I'm trying to find a way to get Windows Mobile 5 or 6 onto my Dell Axim X3i...
Anyone had any luck with this?
I don't think that WM6 will run on the X3i. As for WM5, it is possible, but you have to find a way to extract the current rom (either from the img file or using grab-it), and be able to flash the modified rom back first.
dell aximx3i wm5 rom update
hi, i just signed up to this site and was wondering if anyone could help me upgrade my dell axim x3i( wm 2003) to wm5. it is a very old device but a need has arisen to use it again, please help me, thanks
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I have wince 2003 a05 installed in my x50v. I can't see any BIS, although it say s 128M ROM in the system information. Someone said this can be solved by changing the language. But I can't find any wince 2003 ROM (nb0 files) available online. Can anyone tell me how to solve my problem and upload required ROMs? Thanks!
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I have wince 2003 a05 installed in my x50v. I can't see any BIS, although it say s 128M ROM in the system information. Someone said this can be solved by changing the language. But I can't find any wince 2003 ROM (nb0 files) available online. Can anyone tell me how to solve my problem and upload required ROMs? Thanks!
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you HAVE seen this thread, have you not ??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=322498
why bother with 2003 ( not even 2003SE ) - when you can have WM6 ??
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If you don't like it ... all I can find is 2003SE here:
http://www.efsoft.it/romforpdappc.htm
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Thanks! Nice website, man!
To be honest, I have tried two ways two upgrade my x50v from 2k3 A05 to WM5 which is a pre-requirement for WM60:
1) use Dell's upgrade program (failed at the last step, formatting rom 30%)
2) use SD image loader with WM50 A01 Eng ROM files (failed at "erasing storage 30%)
I was just wondering if there is any hardware problem of my ROM. Maybe that's why I can't see the ROM in 2k3 A05 system.
I also tried using language change (Japanese <-> English). But it didn't work. I still can't see ROM in my system.
I even tried writing WM60 ROM directly, but also failed at "erasing storage".
Is there any software that can diagnose the ROM?
Thanks again!
who knows from all the playing around you have done that you "muddy" up your device and causes conflicts ...etc ???
I would suggest:
hard reset your device ---That should revert it back to factory settings.
and now you can start FRESH upgrade/downgrade ...etc !!!
If you decided to experiment with the link I gave ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=322498
make sure you read throughly the "required" part of the post before proceeding !!!
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Attention!
If you have Windows Mobile 2003SE ROM on your device, FIRST, please download THIS ARCHIVE (RAR 32.4 MB) (Mirror),
/ and update your PDA to A01 Windows Mobile 5 ROM.
/ After that, go to Dell site, download official WM5 A02 ROM and update your PDA to WM5 A02 ROM.""
It's a used x50v. I got it a couple weeks ago.
As I mentioned, I can't upgrade to WM5. Leave WM6 alone. Thank you though.
i recently purchases a Dell Axim X50v, and i have upgraded it to windows mobile 5 AO2. i want to upgrade it to WM6 AO1. i want the SDHC card support. can someone help me out, i'm new to the site, and can't seem to find it. also is wm6 stable to run on axim x50v, cause if it is going to harm my device i'd rather not upgrade it.
There is always a risk associated with upgrading your ROM. Be sure to use the correct ROM, not a ROM for the x50 or the x51 or the x51v. I believe the ROM you are looking for was created by Maglite and is located in this section of the forums. Just scroll down a little it may have been pushed to the second page. This would be the place to inquier about the stability of the ROM, and there should also be instructions for flashing your device.
i found a the maglite rom but it wouldnt download could someone post a link to the one that works, and i have no idea what flashing means
Hi Folks,
I have a Dell Axim X51 (not the X51v) and I was wondering if anyone knows if there is a working ROM Flash that I can get WM6 on it with. I found a post regarding someone bricking his X51 applying the X51v flash and would rather that didn't happen, as bricks are very hard to sync with vista
Why can the X51 not be flashed at the mo (if it can't) surely it's superior to the X50v??! And as a side note... does the flash work well on an X50v? Or is it slow as?
Cheers folks,
Mark
Yeah i would like WM6 for my axim X51 its going to waste atm im gonna have a look into making my own rom no garantees i will do it though but i will try i will post back if i make one.
You need Xipport, M'Relloc, and the two rom files to upgrade the rom. I'm busy making my own rom for X50(mid).
Hi All,
Sorry to be a pain but wondering if anyone can help a newbie in over his head.
I have a dell axim x51v. Ive upgraded to wm6.1 lennysh A07 and all was fine. I then purchased a cf gps receiver and obviously found that it has no cf support. I then decided to downgrade back to the dell official a06 release of wm5 and install the patch to get cf support. The dell app that i downloaded times out when trying to install it which i presume is because of the non standard image on the axim. Ive also tried doing it via sd update but the bootloader says the dell image is not a valid rom .
Could anyone please explain how i can either downgrade back to the original dell rom or install a new rom (pref wm6.1) that will support my cf gps receiver?
Thanks very much in advance if anyone can help, id be extremely grateful! Great forum btw! You guys are geniuses!
oh, and ive tried to search and found a couple of links but they seem to be about 150 pages long and for the life of me i cant find the info i need.
sorry again for being useless!
A12 SD image files
paradilly said:
Hi All,
Sorry to be a pain but wondering if anyone can help a newbie in over his head.
I have a dell axim x51v. Ive upgraded to wm6.1 lennysh A07 and all was fine. I then purchased a cf gps receiver and obviously found that it has no cf support. I then decided to downgrade back to the dell official a06 release of wm5 and install the patch to get cf support. The dell app that i downloaded times out when trying to install it which i presume is because of the non standard image on the axim. Ive also tried doing it via sd update but the bootloader says the dell image is not a valid rom .
Could anyone please explain how i can either downgrade back to the original dell rom or install a new rom (pref wm6.1) that will support my cf gps receiver?
Thanks very much in advance if anyone can help, id be extremely grateful! Great forum btw! You guys are geniuses!
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Do you have the A12 SD image files? If not, I found them from HappyMM's post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1376710&postcount=140. I was able to flash back to A12 using these files on SD card, when the Dell installer wouldn't work, for an x51v that I had to return for exchange.
I have no CF issues with this ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=384266
I am using CompactFlash GlobalSat GPS (sirf star III) with TomTom 7 and Garmin Mobile XT (coz they have Mexico maps). Works perfectly with this ROM and Footballs A03 ROM. Also use a Hitachi 8GB CF card in there when GPS unit is not in use and no CF issues.
Do not go back to WM5 unless you tried everything and it didn't work for you.
Thanks to all for your comments, turns out it wasnt anything to do with the roms at all. It was the actual device itself which was faulty, found out after about ten hours of troubleshooting.... sheesh
I would agree, do not go back to WM5 if at all possible. All of the ROMs I have tried for WM6 and WM6.1 have been nothing but positive on the speed of my unit and the stability of my unit.
I've been searching through the site for a good 2 hours and can only find snippits of information how to do this downgrade. Could some give me the instructions on how to downgrade from WM6 to WM2003 A05.
Also the file links for the WM2003 A05 ROM don't seem to be around anymore, anyone know of where I can download them. Thanks in advance.
Here is the ROM
Hi, I was also looking for it like an entire day. I downloaded it just today from this link:
http://rs168l34.rapidshare.com/files/58078830/1747793/WM2003SE_A05_EN_X50v.rar
My Axim X50v was stuck (after upgrading to WM5 and then to WM6). I needed to unpack these files to SD card and RENAME the file names from "Dima..." to "WM5.. "
hope it helps