Help With The Life-Timer please - Treo Forums

KEVCO · 05-25-2007, 04:28 PM

Hello. I learned that by pushing ##786 on my Sprint Treo 700P I can see the Life-Timer. Well I just bought my treo from Best Buy for 199.00 (new) but, the Life-timer says "Minutes: 22306" and below that "Life Data (kilobytes): 257149

I don't understand. Those big numbers above, does this mean that my Treo has been used??

Thank-you much!

jophes49087 · 05-25-2007, 05:17 PM

Hmmmm

What mode are you in when you do this? I would like to look into that. Joe

KEVCO · 05-25-2007, 05:21 PM

All I do is go to phone and then push ##786. This shows the life usage of the phone and data.

jophes49087 · 05-25-2007, 05:32 PM

Ahhhhhhhh,

Don't worry... 22000 minutes is only 366 hours. Or broken down, only 15 days. I have had my 700p since the 11th, and I now have 3657 minutes on it, or sixty hours. Not much for being a Treo addict. I used to be a Blackberry addict. (Crackberry).

Joe

KEVCO · 05-25-2007, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by jophes49087

Ahhhhhhhh,

Don't worry... 22000 minutes is only 366 hours. Or broken down, only 15 days. I have had my 700p since the 11th, and I now have 3657 minutes on it, or sixty hours. Not much for being a Treo addict. I used to be a Blackberry addict. (Crackberry).

Joe

So this is for whenever the device is on standby ?

KEVCO · 05-25-2007, 05:49 PM

Okay..I see now..thought it was for the actual "phone" minutes used! jusr checked it again and it now shows 22317 minutes used.

Andrax · 05-26-2007, 11:00 AM

My understanding is that the life timer in minutes is for minutes used on the phone. Those numbers would indicate to me that your phone is refurbished.

KEVCO · 05-26-2007, 01:41 PM

Now I'm worried. I used the phone a few minutes and the the timer did go up a few minutes more. I called Bestbuy where I bought the Treo for $199.00 and they said they never sell refurbished phones, only new ones. The timer has no indication of it being refurbished. I will call sprint and I'll post back in when I get an answer. Tech at Palm said they don't even know.

KEVCO · 05-27-2007, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrax

My understanding is that the life timer in minutes is for minutes used on the phone. Those numbers would indicate to me that your phone is refurbished.

Guess nobody here knows the truth about this Life Timer thing, huh?
Even Sprint does not understand "why" my Treo shows over 22,000 minuted used! I only had my Treo for 32 days now, and hardly used it. The truth is that this possibly could of been a test model and repackaged for new sale at sprint. Also, possibly explains the reason why the ESN # shows it has never been used before.

I have been fighting with sprint for 2 days now. I didn't have insurance and my 30 day warranty was up as of a couple of days ago. Got a hold of a Sprint supervisor and they are replacing my 700P for a new 755P

Think smart people the next time your Treo is acting fishy (re-booting itself, etc..) and check the Life Timer. Any seen these big #s before right after they buy their new Treo?

Frozen001 · 05-30-2007, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by KEVCO

Guess nobody here knows the truth about this Life Timer thing, huh?
Even Sprint does not understand "why" my Treo shows over 22,000 minuted used! I only had my Treo for 32 days now, and hardly used it. The truth is that this possibly could of been a test model and repackaged for new sale at sprint. Also, possibly explains the reason why the ESN # shows it has never been used before.

I have been fighting with sprint for 2 days now. I didn't have insurance and my 30 day warranty was up as of a couple of days ago. Got a hold of a Sprint supervisor and they are replacing my 700P for a new 755P

Think smart people the next time your Treo is acting fishy (re-booting itself, etc..) and check the Life Timer. Any seen these big #s before right after they buy their new Treo?

The life timer should only show minutes used not minutes the unit is powered on.