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MeSue · 08-04-06, 12:38 AM

Well, it wasn't the today screen timeout setting like I thought. It went back to freezing less than three moves in every time I tried to play. I decided to see if it worked after a hard reset with nothing else installed. Made a backup and did HR. Same problem.

Then a strange thing happened… I tried to restore my backup and it would get as far as 5% and stall there. (This was with the Dell backup tool, BTW.) I tried this about 5 times. If I did a soft reset after it got stuck at 5% it would get to the today screen but there would only be 2 entries under the start menu and in programs. The only thing I could do at this point was another HR. Then, I figured it was a long shot but I decided to try copying the backup file from the SD card to the CF card. Once I did that the backup completed without an issue. Is that weird or what?

Anyway, then I discovered I still had the A06 ROM update installer saved on my computer. So a made a couple more backups to be safe, reinstalled A06 and tested Quartz… no freeze! Then I restored my backup and everything seems to be working now.

Must have been some glitch or incompleteness in the factory installation of the ROM. Doesn't give me a lot of confidence in Dell's QA, but I hope this is the last of my Axim drama for a while!

08-04-06, 12:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
MeSue Aximsite Major League Join Date: May 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 331 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	Well, it wasn't the today screen timeout setting like I thought. It went back to freezing less than three moves in every time I tried to play. I decided to see if it worked after a hard reset with nothing else installed. Made a backup and did HR. Same problem. Then a strange thing happened… I tried to restore my backup and it would get as far as 5% and stall there. (This was with the Dell backup tool, BTW.) I tried this about 5 times. If I did a soft reset after it got stuck at 5% it would get to the today screen but there would only be 2 entries under the start menu and in programs. The only thing I could do at this point was another HR. Then, I figured it was a long shot but I decided to try copying the backup file from the SD card to the CF card. Once I did that the backup completed without an issue. Is that weird or what? Anyway, then I discovered I still had the A06 ROM update installer saved on my computer. So a made a couple more backups to be safe, reinstalled A06 and tested Quartz… no freeze! Then I restored my backup and everything seems to be working now. Must have been some glitch or incompleteness in the factory installation of the ROM. Doesn't give me a lot of confidence in Dell's QA, but I hope this is the last of my Axim drama for a while!