Many months ago I was issued a PDA for use at work. I suppose at some time I must have switched it on. I say I must have done, because presumably it was off when it came out of the box and i read the instructions on how it works. Well I say read the instructions, but what I mean is I read the bare minimum to make it light up and then figured out the rest from there. I refuse to read any instruction manual that is bigger than the item it supports.
Now this may sound strange to some, but the truth is that having turned it on I have never turned it off again. The battery is good for about 36 hours, and as I work 10 or 12 hour days I am never away from home, or at least a charging facility, be it the car, the office or a hotel for more than say 14 hours, and so it is either in use, or in the charger recharging, but left on whilst it does this.
So when it suddenly went black screened the other day and wouldn't respond to the usual tickle on the touch screen to wake it up I feared the worse. A soft reboot failed to wake it, and I assummed that a battery failure had occurred. Charging it by USB failed to restore it, as did an overnight charge, and the subsequent 24 hour charge. No matter what buttons I pressed it remained dormant.
So with a heavy heart I took it to our Communications Branch for their technician to look at it. "What's wrong with it?" he enquired. "Aha," I replied, with an air of smugness, anticipating the moment I could reveal, with confidence that I, a mere mortal had diagnosed battery failure, "That is for you to tell me, I am but a simple operator, you are the technician."
All smugness was wiped away when he immediately switched the bloody thing on with no problem and it worked perfectly. And the secret? He simply used the on-off switch.
In my defence, your honour, nobody told me you have to press and hold for about 5 seconds.
Stupid piece of junk. I'm sure I'd be better off with an abacus.
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