hi all
i have a xdaII with wm2003. this is the first time that i have a pocket pc and i dont know anything about what is a pocketpc, how it works?(what is ROM, RAM, Ext ROM etc...)
i made many searches but i couldnt find a systematic approach. can anybody help me to understand???
and also steps of upgrading
info about what a pocketpc is and how it works
http://www.cewindows.net/
http://www.google.dk/search?client=...a|lang_en|lang_no|lang_sv&btnG=Google-søgning
if you dont know what ram and rom is that
this is a good site
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
if you dont have any kind of experience with any of such things i sugest you
1 use offecial releases which is just an exe you have to run
2 get somebody else to do it for you
thank you i'll try to learn
Don't worry...
Everyone has to start somewhere.
You'll pick it up pretty quick, if you pay attention.
Good Luck!
Related
Hi
I am going to start using my PDA2K again as a temporary replacement for the Vodafone V1620 I am giving up on.
My PDA2K has the 1.4 rom with 1.12 Radio.
BEFORE I go to all the trouble of reloading all my programs, data etc.
Should I be doing any upgrades?
And is there a real 'stupid persons' guide to doing the upgrade?
Cheers.
Robin
Robster
25 Post and you have not been to wiki ???
Link in sig
Well yes I have been there.
But I have to be honest and say that much of it was WAY over my head.
All this talk of cooking this and that, external roms......
I am not sure I have seen an idiots guide and I REALLY need one.
Robin
Robin
I am not sure I have seen an idiots guide and I REALLY need one.
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Well we have a page on how to upgrade to the lateest 1.42 rom which if followed is prity close to an idiots guide (bar the fact we have not mentioned that you need to turn on your pc to do it).
This will get you a rom that smeels of even stinks of t-mobile.
Maybe you can live with that (I have in the past).
If you can't then you need to learn about cooking your EXT rom.
UPgrading is not a past time that should be taken up by "Idiots" (your wording) as this can lead to a paper Wheigt that looks like a BlueAngel.
When I came to this site I had a German MDAIII running on a Swiss network. All I wanted was a god damm English rom which T-Mobile would not give me, I-mate how ever would.
This site has alllowed me to understand how to upgrade, given me the files to do this and answerd a lot of my question (only after I learnt how to ask them).
Given your situation with 1.40 and 1,12 radio I can only sugest that upgrade the radio (link in wiki ) to 1.13.
So far I have not seen any issue that have been fixed with 1.42 as in confirmed that they have been fixed. However If I was to falsh me device again I would use the 1.42.
Have fun.
hi MDAIIIuser,
I am on 1.40 rom now and still debating if its worthwhile upgrading to the 1.13 radio. What are your thoughts on this?
1.12 seems to work ok for me so far.
I thought for a simple solution I would upgrade just the radio and maybe the bluetooth.
When I followed the link on Wiki for radio 1.13 I got a .rar file.
What is one of these?
My PC does not have a clue what to do with it.
I have to explain that I am not PC computer literate being a long term Mac user that 'just works' some of this Windows stuff makes me want to swear. )
Robin
Hello,
im an old reader of this form, cause im reading it since 2 years, but never tryed to write something.
Now im really interested in this... the upgrade of an ipaq 3970 to WM 5.0.
I know that noone tryed it, cause i really couldnt find anything on interent. But i found that someone update its ipaq 5450.
So the two has the same hardware i think apart the processor (new version) and the wifi.
So... someone can help me or explain me, cause i really cant get nothing until now.
I tryed with the described method for 5450 to update, but the Hima update tool isnt able to connect to my ipaq.
Every help will be appreciated,
thanks,
Tommaso
i've yet to have confirmed anybody ever porting a rom from one device to anohter even if the hardware was somewhat the same
h5450 to WM5
Could you maybe post some more info - links on this upgrade of h5450 to WM5? I'd like to try it. I've done few attaempts which have failed, btu so have others to upgrading to WM2003. But maybe I'm doing something wrong.
please post more info.
Cheers
Y
Uhm... i dont think that here i can write links or something else about a software that sure is warez.
So u can find it easily on p2p channels, but i dont know really if it works. From what is written yes and i can believe this yes, cause i struggled much and i could update my 3970 bluetooth stack to the very last one stack outta there of Broadcomm and make it work. So i suppose that there arent so much differences from pda to pda.
iPAQ 3970 to WM 5.0
Yes, I'm interested in it too!
Can any one guide me how to do it in kitchen ? !
many thanks!
As a user of Familiar Linux on a few different Ipaq devices I can confirm that the 3900 and 5000 series use the same installation file for installing Linux, so it may be possible to 'cross-flash' both these devices, however as always, make sure you have a good OS restore file available.
Actually perhaps the best way to go would be to use the OHH bootloader used in installing Familiar to save a ROM image file before trying any exotic upgrades, might help in any unbricking that may be necessary if things go wrong....
Hello. Sorry if this is in the wrong area, but I am new to flashing roms, and I don't know who to ask for help. I have an audiovox ppc4100 and all I want to do is upgrade it to windows mobile 5 or 6. Just something other than wm2003. I've downloaded numerous wm6 and wm5 images from this site (They are extremely cool looking from the screenshots I've seen!) but I cannot seem to get any of them to work. I am running windows vista, so activesync isn't available. Its the windows mobile device center. It would just be easiest if I could rom upgrade from my 2gb sd card. Is there anyone who can help me either cook a wm5 or wm6 rom for my ppc4100 or give me some pointers on how to do this (remember, I'm a newbie!) I would really appreciate anyone's help. Thanks so much!
-Pat
roms are custom made for devices only a rom which is made for that type of hardware setup will do you any good
I am sure there are alot of X50 (not V) users who would like to have such an update.
If someone know about ROM files which are suited - that would be great.
Thanks in advance.
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XDA-Developers
Maybe this is a dumb question, but still...
As far as I know the main difference between the X50 and the X50v is the VGA screen (and speed of CPU - 624MHz). If this is true, how difficult can it be to convert the already working WM6 for X50v to X50?
Maybe some of the developers can share this issue with us???
Thanks in advance.
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gellish said:
XDA-Developers
Maybe this is a dumb question, but still...
As far as I know the main difference between the X50 and the X50v is the VGA screen (and speed of CPU - 624MHz). If this is true, how difficult can it be to convert the already working WM6 for X50v to X50?
Maybe some of the developers can share this issue with us???
Thanks in advance.
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Someone with an X50 would have to develop the ROM because the bootloader and ROM images have differences between the X50 and X50v. I *think* (unless I'm forgetting about any prior discussion over this question) the only thing holding X50 back from WM6 is the lack of a ROM developer who actually owns an X50 as opposed to an X50v. As far as I know, MagLite only has X50v(s), so he could not develop an X50 ROM. You might ask him if he'd be kind enough to develop an X50 ROM, assuming that someone would be willing to donate an X50 to him. Just a thought. Sorry I don't have any better news for you all.
Thanks cavyman for your note.
Still I do not understand:
Since the HW is more or less the same (except CPU clock and maybe a graphical processor), the bootloader should be the same (I do not think the HW is to be changed for the bootloader).
As for the ROM itself, I guess you are using an emulator for the X50v and recompiling the WM6 sources to this platform (you need the real HW just for checking if this is working in the REAL world...), so if this is the situation, can someone share the sources and the emulator and maybe someone from the communitiy will be able to recompile it and test it...
I am not sure I have enough knowledge for this, but I may try...
Am I correct???
no i dont believe they use emulators as emulators dont emulate the hardware
and it all comes down to drivers
just 1 diff in a driver and it dont boot
just 1 diff in the memery map in the bootloader and it dont boot (may even turn into a brick)
Rudegar said:
no i dont believe they use emulators as emulators dont emulate the hardware
and it all comes down to drivers
just 1 diff in a driver and it dont boot
just 1 diff in the memery map in the bootloader and it dont boot (may even turn into a brick)
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Exactly! One given difference is the video driver. I suppose if you could extract the driver from an X50 ROM and port it into the X50v ROM, there could be a chance of getting it to work. However, the fact still remains that memory mapping is probably different. I am not sure why someone else hasn't ported WM6 to X50, but I also don't know of a WM5 ROM for X50. I'm guessing there has to be a very good reason why someone hasn't been able to do it yet.
yes believe much of the driver foundation was changed with wm5 over wm2003 so few wm2003 driver can be used at all
many wm5 drivers seem to be usefull for tayloring wm6's though
Anyone with a x50 can customize it's rom to a WM6 one. You need to updrade to WM5 last level of rom, than dump the rom to gets it's WM5 nb0. Once you have the nb0, you can customize it using the tools available in stickies from Bepe and Mamaich. For an x51, it's even easier because you can get your nb0 with the img2nb0 tool.
Dear makuu,
Can you please elaborate on this suggestion?
I have X50 with WM5 A02 (which is the last one I know was officially out...).
Suppose I can extract the ROM out of it (nb0 file), this is still WM5 not WM6... So how can I convert it to WM6?
Don't I need the sources of WM6 or something???
You get the nb0 like mentioned here:
http://www.aximsite.com/boards/x50-...w-create-your-own-flash-images-your-axim.html
Than you use the rom editing tool from stickies here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=260 (those from Mamaich and Bepe).
You can first try to edit the existing WM6 ROM from Maglite, to have an idea but I guess that you can just take the appropriate files from his rom. You also need to work on xip like explained here:
http://www.pxdxa.com/read.php?tid=40125
Buy from ebay
What about this guys:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190161254388
Hi,
landaleav, IMO, I would not trust this seller as I would think if there was a rom for the X50, it would be available here.
As it is not here, I would use caution when buying on Ebay.
I am contacting the seller to check if this is really for X50 mid range...
I think it worth 5$ to check this...
I will post my experience, but if someone has already was in touch with him - please let us know.
I am contacting the seller to check if this is really for X50 mid range...
I think it worth 5$ to check this...
I will post my experience, but if someone has already was in touch with him - please let us know.
Ebay has X50V rather than X50
Guys,
currently, it seems that those sellers have the X50V verison and not the X50 (midrange).
I asked the file list of their delivery and found out that (according to the file name) it is for X50V...
If I'll have new news - I will post them...
I´m having a small problem: I use a cooked ROM but some friends don´t and sometimes, when they have a question I get into trouble, because their ROM looks different and some settings are in different places.
So my tought is: why not use an emulator so that I can see their ROM on the pc and can then give hints far quicker and without the need to my hands on that
I´ve searched quite a while but found nothing regarding this matter. All I´ve seen is the MS device emulator but I don´t know if that loads different ROMs than the ones that come from MS.
Therefor my question is: does anyone know of a ROM emulator for a pc?
Thanks in advance for your answers.
cu,
Thilo
this may help http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...12-CA31-4BE9-A3BF-B9BF4F64CE72&displaylang=en
I used this and also the Microsoft Developer Studio platform contains built in emulators, but there is no (easy) way you will be able to emulate Diamond or other ROMs in it - the hardware phones are generic devices. There are images for WM6 and 6.1 also. It's great fun installing TomTom etc and testing that sort of thing on your PC, but custom ROMs...not likely.
The MS Studio WM6.1 images are in a .msi file which is a 280Mb download.
Check this and the links at the bottow:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...AF-12E3-4B2F-A394-356E2C2FB114&displaylang=en
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...3a-a651-4745-88ef-3d48091a390b&displaylang=en
However, I'm 99% sure one of their emulators hosed my PC totally (Probably the CE 5 one). Not sure what or how it happened but a key file (related to the emulator) got corrupted and trashed XP.....ordinarlily I'd have laughed at that suggestion - except I had to rebuild my PC as a result.
Ok, so I´ll do a complete backup (image) first .
I´ll try your suggested MS software product tomorrow. Of course I don´t want to be able to simulate the gyro sensors, the build-in gps functionality and so on.
It would suit me just to be able to simulate e.g. the original t-mobile ROM or the original HTC ROM.
I´ll check what can be done in that direction.
Thanks for your suggestions!
bye,
Thilo