My trusty IPAQ 5550 is having a few challenges at the moment...
I tried to charge it - honestly. It just woudl take a charge properly no matter what I connected it to. Sadly I forgot about it for a day or two as its no longer my main device and it had its revenge.... Both the main and expansion pack batteries are totally flat.
The device desperately wants to reset but hangs part way through on the loader screen. I've left it charging all day but still the same result. I just know it needs a hard reset. As this is running the elderly Windows Mobile 2003 Premium device this means no persistent storage which means bye bye data and apps. The IPAQ 5550 has the fantastic IPAQ Backup utility and 16MB of non-volatile ROM to store it in. Why is it these applications always seem so much more appealing after you've lost everything? There just never seemed to be the right time to back it up.
In the end I had to hard reset the device which fixed the hanging. I can only guess that there was so little juice left I lost the backup battery as well and it got its device state totally confused. No apps or data means I have to reinstall re-install and resync everything. I don't know about anybody else but I install and run a lot of third party apps on my devices. They all seemed such good ideas at the time.
This means:
- Remembering everything I had installed and whether I really needed it
- Finding every software installer for every app and device.
- Finding the unlock and registration codes so I'm not left with just the 30 day trial editions.
- Re-Partnering the device in ActiveSync with every PC I use
- Re-Pairing every bluetooth device I need to connect to
- Promising faithfully to charge it every day this time.
Watch out for more updates on the trials and tribulations of rebuilding my trusty device.
Its at times like these I appreciate all the virtues of my shiny htc Universal device with its WM5 persistent storage. Mind you its a good job it has persistent storage, as with the MSFP (Messaging Security and Feature Pack) ROM upgrade installed and DirectPush email enabled, my battery last no time at all.
Battery life reduces so quickly on the HTC Universal that I sometimes have to revert to Flight Mode just to eek the battery life out. I do love the device for so many other reasons (the miniTablet format, the keyboard, the VGA screen) however, so I can forgive it slightly.