iPAQ 3850 Power Button

#1 (**permalink**) 14-10-2006, 10:07 PM

I have an iPAQ3850 and find it does everything I want of it - except one thing. I have now purchased two different cases but I just can not stop it turning itself on again when in my pocket and draining the battery. Basically, the "On" button is just not recessed enough and is too easily pushed in when in it's case.

Does anyone know of any available software that forces you to use a two button combination to turn this unit on.

R917

**getsurfers** · #2 (**permalink**) 15-10-2006, 09:20 PM

Try setting (in power options) the option to "turn device of when not used after x" to something low like 30 secs.

If you have PPC 2003 I believe this came with a lock option which should be on the today screen.

#3 (**permalink**) 16-10-2006, 11:27 PM

Thanks for the advice. The problem with setting it to turn off every 30secs is that it will still drain over the period of a few hours if the button keeps getting pressed (and it seems to all to easily in my pocket) As for the button lock, I have recently upgraded to PPC2003, but I can not find anything similar to what you refer to.