Re: iPAQ 3660 not responding to anything after beingunused for several months

AND, you must have the ipaq plugged in to the power while you do this.

On Wednesday 17 October 2007 10:02, [email protected] wrote:
> I'm not sure about the 3660, but there's a "hard boot" button sequence that
> brings my 3950 back up when the battery is flat. It's something
> like: "PowerButton-LeftButton-RightButton" and then pressing the hard reset
> with the pen at the bottom. You need about five hands to do this.
>
> On Wednesday 17 October 2007 08:22, Papupata wrote:
> > I left it connected to charger overnight. At the morning, power led was
> > not anymore blinking, it was steady on. That's all, I still can't turn
> > that ... thing on. This is something else than battery issue.
> >
> > Frustrated Papu
> >
> > On 10/16/07, Heiko Graf <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >  Right. The iPAQ won´t run without internal battery. There is no
> > > circuit or bypass, that swaps between power-supply and battery, so you
> > > are simultaneously recharging the battery and consuming capacity. If a
> > > cell is broken, your iPAQ does not get the power from power supply,
> > > which runs through the cells. That's why a jacket only helps if at
> > > least **SOME** capacity of the internal cells is left. The jacket
> > > permanently recharges the internal cells and keeps this little capacity
> > > up.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Be careful, when connecting the power supplay directly to the contacts
> > > of the battery. Requiered data for recharging electronical devices is
> > > different from those required to run them.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Greetings, Heiko
> > >
> > > * *
> > >
> > > *Von:* [email protected] [mailto:
> > > [email protected]] *Im Auftrag von *Papupata
> > > *Gesendet:* Dienstag, 16. Oktober 2007 11:00
> > > *An:* [email protected]
> > > *Cc:* [email protected]
> > > *Betreff:* Re: [Familiar] iPAQ 3660 not responding to anything after
> > > beingunused for several months
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Even if battery is totally empty, it should't prevent ipaq from
> > > starting, right? If it does, can I fake ipaq to think it has the
> > > battery, although it does not have it connected? (I don't need battery)
> > >
> > > When I remove the internal battery, there is no sign of life whatever.
> > >
> > > Papu
> > >
> > > On 10/16/07, *[email protected]* <[email protected] >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > Papupata wrote ..
> > >
> > > > Thanks for reply. iPAQ was switched off with the dip-switch and I
> > > > have recharged it over night without luck. So I don't think it's a
> > > > battery
> > >
> > > issue.
> > >
> > > > Papu
> > > >
> > > > On 10/15/07, Heiko Graf <[email protected] > wrote:
> > > > >  *I once had the same problem – seams that your battery was
> > >
> > > completeley
> > >
> > > > > empty and may be damaged. To prevent this, you should have switched
> > >
> > > your
> > >
> > > > > iPAQ off with the "dip-switch", which pysically disconnects the
> > >
> > > battery (no
> > >
> > > > > discharging, no recharging in this state).*
> > > > >
> > > > > * *
> > > > >
> > > > > *Try recharging the battery for a while without switching your
> > > > > device
> > >
> > > on.
> > >
> > > > > Mayby you can revive your battery. Anyway you will experience a
> > >
> > > dramatically
> > >
> > > > > shortened uptime of your battery until you have to recharge.
> > > > > Consider
> > >
> > > bying
> > >
> > > > > a jacket (with WLAN and Card-slots) or a new internal battery.*
> > > > >
> > > > > * *
> > >
> > > I must repectfully disagree. Li-Ion batteries do no respond well to
> > > being allowed to go totally flat. . .and flat they will go whether the 
> > > batt switch is on or off. They generally will self-discharge as much as
> > > ten percent per day. I don't know what condition your battery was in
> > > when you left it into "retirement", but this  may well have been it's
> > > 'death knell'. Changing the battery on a 3600 is relatively trivial,
> > > and cheap. There are complete picture instructions on the 'net'.
> > > There's no realy danger of leaving it a brick since you have already
> > > flashed Familiar onto the ROM. Cheers,
> > >    Bob Perron
> > >
> > > > > *Changing the internal battery may brick your iPAQ and … you will
> > >
> > > loose
> > >
> > > > > your warranty…just kidding…*
> > > > >
> > > > > *Hope, you will have success in recharging your iPAQ!*
> > > > >
> > > > > * *
> > > > >
> > > > > *Greetings, Heiko.*
> > > > >
> > > > > * *
> > > > >
> > > > > *Von:* [email protected] [mailto:
> > > > > [email protected]] *Im Auftrag von *Papupata
> > > > > *Gesendet:* Montag, 15. Oktober 2007 09:53
> > > > > *An:* [email protected]
> > > > > *Betreff:* [Familiar] iPAQ 3660 not responding to anything after
> > > > > being unused for several months
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have an old 3660 ipaq with familiar linux in it. It was left
> > > > > unused
> > >
> > > for
> > >
> > > > > several months and now it is not showing anything life in it. If I
> > >
> > > plug
> > >
> > > > > charger to it, power led starts to blink. If I press the reset
> > > > > button,
> > >
> > > led
> > >
> > > > > will turn off and start blinking again after I release the button.
> > >
> > > That is
> > >
> > > > > all I can get out of it, it seems that I can't turn that on. Screen
> > > > > is showing nothing, there is no serial output, power led only
> > > > > blinks.
> > >
> > > What I
> > >
> > > > > can do?
>
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