Palm M515 Battery Life Is Waning

Mulder1 · Joined: Nov 26, 2003 Posts: 190

I have an ever so reliable Palm m515 that's going on its fourth birthday soon; apparently, that must be about 400 in dog years as the built-in battery ain't what it used to be (some of us at Oxford use 'ain't').

While I've only used about half of the original 16MB of storage, I did buy a 64MB card and would like to know how (if at all) I could move all of my data/programs from the original 16MB 'memory' to the 64MB card.

If that's possible, would I then be able to transfer (?) any of that 64MB card data to a newer model and, yes, I'm open for suggestions provided it's "the next generation" in the Palm series.

Thanks for the insights!

goretsky · Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 5:01 am Post subject:

Hello,

It has been several years since I've used a Palm PDA, but I seem to recall being able to transfer all my data over to a new unit simply by plugging the new unit in and running the Palm HotSync application as I normally would. I do not recall whether third-party applications were transferred over, but this did get all the data from the embedded applications such as the Address Book and the To-Do List from the old PDA to the new one.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

Mulder1 · Joined: Nov 26, 2003 Posts: 190

Thanks, Aryeh... I'm looking at the Zire 72 as a possible replacement.

At any rate, are you saying that if I were to setup/install the Zire 72 that 'everything' would transfer as if I did a HotSync with the m515 :huh:

Now that you mention it, I'd probably have to have the third-party install files available for the newer unit (?)

If all this is true, it's almost too easy :unsure:

Thanks for your advice!

nlinecomputers · Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:28 pm Post subject:

Palm does not back up everything. Espcially if you have thrid party apps. I use backupbuddy http://www.bluenomad.com/bb/prod_backupbuddy_details.html Works great and makes perfect clone backups.

Mulder1 · Joined: Nov 26, 2003 Posts: 190

Hey, thanks for the tip!

barca · Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 1

Think also to change your user name or to carefully synchr and use third party programs. Some may work weel, some can cause a hard reset.
Advice. Install working third app from an older palm on a new palm carefully, one after one and test it. Be careful with app working in the background, you can go in a loop with the palm logo on screen each time you open the palm. The only reel way to go througth is the hard reset. Sometimes a warm reset can help you and you can then delete the soft, but a normal reset can't help

Mulder1 · Joined: Nov 26, 2003 Posts: 190

Thanks!