Help needed for a beginner...

[Cuzer]

Evening All

I wonder if somebody can give me some advice which is causing a major problem with my PDA and especially Tom Tom Software. I've a HP 5500 PDA and I run Tom Tom 5 and active sync for updating my outlook diary for work. Needless to say my PDA is a much needed bit of kit, especially for my Tom Tom and POI Warner overlays etc

In the last 5 months I've had the same problem 3 times which has made me start from scratch and re-install absolutley everything which as you are aware is a nightmare task, especially with POI's etc

For some reason when my PDA is away from my cradle or cigarette lighter charge I can only imagine it's turning itself on, or outlook is reminding me of a forthcoming appointment etc and instead of switching itself off it must be staying on and completely draining my battery. I've been away all weekend in Yorkshire and have meetings for 2 days in Yorkshire Mon/Tue I've had to travel all the way back to the midlands today (Sun) just to reinstall everything as the exact above happened. PDA in luggage (Turned off but not on charge) 24 hours later get out PDA to check something and I'm at the boot up screen and even that doesn't load as they whole battery is dead! I plug it into my cigarette charger and it works, but from scratch and I've lost everything. I'm now in the long, long process of reinstalling all Tom Tom and Maps, POI's etc which after having to drive all the way home, to drive all the way back is a killer!

So, what, if anything am I doing wrong here? Can anybody help? Why should the PDA turn itself on and drain my battery? I notice on the PDA it has a back up option in the settings tab? Does anybody know what I need to back up to save Tom Tom (The Outlook isn't too much of a problem to reinstall/rescue) Are some of my backlight settings wrong? What should they be at? I'm at a total loss here, it's definately not been knocked and turned on when in the luggage but even if it had, shouldn't it shut itself down if it's not touched for so many minutes? Think I've got mine set at 5 mins from memory so why didn't it happen?

Sorry for all the questions but I hope I've explained my predicament, do I have a faulty PDA I wonder? Or is it a case of backing up some files and changing some of my settings? All help much appreciated as you've probably guessed I'm no whizz in this department

Thanks in advance

Cuzer

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[Border_Collie]

You may find ActiveSync keeps starting itself i.e running in the background, even when you haven't Sync'd up with your Desktop. The way I overcame this with my Mio P350 was to:-

Go to Start – Programs – Activesync.
Tap on Menu then Add Server Source’
Enter 1, 1, 1, 1 as the server.
User enter a
Password enter b
Domain enter c
(Although it doesn't matter which letters you use)
Tap Next
uncheck the boxes
Tap End.

Now go back to Menu – Schedule and use the two sliders to select each as Manual
Tap OK

Now go to Activesync - Options, where you can delete the Server you’ve just added. It will now keep the Manual settings.

You will still be able to use Activesync in the normal way but you’ll find it no longer auto-starts when it’s left alone, thereby saving some battery and CPU power.

Hopefully it will work on your device.

[davidwfaulkner]

Hi, my mio does the same, even when activesync isn't running...

Mine is also a GPS satnav unit and we lost everything (including our route home from France !)....so I hunted down and purchased this software http://www.spritesoftware.com/backup.php which WILL get you out of the s**t - as it has me on several occasions....
It is really easy to use, very cheap (around £18) and if it doesn't work they will give a full refund - I bought the wrong version at first.
Backup to the storage card, opt to make it a .exe file and backup in about a minute.
After powering up from a dead PDA, it will restore EVERYTHING in about one minute, exactly like it was when you backed it up.
......and you can also keep a backup on your PC as well.
I cannot praise this product enough !

Hope this at least helps.