Suggestion: HOng Kong RAM upgrade

[biglug]

Hey All,

I sent my Axim X51V to HK for the upgrade. Alex Fung gave me a liitle better deal than what they normally offer. For $660 HKD, RAM was upgraded to 128, a new internal battery was put it, plus a screen protector. This equates to $87 in USD. You pay for the shipping to HK, they pay it coming back. Once they receive the unit, they turn it around in one day. I can't comment on the quality of work yet, but the price was good. I managed to ship it via FEDEX (with a discount through my employer) for $15. Total cost will be $102. I shoul have my AXIM back within a total of 7 to 10 days. If you send them your unit, mention this deal... and no, I am not getting a kickback from them. I'll let you know if their work was less than stellar. Their email is pda@palm-center.com

[gurachn]

Excellent!
I was just about to pack mine away, but I think I will hold off until I hear your report, biglug!
I am curious to hear on the type of battery replacement you get (OEM or cheap ebay knock-off?) and the quality of the screen protector.

Thanks for taking point on this one!

[ChangeLing]

I believe that he is referring to the tiny 'internal battery' that holds your clock
settings while you swap external lithium batteries.

Those tiny things require disassembling and soldering to replace.

[gurachn]

Ah, I see.
Is it necessary to replace those?

[laggflor]

Great, but has someone has tested the service?
I don't like my Axim to someone I don't know and where I only know the mail address. If anyone has tested this service please tell me.

Thanks, Florian

[ChangeLing]

There are many online topics about the internal battery needing replaced.

You don't need to worry about it now unless you have problems.

However, if your X51v is 'several years old' AND you are sending it in for
service that includes being disassembled then that is the perfect time to
have the internal battery replaced while the technicians are doing other repairs.

ChangeLing

[biglug]

Originally Posted by biglug

Hey All,

I sent my Axim X51V to HK for the upgrade. Alex Fung gave me a liitle better deal than what they normally offer. For $660 HKD, RAM was upgraded to 128, a new internal battery was put it, plus a screen protector. This equates to $87 in USD. You pay for the shipping to HK, they pay it coming back. Once they receive the unit, they turn it around in one day. I can't comment on the quality of work yet, but the price was good. I managed to ship it via FEDEX (with a discount through my employer) for $15. Total cost will be $102. I shoul have my AXIM back within a total of 7 to 10 days. If you send them your unit, mention this deal... and no, I am not getting a kickback from them. I'll let you know if their work was less than stellar. Their email is pda@palm-center.com

HeyAll,

Got the Axim back today... it was gone 6 days total. The battery I was referring to was in fact, the internal battery that keeps the clock time etc... in memory while you swap out the main battery... I was having an ocassional message that said my internal battery was low, so I had the guy in Hong Kong replace it as well while he had the unit opened-up. Did he really do it, who knows... but I have not had the warning message at all today. I do know that he changed the RAM and it works well... no real speed increase noticed, but it does handle Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta alot better... multiple tabs open with NO low memory message from the Opera browser.
The guy in Hong Kong did not replace my screen protector, but he did include a brand new one in the box when he shipped it back to me (he just didn't put it on for me).
All in all, pretty happy with it... especially the price. I'll post again should any problems ocuur.

[biglug]

Hello everyone,
I just sent my 2nd Axim to Hong Kong and They did the upgrade for $660 HKD. I asked about upgrading to more than 128 RAM, and was told that was not possible. Is 128 RAM the max we can upgrade the Axim ? Trying to prepare for windows mobile 7, if that is even possible on the Axim. I thought WM7 was going to run on phones with a 1 ghz processor. Any thoughts?

[tabatt13]

Originally Posted by biglug

Hello everyone,
I just sent my 2nd Axim to Hong Kong and They did the upgrade for $660 HKD. I asked about upgrading to more than 128 RAM, and was told that was not possible. Is 128 RAM the max we can upgrade the Axim ? Trying to prepare for windows mobile 7, if that is even possible on the Axim. I thought WM7 was going to run on phones with a 1 ghz processor. Any thoughts?

Windows Phone 7 will not run on our Axe, or on 99% of the devices out there including the Touch Pro 2. There is a huge debate about porting it to the Touch HD 2, but HTC and Microsoft officially say no. The good news is that WM 6.5+ will be supported for a long time because most corporate users wont go to Android, iPone, or Windows Phone 7 for security reasons. Not to mention the huge industry of specialized pocket computers like bar-code scanners for eg. that rely on Windows Mobile and have no optional OS to fall back on. Windows Mobile like a Zombie will not be easy to kill.

[biglug]

Thanks for the info Tabatt... it is good to know the Ax won't be a paper weight for some time....

[Mulgie]

I'm seriously considering going for this HK deal as I have family out there so could have it shipped to their local works address instead and hopefully save myself some postage!

Biglug - Can you please explain to us exactly what processes were involved in contacting the company and how payment was made etc.?

Many thanks,

Mulgie

[MXR]

Mulgie,
You can find more info here: http://palm-center.com/htm/upgrade-eng.htm
Good luck, and if you go ahead with the upgrade please keep us posted on your experience with it.

[biglug]

[quote=Mulgie;23353]I'm seriously considering going for this HK deal as I have family out there so could have it shipped to their local works address instead and hopefully save myself some postage!

Biglug - Can you please explain to us exactly what processes were involved in contacting the company and how payment was made etc.?

Hi Mulge,

They replaced the internal battery, fixed the battery latch sensor, upgraded the ram to 128, and included two screen protectors for $660 HKD. Once they receive the unit, they usually do the work within 1 day. Once it is finished, they send you two pics that show you the amount of ram that is on your Ax (128) so you know they did the upgrade. You then send them a payment via PAYPAL to the email address they give you. They ship it as soon as they receive payment. That's it... very easy and painless.