Ipaq HX4700

Pat Boy Slim UK · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:30 pm Post subject: Ipaq HX4700

Does anybody else's HX4700 lock up and totally reset itself back to factory settings ?
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SimonCatlin · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:46 pm Post subject:

Is your battery fully charged?
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Pat Boy Slim UK · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:53 pm Post subject:

Yes battery is full,it just locks up and wont quick reset.
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Pat Boy Slim UK · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:54 pm Post subject:

I wish i kept my 3970 now ! never had any trouble with that !
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SimonCatlin · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:01 pm Post subject:

I think the battery is knackered to be honest. Is this a soft reset or a full system reset you get everytime (thus you are having to restore)?

The only time I have to do a full restore (and reset factory setting) is when the battery runs out.
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daveLDC · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:01 pm Post subject: HX4700

I had a slight problem when I first got mine, the battery "slide lock" on the base would not lock properly and seemed to re-set the unit. I had to remove the battery, re-insert, and then the locking mechanism seemed to be ok.
The only other time was when I was using the original Tom Tom Navigator 5 software when the HX4700 would return to the "today page" and soft reset. This was not a hard re-set though. To cure this I upgraded to Tom Tom Navigator 5.100 (5160). I have not downloaded version 5.2 yet as it seems OK as it is.
Rgds,
Dave.
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Pat Boy Slim UK · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:24 pm Post subject:

the battery is ok,its only 2 weeks old .my other hx4700 went faulty and HP replaced it,so i have 2 batteries and have tried them both !
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lupos0_1 · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:54 pm Post subject:

Sounds like this one is faulty 2!!
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mikealder · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:28 pm Post subject:

What software are you running when this occurs?, also what is the battery status indicator showing for both the Main Battery and Backup Battery - it could be a bad connection between the IPAQ and battery, make sure non of the contacts between the two are damaged or bent in any way - Mike

Pat Boy Slim UK · Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 1:41 am Post subject:

batteries are above 90% and the ipaq does'nt need to be running anything for this to happen.all connections are ok.
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Pat Boy Slim UK · Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 1:55 am Post subject:

batteries are above 90% and the ipaq does'nt need to be running anything for this to happen.all connections are ok.
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HP HX4700,2 GB Kingston SD,Fortuna Clip-on Bluetooth GPS, TomTom 5,Dell Axin X50,Destinator 6,Kingston 1GB SD Card,Nokia N80 smartphone,1GB Kingston ,TomTom mobile 5,Nokia N95 Smartphone,2GB Kingston MSD Card,TT One XL WE Traffic.

Pat Boy Slim UK · Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:45 am Post subject:

batteries are above 90% and the ipaq does'nt need to be running anything for this to happen.all connections are ok.
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HP HX4700,2 GB Kingston SD,Fortuna Clip-on Bluetooth GPS, TomTom 5,Dell Axin X50,Destinator 6,Kingston 1GB SD Card,Nokia N80 smartphone,1GB Kingston ,TomTom mobile 5,Nokia N95 Smartphone,2GB Kingston MSD Card,TT One XL WE Traffic.

SimonCatlin · Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:33 am Post subject:

Ok - we heard you the first time :D

I think you need to reject the 4700 as defective on arrival. All maufacturers will ship you a replacement unit that may have been another customers' reject in a previous life.

I had my motherboard swapped on my hx4700 after doing a ROM update and now (six months later) I can see they damaged a part of the screen!

Nothing I can do.
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robbie · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 10:08 am Post subject:

Had exactly the same problem as you described. Courier was sent to pick up old 4700 and new one returned within in 3 days.

Rob

gbh · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 22, 2005 Posts: 21

Seems to be a common fault with 4700 - Rom upgrade screws up (I had same problem & had to send it away to have motherboard replaced as well).
Not suffered from many hard resets though, only had two - 1 accidentally loosened the battery lock clip, 2 software install clashed with other programs.

Other than that no problems since bought 6 months ago

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