psionandy

I'm running a very similar setup described in the 1st post (I got all the details from solsie's excellent thread, glad to see I picked the right ones).

However It does seem that getting a setup that works is easy. getting a setup that works for more than a couple of weeks seems to be the difficult bit.

Battery life is better than wm2003 at the moment, and performance is (on average) better.

Still after 48 hours it's too early to say

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Originally Posted by psionandy

I'm running a very similar setup described in the 1st post (I got all the details from solsie's excellent thread, glad to see I picked the right ones). However It does seem that getting a setup that works is easy. getting a setup that works for more than a couple of weeks seems to be the difficult bit. Battery life is better than wm2003 at the moment, and performance is (on average) better. Still after 48 hours it's too early to say

How long did it take you to set this up from a hard reset?

psionandy

well it was my second attempt

the first one just went mad after thebfirst day.


install tweaks2k and apply wm5 tweaks.. 5 mins...

1soft reset required

fake server 5 mins

install patch from shsmith 5 mins v10 as 11 may have problems and create shortcut in auto start...

install software apps and register 15 mins
clearvue adobe phatpad, phatnotes, notem, opera and tengo

apply vga hack to adobe

Backup using built in util 15 mins

Backup using spb 3 mins



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Originally Posted by psionandy

well it was my second attempt the first one just went mad after thebfirst day. install tweaks2k and apply wm5 tweaks.. 5 mins... 1soft reset required fake server 5 mins install patch from shsmith 5 mins v10 as 11 may have problems and create shortcut in auto start... install software apps and register 15 mins clearvue adobe phatpad, phatnotes, notem, opera and tengo apply vga hack to adobe Backup using built in util 15 mins Backup using spb 3 mins

Thanks for the info. I'm kinda waiting for the BT update before I take the plunge, but I'm kinda afraind of the reinstall. That didn't sound too bad, although I have more apps than that.

psionandy

well I have a second wave of apps to add (and possibly a 3rd)


but I wantedvto see if I could get a stable system firs

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Originally Posted by psionandy

well I have a second wave of apps to add (and possibly a 3rd) but I wantedvto see if I could get a stable system firs

it's that 3rd round that'll get ya! :throwcomp

psionandy

And of course saying that it's working is the kiss of death.....

Still, if it falls over then i'm not going to try and fix it this time, and back to wm2003se land i will go

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kenomail

good concrete list. This site turns out to be more help than calling DELL!

Also, MS has a newer Activesync than we all got on our WM5 upgrade disk - Version 4.1.4841.0 - seems to work ok.

txs

psionandy

Originally Posted by DeeCee52

it's that 3rd round that'll get ya! :throwcomp

well it was the 3rd wave that got me. it would freeze solid. Even the clock was frozen. So I'm back in wm2003se land...

DeeCee52

Originally Posted by psionandy

well it was the 3rd wave that got me. it would freeze solid. Even the clock was frozen. So I'm back in wm2003se land...

sorry to hear of your troubles. curious as to which apps put it over the top.

psionandy

Originally Posted by DeeCee52

sorry to hear of your troubles. curious as to which apps put it over the top.

Well there was nothing conclusive... I installed them and they ran fine for a couple of hours, then I went to lunch and my axim was frozen in the cradle, with the clock frozen for 30 mins, and froze up several times after that.

The last wave of apps , were PB, iLauncher, textmaker and planmaker. All of which were wm5 versions. Disabling PB and iL didn't make any difference. Still froze solid later on... at which point I downloaded the downgrade

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Originally Posted by psionandy

well it was the 3rd wave that got me. it would freeze solid. Even the clock was frozen. So I'm back in wm2003se land...

Welcome Back!, Welcome Back!, Welcome Back!

Mevi88

Okay.. I am not that savy on my X50v.. how do I use Resco for the hack.. maybe I don't have the right program. Please help. Thanks.

Melissa

Mevi88

Nevermind everyone.. I figured it out. Guess I am smarter than I thought.

SquireSCA

Awesome info, but the fact remains, that if you have to go to such lengths to get these things to work properly, then Dell F'd up and needs to get on the ball and release a better product and fix these issues themselves.