yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] raberrio:
thanks!!!

news of the the windows live bug?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] GordonTGopher:
It's the button in the middle of the D pad, not a 'button' on the screen :-)

Gordon
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
That is absolutely right! You must use the Dell RUU to upgrade to at least WM5 A01.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
Have you seen the posts about using VMware to run a Windows XP virtual machine to run the Dell RUU from? Any chance of doing that? That is how I use my Vista machines to run the Dell RUU. Works without any problems. :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] roswany:
Upgraded ROM for BENQ P50

Hi, i was wondering can you hack WM5 or WM6 for me to upgrade my current Benq P50, WM2003SE. If the hack WM5 or WM6 is workable on the Benq P50, i am willing to donate some money to your Paypal account.

Thank you
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 3dot:
Power management

I already set auto cpu clock speed,but the speed is always 624mhz.

I have been hard reset many times and re-flash x50v rom.

Anyone have same situation with me?

Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] greenleef:
Nice idea, but I didn't realise you could map a physical USB port to a VM or VPC session.. Is this a standard feature in VPC? I've mapped physical ethernet interfaces before, but not USB. :confused:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 3dot:
CPU FULL LOAD!!!I found that since wm5 a01 have same issue.The fix can apply on a01 & a02.But not a03 and wm6.People want to upgrade must notice that.

http://www.aximsite.com/boards/x50-x51-forums/106009-x50v-wm5-filesys-exe-uses-95-cpu.html
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 3dot:
Until now.I found several bugs.Anyone are welcome to add their bugs in the list.

1.filesys.exe full load(both wm5 and wm6)

2.tcpmp ruined wmp 10.(only on wm6)

3.wififofum search no ap(only on wm6)

4.Dell WLAN utility wifi site list's signal strength are always "best"(Both wm5 & wm6)

5.Sometimes softreset failure.(only on wm6)

6.Can't online through cradle(Can be fix by reg add)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] greenleef:
Editing .NBOs?

I would like to take with WM5A02 or WM6A02 when it is running with bugs fixed, and remove any files which I don't need to save space. Kind of a 'lite' WM6, leaving lots more free RAM ! For example, I use Resco file explorer, so I could remove the M$ one, remove Media Player as I use TCPMP etc. Is there any easy way to do this, I was hoping there is a tool to remove individual files 'explorer' fashion... If so I would be happy to make this 'lite' version available to others here.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
Yes, you most certainly can map a physical USB port to a VM session. Notice I didn't mention anything about VPC, though. MS Virtual PC 2007 does not support mapping a physical USB port--at least not in a way that ActiveSync can support. I have tried MS VPC 2007 several times and have failed to connect to my Axim every time.

Physical ethernet maps alright in VPC 2007 as it does in VMware. But the only virtualization software that I've used that works with ActiveSync is VMware. If you don't have access to a Win XP box, I still believe that a VMware setup is the next best thing. :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
Roswany, your post really has nothing to do with this thread's topic. If your question was meant to be directed to MagLite_RUS, the author of the X50v WM6 A01 ROM, then you should have private messaged him your question.

I believe I saw a thread recently on this forum that had Benq in the title. You might want to search the forums if you have not already done so and see if a Benq owner could direct you to a ROM for your device.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
Umm, 3dot, I don't think everyone out there is experiencing this problem in WM6. I can only speak for myself, but I'm not noticing that behavior. Have you tried the ActiveSync hack that was introduced way back for WM5?

The Filesys.exe issue still exists in WM6 to a certain degree, but I have not noticed it being nearly as prominent as it was in WM5. There's no way around the Filesys compaction and trust me, you don't want to do away with it completely.

Have you noticed any certain action or program that triggers your device to throttle to max speed (624mhz)? I know this sounds like a dumb question, but it has to be ruled out: is your device docked when you notice it running at full speed? Have you been installing (or running) a lot of programs in your built-in-storage?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
1.filesys.exe full load(both wm5 and wm6) <-- I don't see this being a big issue in WM6

2.tcpmp ruined wmp 10.(only on wm6) <-- Hasn't ruined my WMP 10 :confused:

3.wififofum search no ap(only on wm6) <-- wififofum works great for me--I used it all weekend without a problem

4.Dell WLAN utility wifi site list's signal strength are always "best"(Both wm5 & wm6) <-- Mine shows the signal strength fine and is not always "best"

5.Sometimes softreset failure.(only on wm6) <-- This is a legitimate bug

6.Can't online through cradle(Can be fix by reg add) <-- I can "online" through the cradle, no problem
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
Greenleef, removing applications from a ROM image will not free more RAM once that ROM is installed on your device. Removing unused applications will only allow for more free ROM space, aka. BIS (built-in-storage) space. So instead of having, say, 80mb free after your ROM is first installed, you might have, for example, 90mb or 100mb free. But your RAM will not change.

The biggest factor in how much free RAM you will have is how big the pagepool size is in the ROM. The current WM6 ROM has an 8mb pagepool. If you decrease the pagepool size to 4mb, you essentially gain 4mb more free (available) RAM. If you increase the pagepool size to 12mb, you will lose 4mb of available RAM. However, the pagepool's size does have varying effects on your Axim, so gaining 4mb of RAM by decreasing the pagepool size does not neccesarily mean your overall performance will increase.

The next factor in how much free RAM you will have is how many programs (today plugins especially) you have running. In it's un-altered state, WM6's X button ("close" button) does not actually close a program. It essentially "minimizes" it, thus the program still runs, it's just sent to the background. As long as it's running, it is using RAM. You can either close it through the Memory app in your Settings menu or you can install a third-party program closer which will actually close the program and reclaim the memory it was using when you click the X button in the upper-right corner. Today plugins tend to use a decent chunck of RAM. However, even if a today plugin uses a small amount of RAM, it is constantly being used. It will never not use that memory unless it is unloaded (or closed, if possible).

I hope all that makes sense. :cool:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 3dot:
1.It happen sometimes,not always.But it is very annoying,slow down my ppc,drain battery,the important thing is that there is still no patch on WM6 device.

2.Caution!Do a backup first!It can't rollback.First,you open a mp3/asf file by Tcpmp,play it.TCPMP will show no decoder found.Then close it.Now open the same mp3/asf file by wmp.WMP won't be able to play this.Just a show warning that"Can't find file specific path".But it is playable by WMP10,before you open it by tcpmp.

3.That may be my own problem.

4.But similar thread already discussed.See:

http://www.aximsite.com/boards/x50-...nion-signal-strength-issue-4.html#post1316553

http://web.archive.org/web/20070326....com/support/downloads/wi-fi/wi-fi-companion/

6.I can too.No reg patch needed.This issue reported by other members here.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 3dot:
It is okay the first few days after wm6 installed.But today I find my x50v slow down much even keyboard typing has a noticeable time-lag.Then i open process monitor.Filesys.exe is always 100%.So i do hard reset again and again.Even reflash my rom.But it still happened.I just can say x50v act unconstant and unpredictable.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] greenleef:
cavyman, All makes sense, thanks for the info. As an IT engineer I have learned a lot about the workings of WM. My mistake though was in thinking that on a hard reset, the pocketpc will copy system files from ROM to RAM. I was under the impression that when you hard reset, (hence when your backup battery dies this also occurs) you lose everything except the original 'factory' image. I thought that system files were then transferred to RAM. That would be silly really, why would WM need two copies fo the same system files

So
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] greenleef:
Sorry, continued, I hit submit by mistake...

Just a quick slightly, off-topic question. You mention BIS so I thought I'd pick your brains... A while ago, I was deleting some files from BIS when my axim crashed. I reset, but the BIS had vanished from the device. I looked for some low level disk checker/format tools, but could not find anything to revive my lost BIS. Since then I just use my 4gb SD and 1gb CF, so the space isn't a problem, just I would like some fast flash memory to work with, and SD is comparitively very slow...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] zorky9:
I agree with Cavyman. Consider:

1. The "Fake Server Hack" on Activesync. Worked in WM5, should probably work as well in WM6. (My battery doesn't drain too quickly, lasted a bit longer than it did when I had WM5. Only issue is that it retained the power level of the used battery when I switch out to a fresh one. A few other people have reported this same bug.)

2. Upgrading to the latest build of the CorePlayer. Works very well with WMP10, which by the way I think has a very cool skin in WM6. :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] CrezyMunky:
S***! All programs gone, and rom programs duplicated

Installed this and was very happy for several days. Note: I used the WM5 01 upgrade, did not go to 02.

after two or three days, received an email message and tried to open it. system error message came up, performed soft reset. on re-start, system removed all programs installed to memory, and duplicated all Rom programs. ie 2x activesync, 2x calendar, 2 address and so on. Still had all the data on the pda though, but I could not sync after that. I have since gone back to WM2003SE using Dells Downgrader.

Lesson? upgrade wm5 01 to 02, then to WM6.

I am going to try and upgrade again, wm5 01, then 02, then WM6. Wish me luck, i loved WM6 while i had it, just too bashful until now to try it again. I have to rely on this damn thing for work, and cannot have my data comprimised.

By the way, keep up the good work, some of us love our Axim's, and this is the lifeblood our dell's need.

Crezymunky
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] juanpa74:
Just wondering

I updated from WM2003SE to WM6. I havejust been using it for some hours.

But I can say the wifi levels on the Dell utility are working fine.

I have one question thought. I used to use CabInstl on WM2003 to install the programs. Now I try it with WM6 and after clicking on install then the WM6 software install ask me where to install (Memory/SD Card/CF Card) but I can't name folders to make the installation.

Question is: Any hack that can solve this? Any alternative software similar to CabInstl that works on WM6?

Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] zorky9:
All programs you install in WM6 (whether in Main Memory, SD, or CF) will be installed to the "Program Files" directory in the location you choose. Subfolders are named by default. If you rename these folders, you may not be able to run the program.

A good solution if you want to rename and relocate program directories is to use Pocket Mechanic by Anton Tomov (www.wizcode.com)... It has a lot of very powerful modules such as Relocate, Free RAM, Defragment, and Registry Cleanup among other things. Quite useful if you want your Ax running at its peak.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
I'm guessing from the sound of it your problem probably occurred when you were using WM2003SE--is that right? If so, I think I have an explanation for what probably happened.

As far as using memory cards to store files, that is what I have chosen to do also. I know, like you said, that the BIS is generally faster than SD and way faster than CF. You can certainly use whatever BIS space is available to you to store programs/files, but given that our wonderful little Axims are plagued by the Filesys slow down issue, is BIS really that much faster? Sure the physical makeup of an Axim's ROM allows it to be theoretically faster than either type of storage card, but the end result is that Filesys will kick in when BIS is accessed and it does not kick in for the storage cards. So ultimately, you should see more speed from the storage cards than you probably will see when using BIS*. If anyone disagrees or finds that I'm overlooking something, please point it out to me. :)

*Note: I'm only asserting that this is the case for an X50v. I'm not speaking generally for all devices.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
I'm not doubting you, but you still haven't answered my questions. Have you noticed any certain action or program that triggers your device to throttle to max speed (624mhz)? I know this sounds like a dumb question, but it has to be ruled out: is your device docked when you notice it running at full speed? Have you been installing (or running) a lot of programs in your built-in-storage (BIS)?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] IM0001:
Im also curious. I went back to the A03 AUK 3.5.2 rom for the X50v and it doesnt have near as much of a problem with filesys.exe as WM6 had.

I have heard before i think, that WM5 AUK 3.5.2 is actually newer than WM6 atm. If that is true then it just might be another version away from having a really great WM6.

Hopefully there will be a few updates and Maglite might continue to throw them into the Axim.

I might give WM6 another go here this next weekend just to make sure i didnt miss anything.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] simoncinis:
trying it one last time

I'm gonna try this one more time

but i've ran into some problems in doing so (yes i have an x50v)

following link describes my problem (erasing storage), if you know of a solution or what i might be doing wrong, please advise in that thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=324348

thanks in advance
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jerryfreak:
can someone link me to the 'process manager' software mentioned here. I dont beleive that is part of the stock build.... or is it hidden?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] karrun:
Okay, I've read through this thread with interest, because I am always on the lookout for free things, and this ROM update qualifies :) . I am almost convinced to try it, but I haven't convinced myself that the benefits are worth the risk. What exactly are the benefits? I am running 2003SE, and think my x50v runs fairly fast. I am a casual user, and not a power user like many on this forum. I understand that if you have WM5 this can make your Dell a lot faster, but are there any other benefits? I never updated to WM5 because of the bugs, so I don't know what (if any) benefits were gained over 2003SE. Should I stay where I am, or go for it?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jerryfreak:
major benefit for me was sdhc support, as i NEED more sd capacity.

otherwise, wm2003 seems a bit more responsive and more stable to me
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] karrun:
Sorry, what's sdhc? secure digital something something?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] juanpa74:
I didn't jump onto WM5 because we know it, our X50v weren't good for it.

My main reason is some software i want to use doesn't work with WM2003.

And I think in the future that would be a greater problem.

I have just tried the WM6 for some hours. I want to say I love the new Mobile Internet Explorer (the high resolution & the full screen). They should add tabs to it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jerryfreak:
firrst generation secure digital is up to 4GB (although 4gb is technically out of spec)

new generation SDHC (secure digital high capacity) are 4gb, 8gb, and soon 16gb cards.

I record live music with my axim, and the 4gb cards were only providing 2 hours, and now i can have 4 hrs of continuous recording time without worrying
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
Persistent storage is a big plus, in my opinion. The other aspect a lot of people have fallen for is the newer, more modern looking icon set. Looks a little more up to date with Win XP and Vista. As someone else already mentioned, PIE (Pocket IE) has improved handling of web pages and has better support for "hi-res mode" which takes advantage of the VGA capability of our X50v devices. The pocket Outlook client now has support for HTML e-mails.

You mentioned that you're a casual user, so I won't go into all of the technical aspects unless you're really curious. But you can always give WM6 a try and roll back to WM2003SE if you don't like it. Several others have done that--but many have stuck with WM6. :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DrBios:
Bluetooth

asuming the porblems with the bluetooth stack provided by microsoft now i install the widcoom cab from aximsite ... it works like a charm ... much better than microsoft crap.. so .. in a future WM6 A02 must have this stack
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mindfield:
It really depends on what you use it for. The main advantage of upgrading to a newer OS is compatibility with newer software. Although pretty much all WM5-compatible apps seem to work fine on WM6, there are a growing number of apps that are becoming WM5+ only, a problem that upgrading to WM6 would alleviate.

Then of course there are the other advantages. SDHC support is a nice bonus, since it means I can now upgrade my storage to a total of 16GB at the moment (8GB Microdrive plus an 8GB SDHC). I store a lot of data and movies and such on my Axim so it's nice having that sort of capacity available.

The high res support for PIE is also nice -- I didn't even know the new version had that capability, so it's nice to see it. I still use Netfront for serious browsing though.

WM6 also -- at least so far -- provides more stability and speed than the official Dell WM5 upgrades, so you get the benefits of a new OS without the myriad problems associated with Dell's half-assed upgrades. It may not be as fast or stable as WM2003SE (though this is debatable), but WM6 comes a hell of a lot closer than WM5 did. I was running WM5 A02 prior to this and it was so problematic that I began to really dislike using the Axim. Now that I've upgraded to WM6 I love using it again.

WM6 does give more available program memory than WM5 did though.

The new Office Mobile suite in WM6 is nice, too, if that is of any concern to you. Not as good as other third-party apps that are available, but very nice for being bundled apps.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Larusso1981:
Hi,

I've installed wm6 with A02 SD Loader and it seems fine besides the reset failure, certificate installation failure, but i think i can live with that, it's more responsive and faster for now. I've got a question, is this windows update feture in wm6 working? I tried to run it, but it always return error 80004005...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think that the Windows Update in WM6 is going to work for us because our Windows Mobile IDs are probably not in the Windows Update database. It would be great if someone who knows the details on that would weigh in and clear that up for us.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 1337woody:
hey could u link me to this, and is it for wm5, 6 or both? and what does it offer.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 3dot:
Cavyman,Thanks for your help.These are my answers:

1.Filesys.exe cause 100% full load.Here is my screen capture after flashing rom.

2.I don't understand??You mean halt?No,it can work but very slow.

3.No,as you see upper screenshot,it is pristine and no software installed.Only few original core process is running except task manager and screen capture program.

Now I am testing with activesync hack.

Updated: The activesync fake server and compaction256 edit doesn't work on wm6.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 3dot:
I prefer tcpmp player UI than coreplayer.I wonder it related to x50v certain rom or just 2 software conflicted with each other.They stay peaceful on wm5.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] raberrio:
Hi:

I have the x50v with WM6 working for 3 days... and works fine, but recently the pda hangs many many times, and i have to apply several soft resets...

somebody has this problem?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DrBios:
http://www.aximsite.com/boards/x50-x51-forums/122247-widcomm-axim-x50v-x51v-state-development.html
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jerryfreak:
I'm using an A-data 16gb CF from newegg, so i have a total of 24 gb now. the 16 gb cf's are a pretty good deal, i got mine for like $129

I have tested the following SDHC cards:

Sandisk class 2 4gb

OCZ class 6 8gb

patriot class 6 8gb

I tested the 8gb cards with my audio recording software, the buffer levels were very low, i filled the cards to the hilt and not a single sample was dropped, i'd say thats a pretty comprehensive test. on usb2 with a sandisk micromate sdhc reader, i was able to read the full capacity of the class 6 cards (7.7GB) in under 10 minutes, so they appear to be pretty fast and reliable

I'll be testing the A-data and transcend 8gb class6 sdhc's tomorrow
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] zEnterHacker:
Hi MagLite and others,

First of all I must say that this is a great job you have mastered here.

I know you are VERY BUSY with exams, debugging etc. but I would very much like some sort of progress indication/overview - because this thread is getting totally out of hand. A lot of people write more or less reliable statements of what is working and what is not - discussing page pool sizes etc - fine and OK - but you have the abillity to edit the original post and I would very much like a list of known bugs together with your comments and perhaps som info about the progress of the debugging.

And why make such a fuzz about that - well if we all know that there is a consistent problem, then we do not have to keep filling up this thread with dublicate info about non-working issues. A filtered list would enable the community to focus on finding new issues in order to get a better feed-back and a good overview of what still needs attention.

In general I think that a good overview of the status of this project would increase the number of people willing to risk the life of theire Axims - and more testers means better feedback!

Best regards

zEnterHacker
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
I agree with a lot of what you said! This thread has gotten huge and I'm finding myself not wanting to search through it to find particular posts. I know I have been leading a lot of the discussion about pagepool sizes and such, but I think the pagepool has a lot to do with how you want your Axim to perform. There are a lot of erroneous statements as to what is working and what is "broken", but very few of those statements have come from seasoned veterans of Axims.

Very true...I said something very similar in an early post. If five or six people have confirmed a problem, that is more than enough. There really is no helpfullness in further confirmation of what is already known. Heck, at this very moment I would encourage MagLite to blow away this thread altogether, if possible, and restart it (same title, only add the "NOT FOR X50" message) with an updated *confirmed* bug list in his first post and let's start with a clean slate.

Good observations, zEnterHacker!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gseltzer:
My upgrade experience

I just tried to upgrade from A02, and the bootloader didn't find any image to load. :confused:

After pulling my hair for two hours I copied the A03 image to the SD root, and found that now the bootloader now lists both the images, so I can start upgrading!! :D

Anyway, Thanks everybody.