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New Battery

by Username134 Sep 24, 2006 8:13AM PDT

I just got a new battery for my ipaq.

So i just open up my ipaq, put it in and charge the ipaq? Or are tehre special precautions to take so i wont shorten the battery life?

Actually , do i need to change my battery now? I notice my old battery just dies and needs rechargeing after half of the juice is used up. Is that a battery problem on the ipaq's?

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How old is this iPaq?
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 24, 2006 8:45AM PDT

Your common Lithium battery is easy to kill. Just toss it in your checked luggage during winter. I have a battery like that. It was so young too.

Next we have battery life. In about 18 months and depending on many factors the battery is about 1/2 or less the capacity when new. My oldest PalmOne is now 5+ years old and since it lived in the charging cradle it still gives me about 1/2 the runtime when it was new.

Others note battery life in that range.

In closing, some PDAs have setting thresholds for what a full charge is, and when to consider it empty and shut down.

Bob

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Ipaq is maybe 2 years old?
by Username134 Oct 3, 2006 2:18PM PDT

I thinks its about 2 years old or more.

So what should the procedure of changeing hte battery be?

Put battery in PDA and then plug in PDA?

But the second you put in a dead/unchraged up battery, the pda will boot up (soft reset). If memory serves, shouldnt you wait for a new battery to fully charge before you use it?

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Yes. Put battery in and place in charger.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Oct 3, 2006 10:15PM PDT

In fact that's in the original setup instructions. So what should the procedure of changeing hte battery be? Never had to do anything but put the battery in and place in the charger. I guess you could find some other way.

At 2 years you are firmly in the time span the battery will be "old".

Bob

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