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11-26-2006, 08:24 AM	#1
JAmerican Why Does Palm Disappoint? Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,905	jaPalmMade New application that allows you to quickly tell when your device was made instead of calculate it for yourself. While many may say its easy to do. Others with hundreds if not thousands of devices may find it useful... cough Alan . It may also be useful when looking to purchase a new Palm or check out when the demo model was made. I really made it because of last night's chat and how I couldn't find the Brighthand algorithm and I hadn't programmed for a very long time. If there are any issues, let me know. It will tell when your Palm/PalmOne branded device was created. I think this system works for Handspring so I included that brand as well but it may not. Only these three brands will or will not work. Enjoy! Based on algorithm here... http://forum.brighthand.com/showthread.php?t=21626 Download jaPalmMade JAmerican __________________ JAmerican Handspring Treo 90 --> Royal RG135nx --> T-Mobile Sidekick --> T-Mobile Sidekick Color --> PEG-UX40 -- > PEG-UX50--> Samsung T629 (Returned) -- > Palm TX (SOLD)/T-Mobile Sony Ericsson T610(Defective) --> T-Mobile Dash(Broken Screen) --> ASUS EEE 1000H Black/Treo 800w/PEG-VZ90 Accesories: Transcend 16GB SDHC \| 8GB Transcend microSD

11-26-2006, 02:23 PM	#2
SoS tired and confused... Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,921	Cool!! Thanx..

11-26-2006, 03:54 PM	#3
pokeypda Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 415	Worked fine on my TX, but the TE came back with 'Error 5: Invalid Parameter'. I brought the TE new ~3 years ago. __________________ T\|E -> TX

11-26-2006, 05:40 PM	#4
pokeypda Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 415	Interesting, my TE was manufactured less than a month before my receiving it. The TX on the other hand had been sitting on a shelf for 3+ months before I bought it. Oh well. JA, thanks for the momentary diversion. __________________ T\|E -> TX

11-26-2006, 06:37 PM	#5
Greek Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 723	I think that the reason is that the TE (if I remember correctly) doesn´t show the serial number in the Info screen, and probably jaPalmMade reads that. No? :-) Regards, __________________ Greek

11-26-2006, 07:40 PM

JAmerican

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Greek

I think that the reason is that the TE (if I remember correctly) doesn´t show the serial number in the Info screen, and probably jaPalmMade reads that. No? :-)

Regards,

Yep Greek, you got it. I will include something to allow you to enter it manually.

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Handspring Treo 90 --> Royal RG135nx --> T-Mobile Sidekick --> T-Mobile Sidekick Color --> PEG-UX40 -- > PEG-UX50--> Samsung T629 (Returned) -- > Palm TX (SOLD)/T-Mobile Sony Ericsson T610(Defective) --> T-Mobile Dash(Broken Screen) --> ASUS EEE 1000H Black/Treo 800w/PEG-VZ90

Accesories: Transcend 16GB SDHC | 8GB Transcend microSD

11-26-2006, 09:11 PM	#7
BuRnN HPSkin studio Beta tester Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Near Montreal, Quebec, Canada Posts: 885	cool app but i was using a similar app call ''ManufDate'' did you know about it ??? __________________ IMPORTANT INFORMATION __________________ IAM FRENCH CANADIAN __________________ Apple Newton Messagepad 130 Palm III, Palm Vx, Palm m130, Palm m515, Palm Zire 31, Palm Zire 71, Palm Zire 72, Palm Z22, Palm Tungsten E x3, Palm Tungsten E², Palm Tungsten T3 x2, Palm Lifedrive and Palm TX. Tapwave Zodiac² Sony Clié PEG-SJ33 PPC Casio Casiopeia xxx PPC Toshiba e800 Wi-Fi PPC HP Ipaq 2740 Apple Ipod touch 16GB second generation Jailbreak

11-26-2006, 10:41 PM

JAmerican

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BuRnN

cool app but i was using a similar app call ''ManufDate'' did you know about it ???

No. Let me check it out.

Edit: Mine does it automatically. But I will include an input section so you can input your code if its not shown on your device's info section. Also, the day of the week is said as well. It is said that Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday are the bad days to get your devices according to Saturday's chat due to people don't really want to work on those days. But this is based on assumption not proven fact. Although many devices with defects are said to have shown up on these days of the week.

JAmerican

Last edited by JAmerican : 11-26-2006 at 10:45 PM.

11-27-2006, 03:03 AM	#9
lhandra Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 78	Nice app Ja

11-27-2006, 05:06 AM	#10
JAmerican Why Does Palm Disappoint? Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,905	I updated it now. It will ask for a serial number if not is present in your device. You can also enter a serial on a device that already has one to see when the device was created. The purpose of this is to find out when devices were made but from just one device. Enjoy. The updated file can be obtained from my first post . Thanks guys. JAmerican __________________ JAmerican Handspring Treo 90 --> Royal RG135nx --> T-Mobile Sidekick --> T-Mobile Sidekick Color --> PEG-UX40 -- > PEG-UX50--> Samsung T629 (Returned) -- > Palm TX (SOLD)/T-Mobile Sony Ericsson T610(Defective) --> T-Mobile Dash(Broken Screen) --> ASUS EEE 1000H Black/Treo 800w/PEG-VZ90 Accesories: Transcend 16GB SDHC \| 8GB Transcend microSD Last edited by JAmerican : 11-27-2006 at 05:29 AM.

11-27-2006, 02:23 PM	#11
pokeypda Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 415	Works with the following nits: If I try to enter a serial # on the TX an input box pops up with a flashing cursor (focus) and if I tap the 3 characters they show up on the input form but when I tap 'OK' a "please enter the 3 ..." alert pops up. If I tap on the input field prior to entering the 3 characters everything is fine. Oh yea, on the TX there's a '\|' character in the upper right corner of the input form prior to tapping for focus. So even though there's a flashing cursor there's no focus prior to tapping. I observed this with fieldfix on and off. On the TE there's no focus until I tap on the input form. But no flashing cursor either or symbol in upper right corner. Anyway, it works just thought you might like to know? Thanks for the app and listening to me whine. __________________ T\|E -> TX

11-27-2006, 02:40 PM	#12
FerdFerd Recovering Palm Fiddler Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,335	Same here. Although FixField on my unit directs attention to the input field without my having to tap there. Entering the characters 6,7, and 8 on my unit results in the alert telling me to enter those characters. Checking the option to enter the whole serial number and then entering it works fine. Or at least doesn't result in an error message or a change in the automatically calculated date. No big deal on the TX, since the date is automatically displayed when the application is started. __________________ Palm V --> (Palm Vx+Palm IIIc) --> Palm m515 --> Palm TX --> iPhone --> iPhone 3G

11-27-2006, 03:09 PM

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JAmerican

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Quote:

Originally Posted by pokeypda

Works with the following nits:

If I try to enter a serial # on the TX an input box pops up with a flashing cursor (focus) and if I tap the 3 characters they show up on the input form but when I tap 'OK' a "please enter the 3 ..." alert pops up. If I tap on the input field prior to entering the 3 characters everything is fine.

Oh yea, on the TX there's a '|' character in the upper right corner of the input form prior to tapping for focus. So even though there's a flashing cursor there's no focus prior to tapping. I observed this with fieldfix on and off.

On the TE there's no focus until I tap on the input form. But no flashing cursor either or symbol in upper right corner.

Anyway, it works just thought you might like to know?

Thanks for the app and listening to me whine.

Wow. Thanks for noticing.

Trust me you helped greatly. I didn't realize all this

JAmerican

11-27-2006, 03:45 PM	#14
FerdFerd Recovering Palm Fiddler Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,335	Opps. I disabled FixField and found that the focus does shift to the input box automatically without it. You can write in the characters without having to tap in the input field first. The \| stroke that pokeypda reports is the symbol for automatic capitalization. It is anchored by a dot at the bottom of the upstroke. __________________ Palm V --> (Palm Vx+Palm IIIc) --> Palm m515 --> Palm TX --> iPhone --> iPhone 3G

11-27-2006, 05:03 PM	#15
pokeypda Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 415	Yep, \| with a dot. FerdFerd: How are you disabling FixField?? I tried turning it off and soft reset, no luck? Are you using FF v1? __________________ T\|E -> TX