1src Forums - Palm VIIx wireless good for anything now?

03-18-2009, 11:22 PM	#1
bizzybody Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 108	Palm VIIx wireless good for anything now? Can the wireless on the VIIx still be used for anything these days? __________________ Tungsten E2 user, now owned by a LifeDrive.

03-19-2009, 04:12 AM	#2
dmitrygr Software engineer/hacker Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Silicon Valley, CA Posts: 5,061	yes, popping popcorn REEEEAAAAALY slowly __________________ Annoying me is NOT an approved way of encouraging me to produce software My software:PowerSDHC, PowerDrive, nuRom, UDMH, warpSpeed, PowerDiGi, brightnessFix, etc... Get it all here:http://www.PalmPowerups.com

03-19-2009, 11:38 AM	#3
headcronie Palm Greyscale Junky Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Rochester, MN Posts: 535	If you don't have the patience like Dmitry has, then the answer is no. __________________ Brighthand mod staff

03-23-2009, 12:03 PM	#4
FlaSheridn Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Palo Alto Posts: 24	Deactivated and disconnected I’m afraid the preceding posts are right; I tried one of mine relatively recently, and only got the dreaded “Your device has been deactivated” message. I know of no workarounds for banishment from the Mobitex network, and beyond that level you’d need layers of proxy servers which are, I’m pretty confident, no longer running, and were never available outside Palm.

03-23-2009, 11:12 PM	#5
bizzybody Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 108	So there's no point in actually getting a VIIx, unless you're a collector. I'm not one of those, so the VIIx I found for $25 on Craigslist, I'll give it a pass. If only it could be hacked for 802.11something. __________________ Tungsten E2 user, now owned by a LifeDrive.

03-25-2009, 12:46 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bizzybody

So there's no point in actually getting a VIIx, unless you're a collector. I'm not one of those, so the VIIx I found for $25 on Craigslist, I'll give it a pass.

If only it could be hacked for 802.11something.

Bizzybody - hate to say it, but you have a very clear lack of understanding of the wireless radio.

There is no hacking that will make a radio designed to talk to one network, talk to another. What you are saying is - lets hack this bluetooth radio, and make it talk to a wifi radio. It isn't going to happen.

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03-25-2009, 12:47 PM	#7
headcronie Palm Greyscale Junky Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Rochester, MN Posts: 535	Oh, and for $25 the PDA itself isn't bad. Calendar, memos, etc all work flawlessly. Given the fact that it supports replaceable batteries, you won't be disappointed if you need a PIM manager. It will even work with Docs to Go version 6. __________________ Brighthand mod staff