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Posted by dorelse on 07-16-2002 09:08 PM:

Blinking power button.

Guys -

Can't remember, but my Edge is at 100% charge, sitting in the cradle all day, but the power button is blink, blink, blinking....driving me nuts...I thought at 100% battery, it was supposed to be solid green...am I wrong?

Posted by visorprismman on 07-16-2002 09:34 PM:

Blinking Light

Hey,

This happens to me too but only when the device is on. Is that the case with you as well?

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Posted by dorelse on 07-16-2002 10:04 PM:

Yep, an only periodically. For instance, it'll blink for 30 seconds, go solid for a couple minutes, and start blinking again...ok, not it just stopped again.

I did just discover that I had OnCradleOn, and AlwaysOn and just deleted AlwaysOn, but that didn't help.

Posted by visorprismman on 07-16-2002 11:06 PM:

Hey,

If it's on it will blink.

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Posted by a1291762 on 07-17-2002 03:06 AM:

Check your software

If your button is blinking even though the unit is 'off', check for software that is running. This is most likely to be a hack or something.

I once installed a hack that made my Edge operate continuously and would have drained my battery after a few days. Luckily I noticed before it died on me.

Anyway, if you have an app that refuses to stop running, then it will draw power even though your edge is off.

Posted by Digisane on 07-17-2002 03:20 AM:

Re: Check your software

quote:
Originally posted by a1291762
If your button is blinking even though the unit is 'off', check for software that is running. This is most likely to be a hack or something.

I once installed a hack that made my Edge operate continuously and would have drained my battery after a few days. Luckily I noticed before it died on me.

Anyway, if you have an app that refuses to stop running, then it will draw power even though your edge is off.

Dude,

Give us the name of that hack so we can all stay away from it. =)

Posted by edgenut on 07-17-2002 06:32 AM:

alarms

do you have any alarms set?? do you have any alarms set??

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Posted by Toby on 07-17-2002 11:31 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by dorelse
Yep, an only periodically. For instance, it'll blink for 30 seconds, go solid for a couple minutes, and start blinking again...ok, not it just stopped again.

I did just discover that I had OnCradleOn, and AlwaysOn and just deleted AlwaysOn, but that didn't help.

If you leave it on in the cradle, that's pretty normal. It doesn't operate off cradle power. It pulls current off the battery to stay on, and then recharges the battery.

Posted by dorelse on 07-17-2002 03:18 PM:

Boy, I guess I just don't remember my other Edge doing this, thanks for the info!

Posted by Toby on 07-17-2002 05:10 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by dorelse
Boy, I guess I just don't remember my other Edge doing this, thanks for the info!

I figured it out after seeing it happen a few times with Hotsyncs. I'd charge it in the cradle and hotsync later. After letting it sit on after the hotsync, it always blinked for a bit to top the battery off.

Posted by dorelse on 07-17-2002 07:02 PM:

well, my own personal theory is that my battery isn't so great in this new edge, as my previous one did not blink all day long.

This one seems to need constant charging as indicated by the solid green light for 5 minutes, then back to charging...my other theory is that onCradleon is causing my Edge to constantly be charged as its draining almost as fast as its charging....

Either way, still love the Red. Always had silver, but the red is quite nice...darker than I expected, me likes!

**Yep, after turning off OnCradleOn (and the edge), it immediately went to solid green in the cradle. **

Posted by Toby on 07-17-2002 07:35 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by dorelse
well, my own personal theory is that my battery isn't so great in this new edge, as my previous one did not blink all day long.

If you leave it off in the cradle, it shouldn't.

quote:
This one seems to need constant charging as indicated by the solid green light for 5 minutes, then back to charging...my other theory is that onCradleon is causing my Edge to constantly be charged as its draining almost as fast as its charging....

Your 'other theory' is correct.

Posted by a1291762 on 07-22-2002 12:59 AM:

Re: Re: Check your software

quote:
Originally posted by Digisane

Dude,

Give us the name of that hack so we can all stay away from it. =)

It was a 'driver' for an ADXL202 tilt sensor. I don't have one but I would like to build one. I installed the hack to see what it's interface was like.

Now if only I could convince a local company to sell me an ADXL202... (I'm in Australia)

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