yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] weltom:
There are screenshots of the error exceptions. Please, check the e-mail. If somebody need to see the pics, please tell me, course i can't prepare them to the proper size allowed here in the forum
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] oneiros eidos:
For all, who might be interested.

weltom's problem now solved, but it was a little tricky :)

It should be no problem to flash to english from russian or to polish from german, etc, just follow link above.

Erorrs may occure with chineese firmware and may be some other asian ROMs due to different file structure for such ROM-images.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] weltom:
Let me honestly thank oneiros eidos much for his help!! We have to help each other, that's why ask questions here and we altogether solve problems, or try at least.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DanCamp:
Can you make it work with the latest update? The one that upgrades to WM6.

Thank you!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] oneiros eidos:
I'm receiving a lot of "can you patch that new upgrade tool"-letters.

Sorry, but, now, when i have already sold my A636... No, i can't.

Without device, i can't test my assumptions about "may be that way it will work", so i stopped trying to do anything with new "upgrade tool" utils.

Also, Asus have changed some things in their "upgrade tool", so old methods became useless.

The only thing, that i may advice to all, who really wants to patch that new upgrade tool, is to get latest version of IDA (Interactive Disassembler) and try to do it by yourself (or, may be, some of your frinends, who more skilled in such things).

P.S. As another option for some devices: first flash it from WM5 to WM5 with desired language, then flash to WM6. The only problem here is to find that old WM5 firmware.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sasovics:
Thanks for your reply to this forum Oneiros.

I've just downloaded IDA Pro v.5 and will try to dissassemble the latest Upgrade Tool by myself. I used to do lots of disassembling on PC platform, but never on XScale ARM platform. I just pray it is not that different from the one I know.

I will post my findings here...

Also guys, if you have links to old WM5 firmwares for A632, 636 and especially 639 (the model I have) if you could post them here, that would be greatly appreciated.

Best Regards,

Sasovics
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sasovics:
Folks,

I managed to download IDA Pro v5 and I was able to disassemble the old Upgrade Tool (for WM5) and I got the the same offsets as "oneiros eidos" mentioned on his web page, and manage to change the instructions to bypass the mentioned checks, but unfortunately I am not able to disassemble the new Upgrade Tool.exe. Either Asus has protected their file in some way or my disassembler doesn't do the job for this file.

If anybody has a suggestion, let me know.

Best Regards,

Sasovics
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] oneiros eidos:
Little something about language check in new "upgrade tools".

If you look at disassembled executable, you'll see two interesting registry paths:

HKLM\nls\SystemLCID

HKLM\nls\DefaultLCID

I assume, that if you change both of them them to 1033 (english) with any hex editor, (may be Resco Explorer registry plug-in), and then try to flash, it may work.

Don't forget to write down the old value and restore it, if i'm not right.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pitou74:
Hi all :)

I tried to modify the registry values with Resco Explorer plugin, changed them to 1033 and restarted the PDA. It doesn't work. This is the message I see : "Open Upgrade image file Error".

Tested on A636N.

Greets.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pitou74:
Hi again

In fact, it partially works. You don't have to reset your PDA or the values you've just modified will be restored. Files have to be placed at the root of the SD card.

Then, when I launch the updater, I see a progress bar and my pda is reseted and restored to factory defaults :confused:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Hawkeye3:
So it just reset your device but didn't upgrade to WM6?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pitou74:
Yes it does. I launch the updater, then I briefly see a page with a progression bar and it resets to factory defaults. :(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Indego:
On my PDA it`s the same problem!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 4Bidden:
anyone can help me with a backup wm5 or wm6 doesn't matter! pls help!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] redmax:
can anyone help me.

I have a lot of problems with thw WM6 on My Pal A636N. My iGO software is not runnig anymore and I need to go back to the WM5 version.

I tried the procedure as dicribed in this forum.

Downloaded the upgrade tool package. patched the upgrade tool file with a HEX editor. md5 hash was the correct one. I put all files on a sd card.

The update starts and askes if I realy want to update, after that I just get an error msg" a problem has occured with upgarde tool.exe". that is it.

Please help????

TX

Redmax
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sasovics:
Folks,

I made a terrible mistake when I posted my solution how to bypass bootloader language check in this post:

The correct range you should replace is 00000h - FFFFh and not 00000h - 10000h as I stated above. Whoever tried the above method, it failed at CRC check as the OS image begins at address 10000h and you already have deleted the very first byte from it.

I apologize for any inconveniences this may have caused. I have already modified my original post to avoid any further confusion. Anyway, as I can see, there is already a tool that autopatches the IMG for you and

changes only a couple of bytes, not the entire IMG header as I did manually ;)))

Best Regards,

Sasovics
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] datom84:
Someone has a 636n rom dump? Best would be in german.

thanks! :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cmonex:
asus 639 flashing and unbricking

well if you manage to brick your asus 639, say, the update process gets interrupted using official asus updater and then the pda gets stuck on splashscreen... or just don't want to flash bootloader every time you want to flash a new OS, or flash a different language... or you want to make custom roms ... :)

...then there is a simple way we've just discovered with Sasovics after some disassembly of the bootloader etc. :)

- put an OS image on a SD card, name it A639_K*.DIO where * can be anything, for example A639_K733.DIO. this must contain the MSFLSH partition including XIP and IMGFS (i'll explain more below)

- insert the SD card

- reset the asus 639 while holding POWER + ENTER until it enters bootloader mode.

or, alternatively, just power it off, press and hold ENTER and press POWER 2x quickly and keep holding POWER + ENTER until bootloader starts in bootloader mode. this works even if in the cradle.

- that's the same as for entering usb download mode because the bootloader handles those together.

- anyway it should just flash the DIO image now, takes about 1-2 mins

DIO image format:

if you want to reflash a dumped OS image, dump it using pdocread 0 0xsize dumpfilename (0xsize can be found in pdocread -l for TFFS partition, about 0x3b00000 usually).

then rename that to DIO and you are ready to flash!

so for example if you make a custom rom using imgfstools you do not need to convert it to any other format, just flash it.

obviously as there is no header for this DIO file, there is NO language check either!!!

Sasovics might tell more details later, as i don't have this asus pda, he was testing this stuff :)

P.S.: same DIO is supposed to work if downloading it over usb with usbloader with -a 0x80200000 option, but the bootloader somehow still recognizes it as an NB0 (which would require different contents for the image and not as suitable for the above purposes), so that didn't work.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tomerzz:
i'd like to downgrade my 696 Hebrew 735 firmware to English 719.

I downloaded the 719 English ROM from Asus website and changed all hex codes

according to this thread to show the same codes as 735 Heb + changed the version check to 736 (2E0h) on 159C...

ran the Upgrade Tool WW.exe and..nothing. it just did a hard reset. What am I doing wrong.......?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tomerzz:
little help please..i need 696 English Rom (image dump using procread) ..Prior to 735..
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 4Bidden:
If somenone has an asus a636N can backup the ROM and help us to unbrick the pda doesn't matter wm5 or wm6.Tks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 4Bidden:
a636N bricked

Anyone can help?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] redmax:
Same here!

managed to totaly brick my A636N. I found a CZ WE5 A63x file and flashed my A636N. After the screen set up dialog it asked to setup the time zone, after that it just locks up and stay's in the Calender set up page.:(

Help:eek:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] saigon66:
When i bought tis PDA, i got a cd with it (NL). So i dun have to backup the firm or have to ?thnx
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] vincentfkc:
ok, there is my problem, i don;t even know what is my A636N language...

I bought it from Dell.ca, when I tried to apply wm6 patch, it tells me "language not match".. how can i solve it? well it displays English only...

here is my SN: {20C5B5EC-F69E-9825-E1A1-3AC851DF87B9}

Firm ware: PocketPC 5.1

ty
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] GarbageCollector:
ASUS A636N Ger WM5 -> Eng WM6

Worked like a charm with AsusWM6Patch_1_0_2.zip!

To be sure I hard-resetted the A636N before I installed the upgrade.

Thanks for all that made this possible. You are the best!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] vincentfkc:
how can u reset to original manufacture setting?

i only saw reset button like restart
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] drrmte:
Here another suc6vol upgrade from WM5 NL to WM6 EN.

TNXZ
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tese112:
help? anyone?

Please, can anyone help me?

I try to upgrade, or downgrade my WM6PLK to WM6ENG but I was really to fast and not read whole posts in this threads. So I haven’t backup image and my PDA is dead now. I have A639, what I do is just: replace header in ENG file with PLK, save it on SD card (it was FAT32 - i forget) and use patched upgrade tool, it was on 3AM so I'm not thing correctly and I was desperate to change the language.

After that, some DOS style window appear, and I see quick progress bar and at the end, message: Check sum error and nothing happen for while after that. Then I make soft reset and that’s all. Now I cannot turn on my PDA, I try to using different method like a RESET+ENTER+POWER, ENTER+2xPOWER and different combination, all not works.

Any idea what happen and what can I do to bring back to life my ASUS?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] oschwin:
Have a problem, i used the patch, switched the language from English to German. PDA updated very fine, but its in English! No Problem for me but i want to have in German. Any possibility to switch it to German?

Now i have uptaded from WM5 German to WM6 in English. **** happens. But would be nice if somebody has a solution.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 3nigm4:
The patch change the language for update check, not the rom language... the rom is in english and in english remains after the patch.

If you want a german rom you have to ask it to asus.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] oschwin:
Thanks for your answer. I got an answer from Asus, they told me, they will not bring out any upgrades for other languages.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] toge:
hi,

i want to upgrade my a636n from WM5 (V03.0607.00 DEU 0407) to WM6. i already tried several tools (incl. AsusWM6Patch_1_0_2) and changed the wwe language to german. when i now start upgrade tool "please wait" apears on the screen, but nothing more happens. waited for 15min or longer, but without any progress. soft resets works, but i still have WM5. does anyone have an idea what the problem can be and what i can do?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 3nigm4:
I know, ASUS support is a ****... but I've seen that there's some people working on the change of WM6 language...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=307968

I hope there's a solution too :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] t_j_k:
I have found why: executed update.dat tries to locate file UPDATE*.IMG

on the SD card - first match is loaded.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] escufi:
Hello all,

I had a lot of problems trying to dump WM5 ( Spanish) from A636N with pdocread. Any time that i try to execute this executable some error appears and discconnect device from PC.

- ITReadDisk - An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host-

Anybody knows what happend? I would like to dump WM5 before upgrading. Another solution could be that someone giveme a spanish dump from A636N

(some words in spanish asking about spanish dump)

"¿alguien que tenga un backup del WM5 en español puede proporcionarmelo?"

Thanks a lot
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] CASPRO:
do you know if this patch could run on ASUS MYPAL A620BT or in any case if it's possible to run WM6 on this pda?thanks in advance.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ferenczll:
A636N bricked

:mad:After an error msg during update wm5 to wm6 I totaly bricked my A636N. I se only the splash screen. Please help. Have anybody a backup for A636N WM5? Ok i resolve the problem with russian wm5 backup ant then upgrade with patch, it worked.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] robbiedobbie:
I have a lot of problems with pdocread and I can't backup because I get the same error as escufi. Could someone help me? sorry for the bad english I'm dutch.

Could anyone help me because I want to upgrade my pda but if I can't backup I don't do it. I hope someone helps me :)

Rob

EDIT: I've done the bachup. just download a newer version of itsutilsbin.

PS I can't put attachments to a message. every time the upload fails
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] graat63:
a632N WM5 dutch to WM6 eng.

Worked like a charm with AsusWM6Patch.zip

Thanks!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] saigon66:
Can sum 1 tell me how to backup WM5 (Dutch). I can't find any way to backup this. A turtle is welcom ...!!! Thnz
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] robbiedobbie:
Just follow the steps on page 7 message 2. I did it and it worked.

I also have uploaded a nl Rom file of the a636n.

this is the link: http://www.megaupload.com/nl/?d=5KG6LRP7
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] beuntje:
Asus A639 Bricked

Can anyone post an .DIO and or other fix to get my Asus A639 back to work? (pref. WM6 dutch)

It hangs on the ASUS bootscreen...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] khellendros74:
hi,

i juste download Asus a636n WM6, patch the file with your tool also did it manualy ... but i always get this message while i m try to update my pda "Open Upgrade image file error" (i also try with the "Upgrade Tool Patched" same message

any clues, thanks !!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ActionMan68:
Need wm6 nb0 file A636N

My asus wont see the sd cart , so im looking for wm6 to upload wit usbloader .

Someone please ????

greetzzzz Theo
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tabla100:
hi guys i have asus mypal a636n ihave tryed all **** in this forum before i post this message

its .ru and i want that it will be .eng

its wm6 already so pls if somone know the trick pls tell the ppc noob how to do it

thnks a lot

WWE	RUS	PLK	CHT	FRA

12:	09	19	15	04	OC

278:	60	-	-	B0

280:	78	D0	3E	7C

281:	D8	DA	D7	D4

like in new upgrade.img

it wount have those lines
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] detlev24:
A636 WM6 upgrade

hello,

can somebody tell me how to update ASUS MyPal A636 to Windows Media 6? i need to bypass the "

The upgrade file is not suitable for your PDA

" check and want to install

this

A639 image (ROM Version: V01.0733.00 ITA 0410; IPL Version: V08130700).

thx!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ChiemY:
try this http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1511131&postcount=15

to reflash the same version
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] JohnYW:
Bricked ASUS 696

OK ..I have a bricked ASUS 696. Doing a firmware upgrade and part way thru it refused to read from SD card.

How / where do I get a copy of the OS? it was running WM6.

JohnYW

- put an OS image on a SD card, name it A639_K*.DIO where * can be anything, for example A639_K733.DIO. this must contain the MSFLSH partition including XIP and IMGFS (i'll explain more below)

- insert the SD card

- reset the asus 639 while holding POWER + ENTER until it enters bootloader mode.

or, alternatively, just power it off, press and hold ENTER and press POWER 2x quickly and keep holding POWER + ENTER until bootloader starts in bootloader mode. this works even if in the cradle.

- that's the same as for entering usb download mode because the bootloader handles those together.

- anyway it should just flash the DIO image now, takes about 1-2 mins
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mistero:
flash a636n

Can i flash asus a636n with rom of a639??

Tanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] nutzu:
wm5 language change

ok .. i tried everything that i sow on this post ... the problem is .. im so damn confused ... i cannot find the strings for example, in hex editor how do i find this ? 159C: DF 02 (2DFh=735) 159C: E0 02 (2E0h=736), where .. how should i look for, the problem is i'm not so newbee because i change the firmware once from wwe to fr about 6 months ago and now i want to change back to wwe but i cannot do it so please please please help, the first problem comes from the hex editor, how to find those strings, are hex editors different, one is showing something else ? or what ? i need something clear, 5 days i've been trying to change the dumb ass firmware and no result ...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] nutzu:
finaly i did it ... from FR to ENG ...

i read the posts with a litle bit more care .. i finaly did it ... so .. i have asus A632, changed language from FR to ENG, now i want to put WM6 instead of WM5, i tried to change the values that ChiemY told us about, and it didn't work .. i don't know what ROM to use .. wich model will it be A636N .. will it be A639 ROM .. so my question wich pda rom version to modify to put wm6 on a A632 without "N" ... i used the A636N version .. when i run it it runs, but freezes at the "Please Wait" msg.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bulbasha:
Hello! I need help!

I have a Asus MyPal 696 WM6 Classic on board.

I need to update my device to Russian.

I had downloaded:RUU firmware(last what Asus offer),then AsusPatcher(to patch firmware) and patched FIRMWARE.

1.I had patched the firmware and puted back to SD Card.

When i tried to update Updater said me that frimware its the same firmware what i trying to update.

2.Then i tried update with PATCHED Upgrade tool.exe and information will come that "this apllication modified..trustworthy..bla bla" and i Accepted that Iˇm agree......"Start upgrade"......Black screen about 5-8 second and device has rebooted itself and i see same English version.

WHAT to DO????? I need help!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] killemall:
Is this upgrade also applicable to the 632 not-N version ? I haven't read any success stories so far. :(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] falconik:
Asus 632N WM6 dump please.....

Hi

I have big problem with 632N czech, I did try to upgrade to WM6 with modified img, but it ends with message corrupted file :(:(. After reset pda boot in black screen and I didnt make backup of old WM5:eek:. Please can some one send me dump of WM6 or even WM5 so I can reflash it trough usbloader. falconik@seznam.cz

THX
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] AlxMAX:
ROM image...

Has anyone been able to compile a ROM in the way described here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=307968 ? I have searched on this forum and on the Wiki, but I was not even able to extract the payload image from the WM 6 provided by Mircosoft.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fefeal:
636N OK ! patch 1.0.2, WM5 Spanish to WM English

Thank you very much, I´m on WM6 and happy !!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] shitme:
ASUS A636N bricked

Hi,

I have managed, using cmonex technique, to brick my ASUS A636N too. I used standard ROM from ASUS page, instead of the system image created with pdocread. Now, if somebody could help me and share his system image with me please. Doesn't matter which version and language.

Please contact me on my email mmiesi[at]hotmail.com or post here.

I will describe in detail how to apply cmonex technique on ASUS A636N.

Thank you,

mmiesi
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] z660192:
And an Asus A639 bricked

Hi,

My A639 stopped working completely, prob because a growing file in the root filled up all available space and it will not start again - its become an Asus 'Rock solid - Heart Touching' advert :mad:

I've tried to find a nb0 file for the A639 everywhere but failed.

Anyone made a nb0 backup of an A639 and is willing to share?

wm5/wm6, language doesn't matter, I just want to get it working again:(

maybe pm me if posting it is a prob?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] seb.r:
Successfully upgaded my WM5 German to WM6 English.

Thx to all members here in this forum
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ynk:
hey there !

i'm kinda new here but not really a newbie :) months ago i tried the oneiros eidos patch on my A636 to change WM5 FR to WWE, planning to apply WM6 patch after.

It was a real succes for the first step. My device (A636 no N) is now WM5 WWE.

I'm reading and reading and reading... But can't find any solutions to what's happening to me. When i launch the original WM6 WWE A636N patch, it's just freezing to "Please wait" and nothing else... I have to soft reset the pda, which is working fine, and acts as if nothing happened.

I tried to upload WM6 WWE directly with usbloader, but tbh, i didn't know how to do it ; i mean, which file to send etc... I tried with the Update.img but it's answering me some problems, and doesn't work.

I also tried the A639 which told me the firmware wasn't suitable for my PDA. I'm still asking myself about the risks to brick my device if i bypass the test with the oneiros eidos' trick.

I know that this patch suits for A636N, but the topic's name also contains "636" so i thought they couldn't be so different, and update may work fine

Any other ideas ?

As soon as i succes, i'll be glad to write a tutorial for french people.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] en4cer1970:
have anybody a firmware backup for an A636N with windows mobile 5 german? i have updated to wm 6 english but some of my german software won't work. :(

Thanks a lot.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lorepapa:
I have a 639, there is a program that changes the size of the storage memory and program memory.

Sorry for my English.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cmonex:
I uploaded the DIO for asus A639 to rapidshare: http://rapidshare.com/files/182003093/A639_V10733.rar

now people can stop PM'ing me, this link should work fine :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Wowozange:
Question for cmonex

cmonex, can you make me a recommendation for a complete or customized kitchen for ASUS 639?

By the way, I extracted from my ASUS 639 the file you kindly uploaded and it is a little different. It is flashed with the last WWE from ASUS.

Is there an explanation?

Thank you for your efforts in developing this community.

Wowozange
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Roman.hel:
Asus A696 from Czech to English

Hello!

I have similar problem with my Asus A696..There is already wm6 instaled on the PDA, just the language I need to change..I've downloaded english ROM from ASUS and also found ASUS.UnlogLangID to unlock it for other languages as recommended on one portal, but i can't run the UnlogLangID on it..I've been told I have to find UlnockLangID specially for my A696, but i couldn't find anywhere.. When I try to run UpgradeTool.exe it says : Language not match!

Will this patch help me as well? Or should i do something else?

Many thanks for any reply..
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Roman.hel:
I see I didn't place my request where i supposed to..

It was reaction to this.. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=323290