Has anyone had problems with the backup battery?

I have been using the axim for a good 4 months now, never ran out of main battery as I charge it all the time on the cradle. However, I took a biz trip recently and forgot the charger, so the main battery ran out after a few days. The horror begun when I return from the biz trip and plug in the axim to the cradle, the axim ask me to perform setup - ALL THE DATA WAS GONE!

I found that the backup battery - which is meant to keep all the data alive - is now 0%!!!! It was 100% a few days before!

The backup battery was factory default Duracell DL2032. I measured the voltage and it was about 2.8V but the current is down.

I have just bought an Energiser CR2032 to replace it. I hope it doesn't happen again.

One lesson i've learned is - BACKUP YOUR DATA REGULARLY!

Any comments anyone?

Cheers
Victor

The backup battery is not rechargable. Also the backup battery has one main purpose ... It provides just enough power to keep all your information intact for when you change out your main battery (swap with another one)... Even thou you think your Axim might be turned off its still on but running in a standby mode .. The little backup battery can't support the Axim for very long ...

Again just enough for the swapping of main batteries only ...

Unless you have a Casio EM-500. I let my main battery run flat on a few occasion and never once lost data or had to replace the battery.. Not sure what the difference is from a power consumption standpoint but I would have expected the Dell to use LESS power than the Casio. Yet I've already had to replace the Dell battery once.

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Don't forget your charger and/or spare battery. The back up battery is not expected to run the Axim for "days at a time".

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