iPAQ 4150 data loss when battery discharges
by oneafrikan on March 21, 2005
On Saturday I opened up the case enclosing my iPAQ 4150 to have a look at some dates ahead in the calendar, and I got a pretty scary surprise.
It didn’t start. At all.
Nothing – nothing with the power button top-middle of the device, neither the reset button on the side of the device, so I panicked a little – I have quite a lot in that little machine, and I also knew that any restoring of data etc would be a long process.
Anyways – even though the PocketPc was in it’s sturdy little aluminium case the whole night, something must have caused it to discharge, and when it discharges completely, you lose everything.
In a way it’s a good thing, as I can now install a ROM update, a WLAN update and can do a fresh install / update of some of the apps I’ve been using for a while now, including:
Developer One Agenda Fusion
SPB Pocket Plus
Skype
Adobe Acrobat Reader for Pocket PC
MSN Messenger
VodaFone Connect Me!
I’m still battling to get the Bluetooth / PDA thing working with my Sony Ericssen K700i and Bluetooth, which is a perhaps blessing in disguise cos if I could get it working, then I’d be using the net connection all the time, and that’s not necessatily a good thing ;-)
So, lessons learnt are:
- backup PDA and Outlook regularly, and make sure you backup onto a reliable machine
- don’t put your PDA in a situation where it can be discharged without your knowing
- keep your licenses for the software you install on your PDA handy
- get friendly with your PDA, so that when things do go pear shaped, you know how to get things back up quickly – ie. no 2 hour long support calls
2 comments
I don’t understand how any company in this day and age makes a device which doesn’t protect the data.
My >12 year old Apple Newton rocks to this very day, I have NEVER lost any data on this PDA.
Further, my Casio PDA, Had two batteries, one for main power and one for power backup when changing the main battery.
I never lost information from this device either.
Maybe purchasing a better PDA (iphone,etc) might be better, some companies just don’t get it.
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