[ntractv]

Originally Posted by taxlax

Is there any way to prevent it from turning on at midnight?

No way to turn off that I'm aware of. I think it's in the PPC OS on all devices to turn on check at midnight.

[ntractv]

Originally Posted by taxlax

Is there any way to prevent it from turning on at midnight?

No way to turn off that I'm aware of. I think it's in the PPC OS on all devices to turn on check at midnight.

[Sven Johannsen]

Just been playing with my Jornada with an Orinoco in it. Have you looked at the AS settings? Specifically on the Schedule Tab (Tools/Options). Anything checked there? Shouldn't be. I set the second check box to 5 min, and my Jornada is sitting here turning on, and firing up the radio, every five minutes. It hasn't managed to get a sync going, except when it was already on when the 5 min came around, but it is turning on every five minutes and staying on for almost 5 minutes (on battery power setting).

The Orinoco also has a "Suspend while connected" setting. I suppose if that wasn't checked, if it turned on, it wouldn't turn off until it drained the battery.

Lots of settings that could be hurting, I'd guess. I don't believe there is a way to turn off the midnight houskeeping, but there are ways to ensure it doesn't stay on to long after that, or turn on other times.

There is also a 'Keep power for CF Card' (when device is off) check box on my Jornada. I'm sure that doesn't affect you, but I can imagine it wouldn't do me any good if there is a GPS or network card in my slot when i think the device is off.

[barky81]

Yes, and the simple solution to test/verify this issue is to install an uptime tracker, such as this Uptime Meter Today Screen Plugin.

Reset the counter after your last charging session of the day, and then check it first thing in the morning (or you could simply check it every hour, obsessively, as "some one I know" has been known to do :roll: )

Originally Posted by Janak Parekh

Yes, but it shouldn't be 50% per day. On my 3650 it was about 10% per day. I easily lasted a weekend without a single recharge.

taxlax, it's more likely what Sven mentioned is happening: that your iPaq is staying on when it turns on at midnight to rotate appointments and stuff. You should check at that time. Some applications force the unit to stay on if they're left running.

--janak

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