battery indicator -- interesting?!

[joogi]

Recently, I realized the ZL battery indicator is not that accurate, or is there a problem with my battery?

I left my clie on the cradle to charge overnight, when I woke up I saw the orange light was off. When I turned it on, I saw the indicator showing a 92% charged! Then I tapped on it - switching from percentage to voltage... the number gradually increased to about 96%... weird..

I remember that when I first installed ZL not too long ago and had the battery fully charged, it showed me a 4.24 V. Until recently, I found that even the battery is fully charged, it doesn't show a 4.24 V, sometimes it's 4.00v and increased to 4.16 v after I tapped on the indicator!

So, is my battery dying?? I own this T665 for only a month!

Anybody has this kind of experience??

[Gustavo]

I have the same problem. One month with my T665, Zlauncher installed, and a very crazy battery indicator.

Sometimes, fully charged battery indicates 4.24v, sometimes 4.20v. In both cases, drops quickly to 4.16v. When reaches 3.92v, the indicator already shows 100%!

If don’t know if Zlauncher is the problem. I installed several battery monitors with the same results.

I’m learning to live with that, and don’t worry too much about the battery performance.

[Shadowhuah]

Try a hard reset. This fixed my battery problem. When I bought it (about 10 months ago) my battery charged to 4.27V. Two weeks or so ago, I realized it was only charging to 4.15 or 4.23. It was also draining a bit faster than norma. I was concerned about battery degredation (which it still could be), but the hard reset seems to have fixed the problem. So far so good.

[joogi]

... and the voltage actually doesn't equal to the percentage!
It could show me a 3.76v but a 63%

How do I backup all the programs/softwares before I do a hard reset?? sorry but I am new to the handheld world.

[Jake K]

Originally posted by Gustavo
I have the same problem. One month with my T665, Zlauncher installed, and a very crazy battery indicator.

Sometimes, fully charged battery indicates 4.24v, sometimes 4.20v. In both cases, drops quickly to 4.16v. When reaches 3.92v, the indicator already shows 100%!

If don’t know if Zlauncher is the problem. I installed several battery monitors with the same results.

I’m learning to live with that, and don’t worry too much about the battery performance.

Actually, any voltage above 3.92 will show a 100% charge. Try checking your battery with the indicator in the regular launcher that came with your Clie.

[Shadowhuah]

Your programs are backed up evertime you do a hotsync. ALso, fo to Palmgear.com and search for a program called syncall. This will insure all your databases are backed up when you hotsync.
Shadowhuah