User's Manual

Table Of Contents
Section 25
Upgrading from a Palm OS handheld
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Upgrading from a Palm OS handheld
For best results, review the detailed steps in the Upgrade Information section in the electronic
User Guide
.
1. Synchronize your old handheld with your old desktop software.
2. Under your Palm or Handspring folder, locate your User Name folder and store a copy of it in a
safe place.
3. Install your new desktop and synchronization software from your Sprint PCS Vision CD and put
it in the same location as your old desktop software.
Note:You must install the new desktop software to synchronize with a USB HotSync cable.
4. Synchronize your new Sprint PCS Treo with your new desktop software, and select the user
name for your old handheld when prompted.
5. If any third party applications or data did not get installed, beam them from your old handheld
to your Sprint PCS Treo.
6. After you upgrade you have two devices with the same user name. Since each device must have
a unique name, perform a hard reset (see page 40) on your old handheld to remove the user
name and avoid problems synchronizing with that device. The next time you synchronize that
device, be sure to assign it a new name.