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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jyras:
Ok I know what the problem is.

I got x50 not x50v and thats why it doesnt start.

I can start boot loader so i think that i can make it work again.

I downloaded the wm 2003 for x50 form dell support but i dont know how to create nb0 file from img file> because i fugred that with crc calculator i can just make a crc file.

Please help me bringing my pda up and tell me how to convert this file.

:(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cricri:
Of course, it has been said numerous times in capital bold large red letters that it is for X50V and not X50.

Eh, duh, you saved 10 minutes not browsing before jumping off the cliff, now it will take you much longer to climb back atop.

Since you say you can access the bootloader, you should be able to access the diagnostic mode or whatever it is. someone pointed out how to access it in one of the X50v WM6 thread, I can't find it again though :(

*EDIT* Found it, check this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1437937&postcount=219

You might want to check this one as well (albeit you say you can access the bootloader):

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1587368&postcount=1234

I hope it helps and good luck.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] burkay:
Hi all,

I finally had a chance to upgrade my axim to wm6 a03.

Everything went smooth so far. But the pda refuses to sync with the pc.

it is not even recognized by the pc. I restarted the pc and the pda several times to no avail. I have 2 other devices connected (at other times) to this pc. May this somehow be the problem? Is there a general activesync problem in this rom?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cricri:
I have a pointless question: how come the calculator integrated in the OS (I'm talking about WM6 but maybe it's the same for previous versions?) is so big? It's completely crap (it does the job of a £1 calculator from Poundland) yet MobileCalculator.exe is 457.2KB! Even Pocket Word is smaller (the executable pword.exe is 302.7KB, although Word probably uses some Office shared files).

If I ever hack WM6 (which I'll never do) and need some space, first thing I'll do is get rid of this dang calculator!

*EDIT* I opened it with resource hacker, fearing that the keypad would be a big BMP, but the only graphical resource I could find was the icon. Dum dum dum, the mystery deepens... for me at least.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ikon819:
my experience so far using X50v with WM6 beta 3

First, I really like the new ROM. Two days ago I thought my X50v was dead. I had been running WM5 A02 for quite awhile but it had gotten to the point that it wouldn't boot at all, even with a hard reset. I thought maybe the NVRAM may have finally died (it does have NVRAM doesn't it?)

I was researching the new iPAQ 210 when I got a hit for this site (never heard of it before that). It sounded interesting so I clicked. I found lots of good info. When I found this thread and read about the new ROM and the SD ROM loader I thought, "What the hey, my unit's dead anyway!"

Needlesstosay, it's no longer dead. I was able to load beta 3 and was very pleasantly surprised to see how much more responsive it is. I think it's about as much faster than WM5 A02 as WM5 A02 was over A01, and that's saying something.

I, too, have noticed some weirdness with wifi but, just now, I was actually able to get a link to my Buffalo WBR-g54 router using WPA-PSK. This was after doing a bunch of enabling & disabling using both the WLAN Utility and the side button, as well as soft and hard resets (but not going back to 'factory defaults' as it were). The WLAN utility would lock up sometimes & sometimes it wouldn't; the side button would work sometimes and sometimes not. In the end, persistance paid off and it's working, even after a reset. It kinda reminds me of Bluetooth :p which is also working BTW (and a good thing too; I use BT all the time to listen to podcasts on the busride to and from work).

One thing though: I've read posts where people talk about WPA2. I don't even have the option on my X50v, so I don't know where it would be.

I look forward to getting a 4 or 8 GB SD card soon :) :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ikon819:
my experience so far using X50v with WM6 beta 3

First, I really like the new ROM. Two days ago I thought my X50v was dead. I had been running WM5 A02 for quite awhile but it had gotten to the point that it wouldn't boot at all, even with a hard reset. I thought maybe the NVRAM may have finally died (it does have NVRAM doesn't it?)

I was researching the new iPAQ 210 when I got a hit for this site (never heard of it before that). It sounded interesting so I clicked. I found lots of good info. When I found this thread and read about the new ROM and the SD ROM loader I thought, "What the hey, my unit's dead anyway!"

Needlesstosay, it's no longer dead. I was able to load beta 3 and was very pleasantly surprised to see how much more responsive it is. I think it's about as much faster than WM5 A02 as WM5 A02 was over A01, and that's saying something.

I, too, have noticed some weirdness with wifi but, just now, I was actually able to get a link to my Buffalo WBR-g54 router using WPA-PSK. This was after doing a bunch of enabling & disabling using both the WLAN Utility and the side button, as well as soft and hard resets (but not going back to 'factory defaults' as it were). The WLAN utility would lock up sometimes & sometimes it wouldn't; the side button would work sometimes and sometimes not. In the end, persistance paid off and it's working, even after a reset. It kinda reminds me of Bluetooth :p which is also working BTW (and a good thing too; I use BT all the time to listen to podcasts on the busride to and from work).

One thing though: I've read posts where people talk about WPA2. I don't even have that option on my X50v — I don't know where it would be.

I look forward to getting a 4 or 8 GB SD card soon :D :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] aximfanatic:
Hi,

I just loaded my x50v with A02(WM6) I have been reading the posts and wanted to know if A03 beta really causes battery drain issues? Also does anyone know the major differences between A02 to A03, is it worth upgrading? Sorry if these have already been answered.

PS. it works great with my 16gb CF card (A-DATA) from mediastore.com At least I can get good use out of it with this card now :)

THanks,

aximfanatic(Long Live the Axim)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] himicky:
I had the same problem when I connected GPS "QSTARZ BT-Q818". I want to make soft rest.

Now, I am using WM6 A02 RTM
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bfuentes:
Dell Axim X50v WM6 A03 Beta

I just wanted to thank everyone who has provided all the ROM, testing and hard work put into making this possible on the Dell Axim. I have installed the AO3 Beta rom and am currently running it on my x50v and I must say that it is incredible. I tried the WM5 upgrade and it was horrible even after tweaking all the suggested registry quirks. I am happy to report that so far the ao3 rom is working good. I have had some trouble with the Messenger program as it just won't launch, however i have gotten around that by downloading a messenger app that lets me monitor other messengers as well as MSN. The office software syncs perfectly and my wireless works great. I noticed that the Processor was running exclusively at 624 and that this was causing much of the battery drain, however after changing the processor settings from auto to power saving and them back to auto the processor scaled on its own and the battery issue has gone away. I downloaded the cab files for Windows Live, PIM back up, and for the transcriber and the all work great. I have downloaded a free app called Magic Button and it actually closes programs and doesn't keep them in memory. Thanks again you have given my X50v new life and I really am enjoy all the perks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] emflorence:
I think its useless now :(

Guys, i made a mistake and forgot to upgrade, as recommended by the first post...

Attention! If you have Windows Mobile 2003SE ROM on your device, FIRST, please download THIS ARCHIVE (RAR 32.4 MB), and update your PDA to A01 Windows Mobile 5 ROM.

After that, please download official WM5 A02 ROM and update your PDA to WM5 A02 ROM.

Now i can't even turn it on... any guess on what to do? I tried reset, reload an old ROM, but nothing works. It does not even turn on.

Can someone help me? Cause i have turned it to a useless brick.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] spaceprobe:
3d graphics and dropped programs

hi

I have been using the wm6 a02 rtm for a month, and it's going fine so far. Some problems I have are the when i am using programs that are installed to SD card rather than to the internal memory, whenever I turn off and then on the x50v, the programs from the SD card are dropped and suddenly just disappear off the screen. Does anyone else experience this problem?

Also, the 3d graphics doesn't seem to be working. I have actually never tried using the x50v with a 3d game designed for the 3d graphics chip with WM 2003 (I bought the device used..when i got it, i immediately upgraded it to wm6). However, I've been testing out some of the games made for the intel 2700g graphics chip these few days, and none of them work. What I get is some boxes/colors on the top left hand corner....and then some polygonal shaped lines flashing and radiating outwards from the top left hand corner.

The same thing happens in all the 3d games fro the 2700g. Normal games run fine. Has anyone else noticed this?

thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cricri:
Eh, duh :o

You could try checking my post #630 in this thread.

Oh yeah, you have to read it fully before you consider using the information. :rolleyes:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cricri:
No problem for me, I'm using Spb Pocket Plus. I do need to do a refresh from time to time, but not every time I turn the PPC on.

I tried Enigmo, Chopper Fight, Solterra, COD2 (GLES version), Virtual Pool Mobile (GLES version), and all work fine on my X50v with WM6 A03 Beta.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] curiousGeorge:
I just upgraded to WM6 A03 beta1 from 2003SE, and things are great. I do have three quick questions, though.

1. Can somebody describe what the "filesys" problem is, and how to fix it?

2. Is there any way to get TCPMP to recognize WM6's wmv/wma codecs? Can't I just rename (or duplicate and then rename) the codec files already present? If so, which files, and what should I name them to get TCPMP to use them?

3. Is A03 the latest version of Windows Mobile?

Thanks!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] AllanJacques:
well, I have noticed that when using beta 3 version, sometimes, whenever my x50v turns off, while something is running (like ubook) when I turn it on again the program shuts down...

is anyone experiencing this issue?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jerryfreak:
I'd love to know this as well. been using A02 for quite some time, and dont really see a compelling reason to upgrade
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] xenothrix:
take out the battery, leave it for 1 or 2 days then reinsert the battery n try to turn on again.

it worked for some, hv to try if it works for u.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] serek:
lil question. My cradle is dead. Can I flash WM6 from WM5 A03 rom instead of A02 (which I can't flash since the only way is through cable connection)? Thanks in advance.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] netwave:
Running 2003SE apps under WM6

Is there a patch available for WM6, to allow installation of TCPMP (Multi codec DVD Player) & the x50v GAPI Graphics Excellerator??

Theses were awesome apps available for the x50v under WM2003se
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] curiousGeorge:
I installed TCPMP just fine on WM6!

Is there any hope of new upgrades now that MagLite is gone? I mean, is there any impetus for anyone to pick up where he left off?

I would think that it is a very very difficult task to do what he did, correct?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] serek:
Who said you need some kind of a patch to run TCPMP on WM6? It simply works, and there's no compatibility issues AFAIK. Also, there's no such thing as "GAPI Graphics Accelerator". What you meant is probably "Enhanced GAPI" tweak. It's a software tweak that lets applications which use GAPI to work better because default drivers for axim's GAPI were slow. WM5 and WM6 doesn't use GAPI, so the tweak doesn't work under them.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lennysh:
Hiya, I am hoping to be able to shortly start back where MagLite left off at. I hope to be able to release a super ROM with no errors, and even a kitchen so you can just make your own ROM. Is there anybody that would be interested in this? My only problem is I do not have a device to test anything on, so I would need a pretty large group of beta testers to be regged users at my site when I do start this project. I just figured I'd post this to see if there was any interests....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] curiousGeorge:
I am very interested, and would be more than happy to beta test for you. I'll register at your site now, thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] contradude:
I've got a good friend of mine that I'll send in your direction... I might even get an X50v because of the $80 discount on it over the x51v on eBay right now. you would rock all of our socks if you put together a rom kitchen for it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavyman:
Goodbye!

Wow....I have been away from the forum for some time now. Didn't realize MagLite had decided to cease his work on the WM6 ROMs. :( Oh well, as the old saying goes, "All good things must come to and end." Farewell MagLite--best wishes in all you pursue!

I might as well say my farewell too--I too am selling my Axim. I have fallen in love with BlackBerrys and my new BB 8820 is the icing on the cake (it actually supports WPA2 :p). So, this will be my last post here. Good luck to all those who continue to work on the X50v ROM.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] juanpa74:
Sorry i missed that.

I would be interested in the proyect.

That would be great.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] badtazboy:
Hello all little help here. I flashed my x50v and now my cf slot doesn't work. I put in a card and get ... unreconized card.

Anyone else come accross this?

Is there a fix?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Dr Nibble:
I use WM6 A03 on my X50v and woooah...speed...:D

But, a question how to cook a rom, I try to find some usefull tools but nothing found for my

very

old axim :) exept imgfs

Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jznomoney:
so has anyone heard if anyone else has started up this project again?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ferret_tas:
From the dell axim Manual:

If you check the output on your car charger see if it is 5V/500mA, mine is. the 110 trransformer in outputting 5.4V/2410mA giving the extra "boost" of power to operate the device and charge the battery also.

try a try a 110V power inverter, and the 110V transformer for OTR charging.

Best of Luck

Ferret_tas
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] myppcsg:
tried the a03 beta but find it laggy.. now flashed to a02! much better performance.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] NakedRacer:
Battery Patch and New Bluetooth Functionality

BLUETOOTH:

With the bluetooth stack built into the rom, I can't use the headset function and some other bluetooth devices. To get more functionality with bluetooth:

Go to the site http://btfix.thcgirls.com and download the lastest widcomm stack and install it. Also, dont forget to put in the registry the flow control and audio quality keys, for a better connection.

BATTERY:

Anyone have trouble when they run out of battery power and when when you put in the new battery, it still thinks the battery level is 0%? Well here's a way I figured out to get your device to boot again:

When you start your device with the new battery, press the button to soft reset. Right after the blue Dell screen with the progression bar, keep pressing the power button to turn off your device until it turns off. Wait a few seconds with your device off, then turn it back on again. The system will probably see the battery level as unknown until you use a bit of the new battery and it is switched off after this time to register the new battery level. But the point is, you can now use a new battery right away without the device turning off after you soft reset, thinking the battery is dead. Although you still do seem to have to soft reset every time you take the battery out of the device. I haven't figured out a way around this yet. Also note, that if you do not turn off your device after the blue dell screen and the battery level is not completely 0% yet before you switched batteries, the device will be stuck thinking that your battery level is whatever is was before you switched batteries until it gets below this %. So if you switched batteries when the battery level is at 33%, it will register the new battery as 33% until it drops below this level.

I hope this post helps someone, as it took me a while to figure it out and I wish I knew how to do it initially.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] TooManyGames:
I saw this website and was wondering, would upgrading the amount of ram in the x50v increase the performance of WM6 running on it?

http://www.pocketpctechs.com/main~unit~Dell_Axim_X50v-272~area~upgrades-Dell+Axim+X50v+RAM.htm

It's a bit pricey, $170 for an upgrade to 128M, but I thought maybe it would be worth it to some people if it'll help performance of the x50v.

Or am I completely off base about what this upgrade does? 8*)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] contradude:
it actually changes the amount of ram onboard, not storage. It WILL make it faster, provided you dont end up with the filesys problem by loading too much stuff on internal memory
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] contradude:
does anyone have any idea why I can't get wireless to work at all on my x50v in A03 beta 1? I can't get it to connect, even to an unsecured network!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cricri:
Weird, the only known problems are with WPA, people reported it works with WEP, and I assumed it would be working with no security at all.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] contradude:
im actually trying to help a friend here (because ive got an ipaq hx2495 that runs wm6 really well). we walked him up to wm5 a02 then went straight to wm6 a03. we've tried other versions on his device and its the same way. no wireless on anything over wm5 a02. it will connect for a second and then drop. any ideas?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] raines43:
Has anyone else experienced this with the A02 RTM Rom? I'm still using WM5 but the speed, or lack of it, is starting to drive me mad. I like the occasional blast with Doom (GLES) and Call of Duty, so won't be upgrading if the 2700g specific games won't work. TIA, and thanks Maglite for all your efforts with WM6.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] crash613:
Is this a general consenses? I have the A03 which is a little laggy for me too. I have never tried the A02. I don't want to go through the trouble if it is not generally accepted that this would be faster.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] djr747:
if you go over to the x51v tread there is a fix on the first paged. If you can't install it I have a Cab file that will.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Psychosax:
hey this is contradude's friend who's having trouble with the wireless. I tried searching the x51v threads and couldn't find this fix that you said was listed on the first page.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lennysh:
Is there anybody here that is currently able to build roms for this device?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ultraprimeomega:
as far as i know its a no, maglite was the only one working on the wm6 rom for the x50v with help from football
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] abicab:
I have the same issue (wth A02 rtm) when trying to install a lot of applications, especially from this forum ie java midlet manager or also the windows live cab. I fear it's a newbie thing but can you help me in how to avoid this message? the applications seem to install fine but always the same message appears when I try to run the applications

Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. If the problem persists, try reinstalling or restoring this file.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] djr747:
http://4pda.ru/forum/attach/1063091/x51v_wm6_wpa_fix.rar This is the fix listed in the x51v football thread.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] wooikok:
don't think anyone else had continued on developing ROMs for x50v....

any help lennysh?

would be great if ur able to lend a hand to get wm 6.1 for this device too...:D

thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Malcy:
I have upgraded my X50V from WM2003 to WM5 A02 without any problems. I now want to take t to WM6 but after reading many posts, I am a bit unsure about which is the best WM6 rom version to go for. :confused:

What would be the best choice?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] frankomio:
cross-downgrade ?

Hi,

i want to downgrade to WM5 again, cause i have to sell my x50v...

but i need to downgrade from the English WM6 to a GERMAN WM5 ROM !!!

only use the German ROM on the SD-Card doesnt work (no suitable Rom fount)

Has anybody a solution for me ?

i already designed a WM5 A02 German .nb0-File but the Bootloader seem to accept only Filenames with WM6 in it, and if i rename the NB0 AND the CRC-file , it doesnt find the CRC-checksum file again (i think the crc-filename has to be something special for WM6, it doesn´t correspond to the NB0-file )

or has anybody an german WM5 .nb0 file with CRC???
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] steryd:
WM6 A02 RTM and compatibility

Hello,

I'm new Axim x50v user. I concern upgrading to WM6 A02 RTM

Currently I'm running WM2003 SE, but I have original Dell Upgrade disc with WM 5.0

I'd like to have a possibility of installing new Opera Software, so it's a reason for upgrading, of course new look of the OS is also important. But I've heard that newer os than WM2003SE are much slower, what are your views on it? I tried browsing this Thread but after 20 pages I gave up and decided to ask you directly (sorry if I'm repeating).

Is WPA-PSK working with WM6 A02 RTM MagLite Edition? (there were some posts that it's problematic).

Will DELL BT-309 GPS bluetooth receiver work with WM6?

If I'll update to original Dell WM 5.0, Can I then directly update to WM6 MagLite Ed. Or perhaps it is better not to upgrade to original WM5 and download the files mentioned by MagLite and perform the update directly from WM2003

Thanks for your replies!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] stelmed:
Is the filesys problem fixed?

Hello Everybody!

It was last September when I upgraded my Dell Axim x50v from W2K3 to WM6 A01 and then I experienced this really annoying issue with the CPU usage almost 100% which turned out to be due to the filesys. So I went back to w2k3...

I would like to ask if the latest version fixes that problem or is it still there?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bbz_Ghost:
Well I'm new-ish here, was registered a long time ago with a different account when I owned some different PDA hardware, but today I came into possession of a practically brand new in-the-box x50v and the first thing that came to mind (aside from being amazed at the device itself since I've wanted one for a long time) was "Ok, how do I get WM6 on here..." and that led me back to this forum.

So, lenny, seeing that Maglite (and I'll thank him for his efforts even if I haven't actually put his ROM on my x50v yet, so thanks...) has moved on, if you're serious about putting an effort into the x50v WM6.1 possibility, I'm definitely interested in helping out as a tester in any way I can.

I certainly hope all goes well for the x50v mod community, and I can see this is where it lives... so thanks to one and all.

ps

Heading over to register, lenny, no worries. :D