When good CLIES go bad. . .

[xeres]

The past week has been CLIE hell for me.

First, the battery has been weak - for the last month or so, the charge drains quickly (no change in habits or settings). Anything to keep this beautiful machine alive. Not one hour after ordering a new battery, it freezes and I am locked out with the white screen of death OR a very faint PalmOS logo (with many lines throught the logo).

After many desperate attempts, I managed to resuscitate the CLIE. I eventually have it resembling the device I depend on. So, the remaining days have seen more soft resets (and a few hard ones) that I have ever done in six years of pda ownership.

To top it off, I can't reliably sync this to my Mac (using Tiger - 10.4.6). More often than not, it hangs when syncing the datebook to iCal (just moved over to iCal from Palm Desktop about 8 days ago). I'm not happy about this - I can't seem to get a clean sync anymore.

On the plus side, the new battery seems to be working fine.

I know eventually, I'll have replace the CLIE but I'd rather do it later than sooner. I love this machine. It feels like shooting "Old Yeller". On the other hand, I can't live with my data being held hostage. Any helpful hints I may have missed?


If I do put it out of my misery, I'll be selling the unit (which I know someone will have working perfectly), a Sena case (2 months new), my CD/cables and toss in my 615 cradle for kicks. (wipe the drool from the screen! ;)

[DanT]

You need a restage. Here what I would do:
1. Do MSBackup.
2. Copy the CLIE folder in your Mac to another backup folder.
3. Delete all the original CLIE folder in your Mac.
4. Reinstall the CLIE Installation CD-ROM to your Mac.
5. Hard reset your TH.
6. Reinstall the apps with their databases back to your TH one at time, either through your Mac or via CLIE (by copying the files in MSBackup folder to RAM) or HotSync.

[Pdaman]

well, what we can learn about this?

Do not charge your battery over night! It will eventually kill/hurt the battery!

[DanT]

I've been doing it for over 2 years with my TH55, no problem. It is just a normal life cycle of Li-Ion battery. 2-2.5 years are all you get before it starts discharging quickly. I changed mine just about when it turned 2 years old.

The white screen happens when you change the battery too quickly. You need to allow the capacitors in the motherboard to discharge for about 10-15 minutes before installing a new battery. That is all, there is to it.

[xeres]

The white screen happens when you change the battery too quickly. You need to allow the capacitors in the motherboard to discharge for about 10-15 minutes before installing a new battery. That is all, there is to it.
Interesting... I had the white screen *before* I took out the old battery. It was just after the screen/Palm logo was faint with many lines through it. I received the new battery two days later - followed the instructions to a T (or was that a TH?). Hmmm..

I already did the back up/restore procedures so I think it's something with Tiger/MissingSync. I didn't have an issue syncing to Palm Desktop but the switch to iCal was a hassle. (Already been on the Mac boards for that - it's not been a fun spring break).

Thanks for the help!

[Dirk Hasloewer]

Maybe the calibration of the battery is bad. Try a hard reset when the clie is mounted to the computer (original charging cable plugged in) and let the device load over the night. In some cases that helps.

[Clie Patra]

The faint logo with white lines is normal when you don't wait 15 minutes or more before placing the new battery, as DanT stated. I've had it too. Disconnected the new battery, waited a beer or two, and all was fine :)

[dragonsgames]

I have been through worse, trust me... ;) :(