just too drained.
It can happen if the device is for a very long time without being charged.
If that is the case it might be possible to charge it via a regular USB 2.0 connected to like a laptop.
Just to charge it enough that later it can do PD again.
You will need a laptop and a USB-A to C cable to try that.
First you need to put the phone in flash mode:
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1 - Ensure that the phone is switched off.
2 - Turn all Hardware-Kill-Switches off
3 - Remove battery
4 - Hold volume-up
5 - Insert the USB-C cable: (red light blinks, no green light)
6 - Reinsert the battery: (red light is constantly on, the script will continue)
7 - Release volume-up
If there is a constant red LED on the Librem 5.
Then it is charging at 0,5A
Let it do that for like an hour. Just to charge the battery a bit.
Then connect it to the official charger.
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When you connect it to the official charger, you might need to press the power button for 20 seconds to get it to boot. As the previous steps put the device in flash mode.
If that is the issue (battery being too drained), this might help you get to a booting state and the battery charging again.
Let us know if this worked.
@rmader @agx
If you get it to boot we can check on the firmware :)