PALM IS TOTALLY F***ED UP! GRRR @#!%? 5 days without batteries and everything is lost???

[ndee]

OK. I JUST DON'T GET IT. I have a freakin' Palm M105. It told me 5 days ago, it was on low battery. I never used it during that time, and today, I've put some new batteries in there, and EVERYTHING IS GONE! :|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|

THAT'S SOME SERIOUS BULLS*IT! I mean..... WTF? They can't be serious!

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

 

[Thor86]

I'm not a Palm expert, but what did you expect for using that POS. You do have backups right?

 

[ndee]

Not from everything. It's frustating, but I can life with it. :|

/me will never buy a Palm EVER again

 

[AMDPwred]

It isn't very smart to leave anything mission critical on a Palm anyways.

 

[ndee]

It is not mission-critical as I said, but just really frustrating. If you installed a driver which f*cked up the whole system and you need to re-install it.... it's just frustrating.

 

[AMDPwred]

But that's a whole different deal. If a virus got in here or I had to reformat I would be pissed, I have alot of work related and other important things on this PC.

 

[ndee]

My point is, it is frustrating, if you have to re-install your whole computer new. Not what the cause is.

 

[Gaunt]

Not sure about the m105... It's just the m100 with more memory, correct? So it doesn't have internal batteries, and last I checked, it used those batteries to ensure your data wasn't lost. Leaving dead batteries in the unit has the same affect as removing the batteries for more than a minute... It can't keep your data without power. I can't really see how you can complain about this. If I lose my data, I just sync my palm again, and all is back. Your computer analogy is the same. Anything you want safe, you back up, just to be sure.

 

[ndee]

<< I can't really see how you can complain about this. If I lose my data, I just sync my palm again, and all is back. Your computer analogy is the same. Anything you want safe, you back up, just to be sure. >>



I see how I can complain. I don't know if the Ipaq has the same problem. I guess not. For me, it's like if you turn off the TV, the next time you turn it on, you have to reprogram all channels. Well, at least I learned something today.

 

[arcas]

This is what seems to me as Palm's/Handspring's biggest failure: lack of standard non-volatile storage. I never really
understood why they overlooked this since compactflash and smartmedia have become downright commonplace over the last
3 or 4 years. Perhaps Palm's ex-CEO who was an admitted luddite is to blame for not pushing this feature.

Think how much more useful a Palm or Visor would be if PalmOS had seamless support for non-volatile storage like compactflash.
A 128MB CF card could store lots of detailed GPS maps, for instance. Not to mention you wouldn't have to worry about dead
batteries wiping out everything on the device.

 

[cbuchach]

What are you complaining about--just resync your Palm and it should restore all the data.

I have had a Palm IIIx for two years and have never had a loss of data (so I am not totally sure about the re-syncing thing). I ignore battery warnings all the time for many days (even when it says the batteries are getting critical) and have never had it lose my data.