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03-20-2003, 10:39 PM	#1
cretan Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: florida Posts: 8	my battery says 1800 cycles and 10% degradation My NZ90 is only a week old with 3 or 4 recharge cycles and the batter gauge says 1800 cycles with 10% degradation! What gives? How do I get it to read the normal number of cycles (perhaps 4-6 ) instead of 1800?? Should the battery be 10% degraded so soon? __________________ cretan

03-20-2003, 10:44 PM	#2
n2ifp Retired Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Manchester, NJ Posts: 12,444	Seems like batteries have been a big issue with the NZ. You shouldn't have 1800 cycles yet, have no clue what casued it nor do I know if it can be reset. __________________ Cheers! Larry Winward T\|T3 + SE T610 + SE HBH-65 = BT Heaven!

03-21-2003, 12:00 AM	#3
oneeyesquare One kiss away Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 741	I think the bigger problem has been people's expectations coupled with more battery info. I get substantially better battery life with my NZ than my NX. Surf longer and take much nicer pictures with the added bonus of a flash...So many people expect far toomuch out of the battery. Whether there is a software glitch in the camera app remains to be seen. I suspect it is intended more as a limiter rather than glitch. My battery works fine and has increased in performance. Cretan, I'dtake it back. That sounds messed up.... __________________ Single file line please,ladies...

03-21-2003, 01:15 AM	#4
Hong Kong Nick Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 92	No matter the quoted problems, queries over battery life, whining, laughing from other Clie / PPC owners etc etc, 1800 cycles and 10% degradation over 1 week is NOT RIGHT! Take it in and get it changed. Don't take any sh*t from where you bought it from. At 1 week, I was on about cycle 4 ... naturally, 0% degradation ... Go and get it changed. NOW. Nick

03-21-2003, 01:21 AM	#5
aaronrkelly Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Moravia, IA Posts: 465	I agree, doesnt sound right and I wouldnt take chances with a 1 week old device. __________________ Aaron R Kelly aaronrkelly@hotmail.com

03-21-2003, 01:36 AM	#6
Eduardo Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: France Posts: 52	There is a procedure in the documentation of your NZ that talks about crazy readings with the battery indicator. If I remember well, this procedure takes some time to complete, but if your PDA is that new, don't bother much, just go to the shop, show the problem and get a replacement. What you are reading is wrong anyway. My PDA is about 10 days old, 5 cycles and no degradation at all. Eduardo

03-21-2003, 01:42 AM	#7
YTTAN Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,253	yeah.. change before it is too late. __________________ TH55 + WIFI*NX80 + WIFI + Bluetooth +T630NZ90 + BlueTooth + T610 NX70 + Infra-red + T68i T615 + Infra-red + T68 N760 + Infra-red + T39 Palm Vx + Infra-red + T39**T1, F828, F717, F707, E995, IXUS I.

03-21-2003, 03:19 AM	#8
Importluva Pocket PC and Honda Freak Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: UIUC Posts: 628	Yea I'd get it changed. I mean its a $799 device so you might as well have piece of mind if you don't have any cash

03-21-2003, 03:34 AM	#9
fc2003 Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 72	If I were you, I will ask for a replacement. I get 10 cycles 0% degradation after 4 weeks usage. __________________ NZ90/H 128MB MS, 512MB CF, sailing the Net with T68i on GPRS

03-21-2003, 05:48 AM

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Quote:

Originally posted by Importluva
Yea I'd get it changed. I mean its a $799 device so you might as well have piece of mind if you don't have any cash

I agree!

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03-21-2003, 05:53 AM

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Quote:

Originally posted by oneeyesquare
I think the bigger problem has been people's expectations coupled with more battery info. I get substantially better battery life with my NZ than my NX. Surf longer and take much nicer pictures with the added bonus of a flash...So many people expect far toomuch out of the battery. Whether there is a software glitch in the camera app remains to be seen. I suspect it is intended more as a limiter rather than glitch. My battery works fine and has increased in performance.
Cretan, I'dtake it back. That sounds messed up....

What is substantially better mean? Is it because of NetFront

?

I can see where the flash would consume lots of power. Any electronic flash I have ever owned needed lots of current to recharge.

 

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03-21-2003, 08:14 AM	#12
oneeyesquare One kiss away Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 741	Actually , Larry, it's been confirmed that Netfront actually doesn't use any battery, but recharges the battery.... Thus the only drain while surfing is the display. It's kinda like a perpetual motion machine. If you were to turn off your display and turn on Netfront, your machine will run forever..... No, really.... __________________ Single file line please,ladies...

03-21-2003, 08:19 AM

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Quote:

Originally posted by oneeyesquare
Actually , Larry, it's been confirmed that Netfront actually doesn't use any battery, but recharges the battery.... Thus the only drain while surfing is the display. It's kinda like a perpetual motion machine. If you were to turn off your display and turn on Netfront, your machine will run forever.....
No, really....

It also the only way to successfuly use Netfront.

03-21-2003, 11:37 AM	#14
kkerruish Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Cleburne, TX 76031 Posts: 133	All - My battery experience thus far is 15 cycles, 0% degredation...and I've had the device for a little over 4 weeks... Ken

03-23-2003, 11:22 PM	#15
YTTAN Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,253	My NZ90 is use for only 3 days old is already with 3-4 recharge cycles and the battery gauge says 3 cycles with 0% degradation. Wonder how can i maintain 10 cycles in 4 weeks??? __________________ TH55 + WIFI*NX80 + WIFI + Bluetooth +T630NZ90 + BlueTooth + T610 NX70 + Infra-red + T68i T615 + Infra-red + T68 N760 + Infra-red + T39 Palm Vx + Infra-red + T39**T1, F828, F717, F707, E995, IXUS I.