- Guaranteed for One Full Year
- High Capacity 900 mAh 3.7V Battery
- Revives Your Palm Tungsten E
- Kit Comes with Tools and Video Instructions
- Kit Includes Everything you Need to Revive Your Palm Tungsten E
Now on to this product. The capacity of this product is much much (much) higher than the battery that shipped with the Palm Tungsten. The manufacturer of the battery included a DVD demonstrating (step by step) the battery removal and replacement procedure and a tool for prying open the case. The tool can also be used to pry the old battery from the PC board (it was glued). I watched it twice and then easily removed the old battery and soldered in the new battery.
Two caveats. 1) If you are not comfortable using a soldering iron then only buy this product if you know someone that is. 2)As in most modern printed circuit board-based products, the space in which yo will have to work is EXTREMELY limited. You will need good soldering techniques and a steady hand. I did find that once I got the product soldered in, the Palm booted right up.
Another caveat, it appears that the palm is not using FLASH but some sort of battery backed up storage. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL YOUR DATA BACKED UP ON A PC BEFORE STARTING THE REPLACEMENT PROCESS< AS YOU LOSE EVERYTHING WHEN YOU PULL THE OLD BATTERY OUT. But as soon as I hooked the Palm up to my PC, everything was reloaded.
Bottom line, as long as you are comfortable with a (low power) soldering iron and (rosin core) solder and have a steady hand and can work with a soldering iron in tight spaces, this is a great product for increasing the battery storage capacity of your Palm TungstenThe instructional video was essential in order to do this replacement correctly. I was able to reattach it my melting the existing solder on the board. Case snapped back together with ease. So far so good. The Palm is working again.I got the new battery in and now have a dead palm. I don't know if it was my installation or the battery, but I'm not happy.Installed as advertised. The CD gave perfect instructions. Fortunately I have a small solder iron. Four minutes out and in. Working perfectly.People who buy this replacement battery should be aware that RIM did not make it easy to do the replacement. For one thing, you have to buy a soldering iron on top of the cost of the battery and tools which are sold by independent suppliers.
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