[Palm OS] Note Pad on N810 using Garnet VM
 

I got a N810 with Diablo and Garnet VM. Since the Garnet VM didn't really have the apps I need, namely Note Pad and Calendar, I copied them from my T3 to a SD card. From there, I installed them into the GVM. Calendar worked instantly without problems. But with Note Pad, my notes could not be read. Every time I click on a note, it would say it cannot be read. I verified that I can create new notes and delete it, I just cannot see my old notes. Anyone ever experienced something like this?

My HotSync isn't working right now, so I haven't tried syncing to see if that will work. Also, anyone know how I can overwrite the GVM version of memo so I can use my T3 version of memo?

Ok, one more question, aside from Hot Syncing, how can I get my .pdb files out of GVM? Is it stored somewhere that is accessible?

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To get your T3 memos read - have you tried to configure the Notepad app to a T3 instead of default? To do this just open GVM, tap on Memopad and then tap Configure to adjust Device type.

As for how to grab .pdb files, I've been using Resco Explorer from my old TX days to get the files copied from my TX to an SD card. I don't think Filez will do this but I could be wrong. I don't hotsync now and didn't even hotsync when I used my TX daily.:)

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I had tried configuring the device type, and it never seems to do anything. I can't see any changes in the app when I cycled through the models and "display compatibility". Either way, my old notes still would not load. The same ol' "Could not open note" message. I also tried giving it 4mb of heap memory instead of 2mb, since one of the reason it gave when I clicked on the "i" was low memory, but it didn't help.

As for resco, are you sure you're able to copy your files out of the Garnet VM? Or are you talking about the actual Palm device? I am able to copy anything out of my T3 using Filez, but the Garnet VM does not see the SD card on the N810. So there's no way that I know of to copy it straight out without using HotSync. Maybe you did something different?

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Isn't Resco Explorer including an ftp client? If so, that's a way of getting files out of the system. (I've tried ezftp myself, the problem with that one is that it can't log in to my pw-protected ftp account, so I haven't managed this feat myself. But it should work in principle.)

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I use Resco Explorer to get the .pdb files out of my actual Palm device (TX) and on to a SD card. You can use the Install button in GVM (Hildon Window) to install the .pdb files. GVM "Install" (Hildon Window) will recognize the SD card, only once the actual virtual machine has been launched does the ability to see your SD card go away.

This is the same way I've installed all of my Palm apps on my N810. Have you hotsync'd to install your apps?

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I didn't know resco explorer have an FTP client, I might have an older version or just didn't know about ti. Will check again, thanks for that tip.

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That's the same way I did to get my apps to install to my GVM. Copy out of my T3 to SD, install into GVM. But what I wanted to do is once I start using GVM version of notes, memo etc, I want to copy the .pdb file back out of GVM.

I haven't gotten my HotSync to work yet.

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Please note that I don't use resco explorer myself, so I don't know for sure. But I remember someone at some point mentioning another ftp client, which wasn't ezftp (which I've already tried) and I thought that might have been resco - I may be wrong though. But there's supposed to be a GVM-working ftp client out there, so if it wasn't resco explorer then there's still hope. (BTW it may be that ezftp can be used if you could use an anonymous ftp server, which I haven't tried.)

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I did a quick search, and migs mentioed resco 3.22 has ftp function. I have v2.5 :) But there's hope, I'll download the trial and check it out.

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FWIW, Notepad isn't the same as Memos. Notepad isn't in GVM. I haven't tried to install it there, because I never use it, but some may want it. I can't say how to get it to read old notes, but I suspect they may have to be from the older version, before the TX, since everything else is.

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It worked! FTP that is. I downloaded resco explorer 4.01.4 for the GVM and filezilla server for my PC. After setting up an account (not anonymous) I was able to ftp files from the GVM to my PC! This is monumental! I now have direct file access to and from GVM. Since I still can't get HotSync to work from the GVM, this is the only way to back up my data. Aside from copying the entire GVM virtual machine that is.

I still can't get my old notepad to open though. I had planned on syncing the notes to Palm Desktop, then transfer the account to my Palm Vx, hoping Palm Desktop would do some kind of conversion. Since the Palm Vx has an older version of Note Pad. But the latest version of Palm Desktop is missing Note Pad! It's treating it like an user installed app and simply backing it up. I probably have to find an older version of Palm Desktop.

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Ok I got the notepad problem resolved. I forgot T3 has a compatility option where it will beam a compatible version to older devices. So I beamed everything that I wanted to keep to my Vx, copied the pdb to GVM, and voila, all my notes are there now! Yes I did have to do it one note at a time, but I cleaned out a lot of old and outdated stuff at the same time. I also had to bluetooth the pdb from T3 to PC, then bluetooth to N810. For some reason filez just won't bluetooth directly to N810.

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After reading your post, I thought I'd also try the Network Connection in Resco Explorer to see if I could transfer files. Sure enough it works too and it's easy to set up. You just need to set up a shared folder on your PC that also allows network users to change files. For example, my PC ip address is 192.168.1.8 and my shared folder name is 1nokia, so in Network Connections in Resco Explorer I added a network connection with the path:
\\192.168.1.8\1nokia

Now I can see all the files and folders in my 1nokia folder on my PC and transfer individual files to and from Garmin GM using Resco Exploerer. Thanks for your useful info! :cool:

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I'm glad I helped! I tried using the network too and it worked for me as well. Now I have 2 options!

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Thanks for verifying that resco w/ftp does the job! I'll be checking that one out.
As for filez BT to N810, I have successfully BT'ed with FileZ from my T3 to my N800. It didn't work right away though, nothing was received on my N800 -- until I rebooted (that is, hit the reset button) my T3. After that I have BT'ed lots of files with FileZ.