On Tuesday 28 August 2007, you wrote: > iOn Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 05:04:43AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > Is it possible this happened just because the battery lost all its > > charge? Does putting it in the case backwards so it deactivates > > drain the power instead of just turning it off? > > I have seen (and posted about) this quite often. I have experienced > this behavior when the battery was not fully discharged, after doing > the remove battery trick and restarting the device, it reported 3 > bars of charge. I almost always have to have it plugged into some > power source, regardless of how charged the battery is. > > Some say this behavior is a precursor to the White Screen of Death, > but I have been living with it for about 8 or 9 mos. and that hasn't > happened. Also, I would swear that it happens less often now, but I > don't really have anything to back that up. Is the White Screen of Death permanent, or just a crashing problem like on Windows? I found one article that said to avoid it, don't power cycle too often. I have one game I've played that is always full screen and sometimes locks up. When it locks up, the only thing I've been able to do to get a response from the N770 is to power cycle it. Is there a better way to handle that? Hal
