Re: Recovering PDBs from NVRAM in a dead T5

2010-03-03 Thread Dmitry Grinberg
in general you can read out the NAND using a microcontroller, then find (use google) the source code to TargetFFS, use that to mount the NAND partition, then use alex pruss's code to convert nvfs files to PDBs Best Regards, Dmitry Grinberg (847) 226 9295 On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Luc

re: Recovering PDBs from NVRAM in a dead T5

2010-03-03 Thread Luc Le Blanc
My friend tried replacing the battery, to no avail. Then he disconnected and reconnected the LCD and his device turned itself on. All is well. Thanks for the suggestions. Luc Le Blanc http://www.speleo.qc.ca/Auriga -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, pleas

Re: Progress bar in ProgressDialog ?

2010-03-03 Thread Lionscribe
Luc, Do you still need this? I once wrote code to do a custom progress bar with cancel. I can email it to you if you need. Lionscribe -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/

Re: Recovering PDBs from NVRAM in a dead T5

2010-03-03 Thread Regis St-Gelais
"Luc Le Blanc" a écrit dans le message de news: 188...@palm-dev-forum... > Maybe not so relevant, but I take a chance asking here. > > Is there a way to recover PDBs from the NVRAM of a dead Palm T5? > A friend lost all his cave survey data when his PDA died on him. > The screen went white, and s

re: Recovering PDBs from NVRAM in a dead T5

2010-03-03 Thread Harry
Hi Luc, if he is lucky it is not the mainboard causing the white screen. In say 50% of white screen cases we are able to resurrect the device with the following steps: 1. take out the battery (it is solded on the T5) 1.1 reconnect and try to boot with the same battery 1.2 try to boot with anothe

Recovering PDBs from NVRAM in a dead T5

2010-03-03 Thread Luc Le Blanc
Maybe not so relevant, but I take a chance asking here. Is there a way to recover PDBs from the NVRAM of a dead Palm T5? A friend lost all his cave survey data when his PDA died on him. The screen went white, and soft resets now freeze halfway in the process. Luc Le Blanc http://www.speleo.qc.ca