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03-28-06, 03:47 PM
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new to Axim... want to upgrade from A00 to A04
Hi All, im a newbee to the site, and to the axim x5. I just purchased my axim x5-400 (got it for $90 YAYYY!!!), and found out that it still has A00 ROM. I did a bit of research and found out that i can upgrade to A04 (still have WM2002).
My question is.. How do i do the upgrade...lol. I've read a few of the posts here, but they looked quiet dated. Therefore Im asking to start a new thread on upgrading my ROM.
DO I need to upgrade from A00 to A02, then A03, to A04?
Sorry, im also new to this whole upgrading ROM thing...
What are the possible downfalls that I need to look into before the upgrade?, I DO no need to backup anything, cause there is really nothin in it right now.
Also, does pocket word and excell still say in there?
THe previous owner did have a pocket dictionary and some other programs that he have installed in it. HOw do i go about still keeping them?
Please help me out... I'd greatley appriciate it.
and thank you in advance
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03-28-06, 04:41 PM
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Welcome - come inside and enjoy the party!!!
To upgrade go to Dells support pages - you can get the upgrade files from there - you don't have to go through 01,02 etc just go straight to the latest ROM
Pocket word and Excel stay there - they are part of the OS
As to the previous owners programs - unless he gave you the installation files - count them as lost.
PS its very unlikely you will be able to upgrade to WM2003 legally - and we dont provide information to do illegal activities here
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03-28-06, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by fmanfrank
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Hi All, im a newbee to the site, and to the axim x5. I just purchased my axim x5-400 (got it for $90 YAYYY!!!), and found out that it still has A00 ROM. I did a bit of research and found out that i can upgrade to A04 (still have WM2002).
My question is.. How do i do the upgrade...lol. I've read a few of the posts here, but they looked quiet dated. Therefore Im asking to start a new thread on upgrading my ROM.
DO I need to upgrade from A00 to A02, then A03, to A04?
Sorry, im also new to this whole upgrading ROM thing...
What are the possible downfalls that I need to look into before the upgrade?, I DO no need to backup anything, cause there is really nothin in it right now.
Also, does pocket word and excell still say in there?
THe previous owner did have a pocket dictionary and some other programs that he have installed in it. HOw do i go about still keeping them?
Please help me out... I'd greatley appriciate it.
and thank you in advance
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Welcome to Aximsite!
It would be a good idea to upgrade rom first thing as your Ax will hard reset.
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03-28-06, 05:14 PM
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wow, thankx for the quick reply guys, i really appriciate it.
a few questions i still have---
1. I noticed that there is a A04 upgrade avaliabe at dell, but was not able to download it. any idea as to what the ....
2. i cannot play any video files on the axim (i wanted to play a .avi file).. or any .mpeg files.. any idea as to why?
3. I will def give the upgrade a try, but Im new to the whole PDA sceen, and do not have any idea as to how the whole install will take place... ive done my research on this site, and i think i got the idea, but I keep reading about people having problems with their batteries and sync and whatnot.. WHat is this? can someone shine the light on a beginner...
4. I noticed taht retiving data from the CF card is slow on the x5. will the rom upgrade help?
Thanks again guys...
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03-28-06, 05:16 PM
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One other thing,.. Lets say that I mess up the "hard reset" (im assuming that means to upgrade the os... or reinstall it).. can I redo the rom install.
Like, lets say My intall went bad, and my device does not boot, can i do another ROM upgrade? or Will i then have to purchase a dell X5 upgrade CD to 2003 from Ebay to make this work?...
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03-28-06, 05:20 PM
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Can I just say a few things here
Do a hard reset - clears all the rubbish placed on your device by previous owner. not the same as OS upgrade - consider it like the system install disks some companies provide with computers.
Use it for a while - Are you having problems with it? If so maybe do the ROM upgrade.
If its working fine then why go through the hassles of upgrading (which might leave you with a nice paperweight) when you wont gain anything.
Rom upgrade will not speed up the CF
Playing movie files - use the search engine on this site and look for Betaplayer
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03-28-06, 11:28 PM
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well, the previous owner gave me three CDs. but i dont know how to go about doing the hard reset. BTW what is a hard reset...lol. sorry dumb question.....
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03-29-06, 11:35 AM
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OK you need to first off download the usermanual and read it - It will tell you how to do the hard reset and will help you with what the buttons do.
Read the manual before you even consider doing anything major to your X5
OK Hardware tutorials are here and how to hard reset is here
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Last edited by v2drinkers; 03-29-06 at 11:41 AM.
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03-29-06, 12:33 PM
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great thankx... i'll look into them..
btw, i looked into the tcpmp and am considering dling to my device,... but i did not see any instruction as to how to install it.. any topics on this ??
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03-29-06, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by fmanfrank
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great thankx... i'll look into them..
btw, i looked into the tcpmp and am considering dling to my device,... but i did not see any instruction as to how to install it.. any topics on this ??
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Use this download link here to download TCPMP version 0.71 for Windows Mobile.
Unzip the file, read the readme.txt. Your Ax is an XScale device (XScale is an ARM device) so you use tcpmp.arm_ce3.cab. Move this file on to your Axim (via memory card or ActiveSync). You can then install by running the .cab file using File Explorer or CabInstl.
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03-29-06, 10:22 PM
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great, that worked out awsome. Thankx for the great help you guys. ...
Now on to doing the updates... i'll make sure to do more research before i take that leap...
Frank
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