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mplough
10-29-2003, 10:25 PM
Well Sunday I purchased the e405 from Circuit City. I took it back to the Hotel and plugged it in. In 45 minutes it was finished though I decided to leave it pulgged in overnight.
Monday I used the device with medium backlight for 5 minutes around 9:00AM. I looked at the device again at 12:00PM and it was down to 84%!
Played Media Player with medium sound from 12:00 until 12:20. I checked the battery level again at 5:00 PM, 53%!!!!!
NOT ACCEPTABLE!
I recharged and did a hard reset and tried again Tuesday, almost the exact same results. Yep...It went bak Tuesday afternoon.
I hope this isn't a view of what the e800 is going to be like, especially considering that WIFI will suck up a bunch of juice!
Mike
UberGeek
10-30-2003, 12:12 AM
You must have had a defective unit.
When I read your post I thought I would try the same thing on my e405.
I fully charged the battery and loaded a music clip into main memory.
It's been playing a 128kbs WindowsMedia music file for over 40 minutes with the backlight set at the halfway mark and the volume at about 3/4 on the built in speaker.
The battery meter shows 94% remaining.
Did you have a SD card in the PDA ?
SanDisk SD cards will KILL your battery life.
mplough
10-30-2003, 05:00 AM
No,
No SD cards. Very strange!
spursdude
10-30-2003, 07:37 AM
Did you get a replacement unit, or did you just get a refund?
Thinkingmandavid
10-30-2003, 11:29 AM
Have you tried going to another store such as best buy or comp usa? I say that because like he said it sounds like a bad unit, but maybe that store has recieved a bad batch. It may sound far fetched but just to be on the safe side so you dont have a bad experience.
mplough
10-30-2003, 01:52 PM
No they didn't have any more units. I will be going home today and will probably get on from Best Buy. I let yous guys know what happens.
Mike
mplough
10-31-2003, 03:36 AM
TEST #2:
New unit, different store, different city!
Plugged unit in at 7:51 pm, at 8:20 pm states that it is fully charged as did the previous unit. Loaded the same default mediaplayer video at 1 notch below 1/2 way on the backlight. Volume at 1/2, set for repeat and after 20 minutes the battery is down to 61%.
Folks, that is PATHETIC!
Neither unit actually charged to 100%. Both only go as high as 99%.
Think I need to go for the iPaq!
Kati Compton
10-31-2003, 04:00 AM
TEST #2:
New unit, different store, different city!
Plugged unit in at 7:51 pm, at 8:20 pm states that it is fully charged as did the previous unit. Loaded the same default mediaplayer video at 1 notch below 1/2 way on the backlight. Volume at 1/2, set for repeat and after 20 minutes the battery is down to 61%.
Folks, that is PATHETIC!
Neither unit actually charged to 100%. Both only go as high as 99%.
Think I need to go for the iPaq!

Sometimes the directions say to charge for 4 hours even if it says it's done. Perhaps that is part of the problem? People debate whether or not it's truly necessary.
mplough
10-31-2003, 04:08 AM
Well the first unit charged overnight. However, the first unit went 'green' after 45 minutes.
Kati Compton
10-31-2003, 04:10 AM
Well the first unit charged overnight. However, the first unit went 'green' after 45 minutes.
Ah - I misread your post. Sorry. Perhaps the 2nd unit was a return because the previous person didn't charge it right? It would be a strange coincidence, though.
mplough
10-31-2003, 04:51 AM
No, it was a sealed unit. I did however recharge the battery. When the light turned green I left the unit plugged in and did a hard reset, It charged for another 20 minutes before going back to green. Now the power meter is at 100%.
Hmmmm....looks like the battery meters are lost when new.