New ROM Upgrade for Axim30 (A06) - Page 6

transcout · 06-15-05, 11:44 AM

Thanks jnevins, but I don't think this will work - I've tried loads of the ROMs from the Dell site, and they all do the same freezing at start up thing.

Yeah, and I would say be very carefully with the bootloaders trick - I'm pretty sure it's not meant to be used for flashing like this - only for emergencies I would say. If anyone else with bent pins wants new upgrade, I would get the $25 connector from pdasmart, rather then the new $400 pda.

EDIT: Sorry firestorym i missed your post :)

Basically, what happened;
1) Pins bent
2) Upgraded to A06 via SD card, but froze on startup
3) I thought i had put the wrong version on, hence my post
4) Now none of the ROMs boot - they all hang at the wireless enabled screen in the kinda tutorial thing or at today screen.

mdoan · 06-15-05, 11:48 AM

thanks...I'll give it a try...It was working fine...I dont know why upgraded without backup my rom...

Originally Posted by firestormy2k

Interesting enough, mine froze a few times too after the upgrade. I'm not sure if it's some kind of conflict between the full restore and the new ROM. It hasn't frozen for a day so I'm knocking on wood that it's not a problem.

You can downgrade by downloading the A05 ROM off dell's ftp site. Put the file (either C or N) found in the /rom folder (after extracting) onto the root of a sd card. The C type works for mid, N type wouldn't load. Then hold down thumbwheel in and contact, while quickly pressing the reset button. Then release thumbwheel and contact after a couple seconds.

Do this at your own risk. It's probably not as safe as dell's program (which doesn't let you downgrade argh!) Good luck!

pdawg17 · 06-15-05, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by Vanamonde

Has anybody who upgraded the BT stack to 1.6 had problems installing the new rom?

If I use Activesync to backup, will it reinstall the upgraded BT files to my X30 after I've upgrade the rom?

I noticed that some of the 1.5 files on the A06 rom are dated as newer than that 1.6 stack...is the 1.6 stack still "more advanced" than the 1.5 on this rom?

abagos · 06-15-05, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by chihiro

check if the time and regional settings are set as they were when you backed up before upgrading and then try to reapply the backup.

Thanks Chihiro! That did it. Restore worked fine after setting the regional settings to my country.
Great hint.

firestormy2k · 06-15-05, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by transcout

Thanks jnevins, but I don't think this will work - I've tried loads of the ROMs from the Dell site, and they all do the same freezing at start up thing.

Yeah, and I would say be very carefully with the bootloaders trick - I'm pretty sure it's not meant to be used for flashing like this - only for emergencies I would say. If anyone else with bent pins wants new upgrade, I would get the $25 connector from pdasmart, rather then the new $400 pda.

EDIT: Sorry firestorym i missed your post :)

Basically, what happened;
1) Pins bent
2) Upgraded to A06 via SD card, but froze on startup
3) I thought i had put the wrong version on, hence my post
4) Now none of the ROMs boot - they all hang at the wireless enabled screen in the kinda tutorial thing or at today screen.

That's odd that it doesn't work anymore. Maybe it has something to do with the pins being bent, are they shorting? I would make sure none of the pins are touching each other. I don't know what else to say. I hope you figure it out and save your axim!

chihiro · 06-15-05, 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by abagos

Thanks Chihiro! That did it. Restore worked fine after setting the regional settings to my country.
Great hint.

No problem!
I had the same issue and ended up restoring with the sprite backup i had done the day before. and figured out the reason by reading the forum. I tried again and it worked.
In fact i just forwarded the info ;)

mdoan · 06-16-05, 09:06 AM

I can't get it to work...can I have other data at root folder of sd card?
(You said hold down thumbwheel in and contact, while quickly pressing the reset button. Then release thumbwheel and contact after a couple seconds)
Can someone please email me their rom a05 backup (using yousendit if possible or send me a link....cuz 32MB file is too big for hotmail or gmail)?
Thanks

Originally Posted by mdoan

thanks...I'll give it a try...It was working fine...I dont know why upgraded without backup my rom...

jnevins · 06-16-05, 09:12 AM

Originally Posted by mdoan

I can't get it to work...can I have other data at root folder of sd card?
(You said hold down thumbwheel in and contact, while quickly pressing the reset button. Then release thumbwheel and contact after a couple seconds)
Can someone please email me their rom a05 backup (using yousendit if possible or send me a link....cuz 32MB file is too big for hotmail or gmail)?
Thanks

I will Send it to you with YouSendIt. It will be Zipped.

jnevins · 06-16-05, 09:16 AM

mdoan, PM me with your email address and I will send it to you.

n0m0n · 06-16-05, 09:34 AM

what is YouSendIt?
Thanks

jnevins · 06-16-05, 09:50 AM

It is an online service that lets you send large files. Basicly you upload it to their site (up to 1GB) and they email the person you want to get it with a link to the file on their server. Pretty convenient service if you don't mind someone else holding the file for you.

mdoan · 06-16-05, 09:56 AM

thank you very much...please check your PM

Originally Posted by jnevins

It is an online service that lets you send large files. Basicly you upload it to their site (up to 1GB) and they email the person you want to get it with a link to the file on their server. Pretty convenient service if you don't mind someone else holding the file for you.

jnevins · 06-16-05, 10:15 AM

You're certainly welcome. The file is finished uploading. If you need anything else let me know.

mdoan · 06-16-05, 10:21 AM

thanks...i got the file....but it didnt work...
i loaded using roma06.exe...but it said that i can only restored image from my axim only...how does it knows that???
is there any other ways to go back to roma05???
mypocketpc keeps crashing....it didn't do that in roma05

Originally Posted by jnevins

You're certainly welcome. The file is finished uploading. If you need anything else let me know.

transcout · 06-16-05, 11:31 AM

I can host the files if anyone needs it... To go back to A05 using the SD card trick -
Get the . file from the A05 update folder
Put it in the root of your sd card.
Press Contacts, Scroll in and Reset all at the same time

Be warned though, although lots of people have used this method many times, it just happened to completely screw my axim up.. :)