I updated my firmware yesterday, all went well. Last night I put it in the amplified charger before bed and with the switch OFF the radio still broadcasted through the speaker. I thought I was going nuts. Took it off the charger base and checked, switched off...put back on, it again played through the charger.
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Here's a strange one...
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I had the same happen with my G5 recently.
I shut it off and pulled the battery for several minutes and then put it back together and powered it up. So far, it's not had the same problem so this may be something to try.
My same G5 also ran its battery completely dead once even though all indications said it was off. In this case, it was not on the charger as I'd just fully charged it so I just powered it off. It seems that something was obviously still running that killed the battery.
A battery pull seemed to cure that problem as well as it's never happened again either.
Battery pull suggestions in several threads here in this forum seem to cure a lot of the odd issues that come up with the G series pagers.
I shut it off and pulled the battery for several minutes and then put it back together and powered it up. So far, it's not had the same problem so this may be something to try.
My same G5 also ran its battery completely dead once even though all indications said it was off. In this case, it was not on the charger as I'd just fully charged it so I just powered it off. It seems that something was obviously still running that killed the battery.
A battery pull seemed to cure that problem as well as it's never happened again either.
Battery pull suggestions in several threads here in this forum seem to cure a lot of the odd issues that come up with the G series pagers.
My G5 did the same thing. I too have the amplifrd charger
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