[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ThePhoenixUK:
Good morning people, it's Friday and hopefully your all in a good mood.

I am wanting some help from some of XDA's Resident Chef's that would like a new challenge, I have just recieved my new device the HP Ipaq Data Messenger and want to start cooking ROM's for it, as no-one seems to do them, it was a insurance replacement for my diamond that went missing and they no longer stocked it so I had to choose a replacement, this was the best they had. It's a touch screen device with a slide out keyboard running WM6.1 Pro. However it's build is quite out of date, runs very slow despite being tweaked using Advanced Config and full of HP Bloateware. I want to be able to create some fast ROM's for this device like I could with my Kaiser and then my Diamond. I would hopefully like to take a look at WM6.5 on the device as I am very impressed with it on my diamond, or at least I was before it vanished.

I am hoping someone will take pity on me :) and give me a hand, helping me figure out how to dump the rom, create a new one removing crap, updating build, etc, and figuring how to get it back on the device as I assume we'll need to create some kind of custom bootloader.

Hopefully I have explained myself properly and that one of the god like chef's will help me out, I work in IT and have been using HTC Devices and custom ROM's for years so have some experience with this.

Thanks for any help guys, the specs are below for those interested.

WM 6.1 Build 5.2.19959 (Build 19959.1.2.1)

Radio 5.2.4004

Fast facts

Operating system installed

Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional

Display

2.81” transmissive TFT, 65K colours, 320 x 240 pixel touch screen display with LED backlight

Keyboard

Full QWERTY slide-out alphanumeric keyboard

Wireless technologies

Integrated WLAN 802.11b/g, with WPA2 security, Bluetooth® 2.0 with EDR

Mobile phone

3G wireless broadband connectivity for voice and data, Tri-band UMTS (900/1900/2100 MHz), HSDPA Category 8 (up to 7.2Mbps downlink) and HSUPA Category 5 (up to 2Mbps uplink), Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)

GPS receiver

Integrated GPS navigation (Assisted GPS)

Software included

Value add applications:HP Data Connect, HP SIM Manager, HP Power Save Mode, HP Help and Support, HP Keyboard Backlight, HP Light Sensor, HP Asset Viewer, Opera Browser, Sun JVM, Westtek Jetcet PDF Viewer, Westtek Jetcet Print

Integrated camera

Integrated 3.1 Megapixel autofocus camera, 5X digital zoom, 320 x 240 QVGA resolution, 640 x 480 VGA resolution, 1280 x 1024 SXGA resolution, 1600 x 1200 UXGA resolution, 2048 x 1536 QXGA resolution, LED flash

Portability

Display

2.81” transmissive TFT, 65K colours, 320 x 240 pixel touch screen display with LED backlight

Product weight

160 g

Product dimensions (W x D x H)

5.7 x 1.74 x 11.4 cm

Performance

Memory type

128 MB SDRAM main memory for running applications, 256 MB flash ROM

Power features

Battery: removable/rechargeable 1140 mAh Lithium-Polymer (user changeable)

Keyboard

Full QWERTY slide-out alphanumeric keyboard

Pointing device

Touch-sensitive display for stylus or fingertip

Connectivity / GPS

Mobile phone

3G wireless broadband connectivity for voice and data, Tri-band UMTS (900/1900/2100 MHz), HSDPA Category 8 (up to 7.2Mbps downlink) and HSUPA Category 5 (up to 2Mbps uplink), Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)

Messaging services

Phone Dialer application, SMS/MMS support, Microsoft Outlook Mobile for push eMail (from Exchange, IMAP or POP3), Windows Life for Instant Messaging

Wireless technologies

Integrated WLAN 802.11b/g, with WPA2 security, Bluetooth® 2.0 with EDR

GPS receiver

Integrated GPS navigation (Assisted GPS)

Synchronization tools

Micro-USB desktop synchronisation cable

GPS softwares and maps

Google maps mobile and 30 Day Trial for Turn-by-Turn Navigation

Expandability

External I/O ports

1 micro-USB connector for synchronization and charging

Memory slots

64-bit Micro SD card slot - for memory expansion, supports up to 8GB

Software

Pre-installed software

Operating system applications: Microsoft® Office Outlook® Mobile, Microsoft® Office Mobile, Internet Explorer® Mobile, Windows Media® Player Mobile, Windows Live, Microsoft Internet Sharing

Software included

Value add applications:HP Data Connect, HP SIM Manager, HP Power Save Mode, HP Help and Support, HP Keyboard Backlight, HP Light Sensor, HP Asset Viewer, Opera Browser, Sun JVM, Westtek Jetcet PDF Viewer, Westtek Jetcet Print

Multimedia

Internal audio

Integrated microphone, receiver, speaker and wired stereo headset

Integrated camera

Integrated 3.1 Megapixel autofocus camera, 5X digital zoom, 320 x 240 QVGA resolution, 640 x 480 VGA resolution, 1280 x 1024 SXGA resolution, 1600 x 1200 UXGA resolution, 2048 x 1536 QXGA resolution, LED flash

System features

Power requirements

AC Power 100~240 Vac, 50/60 Hz

Ergonomic features

Full alphanumeric slide-out keyboard, 5-way optical navigation, 2 soft keys, ringer/sound switch, send/end buttons, keyguard button, volume control, camera button, 2 quick access keys (Windows Start and OK)

Operating temperature range

-10 to 55° C

Operating humidity range

90% RH

Warranty

2 year pick-up and return service, 90 days technical support for softwares, may vary by region

Box content

Removable/rechargeable 1140 mAh Lithium-Polymer battery, AC charger, 1 micro-USB synchronization/charge cable, 2.5 mm wired stereo headset, HP iPAQ Getting Started CD, documentation kit