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sandraqu · 06-24-2008, 08:41 AM

Yes! I have found that yes, I can indeed charge my 755p from a computer.

My PDA was completely unresponsive. I plugged the USB cable that hooks up to the computer and hoped for the best. There was no light indicator on the PDA to tell me the darn thing was charging, but it charged. I don't recall the PDA turning on for me when I hit to power button (after a while of secretly charging), but accidentally found that a reset worked (removing and re-installing the battery). The battery had a 75% charge.

On a previous and similar situation, I found that if the battery gets depleted enough, the power button won't work, but a reset will instigate the PDA to power up. This gave me enough time to plug it into the computer and actually see the light on the PDA that indicates that it's charging. I think in this instance, the battery was not as depleted as the situation above.

Good luck to you. Can we presume that this works with other PDAs as well?

--san

06-24-2008, 08:41 AM	#10 (permalink)
sandraqu Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yes! Yes! I have found that yes, I can indeed charge my 755p from a computer. My PDA was completely unresponsive. I plugged the USB cable that hooks up to the computer and hoped for the best. There was no light indicator on the PDA to tell me the darn thing was charging, but it charged. I don't recall the PDA turning on for me when I hit to power button (after a while of secretly charging), but accidentally found that a reset worked (removing and re-installing the battery). The battery had a 75% charge. On a previous and similar situation, I found that if the battery gets depleted enough, the power button won't work, but a reset will instigate the PDA to power up. This gave me enough time to plug it into the computer and actually see the light on the PDA that indicates that it's charging. I think in this instance, the battery was not as depleted as the situation above. Good luck to you. Can we presume that this works with other PDAs as well? --san Last edited by sandraqu; 06-24-2008 at 08:44 AM.