yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Caveman6:
I thought this relevant for people considering trying WM6 or A17:

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Hi,

While I appreciate all the work that Football has put into WM6, I have to say I like the feel of A17 better, and that I have had no difficulty with Exchange Email there. It would be nice to have access to HTML email under WM6, and I love SDHC access, but with the current certificate problem for Exchange email, and the lack of driver support for certain devices, I need to go back to A17.

I hope that Football will keep working on both ROMs, as SDHC support for A17 would be nice, or solving the certificate issue for WM6 would be nice. But in that case there may still be issues for certain drivers. (The Belkin keyboard driver does not work.)

Football, thank you again for all your work. But for now I need to stay with A17. (Hope you can bring SDHC support to that soon!!)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jflick35:
I tried this rom and a progress bar came up. It went to half way almost immediately then froze. I waited about 3 or 4 minutes and the bar did not move at all. So i paniced and did a hard reset and my axim came back as normal, as if I had not even done anything.

Should I have waited longer, is it normal for it to freeze for a while in the middle?

how long should it take?

Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jflick35:
When the sd card is in my pc it says it is fat32. so it's not that. I've read every post in this thread and nothing like my problem. Also, I didn't have to push the action button. it just started after I let go of reset and says at the top "SD Image Update A10_G3" and then in the middle of the screen it says "Reading SD Card...". The progress bar jumped up to half way and now is just sitting there.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jflick35:
Well It's been 45 minutes and the status bar still hasn't moved. I'm doing a hard reset. (crossing fingers)

It came back up as normal, it turned on and there was no hard reset.

the files I am using are DiAd_K_AximX51v_WM5_A17EN_nb0.crc and DiAd_K_AximX51v_WM5_A17EN.nb0

I hope someone can help me but I won't have Internet access untill tomorow afternoon. Good night.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] blast0id:
just installed this ROM. Question, does it include dotNET CF2.0 already? I tried installing this and it says newer version already exists... (nevermind... just realized I had somehow started the setup process twice so the second one was what gave me that error)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] blast0id:
also, how to import the reg files from first post?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jflick35:
Got it working!

It must have been a memory problem. I deleted a lot of space on main memory and deleted everything except the rom on the sd.

New problem - when I try to restore my back up it says its a wm2003 back up and will NOT restore it. WTF!

Then when I installed TCPMP and play any file it says "wave output:device error!"

Any help would be appreciated? I'm really confused about this wm2003 bussiness!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jflick35:
no one?

Maybe I would have more luck with wm6? nothing to loose, after all I just did a hard reset and lost a lot of apps.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] blast0id:
my assumption is that doing a full backup restore after an update like this would be a nono as it is copying key system files that would be older and possibly conflicting? I am in no way an expert at this and haven't delving very deep into this upgrading business until recently. I just remember the last "full" backup I did with Spb Backup was a "custom" one just to see what options are given and you could uncheck any folder you wanted to not backup, but the windows folder and all subfolders were checked by default... Like I said though I'm not an expert at this and it could be that restoring a full backup does not allow older files to be overwritten. But personally I wouldn't bet money that it couldn't happen.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] blast0id:
I just received a warranty replacement and when I try to install this ROM I get the bootloader screen but nothing else I have formatted sd card as FAT32.

It says "SD Image Updage A10_G4" at top of screen, my other axim had a different number I believe... don't remember which one though...

is there another way to load this ROM?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] blast0id:
sorry hadn't read through every page of this thread... not sure why, but was using a 512mb card with first device and ended up my 1gb card after formatting it 3 times then copying files to it worked... strange but it is installing now... thanks again for everyones contributions!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jflick35:
your probably right, I was hoping since it was still wm5 it would work,I have no idea why it thinks its wm2003

as for the sound problem, I eventually lost all sound. windows media and even the screen tap sounds didn't work. So I did load the WM6. Funny enough I WAS able to restore most of the old back up.

I don't get it but I'm happy.:)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pdclose:
Strange ata directory

Hello,

I upgraded my x51v to A17 a few weeks ago, and everything seems to be working well, except there is a strange "ata" folder that keeps showing up under "My Documents". If I delete it from the device, it shows up again some time later (not sure exactly how/when).

My activesync also has an unresolved file item that seems to be related. I removed everything from My Documents and it still persists. That's when I noticed the ata directory.

Any ideas? I didn't see this with A12...

Paul
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Kenjari:
Developing the courage!!!!

Hello,

I have been reading this thread for the past hour or more....and I have to say this A17 Rom looks real tempting. Like previous people, I have never did anything like this before so I'm afraid to try for the fear of bricking my x51v. However, it seems like there hasnt been any reports of this in this thread.

I read someones previous post (that walked through the entire process)....thanks for the easy walk through. It did clear alot of this up. In general, I have some basic questions that may build courage......

Has there been anyone that regret making the switch and wanted to go back? Is the CF fix added in the new version? For those who completed this but was new at it....was it easy/simple? Outside the SD card reformat...is there any other preparation I need before I do this?

Are there any benefits of staying with the A12? What is active sync behavior with A17? What is the battery life like after the upgrade?

Any words of advice would suffice.....

Please feel free to answer any of the questions...not all!!!!:)

(I know you have heard this numerous of times......thank you Football and others for you skills and technical intelligence;)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cnow:
I flashed A17 2 months ago. Until now I realized only 2 disadvantages for me, but they have nothing to do with the release. So in my opinion this ROM is stable for at least my usage of it. One disadvantage was that I couldn't restore my backup. BUT this was made on german A04 with an old OS version so this is not the ROMs fault! The other disadvantage was that switching Widcomm BT stack on/off was a little bit tricky. Sometimes the BT Icon didn't reflect the correct status. Over all I had no problems with A17 - but Im not a power user so maybe my experience differs from other users.

Now Im on WM6 A01 and have so far no problems with it. The Widcomm Icon behaviour seems to be correct now.

OK I missed the pro's. The free RAM is much more than in A04 (A12). Also the menu's are faster...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MS Master:
Problems with Wlan PSK TKIP

Hi all,

i used the last WM6 Image, but i have still problems to use Wlan with WPA-PSK/TKIP.

When i connect to the Wlan, it try´s several times, then it says "unavailable".

I tried the "Workaround" but it don´t work.

Any ideas?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Kenjari:
Thanks cnow. I do recall reading a issue about backing up previous data. However, i was just planning on starting a fresh with out previous information. I'm certain that if activesync works well...I just need my calendar, task, and contact. Everything else I can download manually. As far as Widcomm BT...thats unfortunate. I dont use that particular stack....but it does seem like an asset.

Thanks for your thoughts buddy!!:)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] blast0id:
This was my first time tackling something like this ever. I will give you one other piece of hope. Using Dell's own A12* I was able to roll back a unit which I had to send back for warranty which I had upgraded to the A17. So I think there is that option if you don't like this version. Once I have everything reinstalled and can do a full backup of this device I will try rolling back using dell's A12 one more time just to confirm that it is possible.

Only other advice is that if you have trouble with the SD Image Loader then try these things:

1. Reformat the SD Card @ FAT32

2. Try a different (smaller capacity) card. (Though it worked for me with both a 512mb and a 1gb cards.)

*Using Dell's A12 I unpacked the R129272.exe to a folder and ran AximUpdate from computer. I may have also done a Hard-Reset on the device just prior to running this, I don't remember and not sure if it would matter or not anyways.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] asus535:
could you please, read:

https://download.juniper.net/software/aaa_802/public/oac/WM_Client_451/readme.txt

find a demo or full version

http://www.juniper.net/customers/support/products/aaa_802/oac_client_user.jsp

Odyssey Access Client V4.51 (or 4.50) and try again?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Kenjari:
Thanks for the reply BenjamminzIS. I will definitely make sure I reformat my SD card to FAT32. Question: what does SDHC stand for? I believe I read that this isnt functional on A17.

Sorry for the Noob question...does this mean after i upgrade my SD card would not be functional? Second if I use the A17 download in the first post will this have the CF fix in it or should I look that up some where else?

BejamminzIS I did scan through a thread here and saw a link to a thread at another forum to revert back. I will scan through that thread before I make the upgrade.

It seems no benefit to stay with the A12. While most people are upgrading to WM6.0 (which I'm tempted to do) I think I feel comfortable with A17.

Thanks again for your reply!!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] virtu:
Greetings from Brazil.

Yesterday I did the upgrade and everything was OK. I went from an A04 Portuguese ROM to an A17 that I downloaded at #1st post.

Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] blast0id:
SDHC = Secure Digital High Capacity (4GB-8GB) there are also 4GB NON-HC cards available so for this version 4GB NON-(SD)HC is the highest capacity SD card it will read, until this ROM is further patched to support it (if this is possible, which I hope it is and will be done)

I haven't found any threads on downgrading that were useful, but I haven't look into downgrading that much, I guess I'm just lucky the way I tried to do it, it worked! Anyways... unless you purchased a SDHC SD card, formatting your SD to FAT32 isn't going cause any unusability. It would only be unusable because of it being SDHC and this ROM not supporting that format of SD.

I will stick with this ROM until I can legally upgrade to WM6 be it purchasing a license from another manufacturer or whatever... but until then I don't think it's right for me to do... to each his own I guess!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Kenjari:
Thanks benjamminzIS,

Makes perfect sense. I did make the leap last night. It worked perfectly. So far everthing is running smooth. I was able to add all my software back to it (manually...took two hours). It is much faster and it seems to conserve memory alot more efficiently. A minor draw back was purchasing and downloading Pocket MSN again.

Now I am trying to learn how to add programs into the registry. My goal is to add Textmaker and Planmaker into the registry.

Thanks for your support.

Also thanks for the reply virtu!!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] speedy1979:
Ok I just read all 32 pages of the is thread and I have one question.

Does ROM A17 support Dial Up Networking (DUN). Another words will I be able to tether my axim (via bluetooth) to my cellphone to get internet access when wifi is not available.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Intergalactic:
DUN Is Working

Yes it worked for me and now I have it working with Football's new just released updated wm6 Beta A2 ROM, I'm using the Broadcomm Stack!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] eric12341:
Installed Widcomm Stack Now Cannot Sync!!!

exactly as the title says ,since i installed the widdcomm stack in wm6 i cannot sync all i get is a USB device not recognized screen and when i try to disable the network functionality i get a "failed to disable RNDIS to use serial" message, can someone tell me a better solution rather than uninstallin the stack or hard resetting
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] duuri:
enable advanced network functionality in usb to pc..
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] blast0id:
wrong thread please go here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=324211

thank you!

_benjammin
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] FireflyII:
Upgrade effects

Hi there,

I upgraded to the A17 a couple weeks ago with few problems. I couldn't get into my contacts or change the calendar, but everything else worked fine (I had backed up with Spb backup first, and restored after the hard reset).

I just upgraded again to this new A01 WM6 rom, which again worked just fine, and has some nifty looking new features (bluetooth browser, internet sharing, etc.). However, when I restored from my backup, the new features were gone, and I couldn't edit the email settings.

I tried restoring some things and not others, or creating a backup from the new clean rom and restoring it after restoring the previous backup, but I can't seem to get a compromise of backups and new features to work.

Here's the interesting (and frustrating thing) about it all. I tried to just reinstall my programs for a fresh start on the new rom, but one notable program doesn't work. I have the SolarExpress USB host CF card. I can install the drivers for it just fine on A01, but it won't work--I plug in the card, and the system doesn't know what it is. If I restore my backup, it works just fine, so I know it can work under the new system...but how do I know what specific part of the backup needs to be restored, or how to reinstall it to work right? And has anyone else had problems with email or contacts after restoring backups (or new features disappearing)?

Thanks for all the hard work on this ROM, and thanks in advance for any help that anyone can offer!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Caveman6:
It is dangerous to do back-ups and restores. You may be backing up system files and registry entries, so that when you restore you are damaging the system. That is probably why you couldn't get into calendar and contacts.

When restoring the back-up for the USB CF card, you are probably overrighting some other DLL; I suggest that you check to see if there is a WM6 driver for the card and try that instead.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] FireflyII:
Unfortunately, timeliness of updates is not the strong suit of the company that makes this card--I got it months ago and there hasn't been a single update, and from checking forums, the product itself was promised for years before it became available (incidentally it really is a good card and works quite well). That's a long way of saying that there is no WM 6 driver available, and I wouldn't expect one anytime soon. The fact that it works when I restore my backup suggests that it ought to work anyhow, though you make a good point about overwriting files. The thing is, I do have the option of choosing which registry and system files do or do not get restored...I just don't know which ones should be.

Thanks for the quick response, though I'm still hoping for more suggestions!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tscook2002:
Sync problems

Hello,

This is a generous bbd and I don't want to tax your patience. BUT --

I installed the A17, which seems really great, much faster. I cannot get my vista to synce with my x51v. Any advice? I tried reinstalling wmdc with the device plugged in. I think I have done everything right. I am posting here because I was able to synce before I changed the rom. Sometimes the device manager recognnized a dell axim and other times it says there is an unknown device under the network tab. Any advice or an appropriate link would be really appreciated! Thank you for all your hard work, everyone.

TC
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] skynet_:
Finally, is there a way to show the small battery icon in the upper right corner?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] asus535:
related to SSL certification bug of wm6 ROMS

Could anybody have wm5 a17 or A12, look at his/her registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL

and check if there is a folder named CertificationAuthorities,

and if there are certificates named

# VeriSign/RSA Secure Server
# VeriSign Class 1 Public Primary CA
# VeriSign Class 2 Public Primary CA
# VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary CA
# GTE Cybertrust ROOT
# ThawtePremium Server CA
# Thawte Server CA
# Entrust.net Secure Server CA
# Entrust.net Premium Secure Server CA, also known as Entrust.net CA (2048)

like ones in bottom of this link:

http://www.uis.harvard.edu/support_services/clientcache.reg

these are not exist in Football's wm6 roms. But maybe there or another location?

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/library/aa925142.aspx
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Paul-Z:
I was able to get rid of the battery icon on A12 by adding a registry key - maybe the opposite will return the battery icon for you.

What you need is a DWORD value called ShowTitleBarClock that is set to 1. The value needs to be placed in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell. After adding the value and flushing the registry (usually the safest way to do that is to hit the power button to suspend the device, wait a few seconds, and then hit it again to wake it back up) reset the device. If it comes back with the clock showing, you've got an AKU2.2 device.

I think if you delete the DWORD value or MAYBE set it to zero it might get the battery icon back

As with all registy tweaks - backup you PDA first or at least remember what you have done so you can retrace your steps if needed.

Hope this helps - Paul-Z
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] currahee:
new to the flashing stuff.. havent been updating my ROM since my cradle failed me long timeback.. now that i'm having more time from work, started searching for ROM and came upon this..

in my case, i have a X51V but guess the ROM shld be A01.. i know very old.. so i have read abt diff version of bootloader works with diff version of kernel rom files.. now that my cradle is out of action, could i use the SDloader method to load the A17patched rom into my x51v? does the A01 bootloader support that? thanks alot.. if not, could someone point me to a link where i can dl the latest bootloader to flash my rom. thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] spanglish:
Thanx to the whole team behind this project. Just flashed my X51v and it went like a dream. Now on to re-installing all my apps. I spent what must have been an hour reading through the forum. I wanted to weigh up for myself whether or not it was worth the effort. I'm glad to report that it was.

Just in case someone stumbles here and wants to have a play with this ROM rather than going for the WM6 ROM. 1st go get the files from Footballs post #1. Then get yourself a zip program that can handle unzipping .rar - I downloaded UnZip ThemAll, a free zip program. Make sure you have a program like Resco - I have SK Tools which has a registry editor and it worked. Finally take yourself to page 26 of this thread and go straight to post #260 - a very comprehensive 'how to make this work' by UnicornKaz.

Thanx once again .... now to play ;-)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Paul-Z:
I was very excited about the A17 ROM and found it to be very responsive - most all programs worked fine but I rolled back to A12 after discovering that Novii remote did not work at all - I think that the IR has a flaw on A17 - could not make Novii remote work at all - Also tried to Learn a remote but again there was no response by Novii - and it timed out on all functional learning. I really love Novii and for me this was a deal breaker - I really don't have any issues with the A12 Rom with the tweaks added - ie Today Timeout turned off - the fake server Tweak - the Error Report turned off.

There was some talk about A17 being more responsive - but I don't see it - especially if you use SKTools and configure the PDA for Performance - loose a little RAM but I think that this might be the only difference in responsiveness with the A17 because I think it is preconfigured in this manner - the comparisons are thus an apple and an orange

Just my 2 cents

Later - Paul-Z
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jackleung:
NoviiRemote Deluxe 4.11 works fine for me under A17.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Paul-Z:
Well I may have to go back to A17 and re-install Novii Remote Deluxe v4.11.2006.08.21a.IRv27 - Is this the one that works for you?

Lucky for me I did a complete Back-up before the Roll-Back so it shouldn't be hard to get back to were I was with A17 - doing complete re-installs is very labor-intensive and I wouldn't envy having to do another one to get back the A17 ROM the way I like it.

I must say that I do miss the High-res feature for IE

The only other thing that holds me back is that I use Skyscape Programs - but if I remember correctly it wasn't a problem on A17 even without the old dll from A12 - which would take away the High-res when using IE.

Thanks - will re-install and see

Paul-Z
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dk2:
new rom A03

http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=46596&st=0
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hhmorgan:
Anyone Trouble Install .Net CF V2 SP2 - I am!

Anybody out there have the .Net CF V2 SP2 loaded on the WM5 A17 ROM?

I've tried repeatedly to load the Microsoft .Net Compact Framework without any success.

I've tried installing via ActiveSync on the laptop and also loading the CAB file directly (i.e. the WM version) to my X51V. I've tried installing to the Device memory and the \SD card memory. All fail. [Note: Installer says 5.524MB required and in either case I have greater than 133MB available]. I've done the install from a fresh soft reset with no other applications running.

In each case the install seems to progress until the end and I get an error message that says:

"Installation error. Stop all applications and available processes, maximize available storage space, and run installation again. Support info: 3."

I'm not sure what to do at this point. And I can't find anymore help on the internet for this problem so I'm wondering if it is peculiar to the A17 ROM.

UPDATE: I've traced the Support Info: 3 error to the .Net Compact Framework Log file that is having a problem with CGACUTIL doing the GAC update for files. I don't think this is memory related at all - it appears to be the CGACUTIL is having a problem with the WM5 A17 ROM image. Anyone else loading the .NET Compact Framework on the A17 ROM?

Any help would be appreciated!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gjw:
Ok, I've gone through the whole thread and I didn't see this prob listed.

File selection dialogs seem to be refreshing automatically.

In the WMP Library view, I can see the screen refreshing like every 6 seconds. If I'm scrolling up or down to select a song/artist/album and I pause too long (more than 6 seconds) the screen refreshes and I need to start my scroll again.

I've also noticed it in Resco Exlorer when I was looking at the contents of the Windows folder.

The view would refresh before I could scroll all the way to the bottom of the file list.

Anybody else experiencing this?

It's my only glitch, so far, in an otherwise amazing project.

Thanks