TUTORIAL: The long awaited solution on how to use the SD Image Loader for flashing

[genuis]

www.rapidsharing.com seems to be todays favourite

Here it is a dump file from an englisch X50

http://www.rapidsharing.com/7259662d...f151c04fef6b9c

Now i need a working .CRC

[domme]

Here it is a dump file from an englisch X50

http://www.rapidsharing.com/7259662d...f151c04fef6b9c

Now i need a working .CRC

This dump is NOT correct.

Please provide me with the complete 64mb of the dump and I will build a flash package just like the ones for the X50v.

[genuis]

This dump is NOT correct.

Please provide me with the complete 64mb of the dump and I will build a flash package just like the ones for the X50v.

That would be very nice , HERE is the complete 64mb dump

http://www.rapidsharing.com/cd582a73...3bb06a3484520b

[shsmith]

I have long thought that most of the X50v's troubles with WM5 stem from a worker thread in the filesys module. I have a patch I'd like to try that may help, while we wait for a real fix from Dell.

Search a ROM dump for this string of bytes:
00 00 A0 E3 C9 0A 00 EB

It should appear only once in the whole 128mb dump. The patch is to change the first two 00 00 bytes to FF FF.

This patch puts an 18 hour "sleep" in front of the thread that hogs the CPU. If my theory is right, this will give us long stretches of good performance, though it will not completely eliminate the filesys problem. In order to burn this patch, we will need to recalculate the .CRC file.

Anyone game to try this?

Edit: We now know that this patch doesn't help much, if any, and that it has caused some folks to get a failed restore. Stick with the original A01 ROM until we come out with something better.

[domme]

I have long thought that most of the X50v's troubles with WM5 stem from a worker thread in the filesys module. I have a patch I'd like to try that may help, while we wait for a real fix from Dell.

Search a ROM dump for this string of bytes:
00 00 A0 E3 C9 0A 00 EB

It should appear only once in the whole 128mb dump. The patch is to change the first two 00 00 bytes to FF FF.

This patch puts an 18 hour "sleep" in front of the thread that hogs the CPU. If my theory is right, this will give us long stretches of good performance, though it will not completely eliminate the filesys problem. In order to burn this patch, we will need to recalculate the .CRC file.

Anyone game to try this?

will recalculate it as soon as possible, you can then try it yourself, as you do not need to update the bootloader it is of no risk for you

[domme]

First of all, the X50 Windows Mobile 2003 Englisch A05 image can be downloaded at

http://www.rapidsharing.com/27641c54...aa750911e67214

Very interesting: The X50 and the X50v use exactly the same bootloader...

As to shsmit's request, the new CRC value is c5473116

Have fun testing your mod, at least it starts up and seems to be usable... ;-)

[shsmith]

As to shsmit's request, the new CRC value is c5473116

Have fun testing your mod, at least it starts up and seems to be usable... ;-)

You are a prince. Thanks a million for helping out.

I am in the midst of loading Wm50 A01 the "dell" way, after which I will load the patched "K" file.

BTW, is there a trick to getting into the SD loader? I tried Wireless+Power+Reset a few times earlier and I kept getting the hard reset menu, not the SD loader. Thanks!

[tancerman]

This will most likely be removed by chris or another moderator. This allows people to download WM5 for free. This situation is very similar to the whole x5 wm2003 incident.

[domme]

You are a prince. Thanks a million for helping out.

I am in the midst of loading Wm50 A01 the "dell" way, after which I will load the patched "K" file.

BTW, is there a trick to getting into the SD loader? I tried Wireless+Power+Reset a few times earlier and I kept getting the hard reset menu, not the SD loader. Thanks!

Press and hold wireless+power, then while holding the two buttons press rest, always works for me...

[domme]

This will most likely be removed by chris or another moderator. This allows people to download WM5 for free. This situation is very similar to the whole x5 wm2003 incident.

Yes, I have already thought about that, it is definitley noct my intention to provide people with the update for free.

If any admin / mod has a problem with me posting the links, please contact me, i would then put the links up at another place...

[shsmith]

Press and hold wireless+power, then while holding the two buttons press rest, always works for me...

That is exactly what I was doing. After about 20 tries I finally got the SD Update screen and was able to flash the patched image. I should know soon if it made any difference or if the dreaded filesys.exe CPU hogging is still there.

During the SD update process it read the SD card and displayed the CRC on the bottom of the screen. I wonder if I can get that far with an invalid CRC file? If so, that might be a way of finding the CRC for a new mod.

[joshin]

While the tool may be used to pirate the WM5 ROM for the x50, I would hope that the moderators would not close this thread because it is informative and may prove useful for other Axim projects like a way to build/distribute an eventual Linux distribution for the Axim.

Now let's be smart and not post files we shouldn't.

-Josh

[genuis]

First of all, the X50 Windows Mobile 2003 Englisch A05 image can be downloaded at

http://www.rapidsharing.com/27641c54...aa750911e67214

I am just awake, nice news!!! im going to try it now, i wil let you now,

Thanks.....

[Maniek]

Yes, it's works!!! I reflashed from WM5 to WM2003 with success my X50. It repaired my dead Axim. But I have only one small problem with low backup battery, I think that pass after long charge.

Thank you very much. I'm owe domme big beer!

[genuis]

IT WORKS!!!!!

ofcourse i'm want to know how it's done

with my selfmade files it didnt work, also not when i aplied the crc that apears in the bottom of the screen ,it did run whit that crc but not a succesful update after flashing??, there must be another difference in the file, how do you make workabl