What the heck did I install?

[gregjsmith]

I upgraded from a Sony NR70V to a T3. Somehow I installed something bad from the Sony backed up files. The T3 will boot with the following error: "DataMgr.c, Line:7399, DmWrite: DmWriteCheck failed". If I hold the up button on restart It will boot normally. I can't seem to figure out what it is that is loading at start up causing the crash.

[n0m0n]

Well I would hard reset my T3.
Make a copy the user folder from within Sony Clie folder and put ti on the desktop.
Un-Install Sony desktop, and install Palm as a clean install.
Re-create the userID name which will creating a new user folder in the Palm desktop, and sync the first time.
Import the datebook, addressbook, MemoPad, ToDo's, from the user folder copied to the desktop, and sync again.
This will insure that the PIM's have been transferred to both the T3 and into the Palm desktop.
Now one by one install the app's.
Remember Sony has their own drivers, as well as updates, patches, fix's, that should not be synced over onto the T3.
After all is done and proven delete the user folder on the desktop and enjoy.

[SoS]

I agree with Jeff's suggestion. For this process it may be a good idea to get hold of uninstall manager (http://www.palmgear.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=software.showsoftware&sid=08A77631-A4ED-4AC5-A043BC0104D17EA4&prodID=46248) . This allows you to cleanly uninstall unwanted apps with associated dbs and prefs etc.

[Caffeine kid]

Or, you can just delete your backup folder and do a hard reset on your palm. This way non of the sony crap will get back to your pda.

[jreyes1]

didn't have a sony, but a m500 and had same problem in using the restore from the backup -- in my case it was a couple of things

1) keyboard driver for external keyboard
2) appforge booster which is used for some database apps

once i delete these from the backkup, no problems,

hope this helps as i hate the idea of hard resets.

[gregjsmith]

Originally posted by undeadkid
Or, you can just delete your backup folder and do a hard reset on your palm. This way non of the sony crap will get back to your pda.

This is basically what I did. I thought I removed all the offending stuff but I guess not.

[samnjoe]

WHOA! I have been using my T3 for ... well ... since it was released!

And, just a few days I ago, I started getting that SAME EXACT error message. Had to hard reset, and rebuild parts -- even tho I was using 'backupman.' If I restored fully, it would just recreate the problem. The parts I restored: saved Prefs/unsaved Prefs.

The best I could determine -- and this is just TODAY -- it's Docs 2 Go. Every time I would try to start that, it would crash. No reboot. Hang on the nifty T3 introduction flash thingy.

Before I bought the T3, I had purchased Doc 2 Go V6, so I already had it. In fact, I use it with my SONY UX-50. I sync both to the same computer/same userid.

NOW -- I'm beginning to think that it really IS the Docs 2 Go. I reinstalled Docs 2 Go from scratch, from my purchased version (not the one that came with the T3).

So far ... all's well. Does this add anything to the equation, folks?

:confused: :confused: :rolleyes:

[Caffeine kid]

Originally posted by gregjsmith
This is basically what I did. I thought I removed all the offending stuff but I guess not.
That worked for me when I moved from Sony to Palm.

Just delete that folder, do a hard reset and then sync. There should be no way any sony updates can creep back into the palm.