Phone care
49
DRAFT
Replacing the battery
If you have to replace the battery in your pdQ
2
, be aware of the following
considerations.
❑
If the battery becomes low, an alert appears on the screen. Before you
replace the battery, perform a HotSync
operation to back up your
data. This helps prevent accidental data loss.
❑
If the pdQ
2
does not turn on when you press the End/Power key on
the keypad, recharge the battery immediately.
❑
Before replacing the battery, turn the phone off. Never remove the
battery while the telephone features are active. To verify that the
phone is turned off, open and then close the flip. The words “Phone
is off” appear on the screen. Then the screen becomes blank.
❑
Only remove the battery to replace it with another battery. Don’t
leave the battery out of the pdQ
2
. For example, if your battery
becomes drained while you are traveling and you don’t have a
second battery or a cradle to recharge it, it is better to leave the
drained battery in the pdQ
2
than to remove it.
❑
If the battery drains completely, the pdQ
2
no longer operates.
However, the built-in backup battery stores your clock settings for
about two days and your data for about seven days. There is enough
residual energy in the battery to store the data, but not enough to
turn on the pdQ
2
.
❑
If you leave a drained battery in the pdQ
2
for an extended period of
time (more than seven days), you can lose all of the stored data. If this
happens, replace the battery and reset the pdQ
2
. Then perform a
HotSync operation to restore data from your computer.
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