My Clie has died :(

Alexander Turcic · 04-18-2003, 10:20 AM

Well it seems that my Clie has finally giving up life. I noticed before that when it was fully charged, a day later or so (without any use) the battery was totally empty. Now it happened again, just want to turn it off - dead.

I don't think that it was any mishaving app because I haven't installed anything new in years and before things have always been fine.

Oh well. It came without warning. Should it rest in piece. My good old Clie 760.

The question is, what will by next PDA...

gvtexas · 04-18-2003, 10:40 AM

Sounds like your battery died, not the Clie! The recharge batts can suddenly die after a year or two of use. Could try a replacement battery, or are you just looking for an excuse to get an NZ?

(Hey, they double as a door stop!)

$50 for a new battery here: http://www.cliebattery.com/

There are a few other sites that sell replacement batts as well.

Alexander Turcic · 04-18-2003, 10:44 AM

heh i paid $250 for my Clie when it was new. I think it is time to get a new one. Just so weird... I thought the battery was degrading SLOWLY and not just like this.

gvtexas · 04-18-2003, 10:51 AM

If you want to mess with it (and it's truly the battery), $50 will get you $175-225 on eBay for your 760.

Rumor mills have Sony about to announce two new PDAs...looks like another high-end monster, but scuttlebutt has it that there's a new "other" level Clie coming...might be worth a wait and see...

You have a backup PDA, or ? Does it turn on while in the cradle? Just curious....

Alexander Turcic · 04-18-2003, 10:55 AM

I just plugged it in the wall and it is charging again. Ram is all lost (made my last hotsync 2 days ago). The really weird thing was that my Clie was on the table and I heard a strange clicking noise. First I thought it came from my cellular but then it was my Clie! It never did that before. I took it close to my ear to make sure it really came from it

I then tried to turn it on but it wouldn't let me so I presumed that the battery was empty (despite it being at 4.12V yesterday).

Now that I am charging the Clie I can turn it on again.

gvtexas · 04-18-2003, 11:04 AM

Well...don't feel too bad. The night after my first time playing with the T-Mobile HotSpot at Starbucks, I knocked my laptop off the table i use it on next to my easy chair, and it went flying and dropped about 3 feet down and 5 feet away, and slid some more upside down. Broke the hinge on the screen (the one good hinge...the other one broke long ago), and the thing was laying there with the display attached to the box only by it's ribbon cable! Screen didn't break (thank God), and i braced the hinge side like I did the other, and the damn thing still works. Beginning to believe it's indestructible (although the evil part of me wants it to die so I can pop for a new Centrino notebook...

).

sUnShInE · 04-18-2003, 02:26 PM

Ok, this is really weird. My Clie didn't die (gawd forbid), but it did totally hard reset this morning and wiped out everything except what was in ROM.

I was going to try out ZLauncher, which I've heard great things about. After the sync, I went to launch the demo and poof!. I've spent the day (off and on) reinstalling apps. On the upside, in some ways it's like having a whole new Clie....

Sorry to hear about your problems guys. You have to admit that it's ironic, to say the least.

Saud · 04-21-2003, 07:53 AM

if you will buy a new Clie, go for the SJ33

or you might find The Dark Side tempting

Alexander Turcic · 04-21-2003, 11:38 AM

My clie is now running in factory-mode (i.e. no programs installed after hard reset). It seems that the battery is OK - so it must have been some misbehaving app. Good? Bad? I guess good because I was not willing to buy a new PDA (yet). Only don't know how to find out which app was misbehaving

saw9000 · 04-21-2003, 11:59 PM

Have you installed anything new lately?
Also, are you running PiDirect II with more than about 75 files in one directory? It's somewhat random, but that's been the major cause of spontaneous hard resets for me (Four in one day once). The developer recommends 50 files max, and I learned that the hard way.
Scott

Unregistered · 04-22-2003, 07:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Alexander
My clie is now running in factory-mode (i.e. no programs installed after hard reset). It seems that the battery is OK - so it must have been some misbehaving app. Good? Bad? I guess good because I was not willing to buy a new PDA (yet). Only don't know how to find out which app was misbehaving

dont hotsync if you think that is the issue... you will just end up installing the corrupted file again.. I recommend you start on a clean slate.. either create a new user or delete the backup folder (or rename it)
with palm, backup folder has the hotsync user name under folder C:\Palm ... i dont think clies are much different

after that start scrutinizing each app you install, most probably it will be a new app that done this..
in any case you might not get the issue again after a clean start.

Saud · 04-22-2003, 07:46 AM

oops forgot to insert user/pass, so I posted as guest

Alexander Turcic · 04-23-2003, 08:07 AM

Thanks Saud, I did what you said. In fact, I did not reinstall any hacks this time. Seems to be working. We will see.

Btw, check your Private Messages, Saud

Alexander Turcic · 05-22-2003, 09:31 AM

Ok I think I found the culprit. There was a longer discussion on the Pimlico Yahoo Group on DateBK5 not properly turning off the Clie.

Seems it is fixed now with the latest beta

04-18-2003, 10:20 AM	#1
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	My Clie seems to have died :( Well it seems that my Clie has finally giving up life. I noticed before that when it was fully charged, a day later or so (without any use) the battery was totally empty. Now it happened again, just want to turn it off - dead. I don't think that it was any mishaving app because I haven't installed anything new in years and before things have always been fine. Oh well. It came without warning. Should it rest in piece. My good old Clie 760. The question is, what will by next PDA...

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04-18-2003, 10:40 AM	#2
gvtexas Addict Posts: 346 Karma: 7797 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Texas Device: Sony Clie TH55	Sounds like your battery died, not the Clie! The recharge batts can suddenly die after a year or two of use. Could try a replacement battery, or are you just looking for an excuse to get an NZ? (Hey, they double as a door stop!) $50 for a new battery here: http://www.cliebattery.com/ There are a few other sites that sell replacement batts as well.

04-18-2003, 10:44 AM	#3
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	heh i paid $250 for my Clie when it was new. I think it is time to get a new one. Just so weird... I thought the battery was degrading SLOWLY and not just like this.

04-18-2003, 10:51 AM	#4
gvtexas Addict Posts: 346 Karma: 7797 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Texas Device: Sony Clie TH55	If you want to mess with it (and it's truly the battery), $50 will get you $175-225 on eBay for your 760. Rumor mills have Sony about to announce two new PDAs...looks like another high-end monster, but scuttlebutt has it that there's a new "other" level Clie coming...might be worth a wait and see... You have a backup PDA, or ? Does it turn on while in the cradle? Just curious....

04-18-2003, 10:55 AM	#5
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	I just plugged it in the wall and it is charging again. Ram is all lost (made my last hotsync 2 days ago). The really weird thing was that my Clie was on the table and I heard a strange clicking noise. First I thought it came from my cellular but then it was my Clie! It never did that before. I took it close to my ear to make sure it really came from it I then tried to turn it on but it wouldn't let me so I presumed that the battery was empty (despite it being at 4.12V yesterday). Now that I am charging the Clie I can turn it on again.

04-18-2003, 11:04 AM	#6
gvtexas Addict Posts: 346 Karma: 7797 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Texas Device: Sony Clie TH55	Well...don't feel too bad. The night after my first time playing with the T-Mobile HotSpot at Starbucks, I knocked my laptop off the table i use it on next to my easy chair, and it went flying and dropped about 3 feet down and 5 feet away, and slid some more upside down. Broke the hinge on the screen (the one good hinge...the other one broke long ago), and the thing was laying there with the display attached to the box only by it's ribbon cable! Screen didn't break (thank God), and i braced the hinge side like I did the other, and the damn thing still works. Beginning to believe it's indestructible (although the evil part of me wants it to die so I can pop for a new Centrino notebook... ).

04-18-2003, 02:26 PM	#7
sUnShInE Drama Queen Posts: 784 Karma: 11712 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: United States Device: Palm Tungsten T\|T3	Ok, this is really weird. My Clie didn't die (gawd forbid), but it did totally hard reset this morning and wiped out everything except what was in ROM. I was going to try out ZLauncher, which I've heard great things about. After the sync, I went to launch the demo and poof!. I've spent the day (off and on) reinstalling apps. On the upside, in some ways it's like having a whole new Clie.... Sorry to hear about your problems guys. You have to admit that it's ironic, to say the least.

04-21-2003, 07:53 AM	#8
Saud Connoisseur Posts: 75 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2003 Device: Cybook Opus, Iphone 3G, Blackberry 9000	if you will buy a new Clie, go for the SJ33 or you might find The Dark Side tempting

04-21-2003, 11:38 AM	#9
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	My clie is now running in factory-mode (i.e. no programs installed after hard reset). It seems that the battery is OK - so it must have been some misbehaving app. Good? Bad? I guess good because I was not willing to buy a new PDA (yet). Only don't know how to find out which app was misbehaving

04-21-2003, 11:59 PM	#10
saw9000 Zealot Posts: 118 Karma: 4598 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Baton Rouge	Have you installed anything new lately? Also, are you running PiDirect II with more than about 75 files in one directory? It's somewhat random, but that's been the major cause of spontaneous hard resets for me (Four in one day once). The developer recommends 50 files max, and I learned that the hard way. Scott

04-22-2003, 07:46 AM	#12
Saud Connoisseur Posts: 75 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2003 Device: Cybook Opus, Iphone 3G, Blackberry 9000	oops forgot to insert user/pass, so I posted as guest

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04-23-2003, 08:07 AM	#13
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Thanks Saud, I did what you said. In fact, I did not reinstall any hacks this time. Seems to be working. We will see. Btw, check your Private Messages, Saud

05-22-2003, 09:31 AM	#14
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Ok I think I found the culprit. There was a longer discussion on the Pimlico Yahoo Group on DateBK5 not properly turning off the Clie. Seems it is fixed now with the latest beta