If Ringo will not turn on, sometimes it gets a little jammed somewhere.
You can try wiring vcc to the screen itself and that is enough to directly load Ringo.
It may be a capacitor or something that wasnāt properly designed maybeā¦
Let me know what occurs if resuscitation(something bypass?) doesnāt work for it.
There might be a more engineering term for this, but Iām a roboticist, so I only have fancy terms.
Thatās a very depressing way of looking at it, but yes - You are āmaking a shortageā.
The idea is to jump start the Ringo controller. If it turns on, then it should work properly again.
It could be tricking you. You may be loading your faultyware overtop of the loading screen. It might be on, but you canāt see it. You can try reloading the firmware and everything. Reflash an SD cardā¦
If it really is a power problem, you may have to keep looking for the right one.
Troubleshooting power is something I spend a lot of time on with a lot of different devices. When I discovered the screen solution, I was also shipping my Ringo out to circuitmess the morning after. I smacked the USB port off by accident. When I opened my Ringo for the first time, I didnāt notice the half soldered joint. Itās a common mistake in manufacturing for this port type.
I would pull out a battery and just connect the wires to different places until I see the Ringo load up from the loading blinker.
No, there is absolutely no need to short anything!!!
You will just damage it that way. Please, @8bitRobot donāt say things like that, that will just damage Ringo.
The first example was just to see if everything is working properly with the connection - now youāve just uploaded an empty firmware onto it.
What you need to do is go to Arduino, select Tools and set the Programmer setting to āRingo firmwareā.
would that work for the issue I have been having with my Ringo? I still cant make calls, even with sim cards that get great reception on other phones (GSM). I know you said it worked fine when I sent it in but im at the same point I was before
@jbach50 You can try, but it doesnāt seem like it would change anything.
The hardware you have is fine, but obviously the service around isnāt, or at least isnāt good enough for Ringo, which doesnāt have the strongest antennas.
But if you say that the reception works fine with every other phone, this should still provide at least somethingā¦ Itās all a mystery for now, unfortunately .
oh I know I know you guys did your testing and all night I appreciate everything you guys did itās probably the signal in this area because the one phone I have the SIM card in I was going to use is hit and miss some days too but it does work most times as you said itās got a weak antenna Iāve been using the Ringo for other things just like we had a blackout here for a day and a half it was a flashlight for a while but it was also all learning experience putting it together I love the kit Iām going to try some of the new ones when they come out
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