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Hi,
 
when i first got my palm, i charged the battery for only half hour
before turning it on. does this make a difference on later performance
of the battery. it seems to me the battery dies way too fast and i
think it may be due to the first short charge. please help, and let me
know if there is a way of fixing this (maybe reseting palm somehow).
 
also is it possible to format palm to have no data on it?
 
thank you,
 
the hotshot

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"the hotshot" <hotshot@inbox.lv> wrote in message  
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> Hi,
>
> when i first got my palm, i charged the battery for only half hour
> before turning it on. does this make a difference on later performance
> of the battery. it seems to me the battery dies way too fast and i
> think it may be due to the first short charge. please help, and let me
> know if there is a way of fixing this (maybe reseting palm somehow).
 
The consensus is that T|E has a notoriously short battery life. One common  
tip is to adjust the brightness down. There are battery packs available for  
emergency charges, etc. And you can use the device while it's charging,  
which helps in synching and some other tinkering.
 
This may have some useful info:
http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/thedoctor/palmcomp.html
 
 
>
> also is it possible to format palm to have no data on it?
>
> thank you,
>
> the hotshot
>

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On 19 Feb 2005 12:27:24 -0800, the hotshot  
  <hotshot@inbox.lv> wrote:
>
> also is it possible to format palm to have no data on it?
>
Hard reset.  Press and hold the power button while pressing the reset  
button.

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the hotshot napsal(a):
> Hi,
>  
> when i first got my palm, i charged the battery for only half hour
> before turning it on. does this make a difference on later performance
> of the battery. it seems to me the battery dies way too fast and i
> think it may be due to the first short charge. please help, and let me
> know if there is a way of fixing this (maybe reseting palm somehow).
 
Try in-cradle reset. Just stab him in the back while charging.
 
> also is it possible to format palm to have no data on it?
 
Hard reset. Push power + stab in the back. When you release the power  
button, he asks if you want to clear all data. If yes, push UP.
Mark
 
--  
The last easy day was yesterday.

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thank you kindly for all your suggestions everybody.
 
the hotshot
 
 
Marek Stanek wrote:
> the hotshot napsal(a):
> > Hi,
> >
> > when i first got my palm, i charged the battery for only half hour
> > before turning it on. does this make a difference on later
performance
> > of the battery. it seems to me the battery dies way too fast and i
> > think it may be due to the first short charge. please help, and let
me
> > know if there is a way of fixing this (maybe reseting palm
somehow).
>
> Try in-cradle reset. Just stab him in the back while charging.
>
> > also is it possible to format palm to have no data on it?
>
> Hard reset. Push power + stab in the back. When you release the power
 
> button, he asks if you want to clear all data. If yes, push UP.
> Mark
>  
> --  
> The last easy day was yesterday.