Maximum number of applications on Palm?

[egarc]

On my 28th installed application, my Buttons panel in the Preferences says that all of my buttons are "not assigned." Worse, when I search, it only searches the open application, not the entire Palm. I deleted one application (a game I never played) and everything went back to normal.

I still have over 9mb free on my m515 and I'd like to continue loading it with software. Has anyone else had this problem?

[DrMud]

HI,
I think you found the offending application and removed it.
The actual number of apps that are well designed and not offensive the OS is pretty unlimited. I have 58 active apps on my 515 with about 7 zipped apps in the freezer.
There is an excellent little free app called HackFinder. Try eurocool.com for a download. Even if you do not use hacks hackfinder will tell you which apps on your palm have their fingers in the OS. It is a great way to find an offending app without taking off all your apps and putting them back on one by one.
DrMud

[egarc]

I hope that was the offending app. If so, what a stroke of luck. I was afraid I was up against a limitation in the Palm OS. I'm glad to hear you have so many apps installed on your Palm.

Thank you.

[OldBlue]

On my Palm m505, I've got 55 apps, 2 hacks, and enough family pictures to put you into a deep sleep after about 10 minutes of showing on SplashPhoto! ;-) ... And I still have 43 MB free on a 64 MB SD card. Palm OS apps are generally more memory efficient compared to PocketPC apps.

I had a problem similar to yours in that an application was causing my Palm to crash predictably (I was getting Fatal Exception errors.) After removing that app and doing a warm reset, everything worked fine. Sounds like you've resolved your conflict, too. Congrats!

OldBlue

[DrMud]

Remember that reset advice OLDBlue gave. After any software related event on your palm it is wise to do at least a soft reset.
Not unlike removing software from the POC and then doing a Restart.
Doc