<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Starling 2 drone appears operational after crash but will not boot]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>Hardware:</strong> Starling 2, M23000003C7</p>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Software version:</strong> sdk-1.6.4, v1.9.21</p>
<p dir="auto"><strong>What I am trying to do:</strong> Boot up the drone after a crash.</p>
<p dir="auto"><strong>What actually happens:</strong> The drone does not finish booting. All leds turn on, but the drone is not accessable from <code>adb</code>. <code>lsusb</code>  reports the drone as:<br />
<code>05c6:900e Qualcomm, Inc. QUSB_BULK_SN:2622B903</code></p>
<p dir="auto">I used <code>qdl</code> to read the crash dump and after some digging I saw that the boot ended with the following lines:</p>
<pre><code>...
fpm8150a_s3_mmcx_sup_level: regulator get failed, ret=-517
pm8150_s3_level: supplied by pm8150a_s3_level
pm8150_s3_level_ao: supplied by pm8150a_s3_level_ao
pm8150a_s3_mmcx_sup_level: supplied by pm8150_s3_mmcx_sup_level
oledb: Bringing 0uV into 4925000-4925000uV
ab: Bringing 0uV into 4600000-4600000uV
ibb: Bringing 0uV into 800000-800000uV
pm8150a_s4_level: supplied by pm8150a_s3_mmcx_sup_level
fspmi spmi-0: pmic_arb_wait_for_done: transaction failed (0x3)SUBSYSTEM=spmi
DEVICE=+spmi:spmi-0
pm8150a_s4_level_ao: supplied by pm8150a_s3_level_ao
B #!1!
B #!1!
|*eN,0
...
</code></pre>
<p dir="auto">I'm not sure exactly what the problem is and if there is an easy fix. The board looks visibly unharmed.</p>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Steps to reproduce:</strong> Probably caused by the crash, but unsure.</p>
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