yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] emichon:
Does anyone have the WM5 A02 ROM nb0 & crc files. I upgraded my x50v to WM5 A01, and now ActiveSync 4.5 will no longer detect my Axim (Update went fine, and everything seems to be working, except that I can't sync with my PC). So because of this I'm unable to use the aximupdate.exe, and I want to try and update to A02 and then WM6 and see if that helps
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] my2se:
I just got X50V 4 days ago. I dreamt to have this PDA for a while. The orginal rom is Pocket 2003. I borrowed the WM5 upgrade cd from my consin, successfuly upgraded to WM5 A01. Then I tried to upgrade to WM6, it failed!!:confused: Because... I forgot to read the posts and did the home work. After spending hours searching, I realize that I need to upgrade to WM5 A02. I immediately download from Dell's website( Dell has not remove the file yet!!) After A02 update, I try again to upgrade to Megaite's WM6. Waiting time is very scared because I am worried what if failed during falshing the rom. About 30 mintues, X50V boots up!!:) I was so happy....

Caompared with 3 different version Windows PPC, WM5 is way too slow to open any programs especially I installed Chinese/Japanese languages. Megalite's WM6 is amazing fast!! I noticed the rom size is even smaller tham Dell's WM5 A02!!

I am happy to use my X50V as my E-book reader and MP3 player. For MP3, I bought a new 8G SDHC card ( HP) It works well!! I have no problem with it! New target: 16G SDHC card ( I hope X50V will support)

Thanks!! Megalite!! You gave a new life for X50V~!~ So far I don't experience any problem!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cbh2000:
The WM5 A02 ROM for x50v doesn't use any .nb0/.crc files, as it uses Dell's own method for installation over USB. The ROM for A02 is in the IMG format, or at least has the extension .img. I may be wrong, but you should be able to convert the .img to .nb0 and then generate a .crc file and go from there...

How?

1. Convert the .img ROM from the WM5 A02 utility to .nb0 using img2nb0

2. Generate a .crc for the file.

3. Copy the (two) files to device and upgrade.

img2nb0: http://rs144.rapidshare.com/files/84879299/img2nb0.rar

(Read the readme!!!)

crc generator: http://rapidshare.com/files/53734593/CRC_calc.rar
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jeanluc1701@hotmail.com:
WPA-TKIP

I flushed 4 time this week my x50v with different rom version. No once work. At the end, because I've friend that work in IT shop, I toke the desicion to test different routers.

Linksys wrt54g WORK all encryptation ( WPA-TKIP Also)

Sonicwall don't work

Dlink wok only wep

Berklin don't work

Cisco I cannot see the SSID
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dt451:
Battery status

I flashed my X50v to A02 RTM, but beforehand, tried various ROM-s Including the WM6.1 VOIP version, and Lennish aswell. I like MagLite's RTM best. It fits my needs. But I have a problem with changing batteries. I hawe two standard batteries from DELL. (By the way, I bought my PDA on online auction just recently...) I charged them both, and when the first one went dry is swapped to the other. The problem is, that the device asked If I'd like a hard reset. I hit no... Boots up, but the battery status hasn't changed. Nothing gets it right. Soft reset does not help. The battery status is the same after replacing it wit a fully charged one. Not even putting it back on the cradle solves the case, it starts charging like if it was completely dry.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Playerka:
Axim X50v ROM

Hi All!

Dell Axim X50v [FCC ID: NM8HC3U / IC: 4115B-HC3U] I seek "bin" file extension ROM.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rvnteck:
is my x50v bricked already?

i was trying to flash the ROM from WM2003se to WM5 a01, but the update didnt finish. it hang on the Image Updating (Erasing storage) And now everytime its booting up its only up to the Dell logo which has a progress bar at the bottom which gets stock on 10%

I already tried all of the options here but no success

http://www.mobilitysite.com/boards/...-x50-after-you-bricked-premade-nb0-files.html

i hope there is still a fix for this.

thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rvnteck:
still stuck, o man please help

o Im still stuck, I tried everything on what i could find at google but my device is still stuck at "Image Updating" - Erasing storage. I can still go to SD card bootloading though. Can i still revive this? Please help! Thanks in advance.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] whiterhinoz:
update failure

Hey Maglite. I have had trouble loading any new updates, The message I continue to receive is Update failed (102). What is the numerical reference? I have looked everywhere and have not seen a reference to this.

Please Help.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] seliv:
I have updated mine Axim to WM5 using Dell executable which I have downloaded using link from this site (either this thread or Makuu WM6.1 thread)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rhendriks:
I am having a really dificult time with the banner screen......all I ever get is the Dell blue screen and it appears all I have done is a soft reset...........any suggestions
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tfaraca:
upgrade stuck??

I have an axim x50v with 2003 se a02 - trying to do the wm6 upgrade but I can't get past the wm5 a01. When I do the resets holding the wireless button + the power button and then tap the back reset button it goes into the white screen and at the top it says: SD Image Update A01 and freezes there. I have tried to tap on the control key twice or do nothing at all and it just sits there.

Any advice would be nice

Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] seliv:
I found that I needed to do the following:

strat SD image loader by pressing Wilreless + Power + Reset, do it again, release reset button quickly, hold Wireless + Power untill image loader kicks in.

This worked for me, hope it helps.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tfaraca:
Thanks for that advice but it still just stops on the screen with the blue strip on top that reads......

SD Image Update A01.... I can do a reset then it goes back to 2003 SE..

I would really like to be able to update to wm6

:(:(:(:(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] seliv:
to upgrade 2003SE to WM5 I used executable from Dell. I got it from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=361644

The file itself is here:

http://rapidshare.com/files/53856933/A02_WM5_x50v.EXE

People say it's official update from Dell, it should work. At least I didn't have any problem with it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dr g:
I flashed to A02, everything seems OK but I'm wondering what version of TCPMP people are using with their WM6.1 Axims ... I tried installing this one, which I use on my Touch Pro: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=381292

However it is not perfectly stable, it crashes on some AVI files (not sure which codec, possibly divx or xvid) and does not seem to support the Marathon (2700g) coprocessor.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] makuu:
You can try my A09 WM6.1 VOIP Rom, it has TCPMP embedded and perfectly working for me (Plus irda is supported).
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dr g:
Well the install went smoothly however I still cannot play the same videos. This time it says "CoreASP: Interlaced video not supported". It worked fine with an earlier version under WM2003SE...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] f_mulder:
Is it my device, or bug?

Hi, I have a problem with WM5 and WM6 ROMs on my device.

This post is general, not this thread specific, but I hope to find the answer here.

Problem is as follows:

When I run MioMap (iGo 2006) and another GPS program (sygic/McGuider),

they cannot "get" the full screen area. In MioMap I see blank black line on the

top of the screen ,it has a size of title bar, and in Sygic, I can really see the title bar, which hides part of Sygic's screen.I have experienced that problem

both in MagLite's WM5 A02 rom and in makuu's a09 VoIP edition.

So, question is now, is it only me, or some other people encountered that

behavior too, and me be can tell how to fix that.

Thanks!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] seliv:
I have used OCN8 (which I believe pretty close to iGO2006) on makuu's VoIP ROM - works just fine. Maybe you have some settings set wrong or some other apps interfere...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] chevell6_9:
will it work

The x51v i am getting has windows mobile 5.0 on it will it cause a problem if i up date to the wm6

---------- Post added at 10:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:43 PM ----------

that is the os on the pda that i am get that is a x50v this what os it has on it Microsoft Windows Mobile for Pocket PC 2003
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] alienx424:
Hello,MagLite! I would like to ask you for a favor!

Hi, MagLite! First of all thank you so much for the brilliant work you've done for PDA fans. I know this topic is terribly old, but I am still an enthusiastic user of Dell axim Pocket PC although I have an iPhone 11 in 2020. I still miss the time I used my x50v daily. At the moment I have my old x50v with wm 2003SE however I really want to upgrade this to your fabulous Windows mobile 6.1 rom with sdhc support, however since Rapidshare is shutdown long ago, after so many years I couldn't find your x50v ROMs from anywhere. Is it possible to provide me the ROM you've created? I will appreciate so much!

alienx424@gmail.com
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Xdenwarrior:
Ok, i finnally got my computer working and was able to install the PSPad, connected my Dell Axim to it through Activesync, and opened the HeX editor mode on it. However, since this is my first time actually trying to change the PP of my device and never used the hex editor before, i'm kind of stuck here. From Brighthand.com it says that i have to use the official upgarde utility, and then quit at the last step, and also i have to convert some files. To me, it looks a lot more complicated now, and i don't want to do something stupid, and brick my device. Right now, the hex editor obviously does not see my device. So, where do i suppose to click on next, and then change those values to make it an 8MB PP???

UPDATE: Actually, i think i know how to do it. It's just that this Brighthand.com is kind of outdated with all of those Dell's official Roms, while i'm running WM6. So, there is no need to convert Dell's .img files to .nb0, since it is already converted. So all i need to do is to install again Maglite's WM6 A02 RTM unto my SD card, and then enter Dell's SD WM5 A02 bootloader, and then instead of pressing twice the central button to flash my device, i should put it in my cradle and sync it with my PC. Then excess that nb0 through my hex editer, and change the last 4 digits from 40 00(4MB PP) to 80 00 (8MB PP). And then reflash my device. Am i correct? Because i don't really know if my Axim can sync with my PC when it is in bootloader mode, and how will i find that folder that contains .nb0 on my PC? Please, somebody confirm who does this stuff all of the time!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dcmetrodude:
worked after renaming files

I had to rename a couple of files from WM50_xx to DiMa_xx since my ROM was 2003 (got this from aximsite). I probably missed that in this forum.

Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
Xdenwarrior, you need to open the WM6 .nb0 file on your PC and edit it there. The pagepool is set at SD Image Loader time to the value in the ROM you are flashing with. You DO NOT edit the pagepool in any way through a direct connection to your Axim. Just take the .nb0 file and make the appropriate changes in that file on your PC. After saving the changes to the ROM, put the newly edited .nb0 file onto your SD card over the original (4mb PP version) version if it is already on your SD card. Since you made a change to the ROM, the memory CRC will be different than the CRC from the original 4mb ROM. So, you will need to begin flashing your Axim with the new 8mb ROM. You will receive an error about the memory CRC not matching the file CRC. Take note of what the memory CRC SHOULD be. On your PC, change the value in the .crc file from MagLite to match what your Axim is expecting the memory CRC to be. Now, place the edited .crc file onto your SD card, thus replacing the old .crc file. Do the SD flash process again. If you edited the CRC file correctly, you should see that the memory and file CRC now match and the updated ROM will be written to your memory. After that, you should be quite familiar with the procedures from there.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] makuu:
If you modify the nb0, It's much easier to use the CRC calculator form paveld:

http://4pda.ru/forum/attach/881577/CRCCalc.rar
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mindfield:
Just to save some time for common sizes in A02 RTM:

4MB Page Pool CRC: E385DA93

6MB Page Pool CRC: 2B44D0EF

8MB Page Pool CRC: 3C90ED58

I'm using the 4MB PP at the moment and so far it's working quite well. For some reason I had some major problems with memory errors, but I re-flashed last night and so far the alarms have worked fine and there have been no memory errors no matter how long the unit is in standby for. Sweet! I also experienced some hangups from filesys compaction while installing my three main apps to internal storage (Chronos clock, Wisbar Advance 3 with 20 sec. delay on reboot, and SBSH WeatherPanel, as well as the True Connect driver which installs automatically on sync) but once I reset everything's been smooth sailing.

I have noticed that there is still some weirdness with WPA-PSK though. After a reboot one of two things happens:

1. It sees my router but lists it as unavailable and won't connect. If I turn WiFi off and back on again, it seems to connect OK at that point.

2. It can't find my router -- or any WiFi spots in the vicinity (there are usually at least half a dozen from where I sit), even if I rescan through the WLAN utility. Again, I have to turn WiFi off and on before it makes a proper connection.

It's not a huge deal, but there it is anyway.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] IM0001:
hm

If you are getting the memory errors after leaving the axim alone not charging for a while, make sure you kill Activesync. I always noticed this with WM05 and on that if you didnt setup the activesync trick and then make sure anytime your not on the cradle that activesync is dead, it will drain the batt and cause the memory errors which are just a anoying way of saying that your batt is dead. I have a backup 2200ma batt and when i toss that in, it soft resets and boots fine once again.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zeus_Alex:
Hello

For me, WM6 is working great, but just for the curiosity, im willing to try 0Mb Pagepool...

Is it the same procedure? What values to replace with?

Anyone tried it already?

Thx
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Xdenwarrior:
Wow, thanks all of you guys, cavyman, makuu, and mindfield for helpinng me, but i now ran into a liitle problem. Well, first of all, to make it simpler fo me, i was planning to do the following: since i already have Maglite's ROM unpacked and ready to use on my SD (there is 2 files .nb0 and .crc), i decided just to copy them first to My Documents folder on my PC, disconnect my device, and then open those 2 unpacked files on my PC with pspad. The thing is i'm not sure why did you, cavyman, say that i should edit the .nb0 file, then flash the new ROM, and wait until i get an error on my device so i can then change the .CRC number to match the new 8MB PP. Can't i just right away after editing the .nb0 file, go and change .CRC using the number Mindfield gave me above for 8MB PP? And then flash my Axim.

Anyways, that's the question i have after somebody can help me with this little problem. The problem is when i opened Maglite's .nb0 file in hex editer mode, you see long lines of code. So when i entered that line you told me to look for: FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF 9B4F FFFF 64B0 0000 6400 40F4 1B80 0000 4000, the search tool highlighted actually the two lines of code which were very close to it, but there is not a single line that looks exactly like that. In 038F390, it highlighted just the 2 last lines FFFF FFFF, and in the far right section it highlighted some weird-looking lines of code that look a lot like yyyy. Then below in 038F3A0, it highlighted FFFF FFFF 9B4F FFFF 64B0 (then these weren't highlighted 0000 6400 0000), and in this far right corner, it highlited more of those symbols yyyy> Oyyd..d...

I don't see anywhere the 4000 that i can change to 8000 for 8MB PP. I need more help here, guys? :(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] copper7op:
maybe this should go in its own thread, but I've got my x50v and I cant get it to load any of the custom bios's at all. I can get into the flash screen, but all say invalid rom. I'm running A05 of WM5, will this make a difference? also, could it be the sd card i'm using?? I really want WM6
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Gix:
There isn't any A05 version of WM5 for X50v. The latest I know is:

A02 - official form Dell

A03 - unofficial from our friend here but very good :)

You must have a X51v unit, please check again and if true, see the X51v thread !
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
Or, perhaps they're confusing WM2003SE for WM5 since there was an A05 of WM2003SE. :confused: That could explain the "invalid image" problem if they have the WM2003SE bootloader. In any case, it appears that they didn't read the ROM introduction and directions! ;)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
Sure. You can do that (and you probably already have ;)).

That is the correct sequence you need to find. I'm not sure why you're under the impression that it is a "single line". If I gave you the impression that it was a "single line", then I'm terribly sorry. Here's the thing--in HEX there is no real concept of "lines". Lines are something that we as humans, logically, want and need to see in order to make things more readable. Computers don't care. So, I will use the term "sequence" from here on out to avoid confusion with the idea of a "line".

You have the correct sequence, however, PSPad doesn't highlight that entire sequence when you search for it. The sequence spans across "lines" 038F390, 038F3A0, and 038F3B0. The number you need to change is on 038F3B0 in the 0607 octet (look at the column names in PSPad--you will see 0607). In the 0607 octet, the "4" you need to change to an "8" is in the column of the first 0 in 0607. You will see the sequence I mentioned in a previous post between octets 0405 0607. If you look there, you will see the 0000 4000. When you're done editing, those same octets should appear as 0000 8000.

Just for the record, the pagepool sequence offsets have changed between WM5 and WM6 (obviously, the ROM is from a different base). So, any offsets that you might have heard mentioned for WM5 are not necessarily the same as WM6 even though the sequence may still exist in the same form.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Minstadave:
What are people using as a task manager on WM6?

Many thanks for all the great work guys, you've done an awesome bit of work!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
All the thanks goes to MagLite_RUS ;)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mindfield:
Really? That's the reason people don't like having ActiveSync running? Cripes. I'd heard about the server trick and such but I didn't link that to the memory error/drained battery problems I was having. Damn! All this time I could have fixed the problem, too -- thanks for the tip though, now I know what to look for if it does crop back up again.

Minstadave - I use abcTaskMan for task management. It works great and gives you nice configurable views and task sorting options so you can see what's eating memory/CPU time at a glance, look at graphs, etc.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] drakic:
upgrade

I have WM2003SE and try to upgrade to wm5 (downloaded AximX50v_WM5_A01_EN). unpacked and copyed on sd card and after pw+wl+reset it started sd loader but afafter that "Image update failed:Please try it again"... after that only hard reset (power+reset) helps to start working again.

what did i do wrong?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
I don't know of anyone who has tried it yet with WM6. Yes, it would be the same procedure I've outlined for Xdenwarrior. Since the current ROM has the value 0000 4000 (for a 4mb PP) and making a the change to 8mb is done by changing the value to 0000 8000, I would assume making the change to 0mb would be setting the values to 0000 0000.

** Keep in mind, if anyone tries the 0mb pagepool, you're doing so at your own risk. I have no idea how your Axim may behave and what effects 0mb PP might have. **

That being said, I am not quite brave enough to try it myself, so naturally I'm curious to hear what happens. Keep us updated if you try it!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
Read this post and then read the next couple posts and I think you might find the answer:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=1491215&highlight=image+failure#post1491215
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] frelnik:
I had that exact same problem today as well. The SD card was empty except for the upgrade files. Luckily I have a WM5 upgrade CD, so I could do it the old fashioned way.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mindfield:
The filesys problem seems to still exist pretty heavily. As I speak it's consuming all available resources on my Ax, and has been doing it pretty regularly now after I sync. I have applied the fake server trick already, but that will only help when it is undocked. I don't even have that much installed, but I have a feeling Resco Explorer caused this problem. It seemed to be fine until I installed it with the Today plugin (which seemed to trigger filesys permanently) so I uninstalled just the today plugin, but it's still hitting freqently and it doesn't seem to stop, so it might as well be permanent. I'm going to try uninstalling Resco altogether and seeing if that helps. (Resco isn't installed to internal storage though, while the other 3 programs -- Wisbar, Chronos and SBSH Weather are) If that doesn't help I'm going to hard reset and try installing everything to SD, putting absolutely nothing on internal storage.

EDIT: Removed Resco entirely. Been almost an hour and no filesys. Hopefully that's what has been triggering it for whatever reason, and if so, I think that'll be the end of any Resco products for me.

Anyone have a good suggestion on an alternative file explorer that doesn't cause filesys to kick in like an angry mule?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] drakic:
upgrade

i have tried with few sd cards. all of them where empty (only update files) and they were fresh formated with program on my dell axim (storagetools). i choose fat32 and 1kb cluster size when formating. tried with 512byte cluster size and same problem again. i even tried to format sd cards in my digital camera, because i dont have card reader and same problem again. donr know how else to format it....

dont know what to do...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
Do you have Windows XP and your Axim cradle? If so, why not just use the Dell RUU to update to WM5 A01?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] harpooner:
Hi Mindfield,

I'm a little puzzled by your filesys problems, however, I fully understand your suffering. I have Resco Explorer plus quite a few other applications loaded on the WM6 A02 and I don't see filesys so active at all. One big difference is that this time I listened to the axim experts and loaded all applications including Resco on to the SD card. Filesys still kicks in from time to time but not to the extent you are reporting. One important thing to remember about Resco explorer is that it creates a Recycle Bin directory on your main storage and all files you delete using resco get written to this directory. As you well know any write operation in the main storage awakens the Filesys monster. So I recommend that you disable the Recycle bin in resco and move everything to the SD card. Hope this helps a little. We really need the help of the expert on the aximsite who created the original filesys patch.