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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
I think MagLite changed the title of this thread when he mentioned that an A02 release might be out this weekend. Hence, he was "updating" everyone to let them know he was making good progress. I'm not sure why that had to be explained, but now you know.

A02 is not out yet, but several of us are testing the A02 alpha 1 and giving feedback to MagLite. The alpha works very well and with a few more changes, I think most everyone will find that it was worth the wait.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DrBios:
CAVYMAN

WHAT about the 80% freeze bug?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] grnglide:
Great fun but .....

.... x50v will not boot after Sprite Backup version 6 has done a restart. The status bar hangs at around 80%. Only a hard reset will get out of this.

Before this x50v was fast and reasonably stable. Runs TomTom V6 fine.

If there is an A02 version will try that. Will we finally get the ROM blocksize of 512 as the Ipaq 4700 has? This (according to the Microsoft blogs) fill finally fix the compaction thread issues.

Currently back on WM5 A02 - still works fine.

Impressed by MAGlite's efforts though:)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] raberrio:
maybe in the A03... :(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
Haven't had it happen at all since I started testing A02 alpha! :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
No, according to MagLite, it (Windows Live/Messenger) is broken altogether on some devices. His suggestion is to use alternate programs in place of Windows Live/Messenger. Probably not a bad idea anyway.

In anticipation of the next question, no, I don't know exactly which program(s) to use in place of Messenger. My guess is that a Google search should help out in that area.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
For the record....again....the 80% hang issue has been addressed many times before. No need to announce it again. Also, the A02 ROM should have the hang issue fixed for everyone once it comes out.

There is no A02 version out yet (only the alpha is out for alpha/beta testers). I'm not sure if MagLite has modified the block size in A02, but I will say again that Filesys seems to almost be a non-issue in my testing so far. I've installed and run many more programs since last night when I reported about Filesys behaving nicely and my view of the issue has not changed. It still is working better than I've seen since WM2003SE.

I'm curious, though, WM5 A02 works fine? In all honesty, you're only the second person or so that I've ever heard say that WM5 A02 works fine. You don't have issues with Filesys causing your unit to be almost unusable in WM5 A02?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] grnglide:
Didnt mean to upset anyone - merely pointing out another program that causes it.

I have found WB5 A02 to be almost faultless. I have all programs installed on SD and CF cards and as long as no significant writes occur to the BIS it is fine. Admittedly not as fast as WM2003 but in my case worthwhile for the persistent storage.

Reduced blocksize would still be nice for A02 of WM6 - it has been done on the 4700 and they both had the same issues. Having said that if there is a WM6 which works stably and fast I am not bothered about the blocksize of the BIS:o
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 1337woody:
wow, this is going to be very nice. a huge thank you to maglite.

well ive been back on the reliable A03 rom and cant wait to give this one a spin. so cavyman how is the speed on power hungry tasks and is the page pool the same as orig. and how much mem is free after a fresh install.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] raberrio:
jajaja OK, thanks :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] currahee:
i have a question, my cradle is spoil and thus cannot update thru the usual dell method. as such, i would like to clarify if i could update my 2003SE ROM using SDloader to the WM5 bootloader from A01, and afterwhich to move to the WM6 kernel files (skipping the WM5 A01/A02 kernel files). thanks.

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.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MagLite_RUS:
Free RAM after soft reset ~32 MB and without memory cards ~35 MB.

PP now changed to 6 MB... ;)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MagLite_RUS:
Yes...if you find WM5 A01/A02 bootloader image (for SD bootloader) you will flash it and after that flash WM6 image into your dell...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] currahee:
thanks.. i;m tryin it now..

hope the WM6 A02 would be out soon :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MagLite_RUS:
Here WM5 A01 bootloader image (for users who have WM2003SE).

I recommend to use A02 bootloader but i don't have image for SD flashing...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] asdfzxcv:
I am having issue upgrading from wm2003 A04 to WM5 A01.

I ran Dell's AximUpdate it copied some startup files and asked me to do a hard reset and then switch back to the update utility. So I did a hard reset and pressed a button to erase all data and then went through the screen alignment routine and clicked cancel when activesync asked to create a new partnership. I switched back to the update utility but nothing happens. Is the update utility suppose to continue the update process by copying over the image file? Please help.

Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bcbarnes:
A few people have reported this problem (including me) because of using either Windows Vista, or using a Tablet PC. Both of these are known to not work with the dell update utility (I've actually tried both). Use a different machine, or install a virtual PC emulator (such as VMWare, I think, I haven't tried it).

Brian.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Xdenwarrior:
I agree with grnglide that it will definately be great if maglite can change the Rom sector size to 512bytes (default is 4kbytes). Cavyman, you can use SK Tools to see what is the ROM sectorsize in your WM6 A02 Alpha version.

Maglite, could you get rid of this junk in your WM6 A02: Windows Update, Customer Feedback, and Download Agent? I don't think Windows Update works properly and will ever work on our axims.

And what exactly is this FTP, and Internet Sharing that you included in your A01 version for? They seem to be just using up space.

Also, don't you suppose to have minimum 8mb pagepool on a devices if they are running WM5 and up in order for them to function properly? I read somewhere that the bigger the pagepool, the better the device will run. On another side the smaller the pagepool, the more free Ram space you get. So, i'm not sure if its such a good idea to have only 6mb pagepool in WM6 A02. I need some info on this!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kunteper:
he already said he didnt change it

you know google ?

you go search it and tell us what is better ...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MagLite_RUS:
I did not change the size of sector because it demands intervention into bootloader - believe to me, it's very difficult to make! =\

I have noticed one law: with reduction size of page pool - PDA starts to work faster and filesys attacks ends! Strange? But the fact remains the fact.... ;)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MagLite_RUS:
Windows Update, Odyssey Client, Catalog, Switcher Bar and BT FTP deleted...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kartam:
BT FTP deleted? :(

oh nooooo... but perhaps you will give out a cab with it, will you? (or if it already is on the net)

Well, you perhaps are busy with the ROM but I kindly ask if release date of a02 is known. If not, just leave it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Larusso1981:
kartam, Try using Widcomm stack, can be downloaded from aximsite. It has all the features You need from bluetooth. Only bluetooth apps like btcrawler and so on doesn't work on that.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] xingqing:
A02 can download now?

Thanks!:)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] muccapazza:
pleaseee Maglite give us wm6 A02 we are hungry....:D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] raberrio:
how i can change the pagepool size?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kartam:
no, it is not like this... I tried it. To be honest, after installation NONE of Bluetooth really worked. No file sending, limited file exploring. PAN connected but no internet at all. Really it had a lot of function but nearly nothing worked.

I wasn't surprised anyway. On 2003SE I had similar issues, and while i missed Widcomm after WM5 switching, later I realized that Microsoft lacks of functions - but the standard ones work perfectly.

I would like one more issue to be noticed - Card Export doesn't work at all. This is sure because it doesn't work on other people's x50v's with wm6 anyway. Please try to somehow sort it out because I miss Card Export functionality, and WM5torage never really worked on Axims due to lack of USB driver support.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] asdfzxcv:
I am having this upgrade issue on windows XP through. What's suppose to happen when running the dell update utility and after the first hard reset? Is it suppose to do the screen alignment steps and is the update utility suppose to detect the hard reset's been done and continue with the rom image upgrade?

Also should we do the hard reset with the device in the dock or not?

Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 1337woody:
so is the switcher bar an executable i can just copy over from something like wm5 and run it on the upcoming A02 rom, being that its not going to be there anymore.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
Raberrio, this has been asked and discussed in this thread before. Do a search in this thread and you will find a link (and several posts) that should help you out.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
The switcher bar is an executable, yes. So you *should* be able to copy it from your current ROM and paste it into the Windows directory of your new installation.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
Did you read the help file that came with the Dell RUU? If not, do that first. If you did the Dell RUU install without changing any defaults, the help file will be in a directory like:

C:\Dell\Drivers\R######\Help\English\Index.htm

*where ###### is six numbers corresponding to the update driver number
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MagLite_RUS:
Sorry guys! I don't release A02 rom at this weekend...

I need more time, maybe 2 or 3 days...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hendrixus:
Just take things easy, Maglite. Have some rest.I am patient
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] x51vfan:
where do I download WM 6 for x51v from please ??
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hendrixus:
here maybe?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DrBios:
MAG_LITE cold you please add the widcomm bluetooth stack insted microsoft ?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ultraprimeomega:
Just wanted to say this is cool that there is this post here in xda-dev. i just thought that i was buying today a wm2003se device but after looking i found this.

keep up the good work
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ziele:
Some users prefer MS bluetooth stack. If you like widcomm bluetooth stack download it form aximsite and install.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] x51vfan:
Sorry found AO2, is this the latest ? Takes ages to go though all posts !
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mindfield:
Don't sweat it. You've already given everyone a fantastic upgrade. I don't think we're going to bemoan a few more days or even a few more weeks. It'll be done when it's done -- better a quality release than a quick one. :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ultraprimeomega:
ok i got my axim to charge but i dont have a sync cable and i know that you can flash it with having the rom on the sd card but does some one know if there is a program that will turn a img file into a file that can be flash or can i just flash the image file.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
NO! Some of us like the MS stack the way it is. Like was said earlier, there are instructions out there for those who want the WIDCOMM stack. Go to AximSite and get it there.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
This thread is for X50v not X51v. Ask your X51v questions in X51v threads. Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tmo@storm.ca:
Can I donate via email money tranfer? I want to donate $ U.S. but only have paypal.

I don't know what your email address is Maglite but I'd like to show how much I really appreciate your efforts. The only isues so far are that sometimes the unit won't reset and I have to pull the battery and re-insert to re-boot. Other than that having a wifi sync hack would be terrific but considering this is a Windows OS I'm pretty sure neither of these is beyond workable. Crashing and re-boots are less than WM 2003 ever was.

WM 6 on Dell Axim X50v - Revival of a would be boat ancor.

Thanks

:D

Todd O.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] saukoon:
I myself is using MagLite's edition with the Widcomm bluetooth stack. They made a perfect match also. With this, Bluetooth Audio (A2DP), GPS devices are working on WM6 also.

The only problem I experience so far is the "Soft Reset hangs at 80%" one, which could be easily solved by faking a Hard Reset then cancel it.

Thanks again MagLite for this great release! (you are far far far ahead of Dell)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 1337woody:
this is for those who like the broadcom widcomm stack, install the bloody widcomm stack on your own,ive used it and it is dosent play nicely with bt crawler, bluezard, and my friends phones and prolly other things.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mindfield:
E-Mail Money Transfer only works in Canada, and only through banks that have signed up for it through Interac. You can create a PayPal account and link your bank account to it, though. That way you can add funds to the PayPal account via your bank account and then send them to him.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dar02:
Problem with Stowaway Universal Bluetooth Keyboard by Thinkoutside

BUG:

Drivers for WM5 for Stowaway Universal Bluetooth Keyboard are not working after update to WM6.

Other people who are using WM6 on other devices have no problems with using WM5 drivers for this keyboard.

(WM2003SE drivers are not working also)

About keyboard: http://www.expansys.com/igo/p_igo_item.aspx?i=113674

Drivers: http://thinkoutside.com/support/Download Support/PPC5/En/dr/Think Outside ppc5 En.zip
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] juanpa74:
Thanks for the info. I have one of those so i guess I won't try WM6 till that works.

They work fine in WM5_A03.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zfield:
I second this. I run into the same problem.

Also, another problem I've noticed when using GSPlayer (i use auto-screen shutoff) is that after the password timeout period, it asks me for my password again (I don't know if thats a windows issue, or GSPlayer issue). I figured it would only ask if the unit was actually turned off.

2nd issue w/ the app, is when I turn the PDA on again, and the passwd screen is NOT up, it goes to the today screen instead of keeping the app in front. (I disabled the today timeout). Any suggestions on how to get around this?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bkagan98:
Official WM5 A02

I tried to search on dell.com for the upgrade from WM5 A01 to A02 and could not find it. Could anyone show me where it is located? Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] meklord:
If you go to the support website, and go through the prompts to get to the axim x50v part, choose WM5 as the OS. bam theres one to roll back to wm2003, and then theres a system update, AKA A02
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bkagan98:
Thanks, meklord. I found it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Scruzan:
Help Please

Maybe I am an idiot, but I can't seem to get this to work. I have the 2 files extracted to a 2GB SD card, I push the wireless, power, and hard reset buttons at the same time. I get a screen that tells me to continue push the Contacts button (it actually displays an icon of the Contacts button) or push the Messaging button to cancel. I have tried pushing the center button twice rapidly, the Contacts button twice rapidly, the Messaging button twice rapidly, and several other buttons to no avail. I only get any action by pressing the continue or cancel buttons and they do exactly that, reload Mobile 5 or cancel and load the existing Mobile 5. What am I doing wrong?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] satnile:
You are not reading the countless posts on this very issue on this very thread, that is what you are doing wrong. Just go to page 61 and read post 607.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Scruzan:
I found the necessary info, didn't realize there were so many pages to this thread. Thank you for being rude about it though.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
I think you're mistaken, Scruzan. "Rude" describes you cluttering up this post with a question that has been asked countless times before. "Rude" also tends to show up when a person (ie. you) is too lazy to search a forum/thread to see if your question has been addressed before. :rolleyes:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dale_s:
Help

I have x50v & WM5 A02 installed. downloaded img-47279-X50v_WM60_A01.rar and extracted to my empty SD card. loaded it in, pushed wireless+power+reset button. it then says to push "contacts" to continue or "mail" to exit, i press the action key twice and nothing happens?!?

Please help...so close yet so far:confused:

Dont worry- sorted it out - thanks for forum and for RPM
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] taxim:
Cavyman, I apologize for criticizing your tone in the past. It is very disconcerting to have the same questions posted over and over again. I'm afraid my answer would have been more to the point than yours, hence he would be calling me rude. Sorry.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] satnile:
What!!! this is your second post in this forum and you are describing me as rude for heping you!!

Thanks cavyman for your help, but is there any moderator on this forum, as I would like to complain about this abuse.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DrBios:
any news?

i don't wan t to sound rude ...but ... there is any news about the WM6 A02 ROM?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] saukoon:
be patient, MagLite has mentioned that it will be released within these few days. ;)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] IM0001:
yep

Ya gota love it. Maglight has gotten WM06 on our X50v's and hopefully has the next one polished to a shine like the AUK3.5 version of WM05. And I cannot wait to get on the A02 if everything is fixed.

They just got WM06 on the HTC PPC6700 at ppcgeeks and that is also turning out quite well. Both my super devices will have the latest software versions on it and they are both over 3 years old lol.

Saweettt.

Keep it up Mag. No rush No hurry. Its coders like you that keep me interested in all sorts of devices finding every in and out there is with each version.

Woot!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] chezdude:
WM6 + StowAway BT Keyboard - no drivers needed

You don't need the ThinkOutside drivers with WM6. I got it to pair and work just fine with both the default MS BT stack as well as the Widcomm replacment stack found on Aximsite.

It was one of the first things I tested after installing WM6 on my Axim. I was unable to use the drivers under WM2003SE because the Garmin Mobile XT software was incompatible with them.

chezdude
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] juanpa74:
Good news!

I just need Live messenger to work with WM6....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] CrezyMunky:
Bug list - Compiled

i have read all 86 pages, and would like to sum up the bugs for a future release fix.

Bug list??

- Wifi WPA problems

- Windows live and microsoft related(preinstalled) not conecting thru Wifi

- Faster battery drain? (Activesync Hack)

- Sometimes, Freezing boot (at 80% or near it)

- Filesys at 80/90% (but thats normal)

- Soft reset loses registration of programs

- If you reset with multiple programs running, installed programs are removed, and system programs are duplicated (i.e. - 2x activesync, 2x contacts) but data is still intact. (all contacts still there, all appts still there.

- moving back to WM2003 - program registration problem still exists. Programs stay on the PDA, but the registration is removed, have to re-register.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] drnihili:
I've gotten it to work after a fashion, but not nearly as well as with the drivers. I can't, for instance, easily switch between the keyboard and other entry methods, not can I set up a a permanent connection. Each time I have to delete the old connection and make a new one.

If you're not having these issues, perhaps you'd be willing to tell me how you're managing it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MagLite_RUS:
Dell Axim X50v WM6 A02 Preview Release 1

1) Updated AKU, now it's last build 18508.0.7.0 (modules in xip section updated too...you see it in OS Core version)

2) Updated BT drivers and A2DP drivers. Applyed some A2DP registry tweaks.

3) Updated root certificates (you see it here "Start -> Settings -> System -> Certificates -> Root")

4) Changed PP Size: now it's 6 megabytes (we have ~33 MB free ram space!!!!)

5) Added Office Mobile: OneNote Mobile.

6) Deleted odyssey, Task switcher, windows update, and Splash screen (about Wi-Fi button) after hard reset.

7) Small visual changes.

8) And added new bugs :rolleyes:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Empel1960:
Cool, downloading now, thanks MagLite
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DrBios:
maglite ...any sugestion for instalation of the new A02 wm6?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MagLite_RUS:
New build - new optimization ;) Try it! :cool:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DrBios:
MagLite ...how do you modifi all this software ... only by hex editor or assembler ?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Larusso1981:
Hey MagLite,

Thanks for this release but I already found some bugs. In previous release there were some troubles with activating wifi and bluetooth, in this wifi /bluetooth LED doesn't activate especially wifi (wifi icon doesn't change either but i managed to connect to my network nonetheless) wifi seems to work all the time without indicating it with led or icon
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 1337woody:
ahhh wtf i extracted the rar and dumped files onto sd and x50v wont find. any one else had this happen
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Empel1960:
It happened to me, I just deleted all the files in the card and it worked. Just make sure is formatted FAT32
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mindfield:
Also, some cards can be fussy that way. My 4GB SD wouldn't find the files, but a 256MB SD I have in my camera worked fine.

I'll grab the preview and check it out -- thanks, Mag!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 3dot:
Now upgrading from sd card directly from wm2003se to wm05 bootloader a01 to wm6 a02.

Still waiting.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Larusso1981:
Is there any way to install certificates on wm6? I think i found somewhere some application, someone posted the solution, but i can't remember where it was. It would really help.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Lumbug:
Has the problem with switch an old battery with a new one been fixed?

In A01 if you switched a drain battery with a new one it still said it was drained. The only way to get passed this was to put the axim on charge to recognised it was not actually drained...

Big pain if you switch batteries a lot like me.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ultraprimeomega:
can you post the A01 NB0 and the CRC files or show me were to get them because i dont have a sync cable still waiting to be delivered.

thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
You should go to WM6 A02 PR1 with the WM5 A02 bootloader instead of the WM5 A01 bootloader. However, installing the WM5 A01 or A02 NB0 files *requires* the WM5 A01 or A02 bootloader to already be in place. What exactly are you trying to do?