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Baldlygo Regular Visitor
Joined: Jun 15, 2004 Posts: 73 Location: Shropshire(UK) - Welsh Border
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 11:24 pm Post subject: Drat drat drat - done it again! |
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OK - just did not use my Ipaq PPC for 3 weeks and then found it completely dead. Why o why should this happen? I suppose I did have a better backup than last time it happened - but still I lost various bits done recently. |
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Synth Regular Visitor
Joined: May 14, 2005 Posts: 78 Location: Perth, WA, Australia
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 12:40 am Post subject: |
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Did you let the battery go flat? |
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Crocodile Regular Visitor
Joined: Jun 06, 2004 Posts: 196
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 7:38 am Post subject: |
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There is no long term backup battery in an iPaq so flat battery = hard reset = no data. If you know the iPaq is going to remain unused for a period then it needs to be charged regularly - even if it's just sitting in a draw. |
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Baldlygo Regular Visitor
Joined: Jun 15, 2004 Posts: 73 Location: Shropshire(UK) - Welsh Border
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 8:20 am Post subject: |
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Yes - a very very flat battery - an a very very empty Ipaq Ironically this followed a spell where I was getting much more confident in what I could do with GPS - trying out different progs etc. - now kick in the teeth - 2 steps forward 4 steps back.
So must remember to keep PPC on charge ALL the time. |
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oddsock Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: May 01, 2004 Posts: 706 Location: Monmouthshire
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 9:03 am Post subject: |
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Baldlygo wrote: | Yes - a very very flat battery - an a very very empty Ipaq Ironically this followed a spell where I was getting much more confident in what I could do with GPS - trying out different progs etc. - now kick in the teeth - 2 steps forward 4 steps back.
So must remember to keep PPC on charge ALL the time. |
Or you could buy Sprite Backup Premium Edition and kiss all your troubles goodbye as you can confgure it to backup at a preset time each day! So no excuse for being forgetful :o
Dave |
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oddsock Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: May 01, 2004 Posts: 706 Location: Monmouthshire
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 9:22 am Post subject: |
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What I forgot to add to my previous post was ..It will also perform a backup at a pre determined level of battery discharge (when used in conjunction with battery monitoring)..
Dave |
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Baldlygo Regular Visitor
Joined: Jun 15, 2004 Posts: 73 Location: Shropshire(UK) - Welsh Border
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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You make that sound very good oddstock
Can it backup everything to the Storage card and recover it from there as well when recharged? In other words can it recover without the PC? The async backup seems to be about 6Mb |
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oddsock Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: May 01, 2004 Posts: 706 Location: Monmouthshire
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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Baldlygo wrote: | You make that sound very good oddstock
Can it backup everything to the Storage card and recover it from there as well when recharged? In other words can it recover without the PC? The async backup seems to be about 6Mb |
In a short word "Yes" It's definately a "must have" piece of software It's got me out of trouble too many times to mention
Dave |
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oddsock Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: May 01, 2004 Posts: 706 Location: Monmouthshire
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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I paid $10 as an upgrade to my ipaq .Read about it here
Dave |
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