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Michael-Gui · 12-30-05, 05:32 AM

I have a X51v with German WM5 OS, which I have had it for about a week ago.
If I know that Dell has already a German version of WM5, I would ask a English version of OS when I order. But, it comes as it is, since I am phisically in Germany, and ordered it in Germany, paid Euro, despite the fact that my German is very poor.

There are following pain when I have a German version of OS for my X51v, so as for those who have French, and Italian version.

1. I can not upgrade the ROM to A04, as many of happy X51v owner have done. There is no updated ROM for German. This means that we, owner of X51v with other language OS, can never enjoy the upgrade of ROM when it fixes many of bugs it has for elder version.

2. The German OS, since it has letters like ö and ä, it conflicts with most of the Chinese/Japanese input software. As soon as that kind of language software installed, these character turned to be displayed in Chinese!

3. I can not change the OS language. there are several methods which I found in this forum. But none of them sounds can fix it.

I got some hint from the great thread WM2003SE: "10+ version trick", switch ROM language without rollback, I am suggested that to downgrade the ROM back to German WM2003, and then change the language. But the downgrade ROM in German works only with X50 and X50v.

I have also studied img file for WM5, and the head of img file is totally diffirent from that of WM2003SE.

There is two possible ways I believe might be worth to try:
1. to download img file into Storage card and through hard reboot to force the device to upgrade. I did not see however, there is any sucessful example for X51v.

2. I read some Chinese threads yesterday. The brave Chinese has tried a lot to install WM5 onto their Made in China PDA. They employed third part software of upgrade utilities to replace their Chinese OS with WM5. However, what kind of risk there is for X51v, is still a question.

I would like to have export to help us (X51v owner with other language OS)in this matter:
How to change the WM5 language?

12-30-05, 05:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
Michael-Gui Aximsite Rookie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 23 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I have a X51v with German WM5 OS, which I have had it for about a week ago. If I know that Dell has already a German version of WM5, I would ask a English version of OS when I order. But, it comes as it is, since I am phisically in Germany, and ordered it in Germany, paid Euro, despite the fact that my German is very poor. There are following pain when I have a German version of OS for my X51v, so as for those who have French, and Italian version. 1. I can not upgrade the ROM to A04, as many of happy X51v owner have done. There is no updated ROM for German. This means that we, owner of X51v with other language OS, can never enjoy the upgrade of ROM when it fixes many of bugs it has for elder version. 2. The German OS, since it has letters like ö and ä, it conflicts with most of the Chinese/Japanese input software. As soon as that kind of language software installed, these character turned to be displayed in Chinese! 3. I can not change the OS language. there are several methods which I found in this forum. But none of them sounds can fix it. I got some hint from the great thread WM2003SE: "10+ version trick", switch ROM language without rollback, I am suggested that to downgrade the ROM back to German WM2003, and then change the language. But the downgrade ROM in German works only with X50 and X50v. I have also studied img file for WM5, and the head of img file is totally diffirent from that of WM2003SE. There is two possible ways I believe might be worth to try: 1. to download img file into Storage card and through hard reboot to force the device to upgrade. I did not see however, there is any sucessful example for X51v. 2. I read some Chinese threads yesterday. The brave Chinese has tried a lot to install WM5 onto their Made in China PDA. They employed third part software of upgrade utilities to replace their Chinese OS with WM5. However, what kind of risk there is for X51v, is still a question. I would like to have export to help us (X51v owner with other language OS)in this matter: How to change the WM5 language?