yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] iv76erson03:
Actually, I hadn't shopped for SD cards in a long while and I had no idea they were like $10. I'll just get one of those. Is there a more detailed instruction guide anywhere that you know of, i don't want to screw it up and "brick" it. Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] natand:
Switcher bar

Any news on the switcher bar? Have upgraded both an x50v and x51v and still find I use the switcher bar of the 51v often. If I have missed a post, apologies
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ryoungpac:
WM5 A01 to WM5 A02

Okay I have tried but cannot fix. When I run WM5 A02 setup I tell it to update rom, I connect to cradle. When it starts to copy files the Axin goes into "System update Utility A01". When the Axim goes to this update utility I lose my connection/link to the computer. Have tried multiple times. Then get USB driver problem and shuts down installer.

Any Ideas?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cricri:
Why the heck do you want cradle connection in the update utility? Did you bother reading any instructions whatsoever at all? Heck, you don't even need browsing the pages (which is good news because pressing this mouse button is a lot of effort, nevermind, God forbids, READING), you could have read posts #1344-5 three posts above yours.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] emflorence:
binmm, thanks for reporting your experience.

I know that this is an old post, and with a lots of recomendation in the process of updating ROM, and also i know that insisting in an error is the dumbest thing you can do, but i did like you; my x50v was "playing dead".

Now i made like you said for diagnose utility and i saw that it is still working. I am at office at the moment and when i get home i will try to set it working again.

I hope it turned working again.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ryoungpac:
I am going to try to be calm, why are you commenting on these postings if you have no desire to help? 1344-5 are discussing sd cards, I have done that upgrade (WM5 A01) the next upgrade (WM5 A02) is run automatically from the computer and it states you must have USB connection and power connection before running thus the need for the cradle. When I run the program all is well untill the axim goes into the update utility. When this happens I lose the sync connection and update programe quits. If you cannot help Cricri please don't bother to respond. If I am doing something wrong your help would be appreciated. PS. I have read the posts and I have not found anything that helped me.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cricri:
Do you have the SD image loader or not? If yes, follow the instructions from the first post to install whichever OS you want:

1) Unpack files from archive into root of FAT32 SD-Card.

2) Insert the SD-Card into your Axim and start the SD Image Loader by Pressing Wireless + Power + Reset

3) The Image Loader will search for flash images on your SD-Card.

4) Press the action key twice, this starts the update process.

5) After the process is finished you will be asked to hard reset your device. Follow this instruction and wait for the OS to load.

So if step 2 sends you to the boot loader, use the SD card. Note that you need to press wireless+power, THEN tap (i.e. press and immediately release) the reset button at the back. That has been covered as well by few people since many (including me) had problems understanding step 2.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Surfingfool:
2003se my only running OS.

Was running the original WM6 A01 maglite for many months. Left x50v sitting in cradle and at some point it won't boot. Soft and hard reboots get to the Dell startup at about 10% and then stops. Reflashed WM5 A01 & A02, WM6 A01 & A02. and still the same problem, as the "erasing storage" step of the flashing process locks up at about 10%. As I read somewhere that WM5+ treats memory as a single block I reflashed with wm 2003SE (os and boot) and my x50v has life again! Feeling happy I got out my WM5 factory disks sept 2005 and upgraded. Everything seemed fine until the reboot whick stopped at the 10% boot lock as before. Reflashed to 2003SE and it's alive again. Diagnostics (wireless + reset + pwr) shows everything is fine. Any utilities or diagnostic programs to figure out this hurdle? It was nice watching movies on a 8 gig SDHC with Maglite A01 and and I want that back. Thanks for any thoughts or help.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] asanches:
SDHC Compatibility

Hello: First of all I'd like to thanks for this great job. I have upgraded my Axim and that's working fine. But the reason I'm writing is to know if this WM6.0 A02 ROM has compatibility to SDHC 8GB and 16GB. I use one 4GB MMC card on my Axim and I'm thinking about upgrade for a 16GB SDHC card. Has anyone already tested it? Best Regards, Arthur.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rlichtefeld:
I upgraded my X50v from WM2003 to WM6 this past weekend.

Everything went well using the steps found on the first message in this thread, except that I had to install ActiveSync 4.5 after I installed WM5. I was using AS3.8, but it wouldn’t talk to the Axim with WM5 installed. After I figured that out, the WM5 upgrade went without a hitch as well as the final flash to WM6.

If the original poster would add that step to their post, it may make is less stressful for those of us going from WM2003. I thought it had broken something.

Thanks MagLite for all the hard work and effort involved with this build!

The following is not a critique of this build, but I think a critique of WM6 on an X50v. Or, maybe just WM6 in general. These are things to consider if you are thinking of going from WM2003 to this WM6.

PROS:

I like the improvements in the Contact, Calendar, Mail, etc.

I am getting used to, and starting to really like, the context/soft buttons at the bottom of the screen. It is like the soft buttons on my cell.

So far, all the programs that I had running under WM2003 have worked under WM6.

IGuidance INav 3.0

Spb Pocket Plus 4.0

Weather to Go 4.2

Calendar+ 2.52

TCPMP with Flash plugin

Total Commander

PHM Regedit

Bluetooth can connect to my cell, my laptop and my GPS receiver.

The GPS app in WM6 works well. The setup for the DUN with my cell (SonyEricsson X610i) was much easier than under WM2003. ActiveSync works well with Bluetooth, just differently than under WM2003. Now instead of connecting under the Bluetooth icon, you now connect under the ActiveSync app. It actually makes more sense

WiFi works with all the WEP connections that I had in place. However, I still need to check on WPA.

CONS:

It just seems to run a little slower than WM2003 -even with the processor speed set to Maximum. Not a lot mind you, but there are times when a context menu doesn’t fill in for a few heart beats. I don’t know if this is due to the memory on an X50v or filesys or something else. I’m still investigating. If anyone can point me to some threads to check on this or to offer suggestions/tweaks, I’d appreciate it.

Also, sometimes TCPMP will “freeze” or go slo-mo for a second or two, but then catches up. And, these are videos that worked fine under WM2003 – same SD card, etc. It could be that since it’s a new install I don’t have all the settings correct for optimum playback.

Loss of WiFi Activesync that worked under WM2003 and AS3.8. I had read about this and knew I was losing it, but the USB and Bluetooth connections seem slow compared to the WiFi sync, or maybe it’s just that AS4.5 is just slower than 3.8.

The Bluetooth icon on the today screen isn’t as useful as the one under WM2003. I can’t turn it on and off from there. Unless I’ve missed something.

The OK button in the upper right could be a little bigger, to work with finger presses. Since they added the soft buttons at the bottom, you can really use WM6 with fingers instead of a stylus for lots of things. But the OK is a little difficult.

Rob
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Schwarzer Riese:
x50v bricked?

Hi guys!

Some Minutes ago I tried to upgrade my x50v Axim from WM2003 to WM2005.

So I copied the files from the beginning of this Thread to a formatted 2GB Fat32 SD-Card, renamed the Bootloader-Files (.nb0 and .crc) to "DiMa" at the beginning and copied theese to the SD Card.

Then I started the Update Process. Everything turned clear, and in the Display was written "Update succesful" (or anything like this, stating that Bootloader Update was complete).

Then I tried to restart the PDA, to continue with the Image Update.

But I switched off the Axim.

Now, when I try do anything with it is does not react.

Wether by Tapping the normal Power button, nor by hitting Reset+Wireless+Power together...

Whats up with the Unit?

Did I brick it?

Why did it say that the Update was succesfull?

Plz help me Guys!

Best Regards, Schwarzer Riese
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rlichtefeld:
Try the post here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=1587368&highlight=diagnostic+mode#post1587368

I hope you get yours back and working. However, I upgraded mine this weekend, and you can see my post about the experience directly above yours, and I've already downgraded to 2003. It just kept getting slower and slower. I'm looking around for a X51v to see if that may make a better WM6 machine. The memory types on the X50v just doesn't seem to play with with WM5 or WM6. I liked the features, just couldn't stand the slowness.

If you get yours to WM5 or WM6, and find that you want to go back, you can use the Dell utility to downgrade back to WM2003:

http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&releaseid=R111630&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=145807

Rob
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Schwarzer Riese:
Problem Solved!

Hi rlichtefeld!

Thank you for your answer!

I solved the problem by taking out the battery off the Axim..

After that I were able to acces the Image Loader again...

Now its running with WM6 3 Beta.. ;)

Best Regards, Schwarzer Riese
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] nkg:
Axim X50V ROM upgrade

I have ROM ver A05 (07270500) installed on my X50V and want to upgrade to WM6 AO2 candidate 2 and have some questions.

1) can I just go directly to candidate 2 or do I need to upgrade to candidate 1 and then 2?

2) when i followed the instruction to start the SD Image Loader by Pressing Wireless + Power + Reset all that happened was that I got the choice to clear or hard reset; as if I did not press the wireless button even though I pressed all three buttons.

3) Do I need to do the upgrade with the X50V in the cradle or not in the cradle?

Thanks, appreciate your help.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] nkg:
SD Image Loader

I read something which asked if you have the SD image loader. I guess I do not know what that means; is there another program I need so I can update my ROM? Also, am I suppose to rename the .nbo .crc & .crc files - someone did that but had no success

thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jmt888:
Can't upgrade to WM6

I have the X50V with wm2003, would like to upgrade to WM6, I download the wm6 in here with 2 files, one is wm50_kA02_v50x_wm60.EN.nb0, (image file I think), the other is wm50_kA02_v50x_wm60.EN.nb0.crc

I follow the instruction, to hold wireless + power buttons and press the reset button. Try many times and work, however, it displays UNSUITE IMAGE FOUND, UPDATE FAILED, IMAGE UPDATE FAILED , PLEASE TRY IT AGAIN.

Will anyone tell me what is wrong with it? Do I have to update wm5 first before update to wm6? Will anyone tell me the steps to followe. Thank you for your help and your time.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] RichTJ99:
Hi,

It is my understanding that you must upgrade from WM2003, to WM5, to Wm6.

At least that is how I did mine.

Thanks,

Rich
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jmt888:
How to upgrade my wm3 to wm6?

I would like to upgrade my x50v from wm3 to wm6. Would anyone write down the steps for me to follow. Cause I have a difficult time to do it. I need somebody to guide me the ways step by step. Thank you in advance.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jmt888:
Still on one can help?

Hi, I download the Archive file, in which there are AximUpdate.exe, EnterBootloader.exe, FullScreen.exe. And 2 folders Res & ROM.

I press Wireless + Power + reset, again, it said cannot find the image and update failed. I wonder what is with it? I would like someone who has run across of it and has the experience to install the wm6 and teach me the steps to follow. Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] TooManyGames:
I'm deciding if I want to upgrade to WM6.

Does anyone regret upgrading from WM2003 to WM6? Is there any loss of basic functionality of the x50v after upgrading? Is there a way to downgrade it back to WM2003SE?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] iv76erson03:
same problem at jmt888... NO SUITABLE IMAGE FOUND, UPDATE FAILED, IMAGE UPDATE FAILED , PLEASE TRY IT AGAIN. Are we missing something here. I looked through the thread but it's really long and i couldn't find an answer. Just to double check...I am downloading the WM5 A01 first (which contains 4 files) loading them into the SD card (does root just mean that it doesn't go in any fold, just the main storage?) and then entering the SD loader?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jeffwal18:
this just isn't working for me!

i have the same problem here, i'v tried it millions of times over again, i download the wm5 A01, open and load the files to the root of my SD card, when i try to upgrade it says no suitable image found:confused: i have windows mobile second edition v.4.21, ROM version A02, and it IS a axim x50v:) and i've read trough this whole tread, i'm just wondering if i'm missing a upgrade somewhere inbetween or sometin:confused: please!! i want to upgrade badly!:)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] TooManyGames:
Go to this thread instead and download the files. I had the same problems until I used the WM5 A01 loader from this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=330748&page=66

I upgraded to WM6 A02 RTM this morning and have had no major hangups yet.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cricri:
It's already been discussed a zillion times (for who bothers searching): try reformatting using FAT32, try copying the files so that only these 2 files are on the card, and if you still have no luck, try a different card.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mancel:
Axim x51V

Ok folks I've noticed that everything here mentions the X50, does anyone know if this works with the Dell Axim X51V ROM Version A12(06200600), I'm ready to try it out but didn't know if it's compatible. Any and all help will be greatly appreciated, thank you in advance and BTW GREAT WORK DUDE! thank you very much.

Mancel
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cricri:
If you searched for a couple of seconds before posting in a thread at random, you'd have found that:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=331803

Title "Dell Axim x51v WM6 (Football Edition)", also appearing on the first page. Duh.

And this one is for the X50V as clearly stated in the title, NOT the X50. And no, they are NOT the same, try asking someone who upgraded a X50 with this one to see if they enjoy their brick.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mancel:
Thank you

Thanks for the help, yes I noticed the search botton on top there, but I had already posted this, found all I needed. Again great work.

Mancel
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tschork:
Ok, I seriously hope I did not missed something, but I think I may have bricked my X50.

I did what was told for the update, and I've got a message telling me that everything was ok, but I am unable to do a hard reset.

Power+reset does nothing. I'm left with a black screen.

Power+record+reset does nothing neither.

But, Power+wifi+reset brings me back to the SD image update A01 utility.

I've tried writing the rom several times, and in fact, I've tried writint every single images I've found in all the archives:

°WM50_k_a01_x50v_wm60_en

°WM50_k_a02_x50v_wm60_en

And even those from the WM5 A01:

°WM50_k_a01_x50v_wm5_en

°WM50_b_a01_x50v_wm5_en

But the result is always the same: After a message asking me to do a hard reset, I cannot make it...

I've tried a short push on the reset button, a long push, any imaginable combinations in the last 5 hours, but nothing works.

Anyone having a suggestion ?

Man, do I miss my Palm TX.

At least it was fast, and never crashed...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pacino:
Hi,

DUDE, You seriously did miss something.

You flashed a rom for an x50V into a X50, do you catch the difference there?

This has been gone over SO MANY TIMES that it should not happen.

DO NOT FLASH THE x50V ROM TO A x50 PPC.

You will make a brick that you may or may not be able turn back into a ppc.

Rom flashing is serious business and PLEASE make sure you read ALL the instructions CLEARLY before doing so.

No sympathy here as what you posted should have given you the sense you seriously screwed up here.

Sorry for the rough response here but this is happening way too often that people get their hands moving ahead of their brain and this is the result.

Hope you get it fixed and do not repeat the error you committed here.

For the rest of you, read, reread, and read again before making the same mistake.

No more bricks, please, there has been enough.

BTW, head over to Aximsite, there is a thread there that should help you unbrick your Axim.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tschork:
And...

That's what happens when you follow blindly a google result.

It did seriously not stroked me.

Ok, I'll try to get images for an x50, and if nothing get's up, bah, not a big loss.

I had not used it for the last year anyway, since I've got my htc based phone.

Edit: Ok, it's definitive I think...

Even with the x50 wm5 a02 image, i cannot make an hard reset, meaning that this is really a piece of junk now...

Oh well...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] SolidusObscura:
--- Ignore this post. Problem was fixed.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] GpsPasSion:
er...ok so I flashed the WM5 bootloader on my WM2003SE X50v, and was planning to flash WM6 after that, but I didn't get a chance to do tha second step, now it looks pretty much bricked...won't wake up after a hard reset, I must have overlooked something here, maybe I shouldn't have hard reset and put the WM6 files ? Anyway if someone knows a fix I'll be happy to listen !
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gentijo:
Is there any upgrade ROM's for the X50, 64M ROM ?

I am looking for SDHC support on an X50.. are there drivers or ROM upgrades for the older unit ??

John G
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ivan.gerardo:
Would you mind uploading for WM5 and WM6 A02 in Spanish for X50v??

thanks!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] darag2358:
That's probably because you didn't hit the buttons correctly. What I've found is that it is easiest to hold the power and wifi buttons together, then very briefly click the reset button in the back then release the wifi and power button. As long as the bootloader flash completed successfully then you should be OK.

Plug your Axim in to an a/c outlet and get it to the diagnostics mode by holding the record + power buttons and reset. Once it starts the memory test, then you can do the wifi/power/reset and continue with the OS update.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DrBios:
bleutooth ain't working

bluetooth not working with my pc ... i can't even pair the device with my pc
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DrBios:
wm6 not conecting to internet on usb cradle

i found than x50v can't connect to internet staying on the cradle ...

i found a solution in http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=1410652

using this reg values for activesync 4.5 (it came from the same problem on activesync 4.2 )

just put this on a .reg file

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows CE Services]

"AllowLSP"=dword:00000000
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] satnile:
BT working fine with my pc and my mobile qtek 9100. Have you made the X50v discoverable by going to setting > connection > bluetooth?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mindfield:
I signed up here specifically because of this thread. I've been running WM5 A03 since it was released, and although better than A01, it was still buggy and problematic and I really stopped using my PDA for all sort of things because I just didn't want to further degrade the device's stability and performance. Once I found out about this though I got excited. I performed the flash and it went off without a hitch, though I had to use a FAT32-formatted 256mb card because it couldn't seem to find a valid ROM when I placed it on the root of my 4GB OCZ card.

After flashing, the system performance was markedly improved. I've since loaded up a number of applications: Wisbar Advance 2.8.3, Chronos 2.10, TrueConnect, MegaMAME CE3, Obulis and Obulis TSE, My Converter Pro, SPB Weather, Syntrax, Netfront 3.3, and TCPMP. So far, absolutely no problems with any of them. No problems with WiFi, though I have encountered a few glitches though:

1. As some others have experienced, I've seen the system hang at about 80-90% loaded and had to perform the hard-reset/cancel to get it back.

2. Once, and only once so far, a reset has garbled the screen as soon as it got to the Windows Mobile load screen and then to the Today. By "garbled" I mean it looks a lot like switching to an unsupported resolution or refresh rate on an old CRT monitor; it's garbled, flickery, and skewed. This happened after doing a soft reset after having installed Namco's Super Pac-Man. It didn't play in proper resolution (quarter screen QVGA) so that may have had something to do with it. I uninstalled it after this happened and it hasn't happened since, so hopefully it was a one-time thing.

3. There's no network connection when cradled. I can sync and transfer stuff between the two, but it can't connect to the internet unless wireless is enabled. This is almost definitely NOT related to the WM6 installation though, as I had it with WM5 A03, too.

Although I've barely been using it for a full day yet, I can say that so far it's exceptionally solid and stable, and everything seems to work as well as or better than it did under WM5. Of course, running Wisbar does slow things down a bit so it's a tough call sometimes, but WM5 was pretty unstable, so if stability is all I get out of this I will be unbelievably happy.

Heaps of thanks and praise to MagLite for this sweet hack. I'd been really thinking about getting an X51v just for the added stability of a unit that was made with WM5 in mind. If my X50v keeps going as well as it's been going, I'll be glad that I didn't. I'm actually enjoying using my Ax again!

I'm still wondering how SDHC support would work. I thought this was a hardware and software problem? Has anyone successfully used an SDHC card?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DrBios:
for the conection problem on cradle see above
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mindfield:
Sweet! That actually worked, thanks!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zeus_Alex:
Great job Maglite!

Hello WM6 working fine here...

I have the same problems as stated above, but overall, is working great...

My biggest problem is Windows Live... Any news about that?

And the Windows Update has the same symptoms of Live Messenger...

They dont conect thru wireless...Strange, because i tried all versions of live messenger and they all do the same...

Thank you...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DrBios:
Aplication Data and Valatile folder

Why? ... i notice than when you change those folders to Sdcard or ramdisk Some aplications like messenger live and google map and some other still using this folder on the main memory
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ziggz:
Here is the trick that seems to be left out. Hold down wireless+power first, then while continuing to hold, quickly press the reset button and let go, CONTINUE to hold the wireless+power buttons until the SD image loader boots up.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ziggz:
I'm using maglites WM5 A03 rom and every 10 seconds or so the connection drops and for a second or two.. is this the same thing you're experiencing?? But I wasnt sure what's going on here...