Bug: Phone does not power on at first attempt

[Guest frillyknickers]

[Edited by Site Admin, thanks for the submission frillyknickers!]

SYMPTOM:

In general it takes me two attempts to turn my SPV on, sometimes it can take 3, and on occasions 4!

BUT once my SPV is powered on, I can bring up the powerbutton menu, eazy peazy, first time, every time.

RESOLUTION:

None known.

[Guest elementalist]

Is this thing pressure sensitive (!) coz I was having that problem, now I always make sure to press hard and it comes on first time every time, but, like you say, it doesn't take much to make the power-button-menu-thing come up...

[Guest softice]

I'm having the same problem - not every time I try to switch the SPV on, but from time to time.

I tried to press "hard" and / or "soft" - but this does not solve the issue.

It's maybe not a bug but it is troublesome.

[Guest kevlar]

I started a post on the newsgroup about this, I think this affects everyones spv. I haven't heard anyone say they don't have this problem anyway.

Kevlar

[Guest jcinfo]

sort baterie ,reput baterie ,and press power. the spv is on qhith juste one press.

Hardware bug !!! :x

[Guest kevlar]

as the above post says, I think, This bug seems to be down to battery power. Try this, plug your charger in, then turn it on, comes on everytime for me this way. I'm guessing the processor needs a good boost of power to get going, and struggles to get this from the battery. Not sure if this will ever be fixed, but maybe when ( if ) they release a better battery, the problem may go away.

Kevlar

[Guest Wlodek]

I find I just have to hold the ON key for some 10 seconds. Could be just an annoying way of avoiding accidental switching it on ... (he says full of trust for the wisdom of Microsoft) ...

W.

[Guest DH30]

I have the same problem and thought it was just me with a dodgy handset.

[Guest DancingMatt]

My 1st SPV had some bugs, but Not This bug! It always switched on first time. However I returned it because I had that freezing up when screensaving and keypad locked bug, and the one that I've got now Does need the power button pressed a few times.

So from my limited experience, it's not every single phone.

[Guest Tyrant_worm]

It is every SPV which suffers from this.

Kevlar is basically right as to cause, you may have all noticed how flakey the SPV gets on low battery.

Doesn't really cause an issue though, just something to be aware of :)

[Guest Michael Eyres]

I agree it's usually only a problem when my batery is getting low... :?

[Guest Wlodek]

I agree it's usually only a problem when my batery is getting low... :?

.. and on the same note: it does not happen to me when the battery is being charged, which just confirms it. Oh, well.

:?)

W.