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NAME

       bcharge - program to set BlackBerry handhelds to 500mA

SYNOPSIS

       bcharge

DESCRIPTION

       bcharge  is  a program that sends a special handshake to all BlackBerry
       devices it finds on the USB bus.  This handshake causes the  device  to
       reset  itself, and then request 500mA instead of the usual 100mA.  This
       allows proper charging on Linux.

       It is safe to run this command  multiple  times,  as  it  only  changes
       devices that are not already set to 500mA.

OPTIONS

       -o     For  Blackberry  Pearl devices, using this switch causes bcharge
              to set the Product ID to 0001.  Otherwise, the default is to use
              Product  ID  0004.   When  the  Pearl  is  in 0004 mode, two USB
              interfaces are presented: one for database access  and  one  for
              mass  storage.   In  0001  mode,  only  the  database  access is
              available.

              Before bcharge is run, the Pearl shows up with a Product  ID  of
              0006, which only gives mass storage functionality.  You must run
              bcharge for the Pearl before using btool.

       -d     Again, this switch is for the Blackberry Pearl to switch it back
              to  0004  dual mode after having run bcharge with the -o option.
              Since a Pearl in mode 0001 is practically indistinguishable from
              a  classic  Blackberry,  the -d switch is needed to tell bcharge
              that you really are working with a Pearl.

       -h     Help summary.

       -p devpath
              If your system runs a  kernel  with  CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND  enabled
              (some Ubuntu kernels have this turned on, as well as some Fedora
              7 kernels), then you also need to adjust the  suspend  state  to
              avoid  going  into  power saving mode.  This option is used when
              run from udev, using a rule such as:

              BUS=="usb",       SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device",        ACTION=="add",
              SYSFS{idVendor}=="0fca",               SYSFS{idProduct}=="0001",
              SYMLINK+="bb-%k",         GROUP="plugdev",          MODE="0660",
              RUN="/usr/sbin/bcharge -p %p"

              When  using this option, you will almost always need to be root.

       -s path
              Specify the mount point  for  the  sysfs  filesystem.   On  most
              systems this is mounted at /sys which is the default.

AUTHOR

       bcharge   and   this   manual   page   were   written   by  Chris  Frey
       <cdfrey@foursquare.net> for the Barry project.

       http://www.netdirect.ca/software/packages/barry/index.php

                                August 17, 2007