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DbFixIt,
V-1.1b
for the Palm OS Platform
(Only available in English at this time) |
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 DbFixIt for Palm OS® is
a new utility that is designed to detect and repair errors in Palm OS
databases. In particular, it knows the precise structure of the standard
Palm OS and proprietary PalmOne PIM databases and can selectively repair
those errors.
Corrupt
databases can cause all kinds of problems from crashing applications,
hanging or crashing conduits, or causing unexpected errors such as
retrieving the wrong record on a global find. DbFixIt is the first Palm OS
utility to address all these issues. It will be especially of interest to
those people who rarely sync with a desktop, or run into a corruption
issue when no desktop is around to refresh the database from, or when the
associated conduit just won't run.
A one-touch
Easy Ck. or Easy Fix button checks all the standard PIM databases and repairs
them, making operation very simple. For advanced users, there is the
ability to scan individual databases, backup and restore databases, and
remove selected ranges of records. There is a feature that will scan every
record in a database for a matching string and then allow the record to be
deleted (useful if the application in question crashes when attempting to
access a record that appears to be corrupt).
DbFixIt has an
unlimited trial period during which it will detect, but not repair errors.
Only the registered version has the ability to repair errors and certain
other functions are not available on the unregistered version. Registering
the program also allows you to take advantage of further, advanced
technical support to repair or recover damaged databases.
Registering
DbFixIt will then selectively fix the errors, and in all cases
where it is technically feasible to do so, without losing the data in the
record. Most importantly, registering DbFixIt includes further advanced
support on specific issues related to the recovery and repair of corrupt
databases
DbFixIt runs on ALL PALM OS Devices running OS 2.0 or later.
Latest V-1.1a release of DbFixIt now remembers the last file scanned, and
allows up to ten different database types to be scanned (previously, only
'DATA' files could be scanned).
Best of all, the proceeds from this product go
towards wildlife conservation and the Dewar's Gorilla
Haven project in the North Georgia Mountains
Types of problems that DbFixIt corrects:
• PIM Databases: invalid dates, invalid times, items
not sorted properly, description, note fields too long or
pointing outside of the record, Invalid repeat specifications,
invalid alarm information, orphaned repeat events, physical
record too short or too long, invalid priority field, etc.
• ALL Databases: Duplicate unique ID's, locked records
left in database, record too long (when maximum length is
known), NIL chunks on non-deleted records, accessibility of all
records via Palm OS.
• BLOB Errors: Blobs are data appended to the end of a
record. Due to bugs in the built-in contacts application,
conduit problems and memory corruption issues, corrupt Blobs can
appear in the PIM databases on newer PalmOne devices and these
can not be removed by simply hotsynching from the desktop
to the handheld. Pimlico has seen several cases of users with
enormous contacts databases (some as large as 40-50Mb (!) that
were 98% garbage from corrupt Blobs. Image below was from a
Palm user's contacts database that was 1.8Mb in size. After
DbFixIt cleaned it up, 1.57Mb of wasted space was recovered, and
the database was then only some 230k in size.
• Support. When you need help, you are communicating
with
highly experienced Palm OS users and developers with a genuine
interest in helping you - not novice support technicians at a
large company that have relatively little interest in your
problems.
 
 
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Responses from
DbFixIt Users |
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I tried what seemed like everything to get my calendar to
sync. Your DB fixit program did the trick. For the first time in
6months I'm able to run a HotSync without a Calendar sync
failure. Thank you for such a wonderful program! (RRivera). |
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Thanks - picked up 1 MB. (Tom S.) |
| Thanks for
making this utility. I have found that I've gotten some extra
free RAM back after having it delete and fix the BLOBs. So, if
nothing else, I'm glad I paid for it! (Maceyr). |
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING WHERE HAVE YOU
BEEN ALL THESE YEARS; there are so many
people i meet who have stopped using the palm and changed to
blackberry or the new iphone because i quote 'my palm always
crashes and freezes' why cant palm figure this out; it is such a
necessity. My desktop went from 30 megs to 3 megs; AMAZING;can
you share this with palm and get them to promote it too. thanks
again
jack |
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I just purchased a
Treo 755p and spent hours trying to get past the calendar
conduit, hanging up on hot sync every time.....I downloaded
DbFixIt, had ONE bad file, repaired it, and everything worked
immediately. Thank you so much!!
Carol T |
| I love the way
you set up DBFIXIT. it has changed everything. I have almost 0
crashes with my Todo's (that were previously frequent) and can
very easily access DBFIXIT from a hard button. thanks for
increasing my efficiency!! (and.. you can use this on your page
as an endorsement to this amazing product). Neal P. |
| Hope you don't
mind me taking a moment of your time to thank you. I've been a
DateBk user for years and "won't leave home without it", but I
want to thank you now for dbFixIt. I've had a problem for ages
where every time I get a new SMS, I also get 4 blank SMS
messages that I have to delete. Palm's suggestion was do a hard
reset and rebuild from scratch. Gotta love 'em. Anyhow, dbFixIt
identified some misplaced deleted records. Getting rid of those
solved my problem.
Pete S |
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Thank you so much for writing this
program! I have been unable to sync my datebook with Outlook for
nearly two years. Multiple calls to Chapura were unsucessful,
mostly because I was unwilling to delete my database and start
over. One pass with your program found the offending file, fixed
it, and now all is well! Thanks again (SMathey). |
Your program is
great!! Best $12.95 I have ever spent. I can't tell you how much
time was wasted
until your program was installed on my treo. You helped me where
the manufacturer couldn't. I can't believe Palm can't fix
corrupted data on
their own units. Thanks again.
Mark |
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It found 32
duplicate Unique ID's in my Contacts, and 120k of blobs. (Khaytsus) |
WORKED PERFECTLY
ON THE FIRST TRY
How many programs can you say that about? CLEANED OUT ALL
THE PROBLEMS. Jonathan |
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I have
about 5MB free (thanks to your dbFixIt freeing 2.6MB!). (JSeder) |
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I was not having any problems but I
tried it, it found BLOB data corruption and other problems in
just about every Calendar and Contact record. It says once I fix
these errors the databases will be reduced in size by almost
500kB. Ordered it this am. (Josser). |
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I just wanted to let
you know that I had been unable to synchronize tasks for months
because of the dreaded OLERR:0E problem. One run of DbFixIt
solved the problem. (WBornstein) |
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for the speedy
response! I received the registration code and entered it
successfully. The Dbs have been fixed and HotSynced back to my
desktop machine. I can breathe easily again! (MShar). |
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Thank you! I just ran DB Fixit, and
the best I recall it
was something 700 records corrupted (mostly BLOB) and something
like 4 MB of data regained (mostly from calendar). (GCook). |
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able to Hotsync in over a year. I was about to wipe my device
and try and rebuild all my databases. Thanks to DbFixIt, I am
back up and running. I couldn't be any happier. Thanks from a
VERY HAPPY customer!! (SHoogasian) |
WOW.. It worked!! My calendar now Synchs.
Thanks.
RHuffman |
Your first
suggestion helped correct the problem, and I can now sync to my
hearts delight :-)
If I had gone the route that Palm Tech support had suggested
(hard resetting + making the desktop overwrite the handheld) I
would at the
very least have lost the main part of 5 months of records....
So thank you for your help and your program! It is priceless!
Peter |
I imagine
you've heard that a lot. I spent so much time trying to
fix this, and your program cleared everything up in seconds.
I'm a happy camper. Doubly happy because the money goes to
wildlife conservation! It's a win-win situation :)
K Crummins |
| Thank you! Thank
you! Thank you! I have been trying for two weeks to get my Treo
650 to hotsync since downloading the current version of Palm
Desktop! I was at my wits end when I read about this program. I
have been a Datebk fan for years and now I am ready to party!
Alicia |
| Just ran a scan this morning
and it found 4 errors in my Task database. I was surprised
because I regularly run dbscan and also use Palm Desktop Tools
option to scan my Treo, and neither
found these 4 errors. (fireworksfx). |
| To sum it up, I tried the
trial and it worked perfectly showing me all the errors. I
bought the full version and ran it through on all the PIM
databases. I fixed all the errors and deleted the "blobs". I
gained a bit more then a meg of memory, the contacts database
opens faster and it is much more responsive.
Worth the $12.95 to me. (Matty) |
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Just wanted to say thank you for the
DbfixIt! I thought my Palm TX was toast, but after installing
the registration number and running the scan, it is now working
again!!!! Thank you, thank you!
Deb |
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