2215 - When I power up it immediately shuts off?

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When I power up it immediately shuts off? But when I power up again it stays on... anyone else having this problem? :?:

[SHoTTa35]

have you done a soft reset yet? Then after that a hard if it still doesn't work (BACKUP FIRST) Has this always happened or just started.

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I have soft and hard reset. it has been doing it for about 2 weeks I think

[Steven Cedrone]

If it does it after a hard reset with no third party software loaded, you may have a bad device. I think it's time to make that dreaded call to HP...

Steve

[Gavin Henriques]

This problem has been discussed extensively here and on other sites. It appears to be a problem with the 2003OS. This is one of 3 problems I have noticed on my device. 1. 10 second shutoff if device has not been used in a while(>1hr). 2.Alarms do not wake unit up. 3. Slow power-up with CF Cards in place. All these problems seem quite common in the 2215 and I have read about other 2003 machines with similar difficulties(ie. iPAQ 5550). I am hoping that microsoft will release an update soon.

Again, I don't believe that any program is causing you problem. Do a search here and on brighthand to see all the complaints. Here it was under a thread for HP 1940...

[midtoad]

Hey, my 2215 is doing it as well now. I've only had it 3 days, and just noticed this behaviour as of late yesterday or early today.

another problem is that using the rocker's down-press in PIE jumps you ahead about 3 screensful while reading AvantGo sites, while the up-press moves you normally, up one screen.

cheers
Stewart in Calgary

[Mexico]

Same crap here... I'd been trying to identify the offensive software, but as you said, it may be PPC2003 itself. I might add to my list of incompatible software... :mrgreen:

[SHoTTa35]

Hey, my 2215 is doing it as well now. I've only had it 3 days, and just noticed this behaviour as of late yesterday or early today.

another problem is that using the rocker's down-press in PIE jumps you ahead about 3 screensful while reading AvantGo sites, while the up-press moves you normally, up one screen.

cheers
Stewart in Calgary

turn down the accelaration then... Start, Settings, Buttons, Up/Down Controls and change the repeat rates..... you just have what's called lazy fingers :) They don't respond as fast.

[midtoad]

hey, SHoTTa35, that works! Thanks for the tip. I had bumped up the repeat rate to about 2/3. Funny that the high repeat rate causes problems (no matter how quickly I press and release the down button, it still would jump ahead 3 screens) which the up button did not.

both buttons are working properly now.

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Thanks for all your replies.... The other problem I'm having is that the contacts in AF 5.0 take between 15-20 seconds to load when AF is first initiated..... I cannot believe that the 2215 with AF 5 is that slow!!

Anyone else seeing this?

[shipwreck]

Well, at least now I know that it's not just me having this problem. I hope it is only a software issue and not a hardware, I really hate dealing with tech support people :? It seems like this is a well known and widespread problem, does anybody know if microsoft has posted any info on it?

[shipwreck]

Well, good news, I got some advice somewhere else on this site (forget which thread) but I was told to do 3 quick soft resets right in a row, about 2 or 3 times a day for two or three days and that should take care of the problem. I dont' know why, but it did!!! My PPC hasn't shutdown on power on for about 3 days now. I dont know why this treatment works, but I'm glad it did.

BTW, I have a program called "Reset" on my PPC, it puts a little reset button on the bottom of the screen, makes rapid (or discrete) resets a lot eaiser.

[Steven Cedrone]

Well, good news, I got some advice somewhere else on this site (forget which thread) but I was told to do 3 quick soft resets right in a row, about 2 or 3 times a day for two or three days and that should take care of the problem. I dont' know why, but it did!!! My PPC hasn't shutdown on power on for about 3 days now. I dont know why this treatment works, but I'm glad it did.

BTW, I have a program called "Reset" on my PPC, it puts a little reset button on the bottom of the screen, makes rapid (or discrete) resets a lot eaiser.

Just make sure you grab a copy of CheckNotifications, (http://www.scarybearsoftware.com/ppc_cn_overview.html) with that many resets, your notification database is probobly huge!

Steve

[shipwreck]

will do. I never took that into consideration, but I've already got it downloaded, and I'm getting ready to install it.. Thx for the heads up :)

Well, I just installed it and ran the program, You were right, it was quite large :) problem solved now though.