Re: Battery Life

Hi,
I'm getting the impression that the LCD of my device is not really
switched off when I push the "power"-button. It rather seems to be just
blanked.
Has someone a hint what I could do to fix this?

Thanks!
Christian

Bob Davies wrote:

>Ok.. turns out my battery isn't dead.. I was just impatient in waiting for it to show a
>charge. I have a couple questions regarding power management in Familiar on iPAQs.
>
>1. What do the indicator lights mean in Familiar, or in the bootloader? Is a green
>light mean it's charging? I'm used to the blinking orange light on my 5450 and I think
>that's what throwing me off. Also, I'm seeing different lighting related to the WIFI as
>well. Is this stuff described anywhere?
>
>2. Does the darned thing ever shut off? The battery seems to continue to drain at
>normal levels even when the iPAQ is suspended (by pressing the power button). I
>validated this by checking the battery level settings icon, turning it off, and then
>checking it again after it being "off" for three hours or so. It had dropped by 60%!!!
>If not, what is the impact of extended (say, more than 15 minutes) removal of the main
>battery? I know in the PocketPC OS, 10 minutes or so and it's the same as a hard
>reset.. is it the same with Familiar? Will I lose everything other than the base image
>if I pull the battery when its not in use?
>
>I'm seeing the same issues related to returning from suspension and having the
>touchscreen not working. A soft reset fixes that, but you lose any data in apps you may
>have had open. The wifi is working very well for me, including 128bit WEP, non default
>channels and SSIDs.
>
>I just want to say a big thanks to all of you who have been working so hard on this.
>Those of us with 5000 series iPAQs salute you.
>
>Bob Davies
>Network Security Analyst
>Cinnabar Networks
>EMail: bdavies.a.t.cinnabar.ca Web: http://www.cinnabar.ca
>
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Received on Mon Nov 03 03:03:51 2003