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I got a backup battery as well, should last about 30 minutes... It shows as fully loaded, but as soon as I remove the battery, it's dead... Oh well, no battery changes then and a backup on my SD card... |
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12-08-2009, 11:18 AM | #62 |
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As soon as I'm over a work hump (the course I'm teaching ends this week), I'll try the OS upgrade. I've already collected the files I need. I did a fast battery swap the other night, and it was okay.
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12-09-2009, 06:37 AM | #63 | |
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12-09-2009, 01:30 PM | #64 |
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The college course I was teaching ended last night. I'm planning to try the upgrade today. I haven't installed anything but mobipocket, at this point.
I like the Axim so much I'm tempted to grab a second for backup, if I see one cheap enough on ebay. (My electronics gear has been failing left and right around me, lately.) The Ipaq 4700s seem to consistently go for over $100 on ebay, but the Axim X50Vs range a little lower. |
12-09-2009, 01:42 PM | #65 |
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I have been extremely happy with my Axim over the last several years, but the backup battery is now officially dead. If I have to swap batteries, I have to do a restore. I try really hard to not let the battery go dead now. I am debating what device I want to replace it with, but so far haven't figured out what I want. I wish there was a new version of my Axim.
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12-09-2009, 01:49 PM | #66 | |
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12-09-2009, 03:05 PM | #67 |
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Well, I tried upgrading the OS, and that didn't go well at all. I started with Aximupdate.exe to bring it from WM 2003 up to WM 5, and the updater program closed without completing the task. I had to do a hard reset to get it going again, without any update. Tried it again, with the same result.
Any thoughts on what could cause that problem? I did this on a Windows 7 64 bit computer. Could that be the problem, since the update program is a few years old? |
12-09-2009, 03:20 PM | #68 | |
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PDAs running Windows Mobile are not desktops or laptops running Windows. Among other things, it uses an ARM processor, not an Intel design. I'm willing to bet ROM images are pretty specific to the exact hardware you run, and an image that isn't fully compatible will fail. Googling on "dell axim x50v windows mobile 6" will turn up some links that might be relevant. ______ Dennis |
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12-09-2009, 03:30 PM | #69 | |
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No, the update program I referred to runs from the Windows desktop and uses the sync program to update the ROM via the USB connection. The parameters seemed to check out properly before I hit the execute button. (I got the update program from one of those developer sites folks have referred to above.) I'm thinking it's possible that the updater was designed to run from XP with ActiveSync, rather than Win 7 with Windows Mobile whatever that replaced ActiveSync. UPDATE: That was indeed the problem. I moved the operation to my XP machine, and the updater appears to be working. (It's a lengthy process. I'm waiting now while it reformats the flash memory.) When this is done, I hope to have a working WM 5. Then there's an update to that I need to apply. After that, I can think about trying the WM 6 ROM. Last edited by starrigger; 12-09-2009 at 04:24 PM. |
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12-09-2009, 05:51 PM | #70 |
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It is always handy to setup a virtual XP machine in Windows 7. Then you don't need a second computer.
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12-09-2009, 05:58 PM | #71 |
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Well, that wasn't so much fun. Once I had WM 5 A01 installed, I could no longer connect to my PC. Had to update Activesync, and even then it took quite a bit of fooling around. But now I have the Axim updated as far as WM5 A02, and things seem to be working okay.
I'm wondering now what the percentage is on plowing ahead to WM 6. Anyone here experienced the difference between the two? |
12-09-2009, 07:37 PM | #72 |
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The old AximSite has been changed to MobilitySite, but they kept the Axim archives in their forums.
The URL is http://www.mobilitysite.com/boards/x50-x51-forums/ You can probably find many of the answers you need there. Joyce |
12-09-2009, 07:46 PM | #73 | |
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12-09-2009, 07:55 PM | #74 |
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After posting that, I decided, wotthehell, I'd gone that far, I might as well finish the job before I installed any programs. So I did the WM6 upgrade, then installed Mobipocket. I can't say that it seems any faster to me, but maybe for what I'm doing, I wouldn't notice the difference anyway.
Now I guess I should put eReader and Adobe and whatnot on it, and try out those epub readers. And then stop the neepery and start enjoying reading again. |
12-09-2009, 09:18 PM | #75 |
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My 1st pocket PC was a Casseipia. Man I loved that thing. Was GREAT.
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