gps broken?

[lewbacca]

hi. today i was able to get my holux GR-231 gps off the "zollamt" like it is called in germany..

at first the battery was charged a bit so it turned on, flashing the bluetooth light.. but suddenly it turned off, so i gotta charge it.. but if i push the on off button now, it just does not do anything.. if i put it to the charger the battery LED is green. but as soon as i press the on off button it gets darker..


does anyone know if its broken? or is it normal?

[deniska]

try to take out the battery, see if it helps..
Mine got like that a few times too...
Still working though...

People do say that there are lots of defective units outthere...

[seesoe]

mine is fine never did that, *yet lol*

well it sounds like the battery either mess with it or look for some replacement battery

[lewbacca]

ok. i contacted the support now.. i have tried to charge the battery over night, so the 8 hours i should charge it, are reached..

when i take out the battery and reinstall it, the problem is not solved.. i think theres something that got corrupted when i attached the charging cable for the first time. perhaps there was a small overvoltage when plugging it in..

:/ the point that makes me sick is, that i will have to send it back to the us... living in germany and ordering in the usa is not that good hehe

[fokia]

ok. i contacted the support now.. i have tried to charge the battery over night, so the 8 hours i should charge it, are reached..

when i take out the battery and reinstall it, the problem is not solved.. i think theres something that got corrupted when i attached the charging cable for the first time. perhaps there was a small overvoltage when plugging it in..

:/ the point that makes me sick is, that i will have to send it back to the us... living in germany and ordering in the usa is not that good hehe

well I've made my mind... I was thinking of buing one of those /GPSlim236/ over ebay or something - could save 20 to 40€ - now I think its best not to and play safe since there are some kinky units...

[lewbacca]

ok i filled the return form.. will bring it to our post office tomorrow.. i think a new device should arrive in 4 weeks

[seesoe]

what if you had tried a firmware update for the hell of it?

[lewbacca]

i didnt find some updates.. and the pc didnt recognize the hardware. so no chance..
i still have it lying around here... but i dont have a clue whatta do... ill go to the post office later..

[deniska]

From what I understand,
You need to buy a special cable for PC communication and FW upfrades...
Not sure you you can upgrade via BT...
Also I could not find any upgrades on the web ...

[seesoe]

thats odd