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DesiLinguist · 02-09-2009, 09:47 PM

Thanks for the encouragement, cbell!

I have a question: what should I do with regards to charging the iLiad when I get it? iRex recommends that I go through five complete cycles in the beginning to allow the batteries to properly calibrate themselves. So, does the iLiad come fully charged and I can start using it? Or should I plug it in as soon as I turn it on?

And another one ... the wiki says that I should use the CF card as a backup in some way so that I can reflash the iLiad if something goes wrong. Is there a guide available on how to do this? Also, do people generally run programs like FBReader etc. from the CF card (which would eat up more battery for sure) or do they copy them to the internal memory?

Update: Found an answer to the second question by searching in the forum, as I should have done in the first place. Still need an answer to the first question.

02-09-2009, 09:47 PM	#39
DesiLinguist Computational Linguist Posts: 110 Karma: 100 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: iLiad BE, iPhone, Kindle DX	Thanks for the encouragement, cbell! I have a question: what should I do with regards to charging the iLiad when I get it? iRex recommends that I go through five complete cycles in the beginning to allow the batteries to properly calibrate themselves. So, does the iLiad come fully charged and I can start using it? Or should I plug it in as soon as I turn it on? And another one ... the wiki says that I should use the CF card as a backup in some way so that I can reflash the iLiad if something goes wrong. Is there a guide available on how to do this? Also, do people generally run programs like FBReader etc. from the CF card (which would eat up more battery for sure) or do they copy them to the internal memory? Update: Found an answer to the second question by searching in the forum, as I should have done in the first place. Still need an answer to the first question. Last edited by DesiLinguist; 02-10-2009 at 07:24 PM.