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Hi Guys,
Has anyone out there experienced a problem with appointment reminders killing the battery? My Axim was fully charged and in its case for 3 days and I opened it up today to a dead battery and a nearly dead backup battery. A tech at Dell told me that an unacknowledged appointment will blink the power button LED until the unit is dead. Has anyone else experienced this? Doesn't this seem link an idiotic feature? Is there a way to keep a reminder on an appointment, but turn off the LED notification? Thanks. | |||
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I think there is a feature where you can turn that off. hold on i'll re post
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My Setup: X5 Advanced PXA250 (had it for a while) 400mgz ROM A05 256MB Simpletech SD Card Truemobile WiFi Card Rhino-Skin Aluminum Case Belkin Clear screen overlay Update from dell my mm2003 shipment has been delayed until 9/19!!! Still Waiting.... |
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Go to settings, sounds and notifications, select the notification tab at the bottom. On that screen, use the pull down menu to select reminders, unclick the "flash light" option.
I think that should do it. | ||||
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Hey what rom update do you have. If its not a03 then upgrade to it. I think that they fixed that in an upgrade somewhere. I used to have that problem but then it went away. I don't know what I did to rid myself of it. Hope that helps. Otherwise I bet there is a third party software that will stop the power led from blinking.
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CMMS_AXIM
My Setup: X5 Advanced PXA250 (had it for a while) 400mgz ROM A05 256MB Simpletech SD Card Truemobile WiFi Card Rhino-Skin Aluminum Case Belkin Clear screen overlay Update from dell my mm2003 shipment has been delayed until 9/19!!! Still Waiting.... |
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I think that is what I was talking about in my first post. But that might be the screen that you stop from flashing not the led light at the top. I just had my lunch reminder come up and my led flashes even though i have that turned off. hmmmm..... I guess that is something they need to fix. I do remember removing reminders that I always missed out of my ppc because they would drain the battery.
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CMMS_AXIM
My Setup: X5 Advanced PXA250 (had it for a while) 400mgz ROM A05 256MB Simpletech SD Card Truemobile WiFi Card Rhino-Skin Aluminum Case Belkin Clear screen overlay Update from dell my mm2003 shipment has been delayed until 9/19!!! Still Waiting.... |
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Thanks Guys!
I have the dreaded PPC 2003 Version 4.20.1081 (Build 13100) It is slow sometimes, but I can live with it until the tested and debugged patch is released. The flash light option was turned on for notifications, but limited to 10 minutes. I really don't see how this could have killed it. I'll have to keep an eye on it now and make sure my battery is holding up properly. | |||
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You may want to set your Axim so the buttons on the front bottom do not turn on the unit. Both me and a friend of mine had a similar problem. We think the unit was getting turned on while in the case and in our computer bags. Anthing pushing the buttons will turn it on. Once it turned that off things got better.
However later mine died and the backup battery died with it. It got worse such that my unit would only work with the charger. Dell replaced the main battery under warranty and that part works OK now. I am having a lot of grief with Activesync, but that is a different topic. I have not had a battery problem since getting the new battery and disabling the power on feature for the shorcut buttons. | |||
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i had the flashing light proglem also. Cleared all reminders, etc, but it still flashed green. I did a soft reset, and it stopped...
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My wife said, either that Dell Axim goes or I do!. I said "I'll miss you!!!"
I have: Axim 400,Rhino Skin Leather case, Home network: Lynksis wrt54g,wpc54g,wcf12, 1 Dell lattitude,1dell insperioin, 3 dell Dimension desktops and good 'lle Axi. |
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