yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
Well for the future, by the time, say, 20 people have already reported a bug, there is no need for more people to confirm that the bug exists. Obviously the bug is there if that many people have already said it.

Here's another thing you might have missed: MagLite (the creator of this ROM) has been working REALLY hard on this ROM, so he doesn't always have a lot of time to update details on this thread.

So, first of all, MagLite is the only one who can update the BUGS part of the first page. Haven't seen him on here lately, so who knows when that will happen. Secondly, new users need to learn to read through this thread before: 1) flashing their device 2) re-posting previously discussed topics 3) posting bug reports for bugs that have already been addressed
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
Give us some info on this...how did you flash the bootloader? Were there any errors?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
That is wierd behavior. I haven't seen my Axim do that in this release or in the beta release. However, I do not switch my battery out at the 10% warning. I just let it run completely out. When your battery level gets low enough, your Axim will give you a 10-second countdown until it shuts itself off. Since WM6 (and WM5) has persistent storage, nothing is lost. Once it shuts itself off, I switch out the batteries and power up again. No memory errors. Try that out a few times and see if it makes any difference. Report back on your findings. :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
Yeah, WMDC doesn't play nicely with the Dell RUU. The way I've been doing it, as well as how many others have found to do it, is to use VMware. You can run a Windows XP virtual machine through VMware and use ActiveSync 4.5 through that virtual machine to do all the Dell RUU stuff.

If you, or anyone else, are unfamiliar with the concept of virtual machines (and VMware), there is a TON of info out on the net about it if you just Google it. I'm not going to go into the details of how to set it up here, but it's probably the quickest and best solution if you are stuck using Vista. Otherwise, if you have access to an XP machine, just use it! ;)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Swigbert:
I followed the link Satnile had posted on page 26, post 256. Copied the 4 files to an SD card and followed the normal SD loader instructions. It requested a hard reset and when I performed it the screen went black, no power light, no response.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Swigbert:
Okay, sorry I'm an idiot. I just performed another SD loader and it responded. I swear it didn't when I posted the original message. Waiting to see what happens now with this thing.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] archet226:
help

got my axim x50 bricked, after i installed the wm6 in sd bootloader it wont turn on any more, the process is complete and it says manualy hard reset your devce, i performed a hard reset and now it wont turn on. can anyone help me pls. wat will i do?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] archet226:
can somebody help me? btw my x50 is the entry level it has no wifi and only 416mhz
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
Come on now, X50 users!!!!! Learn to read!!!

:eek: OMG, I cannot believe this. Did you read through this thread? Do you realize that you flashed a ROM to your Axim that was not meant for your X50? Go read through this thread and see how all the other X50 users who didn't read the directions carefully un-bricked their Axims.

*X50 users: This is getting really REALLY REALLY tiring. Quit being such idiots by not reading the title of the post correctly and by not reading through the whole thread first before flashing.*

***An Axim X50 IS NOT an Axim X50V. The WM6 A01 ROM for X50v WILL NOT WORK on an X50. Period. Don't try it.***

If you are an X50 user and you read through this thread like you should have, you will not screw up your Axim X50 by flashing an incompatible ROM to your device.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] archet226:
omg i didnt realize that, im realy an idiot, can you pls give me instructions? im lost.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] makuu:
Read the thread more carefully, you need to find the proper rom to revive your unit.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
I did give you instructions. Read through this thread and you will find other X50 users who made the same mistake. See how they fixed their Axims. You should private message them with questions on how to fix it, if you have more questions. Do that instead of cluttering up this thread, please.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] esaraych:
WPA-PSK Wifi -- more info

First of all: Thanks Maglite for all the work you've put into this ROM. Also to those that have posted helpful information about installing and using it.

I've been using WM6 A01 on my X50v for 3 days now and like many others was having a problem with my wifi (WPA-PSK). It would turn on and then after finding the network would turn off again, although the green LED would continue to flash. Starting and stopping the wifi radio would do nothing. I've tried many of the suggestions posted on this thread, including turning on and off the Odyssey Client so I'm not sure if the following is a coincidence with the various troubleshooting I've done or if it actually works...

Yesterday, after a soft-reset I decided to try the wifi again, but this time, instead of using the wireless hardware button, I went straight to the Dell WLAN utility and turned it on there. Voila! I connected without a problem. I have connected several times since, but never if I use the hardware button.

I will try some more controlled testing, but this seems to be working. I notice that the hardware button turns on both bluetooth and wifi. I'm not sure what executable(s) it calls, but it does something different than just starting the wifi from the WLAN utility.

It would be nice if others would try this out and see if it does or does not work for them.

1) Soft-reset the X50v

2) Click on Start|Settings, then click the "connections" tab. Tap on the Dell WLAN utility. (Or tap on the wifi shortcut in the bottom-right of the Today Screen).

3) Tap the "Turn On" button and wait for the connection.

And just for kicks here is the info from the "about" screen in the WLAN utility:

Utility Version: 1.0.0.2

Driver Version: 2.0.53 (NDIS 5.0)

Firmware Version: 1.10.7

EEPROM Version: 5.0 Maxim Radio

Hope I'm on to something.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] zorky9:
Guess it's just a force of habit dating back to PPC2002 days of not letting my pda drain all the way. But yeah, I'll see how it resoponds to it. Keep you guys posted.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] satnile:
Doesn't work for me, the only thing that surely turns on the WPA-PSK wifi signal is by enabling then disbaling then exiting odyssey.

However, filesys.exe still seems to kick in randomly with 80% cpu usage, very annoyingly slowing down the axim. Any ideas why and how to stop it? I have no program installed on the internal memory.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
I wish you were on to something with this, but I'm afraid the behavior I've seen doesn't follow the same pattern as you reported. Ever since I started testing the WM6 beta, the WPA-PSK problem has been evident. I've alternated between enabling/disabling wifi through the hardware switch and software switch (Dell WLAN Utility) and every combination in between.

I'm trying to patiently wait for a wifi fix from MagLite, but I'm getting terribly close to just going back to WM5 A03 for the moment. :rolleyes:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
Oh, but you do! ;) You might not have installed programs in the internal memory, but keep in mind that Windows and Dell did. What I mean is that like it or not, you are always going to be accessing some files that are in the internal memory. All Windows files and any included Dell programs (Odyssey, for example) are stored in the internal memory. Sure, not installing your programs in the internal memory is going to help a lot because filesys.exe doesn't have quite as much stuff in the BIS to move. But, it [filesys.exe] can't really ever be completely removed (and should not be completely removed).
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] satnile:
Thanks cayman, you are right of course but as I said it only happens randomly and infrequently and a soft reset usually removes the cpu hogging by filesys.exe.

BTW, does enabling/disabling/exiting odyssey works for your wpa/psk wifi?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tinycg:
Don't mean to be a nag, but does someone have a link to an SD Bootloader version of WM5 A01 so that I can go back to that, then go through the Dell RUU to try that to see it the bootloader then goes to A02.

Per some discussion I just flashed back to A02 then to WM6 A01 but even Maglite has edited to post clarifying the steps for people per our suggestions. Thanks Maglite hopefully this will cut down on problems.

Cavy despite our best efforts I think we'll still get a dozen more people bricking their x50s.. unless we have a huge post on like every page because people are stupid. The last one though put me on the floor laughing so hard I didnt know type could get that big, haha.

Satnile, that worked for me ONCE, I thought that was the solution to my problems that odyssey was somehow 'stealing' it.. but alas that didnt stay.

I have noticed however that when i can't connect, in the WLAN utility under settings it doesnt show the tab with the nearby networks and only shows the connections. Obviously something is causing that not to get loaded and I've always thought that was part of the problem if somehow it it doesnt know what networks are around it, what to do to connect to them etc...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
It's hard for me to tell what works, honestly. So many things with the wifi could just be coincidental. I haven't found a clear, step-by-step method to get the wifi on and connected.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jerryfreak:
how about a link? I have yet to find a site where people are more anal about making people read thru 30 pages of threads to find info that can be easily linked to.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
I'm afraid you're right! There are a lot of stupid people out there who could easily avoid problems if they'd just take the time to learn from others. I also realize that my ridiculously huge-font post is pretty much useless because now it's buried in the piles of pages here. Maybe it will save somebody somewhere along the way though. :rolleyes:

I know a lot of times I probably come across as being somewhat of a jerk on here, especially with newbies who don't read directions. I don't mean to be like that, most of the time, anyway. :p I'm actually a pretty laid-back kind of guy in reality. But my freaking goodness that last post--the "Oh, I bricked my axim!!! WAAAAAAA!!! Somebody come dig me out of my idiocy!..."--that just pissed me off beyond belief! I post and post and post that this ROM is not meant for an X50 and they [the X50 users] just do it anyway!

Oh well...I really do enjoy this thread and most of the "regulars" who post here! So because I like most of you, I'm not going to rant about the X50 users anymore right now. I guess when I really stop and think about it, some of the "I KILLED MY AXIM!" posts are rather humorous... :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tinycg:
I can say as a 'newbie' here that I find the regulars entertaining and not willing to put up with crap, and why should they. Do your do dilegence and research the answers are there.

After the first two people I kinda felt bad, after my attempt and yours to try to help correct it.. I now find it humorous and entertaining in an evil sort of way.

That being said I can only find the WM5 A02, (probably for good reason who wants to go back to the A01)... only me it seems..

Forgive me jerry but why should he spend the time to find out exactly where it is and post the link for you, vs saying, its on here. That to me would be considered help, in a thread that doesnt pertain to your question and is trying to stay ON TOPIC. You should be happy that he answered your question saying someone has already done it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
I have yet to find a forum that has threads that aren't hosed by newbies asking the same question time and time again when it's already been asked and answered. The main reason there are 30+ pages on this thread now is because people keep posting the same bugs, or asking the same questions, or X50 users bricking their device and getting on here to cry about it.

You're missing a very important point...that info HAS already been linked to. Why keep posting the same "link posts"? It was easily linked to once--why is that not enough for you? Are you just upset because you or someone else has to actually do some work for something you (or they) want?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jerryfreak:
**FOR THOSE UPGRADING FROM WM2003SE**

i tried to update my second axim directly to the wm5 a02 bootloader from wm2003se A04, and it wouldnt work, it said 'error-invalid data' or something to that effect.

I had to go:

wm2003se A04> wm5 A01 via dell .exe

then

wm5 A01 > wm5 A02 via dell .exe (143808)

it now says 'System Update A02' at the top of the bootloader screen. wm6 rom applied successfully from here.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jerryfreak:
well I've read this thread in FULL 3 times, and also searched both the thread and forum for sdhc, and have yet to find this info that is so 'easily found'. Only thing i can find is people who have tried to extract the sdhc driver to use on wm6 with mixed results

the same with the pagepool request i had yesterday, where you said 'go search the wm5 A03 thread, where it is discussed extensively (which of course, when i went there, i found the very little info i already knew from reading that thread twice in its entirety.

I can kind of understand your purpose of telling people to read the threads.

but when I search>ask a question>get told to search again>have to ask again its very frustrating. and it definitely doesnt keep extraneous posts down.

it could be :post 1: my question

post 2:your answer

instead its

post 1: my question

post 2:your default 'search the thread' post

post 3: me explaining its not that easy

post 4: some witty defense by you

post ??: maybe the answer were looking for

It more seems like its you that dont want to take 30 seconds to link some info, and its easier just to talk down to people who ask questions
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tinycg:
Jerry look at it from his perspective, you've posted 13 times, similar to myself. They dont know you, and yelling about it isnt going to fix the problem.

Maybe if you showed a little more understanding and let people respond before jumping on them you'd get better results. This is a forum it by no means is instantaneous answer world just when it suits you.

I'm sure if someone said the SDHC thing was on the forum it probably is, these regulars have been on here and built this thing before you ever showed up from some blog that said 'FREE STUFF FOR YOUR AXIM'.. or whateva. Give them credit for even responding to you.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] satnile:
I can't be the only lucky guy that the wpa/psk wifi works for me after soft reset every time with the odyssey client manoevre.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jerryfreak:
first off i wasnt yelling, second of all, i'm not some clueless newb whos bricked my x50. I asked a legitimate question several times, and obviously if i could find the answer, i wouldnt be asking for a third time here.

as for your second comment, i dont even know where to go with that. I dont expect instantaneous free support, and i dont think that anything i posted above is out of the ordinary.

That said, who has a link to the sdhc on wm2003? (third request) I cant find it after much searching.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zuckstone:
Buy commercial software and stick with it

Some of us should only buy commercial software and stick with it.

Bet none of the cry babies never contribute to the cost of the developers time.

Cavy has pointed out before that WE DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO THIS SOFTWARE.

WE ARE NOT ENTITLED TO HAND HOLDING SOFTWARE SUPPORT.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tinycg:
Satnile I'll test it once I get my bootloader to A02 like everyone else, just in case there is something that effects the results I dont want to go messing everyone up with an 'I got it' or something.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
Okay, JerryFreak, listen up here. First of all, are you direct quoting me as saying, "go search the wm5 A03 thread, where it is discussed extensively"? I never said that. Don't try to twist the situation around to fit your case. This was my exact response (copied and pasted) to your pagepool question:

I never said anything about "extensive" pagepool discussion, did I? I never heard any more from you about the pagepool question, so I assumed that my previous posts answered your questions. I did say to let me know if what I had previously posted did not help out, did I not?

Secondly, where was your question as to whether SDHC support could be added to WM2003? For the life of me, I cannot find a question stated such as that. Here is the only thing I could find (posted by you in response to what leegoon84 asked):

Now where the heck did you ask a direct question about SDHC support in WM2003? The only thing I can make of it is, in your mind, the above "i second that request!" comment you made somehow caused you to think someone would interpret that as a legitimate question. But in fact, most probably scanned right over that without giving it a second thought. So you were thinking that you had this great question that no one seemed to want to answer when no one was ever even thinking about it. The next thing I remember, you were making posts about problems going from WM6 to WM5 A01 and then to WM5 A02 or something dumb like that and I (as well as others, I'm sure) was thinking your "can somebody post the link" questions were in regards to upgrading to WM5 A02. That is where my reply to look through the thread came from. I thought you were trying to find the links to the A01 and A02 ROMS that someone else had posted already.

So again, I ask, where in the world did you post a question directly asking about SDHC in WM2003? I see that you just created a new thread about it, which is probably something you should have done before since asking about porting (if indeed you actually did that) SDHC to WM2003 has absolutely nothing to do with the MagLite WM6 A01 thread.

I don't get some crazy thrill out of "talking down to people who ask questions". I do, however, give responses based on the respect I have for the person to whom I'm responding. If someone comes on here and has a legitimate question relevant to the thread, I treat them with a lot more respect than someone who asks an off topic question. In a similar way, if someone gets on here and has something legitimate to say, I gain a great deal of respect for them and am much more willing to help them out when they need it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] itlbok333:
Vista....wow

I liked vista till now. As described before I am trying to go from WM2003se A05 to WM5 A01, in Vista and through the upgrade process the X50V says waiting for USB, and the update program in on the pc shuts down. I then have to reset the X50V. I tried the VMWARE as suggested earlier but that is very involved and have no XP machine to use. Has anyone else tried anything different with Vista and had any luck. Also to note, the SD Image bootloader in my X50V says A01. Thanks again everyone.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] esaraych:
Currently my wifi (w/ WPA-PSK) is working and I had assumed it was because of starting the wifi driver with the Dell WLAN utility after a soft-reset. It very well could be because I enabled/disabled the odyssey client prior to the soft-reset.

Right now I'm trying to get my wifi to NOT work (hehe imagine that) so that I can figure out how I got it to work initially. If someone can definitively duplicate exact steps to get the wifi working on a consistent basis then we have a work-around and possibly some valuable clues for Maglite to use in correcting the problem with A02 (wishing & hoping).
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
Well you don't have much choice with Vista. The Dell RUU will not work with Vista--there is no "work around". It just simply will not work because the Dell RUU relies on ActiveSync, which contrary to what a lot of people think, is NOT the same as WMDC in Vista. So the only two options that I'm aware of are using a physical Windows XP machine or setting up a Windows XP virtual machine through VMware.

*Just for the record, Windows Virtual PC 2007 will not work. I have tried it. :(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jerryfreak:
post #329 referring to post #292

see what i mean, its hard to find things when people tell you to go looking for them (esp the post/link/thread referred to by makuu that doesnt seem to exist.

anyway, i'm over it, as i found out by posting a new thread its not possible (I wish someone would have come out and just said this if it was known - and people wonder why n00bs are bricking things!) i'm starting a pagepool thread, would love to have you join in!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] makuu:
You asked if somebody could extract the SDHC driver from the WM6 rom and I told you there was a threat on this section. Why can't you find it, it's here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=316499
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jerryfreak:
no, the question was "Is it possible to extract the SDHC driver from WM6.0 for x50v then use it on x50v WM2003SE for SDHC feature?"

of course i saw that thread, i even mentioned it in my posts. it has nothing whatsoever to do with using the rom on an axim with wm2003, only that someone had extracted it, and that people have used it on another wm6 device with mixed results
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] LakerChick4life:
I am new here to the forums. I have an Axim X50V and I would like to install the Wm6 on my axim..I am not sure which version I am supposed to download and how to install it. I am not very familiar with installing operating systems on a pda. I am currently running Wm5 but I would love Wm6..is this version you are all talking about the final version or is there another one coming out. If anyone is willing to help me please send me a PM..Thank U
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jerryfreak:
welcome lakerchick.

it will install on your x50v by following the instructions on the first page.

this is a first release, wireless is still kinda buggy, so if you use wireless at all, maybe wait for the second release which should be out hopefully within in a few weeks.

Your best bet is to read the thread all the way thru before hacking your axim. it is fairly straightforward, but there is a chance of bricking your axim (making it totally nonfunctional) if you dont know what your doing.

again, read the thread and feel free to ask questions
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 1337woody:
what happened to this "Free WiFi & BT Switch Utility" http://www.aximsite.com/boards/x50-x51-forums/131218-free-wifi-bt-switch-utility.html

i went through the wm5 and 6 rom pages and seemed to have lost it. im pretty sure someone posted it here earlier and they wanted to see if it helped in wm6. i downloaded it and it seems pretty useful on wm5, but i dont think anyone responded to the other post. and i was wondering if anyone else had seen it.

and would everyone stop bickering and cluttering. i mean when i come home everyday there are at least 2 new pages of old questions and oops i bricked mine... plz help. ANNOYING and a pain for new people. I admit i asked a couple of repeats, but i was told to look and did. this forum page is already at something like page 35, a chunk of repeats, word of advice, just read even though its nasty, its helpful.

sorry for whining,

1337woody