yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pda1980:
The only thing that you can do is install them 1 at a time and see if it effects your contacts.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ajwh:
Windows 7????

Does anyone have any experience of using any of these ROMs with Windows 7?

The MS web site suggests they should all be OK, but they would say that, wouldn't they?

Andrew
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] spud42:
should work, vista does. just do a backup first then try it... let us know if it works good or bad...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sesser:
win7

flashing hx4700 on windows 7 rc is working fine, just need to install vista usb driver. Can someone post some mirror for that wm6.5 hx rom ? i cant find it anywere ;/
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] coderbie:
downgrade from wm 6.1 to wm2003se... any idea?

hey guys,

last month i broke my 4700's lcd and since then i have been using my wife's typhoon myguide 3500 ppc with built in gps. and since then i have realised that a 300 mhz cpu with half of the ipaq's ram can have better divx performance than 624 mhz cpu with wm6.1 .i dont want to be ungrateful to the rom cookers, and thanks for all the efforts, but that filesys.exe issue always criples this marvelous ppc. so i bought a spare hx4700 throug ebay, after having repaired mine, i am planning to downgrade my ipaq to 2003 se. should i know any particular trick before downgrading or if i just download the rom from hp and just click on the exe will everything be alright? thanks for any info.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] spud42:
thats the difference between QVGA and VGA which the 4700 is. i have never had any problems with the 4700 first using TCPMP and now Core player. i have played movies full screen on mine that were straight off the net.. 700 meg movies. no stutter etc... i am using sanjays v3 lite rom.......
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] coderbie:
at first,i didn't have much problem either, but as the time went by, lags became unbearable and most of time i noticed that filesys.exe consumed much of cpu and ram
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Shyheim:
Hello,

I have an hx4700 at work and tried several times to upgrade it without success :( .

I'm using the bootloader and the algasystem rom (tried other rom as well, but nothing really happens.

Here's what's happening, I put the device in bootloader mode (have a screen with hp logo and usb written on top), I launch bootloader.exe choose the nbf file (both bootloader and nbf file in c:\bootloader ) and then after a few messages, mtty11a opens and I get a message that the transfer is beginning. But then it seems the transfer never ends. In the mtty11a terminal there's the letter a and that's it.

Now how long is the transfer supposed to take? Is activesync supposed to be on or off (I have version 4.5)?

Thanks in advance for your answers.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] spud42:
kill AS... if i remember right its part of the instructions on bootloader
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] coderbie:
if i recall correct it shouldnt be longer than 15-20 minutes

and bootloader exe normally kill active sync if it doesnt may be you are using wrong bootloader. and there mustn't be any space in directory names.

wrong : c:\bootloader here\some.nbf

correct: c:\bootloader_here\some.nbf

and it finishes with an error message which is harmless
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] aegidios2:
ok I've re-flashed yesterday with PhamQuang 20764.1.4.3 and all is right now, I don't know what happened before ...

But there is a prob with spb weather 2.0 it is a known problem ?

thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Shyheim:
I don't know if I'm using the right bootloader as most of the links that I found on the forums are dead. I found one, but I have no idea if it's the latest one. Can someone post the link to the latest bootloader?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Gunny2k6:
For All That Are Wondering About Windows 7 Support.......

i ve not been using my main pc rig for a bit as i made a htpc with all bells and whistles in the HD department.... :D so i took a plunge and put Windows 7 RC 1 on my desktop rig and plugged in my HX4700 to see...

Windows 7 finds the device, it searches installed drivers, then searches online and then downloads Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1, it then picks it up as a Pocket PC / Smartphone and searches drivers again and searches online again and downlaods some drivers HP RNDIS Sync drivers and installs.

and in Explorer i see Pocket PC as storage drive :) + Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 sees it as a Mobile Device :p

just out of interest i tryed to flash the thing with bootloader as a test and it works sort of but just stoppeds at port cant be opened ... not sure if anyone needs to change anything to make it work but hey its a start !!

so basicly rule of thumb here is as long as u have ur HX4700 already flashed to 6.1 and want to switch to windows 7 as long as ur connect to the net i works right out the box! :eek: for a change

Alkor RC 2.2 on My HX4700
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dk75:
http://forum.brighthand.com/showthread.php?t=243857
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] aegidios2:
atihwtbl0.txt

hi,

Is someone can explain to me how this file works, and is there someone that can post the original file from hp wm5 rom ...

I'm just currious ...

I've already tryed to activate "busmaster" in this file on 20764.1.4.3 PV rom

Thanks a lot.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] aegidios2:
and another question....

My second device is a HTC himalaya upgraded with Lastest sun_dream 6.5 rom, it contain a new (I beleve that it is new only because the rom is new but I can be wrong) ati driver (ace_ddi.dll) can I copy this driver on my Hx4700 with PhamQuang 20764.1.4.3 PV ???

Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ajwh:
Win 7 RC1 support

Thanks!!!!!

That's what I wanted to know....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dpdurst:
Works fine, does not matter if you have WM6.1 first or not. Just replace the USB drivers that Win7 loads or tries to load with ones from my site. I have had no problems no matter how you slice it as long as I loaded the earlier drivers.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] frank.alves:
Skyfire

I was using Alkor Rom build 20769.1.4.5. But, skyfire doesn´t work.

Can someone turn on?:confused:

Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] droideka907:
Is there anyone who is developing wm6.5 for hx4700?

T_T ............
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] :
I sell my broken iPAQ

Hi,

I'm selling my iPAQ after flashing has failed. Details see http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=150350430652

Dedix
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Spiaatie:
hmm.. maybe I could get this one cheap?

I'm looking for one HX4700 for WM6.5 ROM development, but these ones are to pricey :eek:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tomaaa:
problem

hi, I have my hx4700 with Alkor HP iPAQ PPC WM6.1 Rom build 20769.1.4.5 RC2.2. At first, it worked well, few days later, I could'nt start the device. I had to soft reset to get it working again. And main battery drained quickly. I changed backup battery, but it didn't helped. Do you think it is a software problem or hardware? Please help!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dpdurst:
There are actually several issues with the RC 2.2 release one of them is the lockup issue. I just removed it and went back to the RC 1 release
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Dylan Wilson:
hey every body, i need some major help, i tried... someones bootloader whose name i can't find atm that u just make C:\bootloader\ and run the exe and point to the image you want to use.. i think it was chris's but not sure

anyways, i guess it was an older version because http://www.freetrafficsite.com/BootLoader.exe keeps giving me a blank white page, and the version i have has vista x64 drivers on it but they don't appear to work as i got numerous errors and mtty11a.exe won't open my usb and few other things like that, well then i found someones modified version of the hp updater that also didn't work, in fact it bricked my hx4700 and now after several hours of googling i give up and am coming to you guys for help

I also tried the linux on hx4700 guide that also failed hard core as it refused to back up the original boot loader onto my SD card

and if i helps I'm dual booting Vista Ultimate x64 and Ubuntu x64 so i can use either OS to fix it if anyones more comfortable with instructions for linux

--edit--

the first bootloader i used was the one in dpbursts site and i'm a dumbass and just saw the link below the bootloader for vista drivers

will it work now that i'm never endingly stuck in boot loader mode?

nother edit

windows keeps complaining about the drivers not working with x64
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dpdurst:
Everything I have read says that Vista 64 is not going to work. I know that Vista 32bit works and I'm using Windows 7 32 bit and just flashed both my 2755 and 4700 last night with no issues. I think your going to have to find a 32 bit software to to try out if your going to have any luck at all.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Dylan Wilson:
O lawd that means I gotta use my dads laptop running the Windows 7 beta with 512MB of RAM...

I'll go start it up now and get back to you if i have any problems in a week when it turns on >.>

but thanks for your help
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ZinFab:
LOL :D Good Luck
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] johnjirwin:
WM 6.5 for my hx4700 and catchin up...

Back on XDA after being away for a LOOOONG time!

Loaded Alkor release candidate 2.2 a week ago but Im having HUGE problems keeping that up and going. Seems to knock out the battery in just a few short mins if even that.... :confused:

Alkor release candidate 2.2 seems to work real nice while it's running.

I also see that there are a bunch of posts (not in xda that I can see) that boast WM6.5 for the 4700. Went out to a couple of those download sites and wound up subscribing to porn sites by surprise. Not my bag man! Hope that doesn't become a problem!

Anyway, anyone got any suggestions on WM6.5 that I could actually download "SAFELY"???

Anyone have suggestions as to what rom I should actually go back to? I've been out of the loop for around 8 months with health problems (PE in last June and then a broken shoulder and in the hospital since October)

Back before my medical problems I was having a real time of it trying to get the 4700 to use certificate so I could sync with my Exchange (2003 sp2) server at work. I now have a new excange server running here at home and would like to get my 4700s to sync with it. Anyone have any suggestions on this?:o
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dpdurst:
So far all the places that say they have WM6.5 for the 4700 are bogus. I have not found one valid copy, they all been 6.1 versions.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MagooChris:
I'd also like to know which rom is currently liked by those out there, especially those using the Chainpus Bluetooth Gamepad. I'm currently running Sanjay's Lite rom but have been unsuccessful in getting my new gamepad to talk with it. any help on this would be appriciated.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] p12a:
Guys, im very much newbie and totally idiot about flashing and upgrading WM Roms.

Can you masters, please tell me which is the best WM6.1 ROM for my HM Hx4700?

Lead me to the very stable, very best, less bug and minimum trouble... please ^___^

Also, anyone can help me with step-by-step guide to install it to my device?

(any tutorial page or link would be very helpful)

Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dpdurst:
Everyone is going to have a different opinion on what roms you should use. You should load them up and decide for yourself. You can find all you want on my website in my signature
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] p12a:
Thanks for ur reply.

I would love to try and load em my self, but the thing is, i am very stupid aboud hacking, modding and stuff like that.

That's why i need your suggestion ^___^

I've opened links on your signature.

I chose: HP iPAQ PPC WM6.1 r5 Rom - by Kozhura with modification by Ramsses (v1g) vs HP iPAQ PPC WM6.1 Rom build 20769.1.4.5 RC2.2 - Alkor release candidate 2.2

Which one better?

I don't need anything fancy, just need it runs well and stable.

Will do try ur steps on flashing tonite, hopefuly everything goes well.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dombayo:
I have used Kozhuras WM6.1 with Ramsses modification for about 5 months. And Alkors 2.2 ROM for the last month. The first is very stable and everything worked as I expected it. I didn't have a single issue with it with the software I use for the entire time.

I like Alkors one right now however because it is almost exactly like the latest 6.1 ROM. It has finger scrolling in most WM apps, and is very fast. Pocket-esword is the only app that doens't work yet as it should because the designer needs to update it to work properly with 6.1. I have had no other software issues though. twice no it has turned off and wouldn't turn back on without some persistant reset pressing and taking out the battery combinations. Not sure what that's about. I'm still using it thought because it's newer and stable enough for me. Hope that helps.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] p12a:
It turns me on when you mentioned VERY FAST ^_^, i am thinking about using the alkor's 2.2 ROM. I don't like slomo, i need everything runs instantly after i pressed something.

You were saying: twice no it has turned off and wouldn't turn back on without some persistant reset pressing and taking out the battery combinations. Not sure what that's about. <-- what is it all about?

Is it like when you're using alkor 2.2 it gave you problem with stanby mode or what?

Btw, i did some reading on flashing tutorial writen by seniors here, and did find puzzle on Bootloader. Where can i find that bootloader? is it an .exe file? and what on earth is that???

When i download the alkor 2.2 rom, what's inside the zipped file is only .nbo file.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Dickster:
solitaire in vivi's rom

I recently upgraded from Kozhura (and a short while Alkor 2.2) to Vivi's rom.

Rom works excellent and fast. IRDA is also working fine.

I used to like playing solitaire on my pda. But the version included in vivi's rom looks realy bad in my opinion. Is there a way to change this?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Dickster:
Just have a look at the page of dpdurst: wm6.winmobile.us. He is doing a great job hosting most of the roms, other links you can find in this topic.

For bootloader see top of page: wm6.winmobile.us.

For instructions of how to flash see bottom of page: wm6.winmobile.us

Remarks:

- I always extract the rar file's and select the nbo file with the bootloader (never tried to directly flash the rar file as mentioned in the instructions).

- Often more than one hard reset is required. Just try it a few times and than your ipaq will boot.

Just read through this topic (i know it is over 200 pages :D). Most questions have already been asked.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MagooChris:
If you have a look at dpdurst's website and on the page is a link to "Bootloader for XP/Vista" and if you have vista installed you will also need the driver's that are listed under it. you just extract that out to "c:\bootloader" and copy over that .nbo file to the same directory. the .nbo file is the rom image that you will load onto your pda and bootloader.exe is the program that will do that for you...

Also, I've recently changed over from Sanjay's lite rom (which worked great on my device which still has the origional memory in it - not the upgrade) but the only problem with that rom that I had was that I bought a bluetooth gamepad and the drivers wouldn't work. I've upgraded to the Vivi's clean 6.1 rom (not listed on dpdurst's website that I can see but you can find it in this forum) and it has worked well for me, except for an occasional problem that dombayo said about the device not wanting to turn on and having to remove the battery and then reset to get it to wake up again...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] smarm:
Thanks to all that have worked on this, I now have the old 4700 out of retirement and running WM6.1 superquickly!

Are there any ROM variants that don't use the WIDCOMM BT stack? Having a few troubles getting it, a BT GPS and a BT OBDII datalogger all playing together nicely. Damn WIDCOMM doesn't support dual SPP connections.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] panoz:
Which firmware have you used in the end?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] FrankKF:
Kasperski Mobile Security

Am running ver 6.0 Kozhura ... still!!

Does anyone here have any experience with Kasperski Mobile Security?

Any comments?

FrankKF
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DFKT:
MAC address reset?

Hi all,

After having a bit of trouble installing a new 6.1 ROM, I now have it running quite well for a few months now... sort of. I just found out that the MAC address for my HX4700 seems to be reset to all zero's (00-00-00-etc).

Anybody know this problem? And how to fix it?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ajwh:
6.1; Calendar and Activesync 4.3

I'm still running on one of the earlier 2007 roms, which has the problem that it doesn't sync properly with Outlook. I know this is a known Microsoft problem, which they say they have fixed in later AKUs released to manufacturers.

Do any of the newer roms have this fix?

It drives me mad that any change to an appointment isn't synced across....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ZinFab:
Which gamepad did you purchase...the Chainpus?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MagooChris:
yeah, that's the one... except that no where on the box, manuals or device does it use that name... it uses the model number but never referes to any kind of name other than "gamepad"
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Woofda:
Where can I find the Ramsses wififix, and what does it do?

Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Woofda:
Probably this one...

on this page:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=371079&page=107
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] visitandre:
Meteor, gmaps, tom tom, opera 9.5 mobile

Hi Guys,

Im currently running alkor 2.2 on my hx4700 64meg using apps Meteor(multi track recorder), gmaps, tom tom and opera 9.5 mobile. What would you guys recommend as the fastest/reliable rom to use for these types of apps?

Also do you know if you can have two bluetooth connections running on the hx4700 , one connection to a mobile phone for internet and another to a gps?

Also i didnt relize you can get wpa 2 on the device , is it as simple as installing wm6_wpa_fix.zip?

Great forum guys, the hx4700 is a killer device for its age!

kind regards

- andre
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pcboy2003:
Hi I got into some trouble with windows vista, and now my hx4700 is stuck in bootloader mode.

I just brought it off ebay, and it comes with win2003se. I was too eager to flash it with winmo6.1, and now got it corrupted.

can somebody please please please help me...

I am stuck at Serial, then the hp logo, bottom says v1.01 mode. No matter what i tried, nothing works. I tried to connect it to a xp machine and flash it with the official win2003se firmware update, but no luck.... it wouldn't detact the device. Tried to use the mtty11a.exe and open the usb port... don't see it at all. Please please help.

Alex
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] spud42:
go to the first post in this thread. dpdurst has a webpage with all the info you will need to recover this 4700.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] titi75:
roms and wifi trouble

My experience with 6.1 rom's (please excuse my writting as im french !)

I tested many of the rom's and generally had no major trouble. the only issue is that some Rome dont integrate word and excel.

I also recommand as seen in the forum to go back to HP roms (2003 or wm5) befor going to wm6 or changing wm6 rom ( its a bit long but seems best ....). on this point note that i wasnt able to use the HP rom tool to revert and had to use the standart bootloader method.

Right now i m using the last Phamquang rom and it work well. Seems to me relatively fast ( a big "bravo" for all developpers work !!!). Few trouble i noticed (might have some answer elswer in the forum but i didnt found)

1) the box menu is not opening on some application (spb pocket plus for exemple) making impossible to chose certain options.

2) i cant change the skin of my hx4700 using today menu

More important my wifi trouble.:mad:

I changed my wifi card about one year ago as i wasnt able to switch to wifi. When trying to switch on, i had the normal muticolor circle turning then it stop and retuned of (x on the sign and no green ).

Recently it started again but was worst as when i tried to go to wifi, the circle start to run, the blue light goes on, and then the HP would freez on the circle. Some times i wasnt able to recover the ipaq unless totaly clearing datas as when you only soft reset (or even only remove battery) it keeps your last configuration and aunch the wifi (then the blue lignt goes on). I tried to change to my old wifi card and fantastic it worked.. for 5 minutes !!!!:confused::confused::(. I was desespared as i could not fing any answer on the internet ans started to think that my motherboard was dead on the wifi side.:(. i had swepped to the second wifi card and had the same result : working maybe one or two times then freez)

i just found the solution:) and it might help all hx4700 owner.

if you consider the box of your hp you will see that there is a space between the platic wifi cover/wifi card and the screw plot (it is like that in my hx and should be the sale in yours ?). I guess that if screwed to tightly, with the time going some component on the wifi card dont touch the board making the wifi not working. My original card is now fully fonctionnal .

hope this will help.

regards to all:cool:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] titi75:
addenum to previous post

i was i bit optimistic as the wifi worked for about 2 days...

i fact it is not working again so it must be hardware:(:(:(

i ll try to get a use device to repaire.

regards
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Vinagre:
I have the same problem. Do you have solved this issue?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] spud42:
tried ALKOR's rom RC1

starting a new job so i dont need the old calendar so i thought now would be a good time to try a different rom. i tried ALKORs rom alkor_rc.nb0 .

seems ok so far but none of my today themes seem to display properly. even the themes i made myself for VGA. they sho as if they are on a QVGA device.. any ideas to fix it or try another rom? i was going to try ALKOR's RC2.2 but was worried about the not turning on issue? if this cant be fixed i will go back to sanjays v3 lite rom... worked very well since i put it on the 4700.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] santasemilla:
WM 6.5 ROM

Hi all!

It's been a while since the last attempt to play a bit with my HX4700. I've been reading about that WM6.5 ROM here and I would like to give it a try (just for fun, I don't know the real problems it could have or if it is fake or not). Ok, the thing is that the Rapidshare link posted is offline and there is no other way of getting it.

Could somebody please re-upload the ROM and let us (me) know here? That would really help!

THANKS A LOT!

Santasemilla
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] spud42:
according to this post all 6.5 are fakes..

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4010702&postcount=2034
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] santasemilla:
mmmm... I see. What a pity! the HX4700 is a great machine, it could surely handle WM6.5. Maybe the "chefs" don't have the right ROMs to cook for this beauty, who knows.

I have no idea about cooking ROMS that's why I'm always grateful with this people's enthusiasm.

Anyway, thank you very much for the quick response! I still have Kozura's WM6 rev4... not bad at all! I'll probably make a backup and mess a bit with WM6.1.

Thanks!