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Hi,

Just wondering if this is normal. After not using my Tishiba e400 for
about a week the battery is completely empty and all settings are
lost, just my SD card keeps data. Even my PC doesn't recoginze it
anymore and thinks it's a new PocketPC. Before I bring it back to the
store I would like to know if this is normal behaviour.

Thanks for any info...

René Bogaers

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Rene Bogaers wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just wondering if this is normal. After not using my Tishiba e400 for
> about a week the battery is completely empty and all settings are
> lost, just my SD card keeps data. Even my PC doesn't recoginze it
> anymore and thinks it's a new PocketPC. Before I bring it back to the
> store I would like to know if this is normal behaviour.
>
> Thanks for any info...
>
>
> René Bogaers

Yes, the ram in the PPC is dependent on the batterie. Without the power, it
can't keep data and has to start all over. It's like the RAM in your
computer. It can't keep data in it without power and the PPC doesn't have a
harddrive, per se. I don't think data storage like SD cards are fast
enough, yet, to allow you to do the things you can on a PPC. It would be
nice to actually be able to "turn off" your handheld one day.

Ryan

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Bottom line there is that behavior is absolutely normal. The modus operandi
for pocket PCs is to keep them charged. The next best, is to keep frequent
backups. With a backup you could restore your device to the state it was in
at the last backup. That could have been the morning of the day you let it
run down or a week ago, depending on your backup schedule. One very useful
application is Sprite Backup. It can be set to automatically backup to an SD
card periodically. Mine is set to backup each morning at 4AM. It is set to
save two backups.

--
Sven, MS-MVP Mobile Devices
"DarkSheer" <rdettl__@__dundee.net> wrote in message
news:TK2dnZlkSsvRCyXdRVn-ug@dundee.net...
> Rene Bogaers wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just wondering if this is normal. After not using my Tishiba e400 for
> > about a week the battery is completely empty and all settings are
> > lost, just my SD card keeps data. Even my PC doesn't recoginze it
> > anymore and thinks it's a new PocketPC. Before I bring it back to the
> > store I would like to know if this is normal behaviour.
> >
> > Thanks for any info...
> >
> >
> > René Bogaers
>
> Yes, the ram in the PPC is dependent on the batterie. Without the power,
it
> can't keep data and has to start all over. It's like the RAM in your
> computer. It can't keep data in it without power and the PPC doesn't have
a
> harddrive, per se. I don't think data storage like SD cards are fast
> enough, yet, to allow you to do the things you can on a PPC. It would be
> nice to actually be able to "turn off" your handheld one day.
>
> Ryan
>
>

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.pocketpc (More info?)

Because you didn't keep the battery charged you lost the memory contents. If
you read your manual it will explain this, and you may find some other
important or useful things.

Some machines have utilities that copy the contents to a memory card shortly
before the battery dies, I don't know if your machine comes with one but
there may be ones that others can suggest that you could buy in case you
don't keep your battery charged. Better yet keep it charged. The pda warns
you when the battery gets low- don't ignore this warning unless you want to
lose the contents again (but this warning is given in loads of time).

"Rene Bogaers" <rbogaers@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
news:q8hgb01mrvahlfpr4188qklj4fmd54rnvr@4ax.com...
> Hi,
>
> Just wondering if this is normal. After not using my Tishiba e400 for
> about a week the battery is completely empty and all settings are
> lost, just my SD card keeps data. Even my PC doesn't recoginze it
> anymore and thinks it's a new PocketPC. Before I bring it back to the
> store I would like to know if this is normal behaviour.
>
> Thanks for any info...
>
>
> René Bogaers

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