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Originally Posted by yakuza
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Originally Posted by Brad Adrian
It sounds as though you're leaving your Pocket PC turned on 24 hours a day, but if you set it to automatically power off if left unattended, you won't completely deplete the battery and you will be able to use it after days of lying dormant.
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I must have done that.
See, with Palms, all you do(on the Zire71 anyway), is press the magic button, and it conserves energy + saves state for many days, battery meter not even moving. With the PPC I'm guessing it was staying "on" and you cannot save state without draining the backup battery, is this all correct? |
No, the main battery is used to keep the Pocket PC's memory intact. When you press the power button on a Pocket PC, you're really just suspending it. When you press the power button again, your applications should be in the same state that you left them. Battery power is required to keep them in that state.
Even while suspended, the Pocket PC will turn on occasionally. For example, at midnight, it turns on to update alarms for the coming day.
Short of removing the battery (and losing your data), there is no way to actually turn a Pocket PC off.
Steve