Ipaq 4700 question

Hi,

I'm not sure my experience with my iPaq hx4700 agrees with the note below
about the internal battery. The main battery on my iPaq hx4700 is fine, but
the backup battery died many years ago. The unit functions just fine. The
main battery charges fine. But I know the backup battery is dead because if
I remove the main battery the unit loses all its internal memory and
settings. I'm not motivated to replace the backup battery. I have one but
I haven't installed it yet.

I only keep the iPaq hx4700 because I want to be able to run SeeYou Mobile
and Glide Navigator II on it when I need to support customers that use those
programs on a PDA.

I suspect that replacing the main battery will solve the problem with the
"dead" unit below. Or perhaps the unit is really dead (not battery
related).

I sell the Naviter Oudie 2, so I'm biased, but I can honestly say that I
highly recommend it. It is a great product. One feature I love is that it
has non-volatile memory. No data gets lost and nothing needs to be reset if
the main battery gets low. It just works. I also love that Naviter
stripped out all the Windows software. I used to spend a lot more time on
the phone helping customers work Windows CE on a PDA. That is not necessary
with the Oudie.

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
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On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 7:42:58 AM UTC-5, dogger wrote:
Hi Gents

I left my ipaq 4700 unplugged for a couple of years and now it seems to be

really dead. I plugged it in for a couple of days and hit the soft reset,

nothing, no light at the top. Is there anyway to revive this little guy?

Nick Kennedy

There is a battery INSIDE that keeps certain settings alive - one of the
settings is that battery can be charged using the plug, otherwise plugging
it into charger wont make any difference. Replace the inside battery and
then replace the regular battery at the back with one that still holds some
charge. Once powered up change settings to charge via the usb. Now you can
re-charge all of the other batteries that you thought are dead and
useless...