Re: [PilotMgr] Resynchronization and restore of data.

[John Magnin <John.Magnin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kent. Are you sync'g with your laptop or UNIX workstation? My Palm
needs to sync to the calendar on my UNIX box in the office. Could
that make a difference? I've tried multiple sync and still no luck.

John

> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 14:24:48 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Kent Madsen <Kent.Madsen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [PilotMgr] Resynchronization and restore of data.
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> Cc: john.magnin@xxxxxxxxxxx
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> John,
> 
> I just went through this, not a lost Palm but an upgrade.
> 
> There have been two suggestions on this alias over the past months:
> 
> 	1) Upgrade your perl and perl/tk
> 	2) Sync on a PC first
> 
> Well, yesterday I did start by syncing my new IIIc on my home PC but when I 
> brought it into work, I got the same error you're seeing.  Upgrading perl 
didn't 
> seem practical for me, since I'm using perl via a shared server and I wasn't 
> ready to take on having my own copy.
> 
> So, I thought that maybe it would help to sync *first* with PilotMgr, so I did 
a 
> hard reset and tried that.  Didn't work.  Of course, now I had an empty IIIc 
> that is pretty much useless.
> 
> So, I went home and re-sync'ed again with the PC (actually, it took several 
> syncs, but that is another, longer story).  I also ran the memory test (there 
> was an item here recently about some defective memory in new palms) -- passed.
> 
> In the course of doing that, I disovered there is a Palm OS 3.5.2 update, 
which 
> I installed.
> 
> Today, after re-syncing and installing 3.5.2, I can sync w/PilotMgr just like 
> the old days, and life looks better again.
> 
> Bottom line -- I don't know if it was the multiple syncs, or 3.5.2, but it 
> worked for me today.
> 
> Kent
> 
> 
> 
> >X-Authentication-Warning: moshpit.Corp.Sun.COM: majordomo set sender to 
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> >Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 13:28:02 -0700 (PDT)
> >From: John Magnin <magnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [PilotMgr] Resynchronization and restore of data.
> >Cc: john.magnin@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >During a business trip to the ASM meeting in San Diego I lost my Palm V
> >in the airport. I have recently purchased the new Palm Vx and can't seem to
> >restore old saved date base.
> >
> >I keep getting this message:   ERROR: Modification of read-only value 
attempted
> >				at /net/radionow.eng/export/bin/pm1107 line 2664
> >
> >Can anyone please help me restore my old data so that my life can go on?
> >
> >Thanks
> >John
> >
> >Btw, losing your palm is like losing a child.
> >
> >
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