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UPDATE:
Well I posted this question in the HP forums... maybe they can shed some light... either way... here's more:
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I was told that maybe a hard-reset might solve these problems. I took the main battery out in the morning, when I came back from work I popped it back in and hooked up the AC adapter. Everything was reset to manafac. default settings and the battery started charging. I let it sit for a few hours then began setting things up. Unfortunately, the backup battery was still at 0%. (kept giving me warning every time I soft-reseted it) It took 2 more hard-resets before the backup battery finaly started filling up, and stopped at 50%. I still can't get it to fill past 50% no matter how many hours the AC adapter is plugged in. The amber light is solid (main battery is full) but does this light also monitor 'charging status' for the backup battery?
Fortunately, all my other problems havn't happened for the past 2 days, no crashing or hanging. Unfortunately, I think I spoke too soon because just moments ago I checked the Power settings (to see if the battery charge changed at all) and the iPaq frooze. Nothing would work, I was forced to hit the reset button again.
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Well, whoop-dee-doo, looks like things keep getting more interesting... :evil:
the 2210's seem to be having lots of problems, from the 12 pages of topics I read over at the HP boards... I can allways exchange this unit for a new one, but I have a very good chance of getting a new unit with other problems... or maybe even these again... It's realy scary how many people complain that they're on their 2nd or 3rd unit and the problems get worse (new problems or new problems added to the old) Obviously there are also those who say they got 100% bug-free models, but only time will tell...
As much as it hurts me inside, I may have to return this precious gem and wait a few months till they resolve all their problems... Rumor has it that the ROM may be bad in some units, or that there are some 'hardware issues' is some units... And no, these are not just PPC 2003 incompatibilities... that's a whole other story
I doubt anyone here can help me anymore... Just thought I'd let everyone know that this is turning from bad to worse.
Oh, my computer just crashed after I clicked Connection Settings in the ActiveSync's File menu too.. followed shortly by a system freeze on the iPaq... wow am I realy this unlucky? damn...
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well after throwing my iPaq into a drawer (in frustration) an hour or two ago... it seems the backup battery has made another 50% jump to 100%... So unless this PDA only has 0% , 50%, and 100% settings, I still consider this a problem. The unit was off and unpluged in the drawer btw.... Seems to have helped more than with the AC plugged in for some 6 hours...
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