morph Posted August 8, 2004 Posted August 8, 2004 Got and ipaq but every time the battery runs flat, it looses all its settings. Is there an internal battery that should hold these settings or can I only do this with the use of a secure digital (SD) card? Any help would be appreciated. Colin.
Service Engineer Posted August 8, 2004 Posted August 8, 2004 Sounds like you need a new Bios Battery. ........................................................ Dave Partridge (Romec Service Engineer)
morph Posted August 8, 2004 Author Posted August 8, 2004 In that case its been faulty since I bought it. Thanks Dave.
BUSTER Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 i've got a 4150 - it's just the same. Left it switched on in the car-lost everything but restored it all with active-sync backup Any comments / opinions posted are my opinion only and do not represent those of my employer or Company
morph Posted August 9, 2004 Author Posted August 9, 2004 I have now found out a bit more from an Ipaq dedicated Forum, apparently allthough the memory is battery backed, it will still loose the everthing. This is because once the main battery has run out, the internal battery is only designed to hold it it for a few hours basically enough time to get it back on charge. I new about activesync back up, but that not alaways possible if you are out of the office, does anyone know if you can save the back up on the SD card and then restore it from there? Colin.
norman Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 Hi Colin, I have a 2210 and there is no actual 'back up battery' as such, just a portion of the main battery assigned for back up purposes!! I have had the same problem when I returned from holiday this year . You can back up to SD card in the menu then restore from the same. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
morph Posted August 9, 2004 Author Posted August 9, 2004 Thanks Norman, Just as well HP dont do alarms then.
Service Engineer Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 How annoying, so these are designed with no means of backup, and dead battery means a loss of settings. I aint buying one then. ........................................................ Dave Partridge (Romec Service Engineer)
Guest Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 There's obviously something wrong somewhere, either you've got old PDA's or I'm lucky but on a few occasions I have left my PDA battery to run totally flat and not recharged for several\a few days and I've never lost anything.
Nova-Security Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 Got Ipaq 5555 same as Lurch left it for days (well lost it in the glove Box) recharge it and it was fine. Anybody know of software that our industry use that will go on a IPAQ, would love Galaxy Gold on it for programming links. I think technistore remote reset software is the only i have seen but dont need it, ARC takes care of resets. www.nova-security.co.uk www.nsiapproved.co.uk No PMs please unless i know you or you are using this board with your proper name.
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