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International Orders - Because of the new postal regulations we are no longer able to send ANY device with a battery out of the USA.  This includes batteries and any device with a battery, this also includes any repairs.  We will look into the possibilities of using a different shipping option but until this is determined we will refund the order minus the payment processing fee which we are not able to recover, this amount typically amounts to round 4%.  

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Testimonial

Customer Review


Title: Works like magic!
by: Joel B. Manuel

Saturday 30 June, 2012

I am from the Philippines, a writer in my own mother tongue and a teacher. As ideas occur to me anytime, I had to carry a gadget which I could use handily. I had owned some Pocket PCs, Dells and HP iPAQs, in the past, I bought them online in eBay and traded them also in there.

Then, recently, I was fascinated by a Palm LifeDrive posted in eBay. I bought it and when it arrived, I found out that it was barely usable, the LifeDrive would freeze after a few minutes of launching an application. I read some technical stuff online and then I began to suspect that the Hitachi MicroDrive used in the LifeDrive is the culprit.

I contacted the eBay seller, and he said he was not aware of the problem. I considered returning the item for replacement but then I thought that the replacement might have or might develop the same annoyance as with that of the unit I have.

So, I searched online for a possible remedy, and I came across literature describing and explaining how to replace the Micro Drive with a CF card. I searched again for CF cards for Life Drive and I came across the post on eBay about Palm PDA repair.

I contacted Chris right then and he responded that I communicate directly, and that's what happened. I thought, he requires me to send the unit to him, but to my surprise, he just gave the simple direction of replacing the MicroDrive with one of their pre-formatted CF card which he will send to me upon paying the amount set.

He sent me the invoice, I paid online, and after some days (I was not bored waiting), the packet containing my CF card arrived! Initially, I contacted an electronic repairman to install the CF card but in the evening of its arrival, I was very lucky to find among my tools a torx screwdriver of the right size and I opened my LifeDrive, disconnected the battery, removed the MicroDrive and inserted the CF card. When I reconnected the battery while the back of the LD is still open, the device booted on, and since then it booted on properly and launched programs until I would tire out of them.

So, what more could I say? Chris Short's panacea works like magic. Someday, I would write a short story with a main character that does repair PDA's or anything electronic. And Chris would be the model. Thanks, again, Chris!