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03-29-06, 08:12 PM

Over the past few weeks and months there has been a fair amount of talk of the WM2003 upgrade for the X5.

-Brief History:
This upgrade was for the people that bought a Dell X5 Adv. or Basic with Pocket PC 2002 and wanted to upgrade to WM2003.

For a short while, the upgrade was sold on Dell's site and was delivered via a CD. There never was an OFFICIAL LEGAL way to install WM2003 on your X5 via the internet.

Just like other software, WM2003 is an OS and is licensed to the person. There is no activation key per say, but there is a license and each person that bought the software was given a licence to use WM2003 on their X5. It is illegal if you copy the disk/download the update from somewhere and this is piracy.

What complicates this is that Dell stopped selling the upgrade disk just a short while after they began selling it. This means that many people now are not able to buy the disk directly from Dell and it is hard to find in many cases.

This has lead a lot of people to look for other (maybe not so legal) ways of upgrading.

Another thing that complicated the whole subject is that the Rom Update (the free "patches" for your OS) for WM2003 on the X5 could also be used to upgrade your X5 from PPC2002 to WM2003 via a special method. This is what has been linked to and doing this IS ILLEGAL. You also can easily brick (ruin and make your X5 not work) your X5 via this method, plus it is a hack and thus not totally reliable.

-What this means here and now:
The Aximsite Rules clearly state "No Links or Discussion about WAREZ, SEX, RACIAL, or any otherwise offensive or illegal topics.". We will remove any links to the illegal distribution of the X5 WM2003 update and illegal methods for updated via the Rom hack.

-So what if you really do need the update?:
First off, check eBay. Many times the upgrade CD will popup on eBay once and awhile. (some of the auctions are just selling the hacked method though, so watch out)

Secondly, check the classifieds here on Aximsite, every now and then someone will be selling the upgrade CD:
http://www.aximsite.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=80

-Final Sum up:
Overall we do not want the talk/distribution of illegal software and hacks here on Aximsite. So please do not link/post illegal ways of upgrading, or come here and complain that your device is messed up because you illegally tried to hack the upgrade onto your device or something to that effect. Also remember that the WM2003 upgrade is not NECESSARY to use the X5, it is just an upgrade from the PPC2002 version and has a few minor changes. Your X5 is still totally usable with PPC2002 on it.

03-29-06, 08:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Grentz Guest Posts: n/a	Upgrade to WM2003 on X5 Over the past few weeks and months there has been a fair amount of talk of the WM2003 upgrade for the X5. -Brief History: This upgrade was for the people that bought a Dell X5 Adv. or Basic with Pocket PC 2002 and wanted to upgrade to WM2003. For a short while, the upgrade was sold on Dell's site and was delivered via a CD. There never was an OFFICIAL LEGAL way to install WM2003 on your X5 via the internet. Just like other software, WM2003 is an OS and is licensed to the person. There is no activation key per say, but there is a license and each person that bought the software was given a licence to use WM2003 on their X5. It is illegal if you copy the disk/download the update from somewhere and this is piracy. What complicates this is that Dell stopped selling the upgrade disk just a short while after they began selling it. This means that many people now are not able to buy the disk directly from Dell and it is hard to find in many cases. This has lead a lot of people to look for other (maybe not so legal) ways of upgrading. Another thing that complicated the whole subject is that the Rom Update (the free "patches" for your OS) for WM2003 on the X5 could also be used to upgrade your X5 from PPC2002 to WM2003 via a special method. This is what has been linked to and doing this IS ILLEGAL. You also can easily brick (ruin and make your X5 not work) your X5 via this method, plus it is a hack and thus not totally reliable. -What this means here and now: The Aximsite Rules clearly state "No Links or Discussion about WAREZ, SEX, RACIAL, or any otherwise offensive or illegal topics.". We will remove any links to the illegal distribution of the X5 WM2003 update and illegal methods for updated via the Rom hack. -So what if you really do need the update?: First off, check eBay. Many times the upgrade CD will popup on eBay once and awhile. (some of the auctions are just selling the hacked method though, so watch out) Secondly, check the classifieds here on Aximsite, every now and then someone will be selling the upgrade CD: http://www.aximsite.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=80 -Final Sum up: Overall we do not want the talk/distribution of illegal software and hacks here on Aximsite. So please do not link/post illegal ways of upgrading, or come here and complain that your device is messed up because you illegally tried to hack the upgrade onto your device or something to that effect. Also remember that the WM2003 upgrade is not NECESSARY to use the X5, it is just an upgrade from the PPC2002 version and has a few minor changes. Your X5 is still totally usable with PPC2002 on it.