Expansys memory upgrade service

[Guest J273]

With expansys now offfering the memory upgrade for the jam like PPC techs , im thinking of sending mine but it says a 6 week turnaround time :shock:

As anyone sent theres off to expansys for the upgrade and how long does it actually take,as 6 weeks is just tooooooo long :shock:

Edited February 4, 2005 by J273

[Guest SeaneyC]

Surely it would be quicker (and cheaper) to just send it off to PPC yourself?

[Guest TigerNet]

...have you got a link for the Expansys service?? I might go for this...

[Guest Chaser81]

:shock:

Expansys offer this??? Since when? How much? GIMME!!!!!

[Guest Metoo]

AFAIK, Expansys only ship it to PPCTech anyway. So not sure of what you gain this way over doing it direct?

[Guest J273]

http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=118227

Diant u guys know

[Guest J273]

AFAIK, Expansys only ship it to PPCTech anyway. So not sure of what you gain this way over doing it direct?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yea but its got to be cheaper as ive emailied them and they ship a container to u to put the jam in and send it off and you dont have to pay international shipping,ive also mailed PPCTECHS an they linked me to expansys saying that they were doing it in the uk.

Im so tempted in getting this done to make it perfect but 6 WEEKS! :shock:

Edited February 5, 2005 by J273

[Guest Chaser81]

And at the end of the day, as nice as it would be, I just cant justify spending £123 for 64MB of memory. I can get TWO 1GB SD cards for that!!

[Guest TigerNet]

...yes, but...ooohh the decisions...gonna have to think about this one...

[Guest Chaser81]

You would seriously pay that Tigernet? Thats a lot of money... Plus you would have to be without your Jam for six weeks!!

[Guest TigerNet]

...I know, I know...not run out of memory yet, so will probably hold off for now...as you say, being without the Jam for 6 weeks would be tough...but a 128Mb Jam...if only they would put WiFi in as well!!!

[Guest Disco Stu]

Do you envisage running out of memory on the phone itself ?

Is there a need for this that anyone has identified ?

Or is it a size thing ?

Fnarr :lol:

[Guest Chaser81]

I chose a simpler method of freeing up more memory. I did a Hard Reset on my Jam this morning and wiped the memory card that I have clean. I then set about installing all my apps again from scratch, this time only putting the essential ones that NEED to be in main memory (like MS Voice Command) to RAM, other slightly less important stuff I put in Storage (Avantgo and Simple Tunes) and all the rest I put onto my memory card. I now have my Jam exactly the way that I want it, with TONS of software and games installed, but with 8MB Storage space and 16MB Program memory free, which is plenty to ensure smooth operation.

And I didnt have to fork out £123 to do it or be without my Jam for 6 weeks! :lol:

[Guest TigerNet]

Or is it a size thing ?

Fnarr

...it's always about size!!! :twisted: :lol:

@Chaser81...good idea...I will give this a go...

...what do people think are the ESSENTIAL Apps to go in phone memory??? :?:

Cheers

Nick

[Guest TigerNet]

...also, there was a program on the smartphone site called sdmail (I think)...anyone know if this has been ported for the Jam? (it stores mail directly to sd card...)

Edited February 8, 2005 by TigerNet

[Guest Disco Stu]

...what do people think are the ESSENTIAL Apps to go in phone memory??? :?:

Cheers

Nick

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I'm following the Smartphone route of not installing anything to the device memory unless absolutely necessary. The only things I've not installed to card are Pocket Plus and the camera patch.

[Guest kurtfhouse]

Probably a dumb question but how do you install stuff on the SD or in storage and not RAM? Mine never gives me the option????

[Guest Disco Stu]

I always get the option with MSI-type installers but can't remember if I've installed any cabs yet. The option comes up on the PC.

[Guest SeaneyC]

There is a tiny program called cabinstl that i you can put on your SD card or ROM storage, it's less than 100K from memory, and when you run it, you can choose the cabfile to install, and where to install it to, and if you want to delete the cab after installation or not. Very handy!

[Guest TigerNet]

...got a link??

Cheers

Nick

[Guest SeaneyC]

http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/cabinstl.shtml

looks like the same thing

[Guest J273]

Ive just orderd the upgrade from expansys ,so hopefully it'll only take 2 weeks :lol:

Edited February 20, 2005 by J273

[Guest TigerNet]

I chose a simpler method of freeing up more memory. I did a Hard Reset on my Jam this morning and wiped the memory card that I have clean. I then set about installing all my apps again from scratch, this time only putting the essential ones that NEED to be in main memory (like MS Voice Command) to RAM, other slightly less important stuff I put in Storage (Avantgo and Simple Tunes) and all the rest I put onto my memory card. I now have my Jam exactly the way that I want it, with TONS of software and games installed, but with 8MB Storage space and 16MB Program memory free, which is plenty to ensure smooth operation.

I seem to remember a program out there that would shift programs to the storage card without having to uninstall and re-install...anyone remember where this went??? :?:

Cheers

Nick

[Guest jppang]

Hello

--> Is it possible to save contents of e-mail folders onto an SD card, as its taking up all the RAM?

--> Also, is it possible to alter which programs are installed where (ie. either the storage card or main storage)? - to conserve RAM

Cheers

](*,)

[Guest MitchellO]

You can store mail attachments on the SD Card, but not the mail itself (unless you find a util that does that).

You can install progs the either SD, Storage or ROM by selecting NO when activesync asks you to install in the default location. IT will then show a dialog that says how my space is needed for the prog and you can select where to install it to. Or, use a prog called CabInstl to install cab files to a different location on your PDA. Great for keeping a backup of all your CAB files on an SD and being able to load them back to the appropriate place if you have to hard reset or something.