It's NOT the batt. the M50x series has a KNOWN STATIC GLITCH -- mine just died SIMPLY FROM INSERTING AN SD CARD -- and is showing these same " dead batt " symptoms . ( Just touch the screen & it shuts off, too.) I'm a 13-yr Palm user , but never saw this prob. 1st hand until now . THE MONTH PRIOR , THE BATT WAS ALWAYS AT 100% in the a.m. -- now it won't go above 5%. I don't know if there is a fix from all those yrs ago. ( A new batt makes no sense, as I got the M515 for a song.)
Sounds like it is time for a new battery. Not expensive. Google for palm 515 battery and you should find a few places. Worth doing if you can do yourself or if you really like your 515 ;-] Labor cost on top of the battery might be the deciding factor.
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It's NOT the batt. the M50x series has a KNOWN STATIC GLITCH -- mine just died SIMPLY FROM INSERTING AN SD CARD -- and is showing these same " dead batt " symptoms . ( Just touch the screen & it shuts off, too.) I'm a 13-yr Palm user , but never saw this prob. 1st hand until now . THE MONTH PRIOR , THE BATT WAS ALWAYS AT 100% in the a.m. -- now it won't go above 5%. I don't know if there is a fix from all those yrs ago. ( A new batt makes no sense, as I got the M515 for a song.)
Sounds like it is time for a new battery. Not expensive.
Google for palm 515 battery and you should find a few places. Worth doing if you can do yourself or if you really like your 515 ;-] Labor cost on top of the battery might be the deciding factor.