Power Light Flashing Amber and Green

Tzvi · 10-25-07, 01:01 PM

When I place my Axim X50v in its cradle the power button constantly flashes Amber, Green, Amber, Green, Amber, Green....

I have tried another cradle and had the same issue. I have changed batteries to no effect. I can find no documentation as to what this means.

I have no notifications waiting.

Does anybody know what this might mean?

--Tzvi

Don't Panic! · 10-25-07, 01:10 PM

Sound like your Wifi is turned on. Click on the little icon in the lower right corner of your screen and turn it off.

Tzvi · 10-26-07, 10:03 AM

Nope. Wi-Fi isn't on. Besides that would cause the wireless light to blink, not the power button. Plus, it would flash all the time then, not just in it's cradle.

--Tzvi

Don't Panic! · 10-26-07, 10:32 AM

I did a little more research and found that this has happened in the past to a user with an X30. Evidently this means that your backup battery is critcally low. Or from an old thread here it could mean your battery cover is not locked properly. Do you have a different battery you could try charging?

Tzvi · 10-30-07, 12:44 PM

I have tried a diffrent battery. Same thing.

Well so far it is having no adverse affect that I can see, so I am just going to leave it be.

Thanks for everybody's help.

--Tzvi

AKAJohnDoe · 10-30-07, 01:45 PM

The backup battery is usually one of those button batteries, and is not easily usually user-replaceable. If it goes completely flat, your PDA will hard reset when you change the main battery.

Tzvi · 10-31-07, 02:48 PM

Can't be the backup battery then. I have removed the standard battery several times and when I put it back in I just get the message of the battery door being open.

I have also tried hooking it to just the power cord (with the Dell supplied adaptor) and I still get that blinking light. So, we can definitely rule out ActiveSync doing anything.

--Tzvi

dragonluo · 11-02-07, 11:29 AM

it happen in mine sometimes too.what the hell is going on !!

bigtsr · 11-02-07, 09:12 PM

Well I was going to say the back up battery also as I have
seen posts telling the same symptoms.
You realize the 50 has a second button battery inside the case
that's what was being referred to in the previous post.
When you get the message " I just get the message of the battery door being open" that would be the latch switch when you lock the battery door
it's either bad or the leg on the lock actuator is bad.

jcl945 · 11-07-07, 04:51 PM

I have had this problem for months. My battery will not charge while this is happening. It will say that the battery is at 100%, but it is not. The only way I can every to get it to stop doing that, is either press really hard on the battery door, or take it apart and scrub out the battery pins with an electronics cleaner, neither of those methods fix it very long, but I believe the battery is not connecting correctly.

dingospoon · 11-27-07, 10:59 AM

I'm having this problem too. While my axim is in the cradle, if I push down and back on the top of the pda the light stays steady, when I release, it returns to the steady flashing. My battery slowly charges when it is in this state, takes over a day sometimes. I think the contact between the cradle and pda is bad, but it syncs correctly.