Andys101 & Redfrock Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 one more thing - my pda keeps freezing - i touch the screen and nothing happens. What's going on and can I fix it? Quote Link to comment
+dino-irl Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 What model is it? Most PDAs have a hard-reset button located on the bottom of the unit. If you push the stylus firmly into the tiny little hole it'll click and the unit will reset. Similar to shutting down and restarting a PC Quote Link to comment
+Munkeh Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 this has been happening to me - I think I've found that if I keep it in my trouser pocket to keep it warmer it starts working again Quote Link to comment
Andys101 & Redfrock Posted September 23, 2005 Author Share Posted September 23, 2005 palm vx will i lose cache mate and all the caches i have just downloaded? and its freezing while i am in the house - haven't even gone out yet! Normally works just fine! Quote Link to comment
+Learned Gerbil Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Dino means a soft rest button - there will be a hole which you can push a pin or the end of the stylus in - the device will be rebooted and any corrupted memory sorted out, but any programs and data will be saved. A hard reset involves doing the same asa soft rest, plus holding down one or more of the buttons on the device - that will clean out all of the memory and reset the device as it left the factory - you don't want to do that so make sure you are not touching any button whilst resting your Palm. The behaviour you mention may be due to the device needing ot be reset to free up and reorganise memory, but it may be due to software you have that is not working properly. What else are you running other than Cachemate? Quote Link to comment
Andys101 & Redfrock Posted September 23, 2005 Author Share Posted September 23, 2005 The behaviour you mention may be due to the device needing ot be reset to free up and reorganise memory, but it may be due to software you have that is not working properly. What else are you running other than Cachemate? nothing other than the basic programs it came with. I'll have a go with the reset button now. Sorry to be such a techno phobe! claire Quote Link to comment
+Sue and Bernie Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Don't forget that the Palm software completely backs up the contents of the PDA. I am assuming that the Palm VX desktop works the same as for my old Palm IIIxe. When I got hold of an enhanced Palm IIIxe (with a smart media slot fitted), I simply cloned it. I hot-synced the "old", out-going Palm then hot-synched to the "new" empty Palm. The new Palm was identical to the one it was replacing in terms of the installation. I then hard-reset the "old" Palm, installed the Palm software on Sue's PC and hot-synced her Outlook to the Palm. Quote Link to comment
+dino-irl Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Dino means a soft rest button Ooops! I know how to do things but I don't always know the names Quote Link to comment
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