Just thought I'd point out what I'm sure a lot of people are thinking. It's quite hilarious that when people on this site found out how to install the PPC2003 rom on a PPC2002 Axim, Dell found out within only a couple of hours and removed the file from their FTP. Yet it took them several weeks to discover a problem with WM2003. Anybody see where their intentions are? Kind of sad really...

Maybe they read the forum

[Edited by me].... just realized i misread your post a bit.


But yes, that was a shockingly quick response .

Excellent observation Mike... one that will be lost on many.

Tom Perconti (aka SpeedRacer - Lancelot of the Information Superhighway)
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Or even more likely, they've been here all along. They could very well have known about the problem, and maybe they hoped a few dozen hard resets would make the problem just vanish.

Well you can't blame them for that mikeo007. It is M$ after all.

When they opened up molecules, they found atoms. When they opened up atoms, the found big explosions.

Always practice safe Hex.

dell removed the patch from one of their FTP servers. not all of them

PDA: X51v - ROM A12
Case: Stock dell sleeve case
Memory: 2GB OCZ SD Card, 512MB Kingston CF card

Accessories:

Holux 236 Bluetooth GPS
Dell Bluetooth keyboard
Sony MDR-V500 Bluetooth Headphones (built with parts from Logitech Bluetooth Headphones)

well I can't find it in the UK server now.

When they opened up molecules, they found atoms. When they opened up atoms, the found big explosions.

Always practice safe Hex.

The patch screwed up my Ax to the point of un-usability.
I'm restoring the A0-4 ROM now. Hope it works or this puppy's going back. BTW, there was no "cracking" involved. The patch for the A0-5 ROM was readily available on the Dell FTP server with no "issues" mentioned. I guess they rushed it a bit.

So far-so good on the restore. 10/13, 11/13, 12/13.......Yeaa 13/13. Restoring my back-up.........Back-up done, resetting.
RE-syncing 1300 items! OKAY! Looks like it worked. don't have the "can't turn it off and on" problem. Kept loosing everything because I had to soft reset to get it come back on.

The Inspector uses an Axim 50
and a Motion Computing LE-1600 TabletPC
128 CF, 128 SD, 256 CF, Sprint EV-DO Card
340Mb CF MicroDrive
Sena Leather Case
Universal (powered) windshield mount kit.
The Ax and GPS are mounted on a RAM mount on my 2003 Goldwing touring bike.

keep looking, its on one of the servers

PDA: X51v - ROM A12
Case: Stock dell sleeve case
Memory: 2GB OCZ SD Card, 512MB Kingston CF card

Accessories:

Holux 236 Bluetooth GPS
Dell Bluetooth keyboard
Sony MDR-V500 Bluetooth Headphones (built with parts from Logitech Bluetooth Headphones)

@mikeo007: you make a good point here... it takes them several weeks to unofficiallly acknowledge a problem, but only a few hours to ack piracy? I wished they'd shown such decisive action when it comes to using WM2k3 in the first place.

@nemattoad: have I missed any of the servers while going through the list? I guess we have to resort to PMs for the details..