yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] nonpaq:
In my experience with a 2 Gb SD card formated as Fat32, the NBO and CRC files are always recognized when they are alone on the card. When there are other files/directories I sometimes have problems. I think that there may be a file or directory on there that is confusing the boot loader. When flashing, I dump all the files off the card (via SD Card reader), flash, then dump the files back. I'm planning on getting a smaller SD card just for holding the different ROMs.

Oh, and I agree with Lenny, you will never go back to A12 once you try the WM6.1 rom. Make the backup for piece of mind... but you're not going to need it :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jmack3569:
I figured as much - may as well start with a clean card, freshly formatted and without any other garbage on it. Besides, I have a stack of SD cards just sitting here, mostly for old MP3 libraries.

I guess the only thing holding me back is the frequency of new builds coming out. I will probably give it a go just to check it out, then revert to A12 until the builds stabilize. (I don't want to do this every week :D)

thanx all...

(if this thing is even half as good as it sounds, a donation would certainly be in order.. without all the hard work by Lenny et al, we'd all be stuck with outdated technology)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jmack3569:
Wow, you weren't kidding. I'm new at this and just wanted to be cautious.

Sat down last night with my Ax, a power cord and the SD card containing two ROMs - Lenny's A06 and Dell's factory A12.

- inserted the SD card and began the bootloader process, screen came right up and began - whole thing took maybe 10 minutes.

- hard reset and boom! - new WM6.1 - and the fastest boot I ever saw!

(I only played with it for about an hour - I didn't know to react as it was actually a little startling at first, I've never seen instantaneous screens before - there was no delays of ANY kind. ..holy crap! did a quick PIMdata restore, perfect, fired up WiFi, entered a pw and was surfing in about 5 seconds.)

- anyway, back to my old setup - inserted the SD card again and reloaded A12 - same thing, 10 minutes tops

- restored from an Spb backup on the CF card (made beforehand) and I was back to exactly where I started, exactly. Not one single error.

I'm impressed...

All told, not counting the time spent playing with WM6.1, I'd say total round trip time from A12 to WM6 and back to a perfectly restored A12 was only 1/2 hour.

damn.... can't wait for the final.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pollicis:
Where can I get the A12 nbo files that will install from an SD card? The download from dell.com is an IMG (AximX51v_WM5_A12EN.IMG) file.

Or, better yet, is there a utility to extract the current rom from my PDA?

Sorry, I'm a flashing noobie.

thanks in advance.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jmack3569:
Google DiAd_K_AximX51v_WM5_A12EN

Here's one I found: [ http://rapidshare.com/files/43538049/A12Eng.rar.html ]

Edit: 04-07-08

Actually, yes there is, I found this: [ http://www.aximsite.com/boards/x50-...w-create-your-own-flash-images-your-axim.html ]

- a tutorial on how to dump your ROM to a SC, there's even a download to the tool needed to do this, plus instructions on using the dump/

Personally, it looks a little tricky, and probably not something I want to try (iow, easy to screw up..) - especially since the A12 ROM I found online works fine.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pollicis:
I just installed "LennySh Windows Mobile 6.1 A06 Public Beta 2.1 Preview". Seems to work ok. I don't have a huge increase in speed but it does feel slightly faster. [Edit - I just upped the speed to max performance (624Mhz) and holy crap its fast!]

I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, but I have to connect to the internet through a proxy. It worked fine with WM5, but it doesn't seem to work on 6.1. I can connect to my wireless router, and browse the router options, so the local network is working perfectly. I just can't seem to get outside. Yes, I've set up the proxy in the connection settings. Sort of stuck on this one.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] aabcc:
Any good news about WM6.1 for X50V user?:)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Steven855:
Lenny and I are stuck on trying to find a fix to update the imgfs part of our roms. Once we figure this out, we'll be good. Does anyone have any information on rom building for the X50 series from Maglite before he disappeared (or Maglite's contact information)?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] aabcc:
Perhaps Football can help:)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lennysh:
MagLite and Football are both helping me out. But, it's probably going to take a while on the X50 series. So far, seems the X51 series is easy as pie compared to the X50 series. So much more involved in the X50 series. I seem to be able to build a X50v WM6 A03 ROM just like Maglite released. But changing anything, is kinda like a referee throwing a yellow flag on the play. It just doesn't wanna work... But, I don't give up easily, and will hopefully be able to learn what Maglite, and several others learned that helped Maglite with the X50v... Then, maybe, I can be able to do something with it...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] :
I noticed you discussing True VGA elsewhere in this forum, do you have an idea when that will be incorporated in your x51v release for 6.1? Thanks!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] seancojr:
Oh well. I was rather hoping for the same thing as kuijfe. I have a paid VoIP SIP account and it would be awesome indeed to use it with the native VoIP drivers for WM6 Pro. However, I can understand the difficulties/impossibilites of implementing it in a non-ppcphone rom. It was good idea though an unfortunate one.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kuifje_xda-developers:
Yes, me too, but have you tried SJphone? At least it works
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] CUnknown:
Hey

using your rom for a week now but i discovered that the wifi problem that Football had in his WM6 roms are in your rom too. The WPA PSK is asked over and over again, that isnt a big problem if he didnt disconnect, but he does:confused:

Hope that you can find a sollution however football couldnt find the bug so i think its a hard one to find:eek:

its a good method of learning your WPA key though:D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cricri:
Yay, great news, thanks for your efforts :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] michie:
hey m8

Great effort for 6.1 but had to go back to football's wm6 cause my x51v just became slow and stops responding 1sec every 3secs. this delay pretty annoying, especially when my gps is running, the cursor just stops 1sec every 3 and then gets a boost to catch up the delay.

Maybe a bug u could work on ? :)

But nice work on doing this appreciate it ;)

EDIT

Hmmz seems its not a bug cause it happens to me with the privte english 6.1 rom too, and only in my gps prog tomtom. anyone know what causes this ?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lennysh:
Haven't tried Tom Tom much, but it did run fine for the hour I have used TomTom... Will try to test more today...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] michie:
Solved

I noticed that the problem only occured after a fresh flash to 6.1 with the demo mode to explore your route.

After using it in the car for about an houre it went fine and demo works fine now too so it solved itself.

thanx anyway m8 and keep up the good work.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Pip_X:
Wifi cannot connect:

WPA+PSK with TKIP+AES

Wifi can connect:

WPA with TKIP.

WEP

WPA+PSK with TKIP+AES not supported?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Psychemage:
Same here. But I think I only get this when using rss software called viigo.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Pip_X:
I still can go make sandwich when i browse /windows...

I tried it with a fresh hard reset and it's still the same...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hardan:
In my X51v with WM6 i only need over 5 second to open completely the /Windows folder to browse in it. I must say that i have over 20 programs and drivers installed and the machine works flawlessly.

I'm thinking seriously to flash the X51v with the LennySH WM6.1 ROM. I want to probe it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lennysh:
Mirrors !

DJUnreal has offered me some mirroring of the ROMs. So all of Mirror1's are from his site. So if you do not like Rapidshare on the 4 ROMs I already have posted, please use Mirror1. From here on out, I'll probably use his host to do all my primary links. And maybe my site as Mirror1. And then others as the rest. Thanks DJUnreal!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] metaGlass:
Hey guys :) Quick question, I haven't yet flashed my x51v ROM to Lenny's A06 WM 6.1 image. Unfortunately, I've been unable to locate consistent instructions on flashing it. I have the .nr0 & .crc, could anyone point me in the right direction to flash my device? I'm sitting here with my freshly formatted 128 CF at the ready :)

I'd like to test it out.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] metaGlass:
Nevermind, I'm a tard =)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] zhaoxu:
Thanks for you work, have this rom on my x51v for few days now, no problems yet, only the battery seems drop really quick, otherwise, all good :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] zhaoxu:
here's instruction from YOUTUBE maybe can help you out, and CF card wont work for update rom, you have to use a SD card...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEDvCklrNs0
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] BigRizz:
N00b question

Hi guys. I'm really sorry if this is a dumb question. I have an x50v still running PC2003. Can I flash it with a ROM for an x51v like LennySh's? I've not been able to find any information on this in my searches. I know the x51v has double the ROM size. Is that going to be a problem for my x50v?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pacino:
Hi,

This is a search I did.

http://xdaforums.com/search.php?searchid=12630219

Using the term "x50V" and it returned the above threads.

There are several topics in the above search to answer your questions.

By you asking this, you clearly are not ready to flash your unit.

Not to be mean but please read more so you do not brick your pda.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bbz_Ghost:
The simple answer is no because there is no working WM6.1 ROM so far - only the x51v has been supported with WM6.1 ROMs up to this point. I believe Lenny is actually working on a working WM6.1 ROM for the x50v - note the difference there. This thread is about Lenny's WM6.1 ROM for the Axim x51v, not the x50v. You can flash the x50v with upgraded/updated ROMs, yes, but not with ROMs designed for the x51v so don't forget that or you'll brick your x50v forever.

For the x50v you'll find MagLite's series of x50v ROMs, all easy to find here at this forum with a simple search for 'maglite x50v rom'.

You cannot flash an x51v onto the x50v because they are incompatible with each other, and if you make the attempt to put an x51v ROM on the x50v, I assure you that x50v of yours will become a brick nearly instantly.

Look for the MagLite x50v ROMs and read the threads - even if it seems like a big ass hassle reading through several hundred posts, read them. I did, because I wanted to learn something and I'm now running MagLite's A02 RTM WM6 ROM with the 0 pagepool mod courtesy of Zeus_Alex.

If none of that last paragraph makes any sense, you've got a lot of work ahead of you, and a lot of reading.

It's not impossible to do, but if you're not willing to put in the time needed to learn all this stuff - and I did, inside of a week - then don't bother and stick with whatever Dell supplied ROM you currently have on the x50v.

Not trying to be harsh, just trying to be blunt and to the point: this isn't a "oh gimme gimme gimme" kinda situation. It takes learning and patience. If you're not interested in putting effort into it, then move along.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cebri:
I have tried the new 2.1 rom myself and I am satisfied more than ever about my axim. A lot better..

love the new buttons for wireless and the alt-tab

However what I don't understand and don't find.. is a clear list of the updates that are made in this rom.

it would be very nice if the roms would come with a clear list of improvements as well.

Thanks a lot for all the work. Amazing.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] HyperGO:
Great piece of work!!!

Hi LennySh - I like the minor customization you did with this version. Do you have any plans of releasing a professional edition?

Thanks and more power!!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lennysh:
I do have plans of releasing a new ROM soon, but it will not be the Professional version. Just something about adding a bunch of modules for the phone hardware which takes up a lot of wasted space, as well as make the operating system run very sluggish just for a few apps to work seems quite pointless to me. Not to mention, all those apps can be made to work on classic easy enough by just identifying the immediate dependencies that each application has. Instead of adding all of those extra files, and reg settings. There is only one difference between Classic Edition, and Professional Edition. And that only difference is the Pro has all the Phone apps/modules/registry settings. Classic does not. So, thats like flashing my Nokia with a ROM that was made for a touchscreen, when it definitely does not have touchscreen just so I can make a touchscreen application load on the Nokia.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cricri:
I know that this thread is about the X51v, but lennysh hinted at the possibility of a X50v build following, while pointing out that we shouldn't hold our breath because the hardware is very different.

According to http://www.pdadb.net/ the only difference is the ROM size (64MB for the X50v, 128MB for the X51v). I understand that the pdadb.net chart is far from being technically exhaustive, and thus I'm wondering (out of curiosity) what big differences exist?

If noone knows, that's fine, as I said, I'm just being curious... and I hope to quantify my chances to have WM6.1 on my X50v :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] :
Wifi stuff

The biggest issues i've had with this latest release is the wifi problem where I can connect to a passworded signal once, but never again after that 1st time. I've tried deleting the settings for that router on the Axim and re-entering the password with no success. I can connect easily to non-password wifi signals.

Also the bluetooth usage has been hairy as well, many times I have to push the reset button after transferring one file to get to a point where I can transfer another file on the Axim x51v.

Are there solutions to these issues? Beyond those, i've had fun trying out the latest release.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ummagumma:
A few questions

Hi,

I've been a happy user of Lenny's WM6 ROM for a few months - Thank you !

I switched to 6.1 primarily because of the password screen bug fix.

I'm on my 2nd day and have some questions:

- am I imagining a faster battery drain when WiFi is on ? (as compared to WM6)

- is there any way to bring back hi-res in PIE without ROM reflash ?

- how many times can a ROM be flashed on X51v ? Are we talking a couple dozen times, or a couple hundred ?

Thanks !
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sepulchre:
Hi,

can I update to this Rom directly from WM2003?

Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lennysh:
What device are you talking about? The X51v did not come with WM2003 to my knowledge. The stock OS was WM5 already...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sepulchre:
Nuts, thought this was an X50v thread, my apologies :o
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mjc4him:
re: downloaded file

noob here: i downloaded the file as directed only i did not receive a .zip file? i have the .rar file but xp won't open it. any suggestions?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] wenglish:
You can either use a trial of WinRAR (payware), or use the freeware 7-Zip.

Mike
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jmack3569:
with all due respect, but if you don't know what to do with .ZIP & .RAR files, you probably shouldn't be trying to flash a ROM... :rolleyes:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hofshi:
Hi,

Thank you very much for all your hard work!

I am thinking about upgrading my original WM5, A12 ROM.

I was wondering if I should use version 2.1 or wait for the next release.

1. are there known bugs in version 2.1 ?

2. Will the next release be release in the near future?

Thanks :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lennysh:
A07 ??

I just updated the first post with my first release of A07. It's the newest officially released version of WM6.1. I've not done much to it yet since I just got done with it yesterday. So I'd figured I'd post it so you all can be testing it while I also test it, and fix anything you all find. This one does have some extra stuff, plus some updated stuff compared to my last A06. So if it didn't work on A06, please retest it with A07. Especially the games which I heard were not working on my A06.

Thanks, and hope you have fun flashing!!

P.S.

I've flashed my Axim 26 times exactly within the last 48 hours.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] murjjin:
LennySh, unfortunately, i can`t register in your site.

why dont you attach it here? sorry, i can`t speak english well...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 70869413:
Hi LennySh, can you please upload the A07 ROM to mediafire.com or rapidshare.com? I can't download from your site...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lennysh:
Trying to do so now....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hofshi:
Thank you very much for your new release!

Is there a "known bugs" section somewhere that we can read, and contribute to?

Wow! What is the maximum number of flashing that the Axim can take before it breaks?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lennysh:
No known bugs yet at all. There's a link to my site in the first post. I'd prefer it if you could post any bugs there, but if not, then post them in this thread. Hopefully there want be any... But like I said, I've not done much to this rom, so some of my other fixes may not be in there already, and they may or may not even be needed... Tis why I need it tested...

Unlimited I hope...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lennysh:
1 Rapidshare Mirror Request Fullfilled...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 70869413:
Thank you very much LennySh!!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cricri:
:D I'm close second with 3 in 30 minutes when I first flashed my X50v to Maglite's WM6 A03.

But your experience should indicate to people who don't dare that flashing is pretty safe... not bulletproof, but quite safe :p
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] murjjin:
LennySh, thanks for your effort...and sorry, i cant speak english well...

i use your A07 beta3 first time. it has some problems...

2nd activesync was not good, i cant connect... i did backup-hardreset-restore...so activesync connect normally...

and...when i turn on my device, it show me only 'white screen'. i had to soft reset. i saw white screen 3 times....and reset....

i dont use it, but calculator not operate...

thanks...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lennysh:
Are you restoring a backup of your files from a previous rom?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] murjjin:
thanks for your concern...to me...:)

i didnt use previous rom. i used databackup in a07.

my device issue is not continually. i saw white screen(when i turn on my device) 3 times.

i use these programs : diopen(korean input), opera9.5beta, mappy(korean navigation), memmaid, powerdic(korean english dic.), resco expl. ,

spb weather, spb diary, wktask( made by japan).

and i use some...none setup progams...i did setup some programs last time in cf...i can use it without setup newly...

i think...others dont have any issue in a07...my problem is...because it`s korean input problem...i dont know... but i didnt fine same issue in makuu`s 00Ap rom.

professional version mean phone edition? classic version mean none phone...?

if it is correct, i want none phone edition. ofcourse i dont know difference between both. only i know my x51v is not phone:D

thank you very much, lennysh...and i will wait for your answer...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lennysh:
First Axim X51v UC ROM ? Beta 4 Already?

Ok, Beta 4 has been posted. It's the first Axim X51v UC ROM Publicly released! Here's whats included!

Bluetooth A2DP/AVRC Support

Bluetooth FTP Support

Bluetooth HID Support

Stock Games

SQL Mobile

Welcome Center

IPSecVPN

Transcriber

Windows Live Mobile 10.6.0033.0600

Bluetooth Tray Icon

HTC Data Backup

Mirror Mode

HTC Switcher Bar

Alt-Tab Task Switcher

ModemIS

UC SDAutoRun

Wireless Power

X51Mix

.NET CF3.5 RTM

netCF35 Exception Messages

Office 6.1

OneNote

Oxios Memory

Remote Desktop Mobile (Newest Version)

Ilium Software Screen Capture

Menu Sounds

VistaHide Battery Guage

Pocket RAR 3.71

I know, I know, I went a little more overboard than I originally thought I would. Next ROM will be cleaner I promise!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 8kk8kk:
"i didnt use previous rom. i used databackup in a07." <---- it means you

1. Flashed to new A07 ROM

2. Use old databackup to recover the installed old programs & pim into the new ROM. << Totally Wrong Action , OLD restore make new ROM dead >>

This is the point make your machine crash.... NEVER use any old backup data (using any restore) in new ROM. You should install the programs that you need one by one again and treaded it as a new PDA, then ActiveSync the PDA with your computer as new one too.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] TacoLoco:
please make also a clean rom, I'm sure a lot of users would appreciate that! but great work anyway!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] murjjin:
Thank you, but it is not. All i do is in a07 rom. i didn`t use old backup data.

if activesync disconnect, i had done backup and hard reset, and restore.

i dont know why...but after i did it, activesync connected.

I guess Korean setting caused rom to occur some issues.

anyway...now i flashed a07 beta4...it`s good.

Thanks. :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 8kk8kk:
Glad to know that B4 solved your problem... :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Pip_X:
Lenny's Forum now canot be accessed without registering first.

That's suck...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rlarson)mn:
Since its his forum I guess its his decision to make. :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Harun93:
hey lenny!!

The A07 B4 rocks...

but there are some issues with the WPA-PSK , It seems that my Axim cannot

connect ..

I reflashed my axim with the A07-B3.. no WPA-PSK issues at all..

Do I have to install the vagus fix with the B4 ??

Good work anyway!!

thx
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lennysh:
Yes it can. I was just testing out different things in the new VBulletin that I just upgraded the site too...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lennysh:
Yes, beta 4 had newer drivers. Proves that newer is not always better. Beta 5 due out today I hope, and it will have the old drivers...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ursoouindio:
Hi Lennysh...

I'm currently using Makuu's classic rom, but I have a suggestion to make, since you comented about old drivers.

You could use old sound drivers for the axim, since the "new" one have an odd limitation on the volume, due to some lame french regulation. Using a sound booster software, like X51mix, it will cut the volume when you get like 60% of the booster.

As I am not french, I suppose I'll not go deaf :P

(really, trying to listening music with the x51v in a crowded street or in a bus is useless...)