anyone know if i can roll back to WM5 ... and then back to WM2003 from WM6 A01 on an x50v?
I still can't get my axim to be as responsive as it was on 2003 ... sorry
Thanks
You don't need to roll back to WM5.
The Dell rollback utility works fine.
Remember to delete the sync partnership before proceeding with the downgrade.
NOTE: The Axim will be unresponsive for at least 30 mins after the hard reset while it's formating the "built-in" storage. Just leave it on the cradle.
Good Luck
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Hello,
Recently I got Axim X50v, mostly used it with GPS but had constant problems with IGO freezing, so had to reboot it every few minutes which makes it almost useless. I've installed MS ActiveSync and updated 2003SE with official Dell update, but it didn't solve problems with igo. My friend told me to try upgrade from WM 2003SE to some recent version (like WM6).
I followed this thread in order to make upgrade to WM6, specifically this part:
Attention! If you have Windows Mobile 2003SE ROM on your device, FIRST, please download THIS ARCHIVE (RAR 32.4 MB), and update your PDA to A01 Windows Mobile 5 ROM.
After that, please download official WM5 A02 ROM and update your PDA to WM5 A02 ROM.
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First update went just fine, but after doing 2nd one (WM5 A02) after hard reset I didn't get even blue dell boot logo, and it looks completely death. Is there anything that should be done which I missed?
Thanks in advance for your help
Pull the battery out for a few minutes and try booting it with the reset button.
Nope that didn't help, so I've decided to follow other steps from this tutorial (copying wm6 image files to sd card and restart), but pushing wireless+power+restart simple didn't work. Finally on some thread some guy mentioned you should keep on pushing restart button (while keeping power and wireless pushed of course), and after I pressed it like 10 times it finally came alive.
After it came alive again I followed procedure and upgrade to WM6 was smooth. Still haven't try IGO though, but WM6 so far works great
what to do with archive
I downloaded the "archive" that was mentioned for AO1 5. There are muliple files in the folder. How do I update to A01 5 from these files?
Hi
I'm a newbie to PDA's, especially flashing the ROM. I have had previous experience of developing for Trimbles (Pocket PC 2003)
I have a Dell Axim x50v with WM5 A01. I'd like to upgrade to WM6. I've read that I have to first install WM5 A02 before installing WM6, however I've hit my first stumbling block.
I have downloaded the two packages that I need which were provided generously by MAGLITE as mentioned in an other thread. After unpacking the file to a FAT32 SD card then inserting into my Dell Axim x50v & pressing Power + Wifi + Reset, the SD loader simply informs me that there was "No suitable image found" followed by "Image update failed"
I've read that people have been able to successfully upgrade their PDA and I'm getting frustrated that I cant. I've tried other SD cards, even reformatted & loaded the install files several times.
Can anybody please help?????????
I figured this out. I believe, and I maybe wrong, that it was connected with the fact that my PC is Windows Vista. To actually resolve my problem I connected my cradle to my WinXP laptop and using ActiveSync 4.5, I managed to update my Axim to WM5 A02 using the "AximUpdate.exe" application. This worked perfectly.
NB: This approach did not work with Vista and Windows Mobile Device Centre software.
My next step is to now upgrade to WM6 or WM6.1
Hope this is useful to others.
I tried to upgrade my Axim x50 A01 to WM5
I accidently use X50v A01 bootloader.
When I push the reset+power+ wireless(?), It show SD ~~~ A01
But I cannot go back to 2003 or upgrade to wm5
I tried WM2003 A05 rom, X50 low wm5 a01, and X50 mid wm5 a01, but after processind done, when I push Power+reset button to hard reset, it turn off and never back.
Now I can see the screen SD ~~~ A01, after hard reset nothing changed
Is anyone know how to fix it?
Either 2003 or wm5 is fine
Please~~
So i have tried everywhere to find this answer but have come to the point where i finally need to ask.
I have a Dell Axmin x50v running WM 2003 SE A5. I have downloaded the Dell_Axim_x50v_A01_ROM.rar and extracted it.
I run the AximUpdate and it runs, copies the image to the device. AximUpdate then tells me to perform a hard reset, cancel activesync when prompted to create a relationship, and return to the update utility to continue.
The problem i am having is that the update never continues after this point. I've tried everything i can think of. The axim is still working fine but i can't seem to get this thing upgraded.
Any help is greatly appreciated!!
Yes I know the Axim is really old but I never found a PDA I liked better. I am trying to update my wm2003 A03 rom to A05 so I can then update to WM5 A01 and then Wm6.0 on my Axim x50v. For some reason when I try to use the official utility that I download from dells website to update to the A05 rom I am having a problem. I connect to active sync 4.5 on a computer with win xp sp3 using my cradle and usb. Then I run the utility but the minute it starts to update (says 0%) I hear a noise, and then my x50v resets automatically and then the dell utility has an error message. I tried this on a another computer also running same operating system and got same error. Does anyone know how to fix this? I have searched an nod not found and answer.
Understand I still have A03 so the wifi+power+reset won't even allow me to get into the bootloader, because I think the A03 rom had a different type of loader than A05.
Thanks