My “Summer Reading List” has been getting a bit long, with Post-Its everywhere. So, I decided to pull out an old Palm V that my friend mailed to me a while back. As my brother Dave would say: Perfect for what it does. It’s small, it’s light, and it still works after 10 years. Take that, smart phones.

Anyhow, I did have a problem with the Palm Desktop 4.1 software and the Palm 5. The digitizer kept getting out of whack after every sync. I tried stuff like Digifix, but it didn’t do anything. Finally, I ran across this post. It worked for me, so I thought I’d repost:

The bad digitizer function most likely is result of the desktop version you are utilizing.

Starting with version 4.1 and newer the problem began to appear, for users with the original bundled version that upgraded and those that utilizied the download for new desktop installs.

The UPDATE folder created during the install provides OS updates to th eunits automatically, and unfortunately the updates inclduded are not friendly or compatible with the V and Vx models, (only)?

To correct, with My Computer, locate the \Palm\Updates folder and rename to WrongUpdates.

Then since you already have hotsynced, locate the \Palm\[truncated user name]\Backup folder and rename to OLDbackup.

Then HARD Reset the Vx to clear all contents and confirm digitizer function restored.

Now perform a Hotsync, selecting same user name as the backup folder was renamed. This will establish the correct folder structure and new backup folder with the correct system files and preferences. And post HS the digitizer should be yet functional.

Digifix is an utility employed by many handheld users, V and Vx especialy, it will be beneficial if another compatibility isssue arises with a third party app that can occur.