Ailing Mobile Phone
Jun. 23rd, 2008 02:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bjarvisMy Motorola e815, now three years old, seems to be having issues.
I noticed in the past couple of weeks that the battery seems to be dying very quickly. yesterday, I found the camera is no longer functioning: activating it causes the error message "Busy. Try again." This makes me think the camera is on all the time via some software error, draining the battery faster than normal.
Power cycling the beast doesn't help. Reseating the battery didn't help. A quick visit to the local Verizon Wireless store didn't yield any insights either except that it's a software problem.
I'm going to try running a reset on it later, once I'm sure I have a current backup of all of the photos, telephone numbers and such. I have a serial cable and editing software used years ago to restore the Bluetooth operations disabled by Verizon Wireless; I'll try taking a look with that to see if there are any possibilities.
If nothing else works, I could either obtain a functioning e815 to replace my ailing model or I'll have to upgrade. Upgrading isn't especially desirable: I have enough money already invested in hip holsters, battery chargers, serial cables and such... I don't fancy buying all the accessories all over again.
I noticed in the past couple of weeks that the battery seems to be dying very quickly. yesterday, I found the camera is no longer functioning: activating it causes the error message "Busy. Try again." This makes me think the camera is on all the time via some software error, draining the battery faster than normal.
Power cycling the beast doesn't help. Reseating the battery didn't help. A quick visit to the local Verizon Wireless store didn't yield any insights either except that it's a software problem.
I'm going to try running a reset on it later, once I'm sure I have a current backup of all of the photos, telephone numbers and such. I have a serial cable and editing software used years ago to restore the Bluetooth operations disabled by Verizon Wireless; I'll try taking a look with that to see if there are any possibilities.
If nothing else works, I could either obtain a functioning e815 to replace my ailing model or I'll have to upgrade. Upgrading isn't especially desirable: I have enough money already invested in hip holsters, battery chargers, serial cables and such... I don't fancy buying all the accessories all over again.
