T5 Total Power Failure

[stevec]

This morning, my T5 wouldn't switch on, not with the power button or any of the hot buttons - nor would it reset. PANIC!!!!! :eek:

Plugged into the power and, after a few minutes, it started its warm reset routine and everything back to normal - except that the battery indicator show 0%. Five minutes later and it's up to 20%, so charging is under way.

It was fine last night. Anyone experienced this?

May be sudden battery failure, which will need a replacement - if so, any recommendations?

[frigo]

I had a similar thing a week or so ago. The morning after a full recharge my T5 wouldn't turn on. No buttons worked. I connected it to the juice and after a few minutes I saw the screen; abt 20% of power and charging. Fortunately, no data was lost, but in all, it seems pretty frustrating, especially as I've had the T5 for alittle more than a year.
Is that the battery dying?

[stevec]

Mine hadn't been charged for a day and was down to about 80% when I last used it yesterday evening - other than that, we seem to have had the same experience. My T5 is barely a year old, too!

Now fully charged and holding 100% - I'm going to keep an eye on the battery level for the time being. Could be a battery dying - I've ordered up a replacement (~£16 so not a big cost for a little insurance - better to have it to hand than having to wait a couple days if the existing battery dies totally).

[alex_el_leon]

Do you have install Palmary Clock ?

Do not put to accion "No Auto Off" ? Graffitti shortcut . 3

Excuse me my poor english hehehe!

Regards!

[stevec]

No Palmary Clock - nothing to interfere with the 3 min auto-off.

It's held its power at 100% for the past 6 hours, with just occasional useage. Strange!

[cheys0303]

I had a very similar problem, perhaps one morning a week I'd try to turn on my T5 to find the battery dead. After a few mins on the charger it would start without data loss, but the brightness slider would be all the way to the right. I narrowed it down to an overnight backup with Backupman. Perhaps it was crashing or similar, never did find the full cause, just set the backup to working during breakfast so I could keep an eye on it. Hmmm...

[GaryLim]

Did you have 2 alarms set to go off at the exactly the same time? Or did you have a program that is set to start the moment the palm is switch on *plus* an alarm. I noticed that when ever 2 events are set to trigger in the palm at the same time, it will freeze the T%. These combinations will stop the T5 in its tract and will require a reset to get it started or if not caught early will result in complete battery drainage.

GaryLim

[frigo]

This might be it, Gary. I can't recall just now if I had an alarm that night, but I definitely have automatic backup made every night and there could be some coincidence of these events.
I'll try to reproduce it.

[stevec]

No alarms were set on mine. However, since that one failure, it's been fine. I also now have a spare battery ready to install if it does happen again!!

[frigo]

I suspect my midnight backup might have coincided with some untimed alarm (going off at midnight too).

[dragonsgames]

I know it isn't the battery. The unit must have crashed somehow, and stayed on until the battery drained.

[stevec]

Well, two weeks on and it's been behaving itself power-wise. Still, I've now got a replacement battery for when the current one does fail ;)