How to protect my programs from memory wipe?

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How to protect my programs from memory wipe?

Dartonian 08 Apr 2016 01:44

I've been coding on the school TI 84+ recently and I don't have a cord to back it up. I'm not the only one who uses the TI, so I'm afraid that someone will clear the memory accidentally. What can I do to make my programs "wipe-proof"?

Re: How to protect my programs from memory wipe?

jonbush 08 Apr 2016 02:05

You can create a Group, which basically captures things in RAM so you can restore them later. You can get to the group menu by pressing [2ND][+][^][ENTER]. After the ram is cleared, simply ungroup the group to restore the items you previously grouped. This will only protect against RAM clears, there is no way to protect against a complete memory clear besides backing up the calculator to a computer or another calculator though.

Re: How to protect my programs from memory wipe?

Dartonian 08 Apr 2016 02:23

Thank you!

Re: How to protect my programs from memory wipe?

Silver Phantom 08 Apr 2016 02:07

My personal method would be storing the programs in groups, which can be found in memory. They take up archive space, so Clear RAM won't delete it.

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Re: How to protect my programs from memory wipe?

Dartonian 08 Apr 2016 02:23

Thank you!

Re: How to protect my programs from memory wipe?

Kydapoot 08 Apr 2016 14:11

You can also archive them by pressing [2ND] [PLUS(MEM)] [2(Mem Mgmt/Deletion)] [1(all)] and then scroll to the program, string, pic, etc that you wish to protect, then press enter to archive it. You must use the same process to unarchive and run it though.

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Jenny (guest) 08 Jul 2016 06:13

what about memory cleared (reset) and way to save them then

Kydapoot 08 Jul 2016 16:01

There is no way to save something on-calc that will survive a full memory (RAM and Archive) clear. However, you can use a computer-to-calc link and a linking program such as TI-Connect or TiLP to back programs up on your computer to then be re-installed later.

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Re: How to protect my programs from memory wipe?

9gfg06w2 24 Oct 2019 01:57

Im late to the discussion, but im pretty sure someone built a program that would move programs to a certain part of the calculator that was not intended for user data. After it was moved and the calculator went through a full memory reset you could press a button combo and restore it. I cant seem to locate it anymore tho.

Re: How to protect my programs from memory wipe?

(account deleted) 24 Oct 2019 03:06

I am assuming that the button combo can only come from an assembly program or flash application. TI didn't implement any type of code where you use a secret combination to restore all or any data. If that program or app was erased that installed the code for the combo, you cannot use the button combination if the main program or app is erased.

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