[TriLUG] problem syncing palm zire 71 - no help from jpilot list, looking else where

[Ian Meyer]

is it possible that some of the contacts are connecting (to charge) and 
some are not making a good conenction?

just a thought
ian


On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 23:44, J. "Spydir Web" Powers wrote:

> I thought about that but it doesn't seem right because it's charging 
> fine it's just not syncing.  It's insane and really annoying.
>
> I tried what you said anyways but nothing changed.  I just can't 
> figure out what's wrong and it's really bothering me...
>
> Joshua Bedick wrote:
>> Try pushing the 71 down in the cradle.  I know it sounds silly but I 
>> had
>> a hell of a time getting mine to work regularly.  Once I bent the
>> catches on the cradle forward (away from the cradle) things started
>> working more reliably.  Before then I had to push the Zire down every
>> time I synched.  I noticed when I went over the directions (last 
>> resort)
>> that the correct way to place the Zire in the cradle is to tilt the 
>> top
>> away from the cradle, insert it and then push it back.  I hope this
>> helps.
>> Joshua
>> On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 20:04, J. "Spydir Web" Powers wrote:
>>> this is the weird problem I've faced with my zire 71
>>>
>>> I was syncing and backingup my zire 71 nightly for quite some time 
>>> now.
>>>  just tonight I attempted to sync and it didn't work so i tried
>>> reloading the modules and it didn't work.  All my ttyUSB0/1 devices 
>>> and
>>> pilot are chmod 666, my usb subsystem, usbserial, and visor modules 
>>> are
>>> loaded properly, and in /var/log/messages it stays they're loading
>>> without any errors.
>>>
>>> yet, when I attempt to sync, pilot-foto/xfer both just say it can't
>>> connect to the device and the messages file doesn't display any new
>>> lines.  I've tried everything I can think of, followed every README I
>>> could find, and nothing has changed.  I just can't figure out what's 
>>> wrong.
>>>
>>> does ANYONE have any ideas?  I'm thinking something might be wrong 
>>> with
>>> my palm itself but I REALLY hate the idea of sending it out to palm 
>>> for
>>> a replacement which probably will suffer the same problem
>>>
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