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[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] bjkel:
I really liked my Axim x51v, in fact all I really wanted was an Axim with a bigger screen. Unfortunately they don't make a ppc any larger than a 4 inch screen and I wanted at least 5 inches.

I don't use the Advantage as a phone, I don't even think of it as a hybrid phone. I have a small nokia for phone usage. Not that I use it much either, I don't like phones and only keep it for emergencies.

The Advantage/Athena is the only pocket like pc that has the larger screen. In a world gone mad with small, smaller, tiny devices at least one manufacturer saw the usefulness of having a pocket like pc with a descent size screen.

Like I said, I'm keeping my Axim as a backup, just in case something happens to my Advantage x7501.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] cphilip:
bjkel,

Same here. From the day I bought my dopod u1000, I wanted to use only its Pocket pc features. I belong to the group of users where the phone feature of this 5 inches screen was not in my mind at all. Yes, same here. If Axim had 5 inches screen, i would never have bought the Dopod u1000. There is pros and cons with all in one machines. My friend used to have a TV with video player, 2 in 1 device, back in those days. I remember at one time the video player feature broke down and he had to send it for repairs. For days, he had to do without TV. So, I have no problem carrying a small phone for my communication needs and My u1000 as my instant on "umpc."

eaglesteve,

It is interesting piece of information. HTC is behind Axim x51v (the excellent device).

Yes, I have never used the CF slot of my Axim at all. Quite redundant. I know that it worked fine because I did test it out with a CF card but it just add weight to the device.

BTW, My Axim with wm6.1 latest rom be a russian programmer, "Football" is simply snappy and powerful.

I love it so much and I just can't bring myself to sell it.

So, here I am with 2 pocket pc's. Still haven't found a way to use 2 pocket pc simultaneously. Still trying to get ideas from some of you who has this dilemma. Until I do, it will just be left in my drawer as a backup and occassionally, bringing it out to read some ebooks. If i use it to create word doc files it will be troublesome to sync with my dopod u1000. So just ebooks, music, movies, internet browsing I guess.:cool:
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] rpmbnsf:
I still have my 4700 also and its running WM6...Sometimes i play movies on it and cant believe how well it works..you should see how well mobile shell works on it!!..a fully ripped DVD around 800MB with no changes will play flawlessly on it! It just goes to show you how much advantage it is having drivers for your graphics chip...wish my 7501 worked as well in that department:(

Anyone think we will ever get support for the graphics chip in our Athena’s?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] c1oudrs:
One of the things I like about the AximX51v is that you can swap the cf and the sd cards out easily as opposed to the Advantage. I recently bought a Redfly (the Redfly's drivers are very agressive). With Card export the Redfly recognizes my Axim's cf and sd as external drives. So I'm using my Axim as a cf reader/note-taker/wallet for now. Eventually I suppose I'll trade my 6gb microsd for a 16gb. Plus the agressive usb drivers in the redfly recognizes powered usbs like they never did for me on the advantage so I might look into getting one of those. But for now, the Axim's 12 gb cf will hold alot of ebookbooks and and audiobooks.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] x2h:
well i am another 7501 user with an old X51v still collecting dust in my drawer, and I called that laziness.:D I am just too lazy to put it on ebay.

at the beginning when i used my 7501, i also didn't use its phone feature. but now i am using it as a phone too, of course with a BT headset to protect my privacy.

a few years ago i posted something in aximsite saying that my ideal pda would have a 5 inch screen with 24-bit color. i guess HTC listened, and although the 7501 screen is only 16 bit color, it's LED instead of LCD, which kind of compensates for it. so, until the next 5 in screen PDA/Phone with more powerful processor comes out, i am sticking with my 7501.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] cphilip:
good idea

Now that's a good idea! Use my axim as a card reader or external storage drive since axim can now support sdhc. Hmmm....

I have just installed a 3g (hsdpda) sim card in my Dopod u1000 and i can now surf the internet happily anywhere without beng limited to just wifi spots. That is one thing the Athena can do that axim could not - unless there is such thing as a compact flash card that accepts 3G sim cards ???

One of the best thing i did for my axim was to install an extended battery. I used to carry a spare battery with me when the axim was my 24/7 ppc. After I started using the extended battery, the axim just kept on and on and on ... before i need to recharge. GREAT ppc! Will keep my axim as long as I can.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] epamis:
Which Redfly drivers did you load onto the x51v? I am trying to get my x50v (flashed to WM6.1) to work with the Redfly. Tried some HP IPAQ drivers but it locked the x50v and I needed to do a hard reset...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] jimmunsw:
cphilip ,

Keep your dell axim x51v , until u can find a 3000 or 4400mah high capacity super duper lithium ion battery that the battery manufacturers coming up in the future for your u1000 , there is no way our current u1000 std battery is gonna replace or compete with yr ancient but very-very long lasting extended battery pack of this dell axim that u have bought years ago ! Coming to this dell battery of yours and looking at yr old u1000 battery with the silver metal pin broken off and missing , i notice u have ' sticked ' two small medium thick black double sided tape on this battery , probably to make the contact pins and the points of the battery to connect securely and tightly when u close the battery cover - right ? Why not someone or some manufacturer make an extended battery of - let's say 6600 mah capacity , with the shape of our current u1000 battery to slot in as usual , but further with also extended out rectangular square shaped long enough to run along the full length of our u1000 in one piece - just like some pda or netbook extended battery , and to close the battery , u need to take out or cut away the battery cover , maybe drill a small hole of 3 to 5 mm diameter or maybe 2 holes , and u slot one or two pins thru it ( the alluminium body ) ending into the body of the battery and locked the battery by that way , then we all can have a 6600 mah battery that will outlast any normal handphones at last - baby ! What say all u athenians owners ? This long lasting battery will make our day i am sure - jimmunsw :)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] rpmbnsf:
Same Boat...

Same as all the above ppl..I have a drawer full of older phones/PDA's

Axim, HP 4700, Hermes, Tilt, Apache..and 3 other older PPC phones I cant remember what the names were. Even the old Casio E-125 w/all the add on's (camera, modem etc..)..also a few of the Sony clam shell palm ones - Clie UX50(have always loved the form factor of this one!) , NX70V, NZ90

Oh..and a BB.old one w/ a antenna

Yes..I have issues :-)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] rpmbnsf:
Oh..and in rply to original question..what do I do with extra phones/pda's? mostly they sit in my drawer. But a few times a month my son or daughter will take one with him/her to church and mess around on drawing programs (Numpty is awesome for keeping them occupied for hrs!). Its kinda funny because we are all sitting in a row in church and all messing with PPC's :-)

Some are better for playing emulators than others (better D pad, the HP 4700 sucks for this..prob the ONLY drawback for this device)

My favorite (other than the 7501) is the HP 4700 hands down! Plays any vid I through at it, super fast and sleek design with an awesome screen and decent batt life still. I keep this one in new condition..well most are like that anyway..axiom is the most beat up looking cause my son usually gets that one when he wants to mess around with a PPC.

Other than my kids using them I'm not sure why I keep them...:confused:

Wife never needs any cause she loves her iphone :rolleyes:
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] cphilip:
rpmbnsf

Thanks for your sharing. Yes, I always had the feeling that hp4700 is the only other pocket pc that can satisfy Dell Axim x51v owners. At one time I even put up ads to barter trade my Axim for hp4700 just to try it out. But I am aware of the minor points the 4700 have that will appear to be limitations when you want to use a dialpad. Still have my eyes on the hp4700.:o

jimmunsw

Yes, It is good to come up with alternatively ideas how to secure the battery so that someone can consider manufacturing extended battery for the Athena. Good battery power is really something that can make a world of difference. I found that out when I started using extended battery for my Axim. It was then that I regretted thinking, "WHy didn't I start using extended battery earlier." You feel so free to use the WIFI, the bluetooth, read ebooks for hours, Finish authoring a book you began, watch movies - and best part is doing all these without the stress of watching your battery line getting shorter and shorter even before you are half way into doing what you started out to do.

Other than that, Dopod U1000 is close to peeeerfect and has almost everything in terms of features.

That said, I must add that I almost brick my Dopod u1000 yesterday when I took out my microdrive. Really got me worried. Fortunately, it decided to live again.:)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] wovens:
Add me to this select group of Axim x51v lovers, but, with some regret and fond memories I say I've sold mine long ago and when I've bought mine second-hand it came with a marvel of accessories, including a CF card phone add-on (forgot what the brand was but it is not easy to find) and a CF card TV add-on as well. The TV add-on was no good in my area (no reception) and used 4 AA batteries which added a lot to the weight of the thing, but the phone add-on did work pre-3G era. Good times. Great equipment.

Got my new second-hand HTC Athena now. Let's see how it performs in comparison with my memories of X51v.

Cheers!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] cphilip:
woven,

welcome to the Axim lover group - those who found the Athena x7500 as among the very few device out there that can really satisfy someone who has experienced the lovliness of the Dell Axim x51v/x50v.:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AFX3D:
Hello. Can i use android 6 on this model? And how can i fprmat it to f2fs? What recovery should i use? Please link the files needed. Then i can do the rest on my own probably. microG would be prefered. Some privacy rom. Thanks!

I need a backup phone for one thing, and need android 6 for that. I would appreciate some help.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AFX3D:
I need a twrp version that supports to format from ext4 to f2fs. Anyone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fahzat:
You're asking for quite a lot there...someone'll end up telling you to use search ;)

Yes, you can use android 6 on this model, however you may find Marshmallow tends to suck the life out of it....making it annoying to use on a daily basis.

I've stuck with Lollipop for this, still kinda usable as a daily phone with not too many restrictions on installable apps and relatively easy to roll your own rom. f2fs is available on Lollipop too.

As far as I know there aren't much in the way of shortcuts to Marshmallow.

Are you on stock just now?

IIRC, the path is something like stock rom -> flash a kernel with root -> flash a released Cyanogenmod rom from yesteryear (think you can go straight to cm11 but I remember recommendations to do cm7->cm9->cm10->cm11) -> flash Lollipop/Marshmallow.

The Marshmallow rom I played with for a bit was

[ROM][6.0.1] Resurrection Remix M v5.7.3 [27/08/16] by Coldwindofnowhere​
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fahzat:
Oh yeah...and before you do anything else backup the efs partition/files....if you fluff it you get a generic IMEI which can be problematic.
[Introductions] scorpio_sheshu:
I have been reading your guys forum for a very long time. You guys have some really good stuff! Anyway I'm new I just confirmed my email so that I can join the forum chats!
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] Alpha_Geek1:
Moderator(s) - I recognize that this might be too much for a single post, and I'm hoping that is most or part of why there have been no replies. Would perhaps asking one, or at least fewer, question(s) per post be a better approach? If so, how do I address that? Do I create a series of posts that reference this one, or delete this one and make all free-standing posts in this section? Ultimately, I think it would be really useful to have all this information in one place.

I really need this information to be confident updating my device. As it is, unless I am prepared to multi-brick and dig my way out over the course of a day or more, I am not doing any updates, installs, or restores.

Thank you!

- Alpha_Geek1
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] RokCruz:
That's a lot!

I'm not a specialist in that but I'll try to explain as much as I can.

Device:

-Device only switch slots after installing an update or when you install magisk to the inactive slot or in special conditions like something woes wrong with the update and it changes to the other slot avoiding a brick.

-i guess it doesn't check data from inactive slot regularly, even when you install a rom or OTA , it just will format the partitions.

-you can always change slots manually, in TWRP or with fastboot command(fastboot --set-active=a, fastboot --set-active=b or fastboot--set-active=other)

Restoring

-when restoring your active slot will be the bootable, if you want to boot the inactive slot(old version of oos or ROM) without installing an update you need to switch slots and flash magisk.

-a boot loop could be a problem caused by many things, you need to find out what was, so in case you ended in boot loop because an update (stock or ROM) you can go back to the previous installed version just switching slots via TWRP or fastboot command(fastboot --set-active=OTHER[this in case you don't know which slot is active/inactive]) and flash magisk(this will force to boot in that slot)

-if you had a TWRP backup of a working state of your device you can restore it in any slot, only keep in mind that if you want to downgrade, format data is mandatory.

TWRP Flashing

- in a/b devices roms/OTA will be installed to the inactive slot ALWAYS that's why we can go back to the previous version just switching slots, if you want to flash a rom to the active slot you can do that extracting partitions from payload.bin with a payload dumper(this method is used in android 11 roms right now because of the lack of working TWRP ) and flash one by one partition with fastboot command.

-After flashing a rom you need to reboot to recovery in order to flash magisk, Gapps, kernel, and other mods, because in the moment you flash a rom you are in the active slot but your rom is flashed to the inactive slot, so when you reboot to recovery you let the device switch to the slot where your rom is, so after that reboot you can now flash all your mods.

The next questions about a imaginary switching zip are unnecessary because there's no zip like that, so no need to worry about that
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] Alpha_Geek1:
Thank you for your answer!

I wish I could say I'm not confused about any of this anymore. The most confusing part of your answer is the last part where you say 'after flashing a ROM, you need to reboot to recovery in order to flash...'. Earlier you said that '...[ROMs] will be installed to the inactive slot always...'. So why would I need to reboot? If I am in TWRP, installing everything to the inactive slot, why would I not install the ROM .zip, then install all the other .zip files (Gapps, Magisk, TWRP, etc.) all at once in one go? They're all going to the same inactive slot.. right? What am I missing here? If I reboot recovery does the slot switch? If it does, then wouldn't I be installing to the other slot once I reboot to TWRP? This is why I think I need to understand exactly when and why the slots switch in all the cases where the slots do or don't switch.

The reason I asked the question about the .zip files dictating which slot they go to is because I know that it is possible. The TWRP install .zip file is capable of directing itself to both slots, so ANY installable (in TWRP) .zip file can presumably contain similar directives.. right?

I think we all need to definitively understand the exact inner workings of all this stuff, at least conceptually, if we are to confidently avoid creating unexpected problems for ourselves out of ignorance.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] RokCruz:
Yeah the ROM and only the ROM will be installed to the inactive slot, gapps, magisk don't have the option(in my knowledge any gapps package has the ability to do that) to install to the inactive slot(in recovery) that's why we need to reboot to recovery again and let the system change slots.

For that directive could be many situation that prevents the installation of that zips, all of that are out of my knowledge.

You need to ask someone specialized in that area.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] nadnan:
Excuse me: I'm reposting my message in English this time!!

Hello..

I don't have your experience to be able to give you sure answers to your questions...

I've been a simple TWRP user for years, on LG or Samsung devices (smartphones or tablets), with Android versions less than or equal to Oreo!!

I used TWRP only to install “Lineageos” images or make “Nandroid Backup” backups and restore them if necessary…

With a OnePlus 8 Pro running OxygenOS11 in the latest version (11.0.10.10IN11BA) and the arrival of TWRP 3.6, things have become different with the appearance of “dynamic A/B partitions”

And this is where I need your experience and advice:

According to my research on the Net, backup via TWRP performs a full backup of both partitions and restores them as such, with a "global" image, much like an image of an HDD or SSD on PC with several partitions created on these records...

Did I understand right ?!

Will a backup made by TWRP and restoring that backup cause my device to return to a given situation at time T and work completely normally, including root and all settings, apps, apps data , etc ?

Finally, to perform these "Nandroid Backup" and restore them, do I have to select all the boxes in both operations, to be sure to obtain a complete restoration of all the parameters?

Your explanations and advice will be very precious to me!!

Last point: the update of OxygenOS11 to version 12 will soon be released by OnePlus in OTA. I imagine that it will be necessary to wait for the version 3.7 or higher of TWRP to be able to carry out operations on the device passed in equivalent of Android 12?

Thank you in advance for your help and best regards
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] __sterby__:
Amazing and helpful thread!

I have one weird question.

I boot into TWRP (I don't want to flash it), install LineageOS (for example), then boot into fastboot (since I cannot boot into TWRP recovery which is not installed and I don't want to boot into LOS recovery). Then I boot into TWRP again and flash NikGapps.zip and reboot to system.

Now the curious thing... The system boots to the vendor OS version. But if I manually change the boot slots in fastboot, on the other slot there is LOS with the Gapps. I'm wondering where the slot switching happens here...:unsure:

:unsure:

Has some an idea and can help me understand this behaviour?
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] Bohusivan0183028:
Hello, i have nokia 6.1 that use a/b partitioning, and it dont have a recovery partition. How I have to install twrp?
[Xiaomi Mi 9 SE Guides, News, & Discussion] Hussein Gbr:
I have redmi k40 bootloader locked and stuck on fastboot mode and can't unlock it through mi unlock tool so any solution for that problem beside edl ? And if I go with edl which flashing tool i will use ??
[Xiaomi Mi 9 SE Guides, News, & Discussion] shafi1885:
have you flashed any rom? or flashed anything? if you haven't, just restart your phn using power button. and if you have flashed anything already, how on earth you did it without unlocking your bootloader?
[Xiaomi Mi 9 SE Guides, News, & Discussion] Hussein Gbr:
My bootloader was unlocked but when i try to use mi flash tool by mistake or by default flash and lock bootloader option with there and the flash didnt go through in last second
[Xiaomi Mi 9 SE Guides, News, & Discussion] sirMarcin1978:
Is there a way to unlock the phone if it only turns on in fastboot mode and is not associated with a xiaomi account?
[Xiaomi Mi 9 SE Guides, News, & Discussion] Helium100:
Hello there, I would like to contribute to this tutorial if you agree

There is a way for people that have encrypted storage and no usb otg pendrive:

Step 4.3:

a-alternative. If encrypted, but no OTG Pendrive at your disposal:

You still can use the adb push command to send your Magisk folder into a decrypted part of your phone’s root folder. You are going to use your phone “/tmp” folder.

“/tmp” folder is suitable for temporary files just as our files (We will not need these files anymore after this tutorial). There is no risk to add files into this folder while it is not encrypted but do not delete any files already present into your /tmp folder!

1.Copy your Magisk folder containing your three Magisk files into the Plateform-tool folder:

2.Then in the cmd execute: adb push [replace_brackets_by_your_Magisk_folder_address_location] /tmp

3.Your Magisk folder should be now copied into your /tmp folder

4.twrp > install > select tmp/magisk.zip > swipe to flash. CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR PHONE IS ROOTED.

4.5-alternative. (

This step only for those that processed through the “a-alternative” step

) After rebooting your phone, you might have no chance to access the Magisk folder you’ve pushed earlier into the /tmp folder. However, now you have booted into your MIUI usual OS, you can copy the Magisk folder again into your internal storage using the classical drag and drop thanks to MTP protocol, to continue through this tutorial.

Hope this will help :)
[Xiaomi Mi 9 SE Guides, News, & Discussion] exratz:
hi. what a sightful guide! thanks for compiling it. i have done rooting back in marshmallow and below era. i have stopped after pie coming out due to brick the device several times(which i managed to recover) also along with needing to use banking apps. so my concern it, will this guide work on miui global 12.5.1 stable/ android version 11? if it does, will my banking apps work or if there is a workaround to let them work? thanks again
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] diablos872001:
Hi guys.

I've a big problem.

During a radio update my tytn crashed, so i can enter only in the bootloader, nothing else.

I have in the bootloader:

Herm100

IPl-1.04

Herm100

SPL-2.10.Olipro

I've tried to flash the originale rom (cingular 8525) but it always stuck at 12% with error 262.

Also activesync doesn't work, when i put the usb cable on pc-pda the icon remain grey, not becoming green...

Any hope to revive my pda? :(

Thanks in advance for your help!:(
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] diablos872001:
UPDATE

I've tried to flash schaps 3.54b (microsd method) and now windows mobile works.

the remained problem is the radio, when i boot the device i read:

R: NONE

G: NONE

bad sign?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Zero|Cool:
Yep... Search for another thread here with radio problems i think that happens with 1.54 radio roms