help!

i bought 2 cheap axim X5's. got them, and there is no backup battery in them, although they both have main batteries.
so i got a sync/charge cable like this one:
http://snipurl.com/geqy

they both connect ok - and when they're connected, i can turn them on and go to options screen. the battery says it is charging, but it never seems to actually fill up. i left it on overnight and still nothing. whenever i remove the sync cable thingy, I can't turn them on.

most annoying..... anyone got any advice?

i think the battery has to have a certain percentage of charge in them to charge via usb

Quote:

We are Georgia Southern, our colors are blue and white. We call ourselves the Bald Eagles....we call our offense the Georgia Power Company, and that's a terrific name for an offense....and our snap count is "Rate Hike". We practice on the banks of beautiful Eagle Creek, and that's in Statesboro, Georgia...the gnat capitol of America. Our weekends begin on Thursday.....The co'eds outnumber the men 3 to 2....They're all good looking and they're all rich....and folks you just can't beat that.....AND YOU JUST CAN'T BEAT GEORGIA SOUTHERN -Erk Russell

 

Those backup batteries are really cheap and readily available. For instance the Axim X-5 takes a CR2032. They sell for around $4.00 and I think I got a 2-pack for around 5 or so.

Of COURSE I know what I'm doing... hmmm where's that smoke coming from?

I would not rely on the USB sync cable to charge your device...get a regular power supply instead...you are only asking for headaches when trying to charge it with the USB sync cable is it is very unreliable.

Thought of the day...

Some people are like Slinkies...
Not really good for anything,
but they still bring a smile to your face
when you push them down a flight of stairs.

The usb sync and charge cable is dependent on what kind of PC it's plugged into.

On my desktop it won't charge unless the PPC battery is more than ~60% full. On my Laptop it won't charge at all.

So if it's lower than that I have to plug the usb cable into either the car adapter or the wall wort-to-usb adapter to charge it.

thanks everyone - dunno if it's frowned on, but i found my old fuji camera charger does the trick with it. as does my mates casio cam charger!

now, to figure out how the hell to configure the wifi. my second post approaches......