Monday Monday

[beetiger]

I had a very nice weekend, despite the rain, out in Boston with lediva, which I'm really not in the mood to talk about in a lot of detail, but it included accompanying her to an audition to a reality show, which she'll probably tell you all about eventually. And hey, bonus hour. That's good.

I am having a very frustrating time with an old Nokia tablet that lediva gave me. It doesn't seem to work, Nokia customer service was not helpful, and moreover, the software I wanted to try to download to maybe help with it doesn't appear on the webpage when I look, so I felt kind of silly with the CS rep while not actually getting anything I needed. Blergh. The fact that my son is now an "expert" in everything and insists on giving me random and unsolicited advice about it doesn't help either.

May I pick your muscial brains? I'm putting together a collection of songs for someone that are about creepy, stalkerish, or other grossly inappropriate or one-sided "relationships", anything from things like "Don't Stand So Close to Me" to "#1 Crush". I'd love more ideas of songs on that theme, as my own sources to draw from are not that broad, and my memory's not that good.

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[beetiger.livejournal.com]

It came to me out of charge. When I try to charge it and then turn it on, it won't. It either shows the Nokia logo on white for a second, or flashes it repeatedly about one second on, one off, for a while, when it's plugged into the charger, and won't turn on at all otherwise. When I attach it to my laptop with a USB cable, it does nothing if it's not plugged into the charger, and acts as if I've plugged a peripheral into the machine for one second and then unplugged it again if it is also attached to the charger.

[beowabbit]

How long have you had it on the charger? The problem is that to some extent the charging is under software control, so if the battery is really absolutely 100% flat, it won’t charge properly. However, it does still accumulate a little bit of a charge in that state, so the thing to do is to leave it plugged in for a good long time (like 24 hours or so, I think). Then you should be able to unplug it and plug it back in and it will be able to charge normally. You might need to turn it on with the power button, or it might come on (to a sufficient level to charge normally) when you plug the adapter in again; I’m not sure.

If that doesn’t work, then the battery itself might be bad. (New ones are about $60, which is to say about half the price Nokia 770s are going for at this point. However, there are also third-party replacement batteries available for a lot less. I wouldn’t expect them to be as good as a new Nokia battery, though. This Froogle search will find both kinds.) I bet it will be OK if you just leave it plugged in for a good long time, though.

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

I left it overnight, but I guess I'll go plug it in some more. Could you do me a favor and take a look at the model code for your charger? lediva thinks there's some chance she gave me the wrong one.

[beowabbit]

The charger that came with it says "Nokia AC-4U" on the bottom. (I’ve used third-party chargers successfully, too.)