Palm Tungsten C Repair

Repairing an old retro Palm OS device by doing a complete tear down to understand how to replace the battery. I could not find any videos or tutorials online on how to do this so I made one myself. I would like to make more videos about this amazing operating systems in the future.

[walnuthills]

I have one! Maybe I need to do this, especially to improve WiFi connections by better seating the card. Speaking of which, thanks for reminding me! I need to do a review video.

[munfamily]

Thanks for doing this. Great video. Awaiting my battery do do the replacement. I couldn't tell exactly how you got the plastic black piece to come apart. Also, I didn't see how you removed the cable going to the front panel.

[Leurak]

I got one of these brand new. Sadly, when you plug it in, it only flashes the screen. My guess is that the battery is completely flat, to the point where the undervoltage protection kicks in and therefore completely disables it.

When starting up, it probably needs a bit more current than the dock can supply, therefore immedietly crashing after briefly powering on the screen and quickly rebooting, causing this flashing. I had something similar happen on an old Android phone when the battery was removed.

I already ordered a new battery. I hope i won't ruin this thing, because it's in mint condition right now. Sad that a device from 2003 already had a hard-to-replace built in battery.

Thank you for that teardown video, it probably will help a lot keeping my unit in good shape while attempting the repair. I will reply back if the battery replacement fixed it.

[ZonaALG]

This is great, just purchased a Palm m100 and being able to run it from AAAs for all the things it can do its just mindblowing, you should be making a video on how you use this nowadays wether you use it alongsides your phone? or just as a tool? I think my new palm m100 would be the perfect solution for my personal disorganization

[ataphelicopter]

Hey man, really enjoyed this, recently got one of these myself and I’m struggling to setup the WiFi on it, if you have any tips that would be much appreciated

[AndreaLogan]

Thank you for this video! I recently bought this exact unit, and the battery charges incredibly slowly. I would like to replace the battery myself (I have worked on many computers and feel capable of doing so), but I am wondering where to look for a replacement battery. Where did you find your replacement battery? Thanks!

[MrJavaman]

I used to have a Tungsten C back in the day. I used it a lot and it lasted quite a while. Unfortunately I cracked the screen and that was the end of it..

[albertobozzicolonna]

I have the similar problem. I plug in into the cradle to charge and I get green light on the device. The screen doesn’t turn on. If I reset the device, the screen turns on for few seconds and then turn it off again even if I plug in into the cradle to charge. What is the reason in your opinion? Many thanks