yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sanjay1951:
Harrie45,

The pdav61kbd was my first variant PhamQuang's initial 6.1Rom. It was basically the same rom, cleaned up and with the keyboard reset to the original as supplied by Algasystems. The SL61V3 is the latest with some registry tweaks and closest to the base 6.1 rom as I could make it. It is stable and quick.

From what I read in the thread, the later variants seem to have problems so I have not attempted further work on these. Ramsses has made admirable attempts but the latest versions still appear to be unstable. New roms are great - but they first should be usable.

I will follow this thread and will revise post #1 with roms that appear to be stable. Personally, I'm taking Kozhura at his word that he is building roms and am waiting to see what he comes up with. Otherwise, IMHO the various roms on post#1 based on the initial PhamQuang release are the ones to stay with. They work well.

Regards,

Sanjay
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tapdov:
If these ROMs are 6.1, what as released about a month ago? 6.2?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ajwh:
Benefits of change?

I'm currently using sk61v02_8, and it is stable, but a little a slow on occasions. Is there any benefit in changing to SL61V3?

If I do, could I use an SKtools backup to avoid having to reinstall all my apps?

Andrew
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ramsses:
That's not the ROM, the installer for your prog. Many apps have a tendency to do this!

Andy
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sdjudge:
battery issue

hi i found out the following ... the battery shows 0% but led is blinking .. but hey the battery is now full (it`s still 0% but led stop blinking) ... the trick is the follwing :

start pda and the start asap phm registry . .. then look to system/state/battery then it should show 1/1 because the system had no chance to read the right values ..

at my hx i can use the pda as long phm reg is open in background .. but if the device switch off i , somtimes i must turn it on with softreset but thats better than no batt ;)

i hope it works for you - sorry for the english ;)

greetings sven
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lhasistos:
hi

Can you explain a bit more , i have same trouble with one battery , its new but shows 0% , led blinks , until goes fix , if i power down my hx never goes on , only with this unique new batt.This happends because the batt have an inside IC that have eeprom with wrong values . I want to change this values but i need some soft for this.the trouble was caused by WM5 Sp when batt goes under 10%, now I m use Algasys 6.1 , a new HP batt and no more troubles .

thank you

Gus
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] FrankKF:
I had this problem with Kozhura's various upgrades. My work around is here:

Get and install 'cabinstl' utility.

1. Copy or move your app's cab file to the SD or CF drives (my path is SD\Program Files\ABC app.

2. start cabinstl

2. from within cabinstl

2a. navigate to the folder wher your ABC CAB file is located.

2b. select the install folder and select 'instal'.

3. select location in installer.

3a finish instal.

Note (a) that this method does NOT delete the CAB file after installation. (b) some apps, e.g., BT Keyboard, run better (or must run) from Memory

Frank K-F
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sdjudge:
Hi

i used a ext battery till i forget to turn off the device so that the battery goes to 0%. on my device the led blink when i put it to pc or charger, but the battery goes never from 0% to 1% or higher. My idea is a Hard or Softfix .. hardfix is -> i ord

er the ic and replace it (i hope i must never do that ;) ) softfix reset the values..

But the battery charges and if you wait long enough the led stop blinking led is on .. and battery works fine with linux , but the "remaining battery" value is 45676 min or so .. after some tests i used wm6.1 again .. end i try to check some registry values .. normal behavior is the following:

I can it use, if it is plugged in, when i disconnect the hx4.. the "very low battery" sign comes up and the device switch off .. thats only under wm never if you use linux or when you "show" the hardreset screen ...

ok then i check following registry value hklm/system/status/battery

this shows the state from backup and main battery .. main battery should be the same as backup ..

00510000 indicates the battery is in Nomal state. The state is indicated by the last four digits in Hexadecimal as follows:

0 Normal

1 NotPresent

2 Charging

4 Low

8 Critical

The first four digits indicate Backup Strength as follows:

0 VeryLow

21 Low

41 Medium

61 High

81 VeryHigh

when i open fast enough the registry after device boot, the registry editor i think registry is blocked on this values and the pda can not read wrong or right values .. (under settings/battery it shows unknown device) and the pda is working fine but u never know how long because you have no battery meter ...

grettings sven
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tranzystor_82:
Hello

So withone rom is better ?

Im use wm6 rel4 kozchura edition, my pda run fast and stable but im use my hx only for "multimedia machine" like mp3, movies , and some other program ...

thx Tranzystor

:rolleyes:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] vimesUK:
FWIW - and by no means am I too savvy to appreciate the subtle differences in the many ROM's that people within this forum have shared with us, I have found...

sanjay's ROM within post number 425 to work really well. I have used the lite version.

I have tried all the others since that release but found little quirks, instability or connection issues with my PC that have meant they are too unreliable to use.

Some of the other ROM's give a greater amount of RAM free when used but I have found that matters very little when I have had some issues with them that I have experienced.

I have just gone back to Sanjay's Lite ROM and I now appreciate how well it works for me.

I don't mean this post to seem ungrateful of the hard work that other people have put into their creations it is just that Sanjays works consistently well and that is important for me.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lhasistos:
Hi Sven

Same trouble ...I discharged my new batt under WM5 Sp and then never charge again , I made a hard reset , nothing to do , then I flash to WM6.1 from Alagasys ,with other batt , then I change my batt for the one thats have trouble ,nothing , I made a hard reset again under WM6 , nothing always its the same .The inside IC is DS2761B25 you can find the datasheet in the net very easy , you can see that the IC have eeprom with registers ,but these values can be locked by soft , I mean that this will happend ,bad values in eeprom are locked and also the IC have a UNIQE ID number by factory .I dont know how I can change these bad values , but Im sure that isnt by harware reset. My theory : when batt reaches under 5% under wm5SP a bug in OS save into inside IC bad values and lock the data , this not happend in WM6.1 , I "kill" my batt ,0%, and charge comes ok when you put in cradle.

all data are wlecome..

Best Regards

Gus
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tapdov:
According to the developer, Cabinstl will NOT change the install location in WM5 and later.

If you need to install certain apps to the storage card

and your sure the apps are safe to run from the storage card

try SKTools. It has a utility which lets you install apps to whichever folder you want, similar to cabinstl.

However, you will only be able to uninstall those apps using SKTools.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bundleofjoy:
Hi ramsses,

I followed your recommendation and installed the 8MB PP-Version (mine has 128MB RAM). I gave it a 16MB RAMDisk, reassigned everything that has 'temp' in it to the RAMDisk and installed most of the applications on SD-Card.

Everythings works absolutely fast and reliable, including A2DP sound, bluetooth GPS (Tomtom and Igo), WPA-TKIP Wifi etc.

Filesys has kicked in once after this installation orgie, but nowhere near as disturbing as it used to be in WM5 (I used Kozhura's WM5 before this).

A big thank you to you and all others that have put a lot of effort and knowledge into producing this ROM.

Jan
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Menneisyys:
UPDATE (05.03/2008): For my just-published HP iPAQ 210 in-depth review, I’ve thoroughly tested the (multimedia) performance of the tested WM6.1 ROM’s and found them excellent. Also, I’ve specifically tested whether the ImageOn and the 2700G driver is correctly utilized by multimedia player apps aware of them in the iPAQ hx4700 and the Dell Axim x51v, respectively. They are. All in all, well done ROM cookers :)

See see Section 1.4 HERE for more info & numeric results.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] patoem:
Latest version WM6.1

Hi Friends, is there any Traditional Chinese Version WM6.1 ROM with Office 6.1?

I tried to go through all post but since can't find any.

PAT
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] feiji_1983:
i've installed sanjay1951's SL61V3, it works great till i tried to connect to WIFI, an error message said"cannot obtain an server-assigned ip address".

I've come accross the same problem when i was using WM6.0 and it was resolved by :

Fire up registry editor then head to:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\RNDISFN1\Parms\TcpIp]

Set AutoCfg to 1

Set EnableDHCP to 0

however it did not work this time, can anybody give me some hints?

Another problem is that after i restored the system by using "sprite backup",the bluetooth refused to work and the icon on the right-bottom of the desktop was lost , this is really wired~

Many thanks to all the people working on the ROMs:)

-----------------------------------------------

well, it works now, the reason is my router.

bluetooth problem is fixed after flashing the rom again.

SL61V3 is excellent~~ try it!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] feiji_1983:
I do not think Traditional Chinese Version works stable , there is a thread here http://bbs.pdafans.com/viewthread.php?tid=524586&highlight=wm6.1%2B4700 .

So English Version by installing YaHei Chinese is an excellent solution.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] alienkidmj12:
Latest Rom required

Im a bit confused, i have the 4700, can someone point out which is the latest rom i can put on here, i have only standard ram, thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] diver5007:
Here is another site for DIY chinese language.

http://www.pda4x.com/read.php?tid=63722

cheers
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] yildi:
Thank you very much to all for your magnificent efforts to make 4700 usable even after the end of its expected life ;-) I have used the WM6.0 update for some time and it was very nice. I have just been tempted by Sanjay's 6.1 Lite version and loaded it on my 4700. I have not anymore connect to my hidden access point protected by WPA-PSK-TKIP. Wireless manager tells me that the access point is unavailable while I was able to connect to it under WM6.0 and I continue to be able to connect to it with my iPAQ 214.

I have seen that we are several to have this problem with different ROMs that are proposed on this forum. Do you have any idea about a potential solution? Must I downgrade to 6.0? Is it possible?

Thank you again for all your work and gifts to the community!

Best regards,

Murat
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mo-T:
I think someone should make some comparisons out of these roms, pros & cons of each roms.... just a thought ^_^
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] WODP:
I agree...so many different roms... hx4700 has a future, but which is the best rom for it? thanks :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] teentitan2k2:
I just had the funniest thing happen to me

Ive been using SanJays 6.1 rom for about a week and a half now

I was browsing the internet, using wifi and all and then my machine locked up on me

I pushed reset button but the device just never reset

I tried doing a hard reset and the device just remained on the screen and never reset

I removed the battery put it back in, pushed the reset button, the device just never reset

I flashed the device with the same rom, took it off the cradle, pushed the reset button, the device never reset

Finally I opened her up, took out the backup battery, let her sit for about 30 minutes and ate dinner, came back, put the battery back in. After a few hard reset attempts and a few soft reset attempts it finally went and booted up and it appears I am up and running again.

I figure something in rom locked up really nice and the reason it finally worked is because it was finally "hard reset"

I wont lie, I was scared. I figured I had finally bricked it.

Anyone have anything close to this issue.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tanery:
ramses rom

i installed Ramses' ROM installed lots of new programms, made everything perfect. afterwards i tried to make a backup ... but .... no backup programm wants to RUN!!

SPB says - not a valid pocket PC application! :cool:

RESCO says - not a valid pocket PC application! :(

the others says - not a valid pocket PC application! :mad:

this my friends, is not very user friendly. i want to reflash but before that i have to do a backup of my installed apps...has anyone an idea why such a thing can happen? :confused:

regards

finally i made a backup with SKTOOLS ... now flashing with Sanjay version...hope this works better...

ok, everything looks fine up to now . Tahnks a lot Sanjay! see you soon...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kounkhmer2269:
Transcend 4GB SD Card

As of today, I'm still running my hx4700 on 2003 OS; however, I'm waiting for your professional suggestion (s) as to which rom is best (of all three cooked roms) for the device. Also, I'd like to know if I could take a plunge in Transcend 4GB SD Card (and 32GB CF) with my current OS (2003)?

Thank you in advance for you recommendations and suggestions.

Regards,

Anthony
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lhasistos:
Hello

Im using 6.1 Agasystem , WI FI , , BT with AS , Bt with net, a lot of soft ,Mobile XT, calc 1 , SKTools , NAVGPS Pro , Garmin Que , i dont have any trouble with this ROM , resco Keyboard , resco file explorer, coreplayer 1,3 ,netfront browser , also I probe opera mini with java ( dont forget install dlls, phone dll and other ) , picselbrowser , resco radio , ALL FINE AND OK I dont have troubles at all with Agasystem 1710 all works Im very happy with this rom .Thanks to Sanjay for help me in the right rom.

Best regards
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] elparra72:
the best rom

hi, I've tried a lot of roms from first Kozhura wm5 (great work) and in my opinion Kozhura's WM6_R3, Algasystem's 6.1 and Sanjays' v3 are the most stables roms. Please, dont forget the rest of good rooms and good work in this post. I agree with all people who want a team for developing 'the rom'. In any case all roms have troubles. I'm currently using Sanjay's v3 and I have not important troubles but Kozhura, when can we try your new rom?

thanks in advance to everybody who are developing new roms for this fantastic hx4700.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jdlbolk:
PV_RAMSSES_19209C_4 slowing down and locking up

I have been using PV_RAMSSES_19209C_4 on my HX4700 64 MB for about a week. At the beginning I was amazed at the speed difference. Much quicker than one of the earlier ROM's I had installed. Very good!

However it is progressively slowing down. Switching from PI 2007 to Today screen takes several seconds, and then it takes some more seconds (10 or more) to show the icons in Spb Plus. Also Mobipocket seems unable to cope with 368 kb books. Pages don't turn, the menu cycles through all options and then the device freezes.

Soft resetting helps only for a short while.

Has anybody got a clue to the cause and possible solution?

I am running stuff like Sprite Backup,Opera, Mobipocket, Softmaker 2006, TCMP, PocketMindmap and several games from the CF card (2MB).

I have onlyPI 2007, Resco File Explorer, Calligrapher, Memmaid installed on the device itself.

WIFI (WEP) works ok. Bluetooth connection with Nokia 6320i for mail is ok.

Please keep up all the good work you whizzes are doing for nitwits like me!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] chrismrulz:
Can someone please explain which is the best HX4700 rom or the differences?

And why does kozhura's thread say wm6.1 in the title but only a 6.0 version is linked to download?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] grayme:
Hi Chris (thanks for the excellent bootloader :))

Having used many of the ROMs from this thread, I'm using '1. SL61V3: http://rapidshare.com/files/102131440/SL61V3.zip See post #425' which is the latest one that hasn't caused me any issues.

kozhura came out with a 6.1 which semi bricked all machines it was put on, shortly after he sold his hx4700 and disappeared from the scene. He's since posted that a new ROM is coming but nothing since.

HTH
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sanjay1951:
Hi Chris,

I would wholeheartedly second Grayme's thanks for the bootloader. I use it exclusively to load roms to my 4700 and find it's probably the most reliable tool for the job. I reliably take it for granted - as one should be able to do for such a wonderful tool.

As for the "best" rom...there is probably no good answer. Our roms on this thread are all variations of PhamQuang's work so have to be similar. I doubt that there are many fundamental differences. Probably just nuances. So I would suggest that the "best" rom for you would be the one that YOU like the best.

The latest rom from PhamQuang appears to have some problems based on this thread. I'm currently focused on setting up my new kick-a$$ MacBook Pro:) so have not had time to work with the rom, but will soon. We are all waiting for Kozhura and PhamQuang to return. In the meantime, I would suggest you try the roms and see which one you want to keep.

Regards,

Sanjay
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MannyMania:
I bought a new system that came with vista and decided to give it a try. Well now i've had enough with compatability Jeepers , Phoenix, and i'm not going to attempt to load my 4700. I've just got so much already loaded that it's a friggen big deal to go back to xp. So for the last while I've been using SD loading. It works great if anyone wants to try it. I thinks it's faster too. Maybe it's just that you see percentage done that makes it seem faster. Worth it though.

Later..
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] yildi:
I have tried until now Sanjay's lite version and PhamQuanq's version, both were very nice but unable to connect to my hidden WiFi AP using PWA-PSK TKIP. They both tell me that the AP is unavailable even if I give all informations in the WiFi setup and check the "This is a hidden AP" checkbox.

I would be very grateful to you if you could tell me if you have been able to connect to a hidden Access point, protected by WPA-PSK TKIP using one of the ROMs available in the first page of this forum?

If this is not possible, I will have to switch back to the 6.0 version that was able to connect.

EDIT: I tried to test the DA_G ROM but I have now a big problem: The USB system of my laptop tells me that iPAQ is trying to get too much power and it shuts down the corresponding port. As a consequence, I can not use anymore the booloader.exe, since it can not find the port... Do you have any idea how I can solve this problem?

EDIT2: There must be a problem with my cable. I have tried using the craddle and it seems to work now. I will come back and tell you if I can connect using the DA_G ROM, once the installation has terminated.

Regards,

Murat
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] grayme:
Why use encryption at all?

I keep reading of people having issues with connecting to encrypted Wifi connections but wonder why you encrypt them at all?

I followed the advice of the IT bod at work (and backed it up with research on the 'net) and don't encrypt at all, instead use MAC address filtering.

Why would anyone bother trying to clone a MAC address on my network when there are plenty of other unsecure networks to play with?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tranzystor_82:
Hello hx4700 users ;p

....hm im reading this thread a lot of time and i have one quastion ...

..Maybe someone could be edit rom from ipaq214 put bootloader and drivers from hx :)

This could be very nice @ impresive rom ???

...........now i use wm6 rel4 kozhura best rom wm6.1 no enough good for me :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] toines04:
Gays?????????
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tranzystor_82:
ups

my mistyke guys or some like that .. sorry by english is not my favorite site
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] feiji_1983:
I am using Sanjays' v3 ,it works great.

someone says that wm6.1 is a kinda SP1 of WinXp
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] psyCORe:
omg, kozhura is coming :eek:, is there any ETA for new rom, I got something to share with :cool:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] foxbatul:
please help:)

after a while . my 4700 does not respond to any reset method except batery remove and after that it is ok

i want to mention that I have 2 4700 and the behaviour it is the same. pda work fine .6.1 ver 5.2.14957 b 19716.1.1.1.0)

but when I push the reset button..died

and now, second problem

after installation of Garmin, IGo 2008, etc, outlook mobile does not allow me to create new account

if I press " new account..." nothing it is happenend.

any suggestion pls?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] schettj:
Wow, just thought to see if anyone had done anything with this (old, but really great) hardware. Of course, it would be the xda wizards.

Thanks, all, for (yet again) making an otherwise "obsolete" device quite usable. I'm running the 6.1 rom above right now, and it's working better then the wm2003 OS that was on it before... after blowing 2 years of dust off, of course :D

Looking forward to the next great rom.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dirlan2001:
:D Time to dust off the devices .....

Welcome back

Dirk
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Bertolinz:
Russians have fresh new ROM...looks fine...Ramsses, you might take a look at its guts too..;-)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] frank.alves:
http://rapidshare.com/files/102131440/SL61V3.zip

SL61V3_lite: http://rapidshare.com/files/102132189/SL61V3_lite.zip

:confused: I don't get rom on Rapidshare.

I have not account.

Have you another link?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] toja56:
This link is living!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jwy2k2:
Got a link?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bub181:
HP iPAQ 4700 WM6.1 [Alkor Edition]:

http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=70688

This looks interesting. It looks like he may have taken drivers and/or software from the new HP iPAQ 210 to put into this ROM.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] chrismrulz:
Hehe yeah I use it too :P It could be so much better though.. it's more complicated for the end user than it needs to be.

Had to re-read over my bootloader instructions the other day to load your lite version lol.

It's running really well.

Only thing I maybe would have liked is powerpoint. Like you I don't use it, but it'd be good to have it just for show :P

The blutooth phone thing sounds a bit useful too.. but I guess if you can use the blutooth manager or other apps to do the job there's not much point having it in the rom.

I have another idea.. one of us (me if i have the time) could write a ppc app to include in the rom that runs on first bootup and does the activesync hack (then deletes itself). if it's not just a registry change.. make it a macro.

Another step I always have to do on new roms is delete poutlook.lnk from the \windows\startup\ folder. dunno what it does but it's not needed.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jwy2k2:
Wow! This does look interesting, didn't know about this, Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] warrenr:
which rom should I use on the 4700 to get pocket informant to work? Is there a reason its not there anyway? Is there a better calender that everyone is using? I really liked the ability to view the complete month WITH text!