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igord2
30th October 2006, 09:15 PM
if I drain the battery to the end which data will be lost ?

I assume not windows bcoz windows is in rom and not data on sd card, maybe contacts and calendar ? Installation of programs which are not in the rom ?

Can I turn off battery warning at 40% and set if for eg at 10 %

Is there any reliable battery meter for 2003 se, found couple of them but every program warned me that it is not for 2003 se and that it wont work properly

Is it true that wallaby battery loose a most of its potential after couple of years ?

Sorry people for asking too much questions, searched the forum already but didnt find any answers to my questions

thanks, GL and HF

Rudegar
30th October 2006, 09:31 PM
yes everything you add is in ram and will be lost if batt goes down
rom is in flash and will stay there untill you flash another

pocket plus have batt meter

archeon
30th October 2006, 10:11 PM
The XDA should turn itself off before you are at the stage where you lose your data, and you shouldn't be able to turn it back on.

The lithium polymer batteries tend to be very good with keeping their potential over time, however if you charge it every day or something, it will eventually have less and less capacity over a long time.

igord2
31st October 2006, 02:01 AM
thanks a lot guys, you are very helpfull !

Rudegar
31st October 2006, 09:32 AM
"if you charge it every day or something, it will eventually have less and less capacity over a long time."

no!
that memory myth is not even about lithium it's about Nikkel-Cadmium.
http://www.repairfaq.org/ELE/F_NiCd_Battery.html#NICDBATTERY_014

lithium also have a lifespan a limited nr of power it can give before going to dirt city but charging it often dont shorten that at all