[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] red_hanks:
Me too I did not understand the wiki when I used to be a newbie here, but I kept on reading it until my brain hurts, but what do you know I got it after reading the whole wiki for 3x.

It simply means that if you are OK with the default settings/partition of the internal storage/memory of you BA then skip the next steps which I dont recommend!!!

In WM2003SE BA use RAM as a storage medium hence if the BA resets itself in anyway you lost everything in it, unlike in WM5 and WM6 onwards we use SD CARDS as storage medium hence even if we SR (Soft Reset) or HR (Hard Reset) our BA nothing will be erase on the SD card, so those pics of naked girls, those asian scandals on your SD Card won't be erase..lol

same thing, if I were you I will follow all the steps and will not skip..not even one step!

Yes there is a way you can keep your WM2003se stock ROM...you can use ROM DUMPER..BUT...I don't recommend that because...sorry to say...if you are having a hard time upgrading you BA even if WIKI is there then you'll get a very hard time with ROM DUMPER .

You can only have one OS INSTALLED at a time on a PPC. I emphasized INSTALLED because you can have android copied on you SD even if you have one OS INSTALLED on your BA...does is sound clear? Hehehe

NOW....

Before you upgrade your BA keep this is mind...it's a warning...a WARNING so you will not sue xda-dev or any BA ROM cooker if something BAD happens to your BA. But don't worry 1 out of 1000 BA owners brick their BA while upgrading. Because they upgrade their BA with 10% battery life. Where did I get the 1 out of 1000 statistics? Just a guess..a wild guess but it's near to reality

- Download unlocker.cab DOWNLOAD HERE

- Download Repart_Doc.exe DOWNLOAD HERE

- Place both of them somewhere on your Pocket PC. For example in \temp but anywhere is fine. All the command below are to be executed on your Pocket PC, not on your PC.

- Install xda-developers_Unlocker.CAB by tapping on it in filemanger (from the directory where you put it earlier)

- Then go to start -> Programs -> ExtROM tools -> then first run "unhide", then "Unlock".

- Do a soft reset. (you know how to do a SR, right?)

- Once your Pocket PC is restarted, locate the Repart_DOC.exe file with your filemanager and start it.

- Set the size of Extended ROM to 128 kb (which is already the default).

- Press "Format now!" and wait until it is done (A few seconds). You will see a message that it is done. (You will get an error message about your storage, just press yes and wait a few seconds.)

- Soft reset your Pocket PC.

NOW YOU ARE DONE WITH THE FIRST PART AND I HOPE I AM MAKING IT EASY FOR YOU AND FOR EVERYONE.

Now, I RECOMMEND you to use Windows XP and of course Active Sync 4.5.

1. Download the BA ROM that you desired. It can be WM6, WM6.1 or WM6.5 and you can find all the download links of this ROMs on our BA wiki (and I am the one who updated that and put those links.)

2. Save that ROM on your computer. (anywhere will do) If it is zipped or rar, then unzip it or unrar it.

Here are the files that should be inside that ROM folder (well this are the files that I have every time I flash my BA, just correct me guys if some of this are not really needed):

EnterBL.exe

GetDeviceData.exe

HTCRUU.dll

RUU.dll

BaUpgradeUt.exe

MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe

HTCRUU.conf

RUU.conf

vbscript.dll

nk.nbf

SetOperator.bat

3. Temporarily remove your SD Card (it may work for you with the SD card still in your BA, but you may not be able to enter USB mode when cradled).

Just remove your SD Card from you BA and the SIM card too just to make sure.

4. Put your device into Bootloader mode by pressing and holding the "Power" & "Record" buttons, and then press the Reset Button. Ooops before I forgot make sure you do a Hard Reset on your BA first.

Press and hold the "Power" & "Record" buttons, and then press the Reset Button until “Serial” shows on screen.

(Some BlueAngel shows "Serial" at the top and "V2.07" at the bottom.)

NOTE: The screen will not be backlit, so it may appear the phone is not in bootloader mode.

Look carefully.

When the USB sync cable is inserted into the phone and the computer, "Serial" will change to "USB", provided that the phone detects the connection.

5. Connect the phone to the sync cable/cradle.

7. Now you can execute the installer file. (BaUpgradeUt.exe or MaUpgradeUt.exe) You will see this window:

8. When the upgrade is completed, you must perform a Hard Reset.

When the bootscreen, aka. the colored stripes is displayed, wait more, you are booting. The welcome screen to set up your device will appear shortly ...

Put back your SD Card and you SIM card.

And there you go...I hope this makes upgrading easy for you and for everyone else. Did I missed something guys? Let me know.

WOW this is the longest post I've ever had since I started here...hehehe...just killing some TIME.:D