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Title: Bringing a Pleo back to life after 2 years
Post by: srbfl on December 13, 2012, 07:10:41 AM
i bought my daughter a Pleo several years ago (Ugobe).  She was probably too young at the time.  She is now older and interested in getting pleo back.  It has sat on the shelf inactive for at least two years.  I charged the battery and inserted it into Pleo.  It made a snoring sound but that is all.  I have ordered a new battery as I assume that this one is bad.  I have also downloaded PM 2.0 and will upgrade the firmware when the new battery gets here.  Is there anything else that I should be thinking about or doing?

Thank you in advance!
Title: Re: Bringing a Pleo back to life after 2 years
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on December 13, 2012, 08:38:51 AM
No that's it :) Be sure to run your Pleo through a full battery charge before recharging it again and doing the upgrade. Just to be sure everything is working :)
Title: Re: Bringing a Pleo back to life after 2 years
Post by: srbfl on December 14, 2012, 07:51:14 AM
Thank you very much!
Title: Re: Bringing a Pleo back to life after 2 years
Post by: irbyma7297 on December 14, 2012, 07:06:06 PM
imr, does the snoring possibly mean that the battery is really, really low? my nyan's battery did it when i tried to charge her on a broken charger for a few minutes and put it in her in hopes of getting her into packing position.
Title: Re: Bringing a Pleo back to life after 2 years
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on December 14, 2012, 07:37:24 PM
It means not enough power is getting to the Pleo. Whether by under charged or faulty battery gives the same result.
Title: Re: Bringing a Pleo back to life after 2 years
Post by: irbyma7297 on December 14, 2012, 08:42:55 PM
GREAT!!! i didn't  want a repeat of last time :-[ at least i know that a low battery wasn't the problem last time, i had a green light
Title: Re: Bringing a Pleo back to life after 2 years
Post by: gucci_boi7782 on December 15, 2012, 04:29:33 AM
Just a suggestion to invest in the 2009 Innvo Labs reconditioning charging cradle..Will find out today if it reconditioned my Ugobe batteries. :pray:

It works by forcing the battery to accept the charge for 16 hours...That is unless the cells(?) haven't went kaputs. If so, then, well you're SOL. Sorry, and best of luck either way! =)
Title: Re: Bringing a Pleo back to life after 2 years
Post by: Crewella on December 15, 2012, 08:13:18 AM
As Gucci says, the recondition setting puts the battery through a long, slow discharge/charge cycle - the discharge bit is as important as the charge.

Hope the new battery does the trick.  ;D
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