yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] snipinu:
Downloading now

We will see what happens...................................:)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pacino:
Hi,

I'm using the A02 pagepool 0MB version posted elsewhere and it is working great for me so I have not felt the need to go thru this process of flashing the rom again.

Sounds like there are some fixes made with the update but I am happy and content with what I am using now.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] meklord:
From my experience silence in a thread about testing something is good, it means things aren't broken
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] juanpa74:
My first impressions with A03beta is the battery life is shorter.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] stimpy_gr:
I've installed it and haven't found much difference between that and the A01 update, although it doesn't seem to have the 80% bug to the same extent. BTW on my X50v with A03 the Pocket plus 4 is horribly slow (although I haven't tried it on the A01). Overall Good job no problems.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ziele:
When I use wpa-psk I can connect to AP without problem but several minutes later connection is frozen. Status is connected and I still have ip, gateway... but www, mail, ping, etc.. do not work :(

btw. sorry for by bad english ;)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jowilk:
hi, thanks santa maglite for another early x'mas gift. you said you updated xip, does this mean cluster size has changed from 4064 to 512. any way i appreciate all the hard work you and your friends have done. thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] allhappy:
filesys in WM6

Thanks maglite_rus for his great works!

I am new here and also suffering by the filesys. please bear with my ignorance if it does not make sense to you: I found some data points:

1. An MS WM expert shared their research result of filesys on nor device:

http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2006/06/07/621132.aspx

The MS WM expert believes the algorithm is not designed for nor device as storage (write is too slow). Maybe it's time to change the algorithm in filesys?

2. Someone claimed WM5 has a well-behaved filesys, there was an attemp to hex edit it for WM6 and somehow did not work. If it is really working well on WM5, can this filesys expert who delivered the filesys in WM5 help to port it to WM6?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sd2649:
OOPS! one potential problem, I decided to HARD reset my device before starting all this, to get it on a clean slate, and when it asks to hard reset, it asks me to press the "contacts" button. Problem is, this button stopped working on my AXIM a couple of weeks ago!! Is there any other way to hard reset the device???? do I NEED to be able to hard reset???!?!???!? I have the battery pulled out now, hoping for the backup to drain and give me the hard reset, would that be enough for the install process?? what a pain to wait an hour between each install! any other ideas or help would be appreciated!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] meklord:
WM5 and WM6 both have the added feature, persistent memory, that is, they DON'T hard reset when the battery goes dead.

that sucks that your button broke, I've worn nearly through my d-pad on mine.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sd2649:
UMMM... wouldn't that be a hardware relative symptom??? I know that the new wm5 and 6 devices use flash memory often intead of our "memory loss without power" memory. I don't see it not hard resetting without power is this true?? can anyone try their flashed x50v for me?? leave the batt out and see if it hard-resets????

I guess my real question is this, when you go through the flashing process, and it flashes and the next step is to "hard reset the device" what is the PDA actually doing at this time, does a soft reset not do the trick??? would a soft reset somehow give you the old OS????? surely not.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sd2649:
Ummm, I did the first flash, using the Dell official version 2. It found the image, spent maybe 2 seconds on it and then sid it was done. I hit power and reset like it asked and now.... TADA!!! seems to be a brick. Any ideas????? Not sure how this could be happeneing to me. What do I need to get this thing going again?? I have some programming skills.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sd2649:
Only response I get out of the thing is the boot command, soo, I retried the flash and it is taking its time this go round, sooo, I'm hoping for the best.... I love how I'm just typing to myself here, it's at least helpful for me to think things out! lol.

Oh, BTW, you don't have to press the "contacts" button for the hard reset after the rom flash, so I'm OK there.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sd2649:
After my experience with this, I'm guessing that "bricking" your x50v is only meaning it doesn't have a proper ROM, but it's no problem to put one onto it even if you've messed up the exiting one????
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sd2649:
AMAZING!! I love this new rom, I installed all my favorite Apps to it, and it runs flawlessly! Amazing works guys, I am so excited to have an up to date OS again!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] satani:
What's exactly different between A02 and the new A03beta? Any changes to the activesync-procedure or something else?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] westerdaled:
A03 and addressing performance issues

Well done for asking this question! Also, has WM6 (on the X50v): with or without A03 addressed some of the performance issues such as the dreaded "compaction thread" http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2006/03/16/552996.aspx :eek:

The SD Card does not suffer form the NOR issue so is there away to transfer any temp writes to this through the WM6 O/S (registry)

cheers

Daniel
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] meklord:
It's not dependant on any hardware changes, because with wm2003, the OS was stored in rom(the flash memory), all programs and user data was stored in ram, but the thing that set the x50 apart was it's large chunk of flash memory. under wm2003 what was left after storing the OS image was made available to the user as a seperate drive, called BIS, or Built In Storage. under wm5 or 6 this is simply available as the file system's root, without any splitting.

this enabled it to be upgraded to wm5 or 6, and when that happened, it went from using the ram for shared program storage and program operating memory to just using it as a computer uses ram, and now stores the programs in the flash memory.

a soft reset would not return you to the old OS, what it may do is leave bits of the old stuff you have in the built in storage laying around to muck things up. It's more of a house cleaning thing than an absolute need.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] omar.meer:
MagLite, thanks for all your hard work.

I have the A03 Beta 1 installed with no issues so far. I have all my base appz installed and still running smooth. WIFI is working fine with WEP.

I will report back in a few days and let you know how the A03 is doing or as any issues arise.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] stimpy_gr:
Bug report windows live build 10.6.0031.260 crashes on log in on the X50v updated to A03.

Also a strange occurrence: if I map the contacts button to an app call Taskmanager and map the old Home button to the "iLauncher task manager" both buttons open the same app i.e. task manager. Doesn't seem to happen with other combinations but might be a bug related to the way the Home has been disengaged, as there is no icon for this button in the buttons list (only a number).
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ultraprimeomega:
Ok for the people that still cant get to the SD image loader here is a link of a video on how it is done (done by me)

Thanks:mad:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jowilk:
a03?

hi maglite, installed ao3 beta and so far no problems. i do have one question, i see you are using a04 and yet you released ao3 beta. are these the same roms or is a04 different from a03? thanks:rolleyes:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jdog_12345:
Major problems!

I'm having major problems. Here's where it started.

I installed WM6 RTM A02 and everything was fine until that dreaded day (about a week ago) :( . The X50V locked up when I was in messaging. I have gotten so used to soft resetting I figured that would solve my problem. I soft reset the Axim and then it got to 75% loading and locked completely up and just stayed at 75%. I soft reset it a few more times and it it did the same thing. I had this problem before so I went into the SD loader by holding power + wireless and then pressed the soft reset button. I proceeded to reflash WM6 A02 RTM and it looked like everything was fine until at the very end of the installation when it was finishing erasing the memory I received an "Update failed - 1" error code. I then began to freak out. :eek: I couldn't get out of that screen until I performed a hard reset. I was able go through the initial set-up (screen alignment and all that other good stuff) and then it locked up completely on me again at 75% loading. I knew I had some big problems after that. So then I tried to go back to WM5. I grabbed Maglite's WM5 A03 rom and tried to install it. Got the "Update failed - 1" error code again at the very end of the installation. The crazy thing is that it installed WM5 but it locked up when I started using it like before. I then tried to use Dell's reinstallation to Windows Mobile 2003SE but that didn't make it all the way either. :mad:

Does anyone have any helpful ideas or is my PDA toast? I so badly need this PDA is not even funny and I'm too broke to buy a new one. I hope someone can help me. I have a lot of meetings to keep track of and this past week has been chaotic trying to keep my schedule in order.

Thanks in advance for your help! :o
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cmagdanz:
Me, too!

Many thanks to you, Maglite.

Chas
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] takuya619:
How in the world can I speed my unit up? All my programs are installed to the CF card and even when I turn the SPB apps off on the Today screen, this thing is slower than cold mollasses. It also frequently locks up and I need to soft reset.

Any ideas? I will be searching on the 'pagepool' thing I keep hearing about, but can anyone attest that it actually will help?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jowilk:
hi, jdog, i think your problem has to w/ filesys. resets does not abort it. in some cases it 5mins or more to complete. try letting it sit for a while it give filesys a chance to complete.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jdog_12345:
Thanks for the response. I actually got an error once the install process got to the end which I never got before. I'm not sure if it is a filesys problem. If you have a work-around so I can get it installed I would be happy to try it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sukangoprek:
my advice

hi jdog. I've experienced like you. my advice, try to format sd card FAT32, then copy file for sdbootloader, then try to flashing over sd (like u have flashed before). hope can solve your problem.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jdog_12345:
It's worth a try. I will try to reformat it and see what happens. It not I guess my Axim is an expensive paperweight. Thanks for the reply. By the way what error message did you get when you tried to install the ROM?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ic3d3m0n:
shsmith's filesys patch modded

Here is modded shsmith's filesys patch, wich is able to run under WM6. But it is still untested in means of functionality. Any testers are welcome :) And sorry for my bad English...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Antineutrino:
Thanks...

I will try it as soon as possible...:D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jdog_12345:
Hi there. I formatted the card and tried again. Still got the error at the end of the install process and it left the Axim locked up. I'm not sure if there is anything else left I can do. :(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ultraprimeomega:
try downloading again the rom. you may still have the bootloader
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jdog_12345:
I'll try...again

I'll try but I have a gut feeling it won't help. I had just downloaded the file a few days ago and did a format then brought the files over to the flash drive. I had installed WM6 with the same files previously with the same ROM and didn't any issues and then it just started to lock up. It's just like the PDA died. I think something happened with the PDA. I guess I might hock it on eBay for parts.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cmagdanz:
ic3d3m0n, I put this file in windows/startup, and it yields the error message

"Cannot find filesys:msflash compaction thread! This version of patch_filesys is not compatible with your ppc or your ROM version. Sorry!"

The hex code for my x50v is af e7 ff d6. After getting the above error message, I used a hex editor to look for the right place to change the device hex code, but was unable to. How do I get filesys_patch.exe to work on my x50v WM6 A02 RTM?

Thanks for posting.

Chas
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ic3d3m0n:
Wierd... I have same version of ROM in my axim and my thread ID is afe6cd82. In attachment are source codes for this patch. You could try to modify them in Visual Studio and then rebuild. And second is patch_filesys already modded for your ROM. I hope it will works...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hendrixus:
I used last patch and got the error too.I didn't had this error with the version of yesterday.Does it speed up things?

I am using the Dell Axim X50v Windows Mobile 6 A02 RTM ROM, not the A03beta
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] biglio:
hello

i have a friend who wants to upgrade his x50v to WM6

but the pocket is a french one ....what is the solution

to flash the pocket (WM2003 SE)

thanks for your help

ps : i've download all the rom but ....it doesn t want to start

no the right language !!!!

....how to ..???? plz :):)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cmagdanz:
Thanks ic3d3m0n, the patch seems to launch at reboot now (a quick white box flashes by with a "cancel" button inside), but filesys then kicked in at 25-100% of CPU (per MemMaid) and ran for about ten minutes. Isn't the patch supposed to slow it to a max of 25%?

Also, I am an amateur - I don't know how to work with source code (I don't have visual studio) - I only know how to hex edit (using xvi32) the exe file if I am told which string to change. So thanks for inserting my hex into the file so i could try it.

Chas
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cmagdanz:
My x50v has been running well on Maglite's WM6 A02 RTM 0-PP for about a month now. However, several days ago I installed "SpbPocketPlus4" and "TimePanic" (both to device), and filesys again became an issue. So I uninstalled both softwares, but filesys issues remain.

Therefore, I am going to reflash again - to A03 4-PP - to see how it works. If you are interested in knowing what other software I use, see http://www.aximsite.com/boards/vbgarage.php?do=view&id=70590.

Chas
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kriketronic:
I tried the patch 2 month ago, I recompile it with visual embedded c++.

I tried diferents configuration inside de file.

My conclution is that this patch only slow down filesys process, but not compaction threat, filesys process do a lot of things like control access to the ROM. When I tried slow down filesys to 1% the axim can't read from the flash because only have 1% cpu to read, write and compaction.

When I tried 30% the axim read to slow from the rom and compaction thread takes a lot of time and still slow down read and write.

sorry my english.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] haulie:
X50v upgraded to ver Windows Mobile 6 Classic A03

I have upgraded to ver CE OS 5.2.1933 Build 18533.0.7.0 small problem when I turn on it promps to look at my sd card for music files with the windows media player open in the background, otherwise working ok !!!!!!!Thanks to MagLite for all his great work !!!!!!!!!!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hendrixus:
It seems to have worked only once with me. The first time it really speeded up things.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zailgan:
I've already fixed it, full rewrited and improved core of this patch. Now I'm testing it. Also I want to create GUI, because the latest original version doesn't have sources.

Be patient, it must work on all ppcs.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] IDeus:
I successfully installed A03 on my X50v but it is Slooooowwwwww. Are there any tweaks I need to make to make this not crawl?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Obsidiandesire:
WMA03 still has the very rare Wifi issues with some owners, I'm wondering if this could be fixed in A04? It's halting me using my PPC at the moment (as internet access is a crucial part of my day :()
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gnob:
was running A02 for quite a while

but recently had a problem similar to what jdog has posted..

locking at 75% etc. etc.

so what I did is reflash it using the A03 ROM suprisingly everything is working fine so far..

just have to install some apps and will post update on this thread..

Maglite thanks for the ROM :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cmagdanz:
I still do the fake server hack as a default with every ROM upgrade. If you haven't already, give that a try. Also make sure Activesync is closed after every sync - it doesn't close by itself. And install as many apps as possible (especially those that create data) to Card (not device). When I upgraded to WM6, I bought a Class 6 SDHC - I have no data to prove it, but it feels faster than an SD card did in WM5.

The slowness might be filesys (3rd party software like MemMaid will reveal if it is) - I plug in my Axim every night, and have set a quiet alarm to wake it up early so filesys runs its course (about 10 minutes) before my first use of the day. I'm still playing with filesys_patch.exe to see if that helps, too.

Chas
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] turtlgal:
Odyssey Leap needed

Did you ever figure this out? I have the same problem. MagLite, can we get Odyssey back?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kenneth11414:
cant somebody just post a video on youtube or something to show all of the people that are having a problem to install Wm6 on their x50v so so many people wont ask how to =]
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] meklord:
people are understandably wary of doing this, posting videos of themselves infringing on MS copyright.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cmagdanz:
I uploaded the Odessey Client from WM2003SE to the rapidshare link below if that will help.

http://rapidshare.com/files/71075302/OdClientCE.exe.html

Chas
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kenneth11414:
then to make it easier we can use active sync to flash the unit to WM6 i mean not all of us are using vista i still have xp on my desktop it would make a lot more sense
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kenneth11414:
I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE WM6 =] just put it on tonights guys its awesome =] MAGLITE IS THE ROM GOD
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] meklord:
Sure I'll whip up an activesync flasher as soon as you write a tool that converts the nbo file back into an img file.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] turtlgal:
Thanks so much Chas!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gnob:
OK everything is working fine way better/faster than A02 about 50% better

Installed the followin application.

on ROM

Resco Explorer

Spb Finance

Spb Pocket Plus

SOTI Pocket Controller

MS Reader

on SD

Lexisgoo Dictionary

TomeRaider

and about 20games

Memaid

everything is working fine

funny using memmaid I can see that the filesys is not a problem anymore its always 0%..

unlike when im using A02 where the filesys jump from 0% to 99% in a snap..

keep up the good work maglite...

Thanks..
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] satani:
can someone else using A03 confirm this?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hendrixus:
HOLY COW. Is it me that the 03beta is so fast like the WM5.0 A03?

I am using a clean x50v so nothing extra installed yet.Tried the wifi and the new PIE.

Dang. I should have flashed this version earlier. Thanks Maglite :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hendrixus:
Hmm, what is the arrow in the left below? Awesome ROM Battery is behaving normal, no faster draining! 17% (2200mAh) in 2 hours 624Mhz, using several apps and online with wifiI am bus upload a little video to show you the speed:D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gnob:
recording a video now proves filesys is not a problem a week after upgrading to A03
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ludester:
Hi,

I installed this on my x50v perfectly. It is quite beautiful and I'm impressed by the crazy speed over WM5 A02.

Was wondering what tweaks you applied to your latest A03 release and possibly in previous releases. I want to try them on my HTC Touch CDMA to see if I can get it working as quick as my x50v. The touch is a bit laggy then the x50v from a side by side comparison.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gnob:
Just bought a Sandisk 4Gb SDHC works like a charm on WM6 A03..
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gnob:
See this video

recorded a minute after start up.. using SOTI Pocket Controller

No Filesys :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ludester:
I just installed memmaid to check my cpu usage and found filesys.exe was jumping around between 71ish% to 100%.

Guess the bug isn't fixed?

edit: I just did a soft reset, came back and ran IE and played with wifi and now filesys is not taking up 100%. I was working with activesync earlier, could that have caused it ?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gnob:
take note that when i did the recording the Axim X50v is connected with the PC via activesync...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Jaegger:
Hello.

Can someone please tell me :

- if i can go from wm5 A02 to wm6 A03 directly ?

Ho .. im using XP Pro, how can i upgrade to A03 ? i read in this forum that it is just with vista ?? or i read bad ?

- If i go to wm6 03, can i downgrade to A02 again in case of any specific app not working ?

Thank you.

ps1 : I have the x50v also :)

ps2 : Darn great work with the roms. Perfect. Many thank you.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Obsidiandesire:
Im still wondering about this wifi issue... anyone with the same problems?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] nnn.john:
@jaegger

yes -sd boot, it desn't matter what os you are using on your pc

do it as fast as you can

you won't look back though ;)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Jaegger:
hi.

Thanks for the answer.

Just one little question .. the SD Boot , do i need to put anything else one the SD card or just the rom files ?

Thank you.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] takki83:
help!!! everytime i insert the SD card(i try 3 sd card same issue) it will freeze, and when i reset the pocket pc with the sd card still in it, it will keep freeze! the only way to fix it was take the sd card out and reset the machine! but i got to used the sd card! what should i do??
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cmagdanz:
You must use a freshly formatted SD card with nothing else on it but the ROM files. Follow directions given on first page of this post very carefully! Flashing success requires following a very strict protocol.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cmagdanz:
x50 WM5/6 filesys - new work around idea!?!

Everyone who has upgraded their x50v to WM5or6 eventually sees filesys run. On mine it completes its run in about 10 minutes if the axim remains powered on. If its run is interupted (axim is powered off while filesys is running), it starts over again - thus it is especially problematic when running on battery because the max timeout on battery power is 5 minutes.

Does anyone know how to hack the registry to allow a 10- & a 15-minute battery timeout? I tried changing \\\registry\HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\Timeouts\Batt** settings, but it left my axim unstable requiring a hard reset.

Chas
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] wizard_mini:
a03 beta1 Pagepool address is 0039f5ee.