Hey there guys
I have posted this exact same post on aximsite, but I figured that I might as well post here too since maybe more people would read it.. thank you very much!
I'm quite desperate right now. My Axim x50 is tottally dead. Let me explain: I have it for about 2 years now, and when I bought it, it came originelly with wm2k3, and about 3 months later, Dell shipped a update CD with WM5 (it had just come out) and so I made the update succesfully, and had this WM5 vrs. A01 installed till this week.
Then, this past weekend I decided to update it, but I ended up bricking it by trying to force install WM6 MagLite's version for X50v (mine is x50[mid]). Well, as we all know, that would do the job. I was just so exited to do the update I didn't bother to read the threads.
Well, now my axim is tottally dead, I decided to read all posts and threads from all sorts of forums on the web, specially AximSite and xda-developers, and so I no longer consider myself a total noob, since I have read so much.
However, none of the intructions seem to do the job, because my Axim won't load the SD bootload screen at all! And I am doing it correctly, pressing wireless+power+reset. I have done that before and it worked. I think somehow the unsuccesful instalation of wm6 must have corrupted something and is now impeding the device from eving bootloading...!
The only thing it does is turning the power led red when it's connecet to the battery charger, then it becomes green when it is full (as usual). Won't turn on though. If I try to turn it on, to reset, load that test (rec+power+reset), or load bootload, nothing works. The only time something happens is when its on the PC USB craddle:Then when I try to bootload, the power light flashes in red pretty fast, then goes off again and that's all.
Yesterday, it all of a sudden showed a screen saying I had a problem on the memory, and invited me to press I think Contacts in order to solve it by recalling the standard configuration, but after I did so, it died again.
I'm completely desperate cuz I really liked it, it was part of my life already after so many years, and plus in my country (that would be Brazil) such eletronic devices and simply unafordable (I bought mine when I was an exchange student in US on 06), so if I actually screwed it up tottaly, I'm pretty much gonna be aximless forevermore.
I'm sorry for the gigantic post. I made an effort to post all information I could. I'm desperate and willing to follow any procedure for bringing my PDA back to life. I have the USB craddle if that helps, FAT32 SD, PC card reader, etc. If you guys could give me any help I would fully aprecciate..
And I fully endorse the words from the other members thanking you guys that are always trying to bring up something new for PDA lovers across the world, specially for us Axim users, forgotten now by Dell aparently..
Sorry for my possibly bad English! Thank you very much in advance.. I'm available for further explanations about my situation, if any of you is willing to help..
Cheers from Brazil!! Best regards to u all!
Oh, and I'm new here, so I hope I have posted this on the appropriate place. If not, I'm sorry, I guess I can move it then.. Thanks again
And I meant to say that if any of you actually read this and understands that there is pretty much nothing I can do, then I would appreciate if you tell me so, so that then i can simply get over it.. thanks
have you tried to run the ruu you were talking about that they shipped you on a cd for wm5?
Yes I have indeed, however it requests that the Axim is connected to PC via ActiveSync (it was designed to intall wm5 especificly on wm2k3 running devices) and that is not possible, since the Axim is bricked and won't turn on at all.. If only there was some other way to acces it trough the PC or something..
But thanks for the atention josefcrist! Please do share any other ideia that might come up
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Will windows mobile 2005 work with the XDA2 backpack?
Anybody know if there will be any issues.
Anyone tried it?
Thanks in advance.
cheers
Steve Jubb
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=47658&highlight=2005+backpack
from last time you asked
and another hit search gave
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=23374&highlight=2005+backpack
Thanks for the post.
I asked again because if you look at the last time I asked someone said the Backpack worked fine with Windows Mobile 2005 for the XDA2i (Alpine), but no version of Windows Mobile 2005 exists (AFAIK) for this PDA.
On asking for further information the respondant wasn't forthcoming, so how could I trust this reply (I certainly wasn't going to buy a backpack based on this reply).
I therefore posted another topic knowing it would get someone else's attention as it was clear the original post wasn't achieving much.
I wasn't intended to be awkard just keen for a proven answer.
cheers
steve jubb
I own a backpack and after wm5 upgrade, it stopped functioning ... no one seemed to have the solution ...
The Story of the Backpack?
@ all: The problem here is that there aren't enough of us with the Backpacks that have "officially" upgraded to WM2005 for the simple fact that IT IS NOT SUPPORTED by most of the name branded HTC Himalaya devices... I am sure that there is some marketing sense as to why we are the only ones NOT able to offically upgrade to the new MS OS, however when you look at the market with all of the new Pocket PC/GSM Combos, like the HPs and the Mios, etc... they ALL HAVE 2003SE in them and NOT WM5. This leads me to beleive that we will either upgrade to WM5 and NOT have our Backpacks work or we will stay with an OS where everything works - 2003SE.
Reminds me of their marketing scheme for Millenium Edition, what a joke when all of the Kmarts and Walmarts could not handle all of the complaints due to OS failures... didn't last long though and they got their act together with the NEXT OS's, stealing linux kernels et al. And so the story goes on....
I too have a backpack and I have upgraded to WM5 and back at least 4 times... the only reason I come back to 2003SE is for the Wifi Compact Flash I have - I think that I will get a Wifi SD and start enjoying WM5 while it lasts.
I remember when Buzz and The man named 'M' to which we were not allowed to mention his name for a while as MS launched threats at the forums and all the FTPs where whiped clean by 'unknown' sources - WM5 was unofficially released and became public domain... the only reason in my opinion that there are any devices at all with WM5 on them is because the rebels in this forum dared to push the bounderies with an unstable and beta phased OS, which of course did not advance much since the days of 2004.
So either get used to the backpack NEVER working with WM5 with our devices or get used to staying with 2003SE, sorry to sound negative - only seeing it as real as it is.
Just my 0.02€....
Here's to the crew of the old school boys makin **** happen:
(Not at all surprising where the quote is from):
"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do."
- Steve Jobs
I prefer to stick with WM2005 and don't want 2 go back to other OS. WM5 is the best OS so far, and right now I had to live without my backpack 4 a while until one day someone will solve this problem ...
FYI, there is a person who is able to use backpack in WM5 and his name is Rictec. I don't know how he did it. He once helped me to make my backpack worked but failed in doing so ...
Pls read my thread in buzzdev.net in WM5 about backpack ... He and Dotfred offered solution to this matter but for me that solution never works. Maybe for the other this may help them in bringing the backpack to work again ...
Hiya Guys & Dolls,
I'm back after a long break and have been reading all through the various posts i have missed in the last year or so.
I used to be an xda user (still am but am upgrading)
In the next couple of weeks I will be getting an MDA Vario (with Co-pilot)
and my wife will be getting a girlie pink MDA Compact II (with Co-pilot)
The big question is, what tweaks do you all think are necessary to make the devices "Liveable with" I gather they need a bit of help in the speed department! I gather overclocking is a necessity?
Also I have just been reading in one of the forums and the Wiki section about "BIG Storage" What will this achieve for me? What benefits is is likely to give me?
Hopefully I will be an active member of the forums once again; very shortly! Whats the point in having these things if you dont tinker! Theres no fun in just leaving well alone!
Hope some of you out there will give me some pointers in the right direction and some suggestions on what i might feel necessary to do.
Thanks in advance. its great to be back and hopefully I will find all the memebers on this site just as friendly and helpful as they used to be.
Look forward to hearing from you all soon. :wink:
your first step a bit more speed is to remove the tmobile customisation.
to do this hard reset the vario (or at first boot) then after all the windows regional settings, digitiser screens you will get a windows that says installing customisation (or words to that affect) quickly soft reset the vario and it will reboot without all the bloat.
there are lots of other tweaks in this forum, that will make your vario very useable
welcome back
R
So just to be clear...
If I do a soft reset while the screen is showing the T-Mobile installer working *after* the device is loaded and running WM5, my MDA Vario will still work and connect to the T-Mobile network for calls, GPRS, etc., just quicker?
If I later decide I'm missing something, can I just hard reset and let T-Mobile load all it's bloat?
the mdac2 is actually a charmer not a magician, so go following any guides for a magician regarding roms or you'll wreck the phone.
Thanks Dave!
Thanks for that dave, there are so many names for these things I managed to get myself confused already! Its a definite mine field!
I shall have to start looking in a different place to get the missus's phone sorted now!
I knew you guys were great, you just saved me a costly misfortune from the outset!
Oh dear!
Just looked on the Wiki pages and there is bugger all for the Charmer..!
Does that mean i'm gonna be limited to my options for making it useable?
Hope thats not gonna be the case?
Oh dear!
Just looked on the Wiki pages and there is bugger all for the Charmer..!
Does that mean i'm gonna be limited to my options for making it useable?
Hope thats not gonna be the case?
The mdac 2 is great and you can mod it as much as anything else. The overclocking works fine as do most other tweaks that work on the Vario.
In the interest of trying to update my phone back from WM6 to WM5 I flashed my T-Mobile SDA (US) with the T-Mobile SDA (UK) image. I now can't get it to turn on or anything.
From reading here I think I flashed my Tornado with a Hurricane image. Is that correct? If so, is there any way I can recover my phone? I have tried getting into the bootloader by holding the power, camera, and the communication manager button, but nothing happens. I do occasionally see the left light flash orange for a second at random times. It doesnt seem to light up when I charge it though.
Did I just brick my phone?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=294444
The simple answer being - it's dead. Sorry about that. It's a costly mistake.
What's the condition of the housing and keypad? I might be interested to buy it for parts. I got my SDA used a long time ago and the previous owner was a bit too rough with it (basically, it looks like poo).
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The simple answer being - it's dead. Sorry about that. It's a costly mistake.
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And a very EASY mistake to make, considering the fact that on the home page of this forum, it has the picture of the Tornado before the HUrricane, yet the tornado forum is listed AFTER the hurricane forum.
I spent many trips here trying to figure out whether the SDA was a tornado or a hurricane. Of course they don't even have SDA is a model type listed there, which is even just as stupid.
Sorry, but this is just inviting people into catastrophy, and it really sucks bad. In fact it's quite fair to say if this were not the case, there would be many less bricked SDA's (Also known as Tornado, but apparently the SDA is not a recognized model here).
See attached image that almost cause me to brick my SDA
Tell me that is not confusing?
Flashing the US SDA with a UK SDA ROM is a common mistake. I know, I did it too, bricking my first Tornado 2 days after buying it! My advice; sell it for spare parts and get another one from ebay. I'm really sorry, my friend, but there's nothing you can do for your phone now.
And please do not advice him about JTAG flashing, etc. Theoretically, it is possible, practically no one in this forum had it done! No one knows how to do it!
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And a very EASY mistake to make, considering the fact that on the home page of this forum, it has the picture of the Tornado before the HUrricane, yet the tornado forum is listed AFTER the hurricane forum.
I spent many trips here trying to figure out whether the SDA was a tornado or a hurricane. Of course they don't even have SDA is a model type listed there, which is even just as stupid.
Sorry, but this is just inviting people into catastrophy, and it really sucks bad. In fact it's quite fair to say if this were not the case, there would be many less bricked SDA's (Also known as Tornado, but apparently the SDA is not a recognized model here).
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You're wrong, those pictures are correct. I realy hate this modern attitude that when people mess up they just blame someone else for it. Yes, getting throught the naming jungle aint easy at times but still, there's no reason to blame personal mistakes on the forum. People who flash need to be aware that it's always a risky thing to do unless one knows exactly what one's about to do. So people need to invest time and learn all the details about a) their exact device and b) how flashing works. It's called personal responsibility.
Hello!
Will very much appreciate some help with my kaiser!
I've downloaded a program from ebay to unlock the phone, the first program was the flash Hard-SPL program. This guy has included all the flashing programs (radio etc.) onto one program to make it easier, but before you run hardSPL a message comes up saying:
"Your device will now be flashed, follow the instructions, when the loading bar appears on the PC, pay attention to your device as soon as you see the three colour screen you must REPLUG usb, do so immediately then WAIT PATIENTLY for it to flash"
Now i took "replug" to mean unplug then plug in again... which is odd because the hardSPL program doesnt ask you too. SO as soon as i saw the hardSPL loading bar at 0% i unplugged and replugged the USB. Then my heart sank as a communication error inevitably came up and i had to exit the program.
Now my phone is stuck on the three colour screen (with white bit at the bottom) with the current text displayed on the top left:
KAIS130
SPL-1.93.Jump
CPLD-8
then obviously "USB" at the bottom.
I've tried resetting the phone but the button wont work, i dont want to take the battery out incase i'll completely brick it!
PLEASE HELP!!!!!! ($30 donation for the most helpful reply! - i know its not alot but better than nowt!)
A simple search for hardspl or the likes will result in the results you're looking for. You may also want to read the kaiser sticky (the very first post) as it may become helpful.
try downloading the HardSPL from this site and running the file as per the instructions. May still be able to recover. Good luck m8!
I had this problem way back when I got my Kaiser. I simply reflashed HardSPL and then flashed Duttys ROm. All fixed after that
money is not everything...
downnload the HardSPL package from my signature. unplug and replug your usb cable from you computer. then run the hardspl with the attatchede exe from the download.
if need be you can reach me via msn messeger [email protected]
OK i've been good and searched the forums, and found its OK to take battery out and put back in... it started no probs *phew*, although now i'm very scared to flash!!!! will post my progress...
beeringo said:
OK i've been good and searched the forums, and found its OK to take battery out and put back in... it started no probs *phew*, although now i'm very scared to flash!!!! will post my progress...
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As long as you HardSPL first there is absolutely NO risk. Been tested to death, works a treat. Good luck m8!
Follow instructions in this post, should keep you ok. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=334678
***changed the link, put the wrong one in, sorry!!! ***
we here at xda don't do stuff for money .. donations r appreciated. the most important aspect of the site is to help u learn and understand the workings of ur device. since u r new to rom flashing/device upgrading i highly recommen and suggest it as a requirement to read the first sticky under the kaiser rom devvelopment forum.
as far as hardspl goes im sorry if u paid one ebay to some scammer as full hardspl including instructions on how to use it r available free of charge here on xda thanks to olipro,pof, and jocky and others.
if u still r stuck than i suggest u ask alltheway for help
Hmmm... tried flashing hardSPL and it turns out it makes no difference i took the cable out the program doesnt work! Comes up with a connection error anyways!
Is it because im on vista?
To be honest i have no idea what hardSPL actually is (sorry) im just tryin to get the simlock off!
Is there a hardSPL tutorial thread somewhere?
(sorry for being king of the noobs!)
beeringo said:
Hmmm... tried flashing hardSPL and it turns out it makes no difference i took the cable out the program doesnt work! Comes up with a connection error anyways!
Is it because im on vista?
To be honest i have no idea what hardSPL actually is (sorry) im just tryin to get the simlock off!
Is there a hardSPL tutorial thread somewhere?
(sorry for being king of the noobs!)
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thats what happens when you purchase stolen software on eBay. That sim unlocker was created by a user here and some dueche bag is selling it on eBay you should ask for your money back and make threats to report him.
redbandana said:
thats what happens when you purchase stolen software on eBay. That sim unlocker was created by a user here and some dueche bag is selling it on eBay you should ask for your money back and make threats to report him.
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well put good sir
okey doke! will do that.
Am still having trouble. I saw on the sticky page a video tutorial for unlocking - what was the program he was using? Its different to the one i'm using! I've also tried one which runs off the phone which still doesnt work.
I think it may have something to do with the fact when i plug in the phone you can hear the windows chime thingy TWICE, then its connected...
When i run the flash program and unplug then replug the usb cable i can only hear the chime ONCE, is this something to do with vista????
OK it just decided to work, i did the same thing as before except this time it was ok.
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR REPLIES!
Oh and i found out that the program the guy was selling was indeed free and was indeed from this website: i noticed at the bottom of the program was this message:
==Kaiser Debug Output==
==Made by Olipro - 2008. www.xda-developers.com==
-Version 2.0-
SPL Flashed!
It also said this is FREE software!!
On Vista - fully close MS mobile device center.
Put the phone in bootloader mode and connect to the usb port.
Run the unlocker (don't unplug usb)
Be sure you flash to a wm6.1 first before unlock your sim. Olipro's sim unlocker works for wm6.1 only as I remember.
Good luck!
i thought it was 6.0 ...maybe for a different unlock tool? how many are there on here for the Kaiser?
I have tried and tried so many times to upgrade with things from this site, i have had no luck what so ever, i have not given up i love a challenge. I go to get the rom and i use xp doesnt seem to like vista to much, it finds the phone and then i hit next and then it goes to flash the phone and it looses the connection or something and it says not able to find phone blah blah, i would love to have 6.1 or 6.5 or i hear 6.5 is amazing, is there anyone here that can give me the exact link and or file, and directions on how to flash 6.1 or 6.5 i am about to loose my mind and would love some help, my motorola q died of bad death 5 feet into a pool, and i miss my windows so if you can help me and not confuse me contact me at [email protected] it would be much helpful and make me very happy.
EVERYBODY NEW: Please read the stickies. Your answers are there. Really. Read them. You'll see! Look especially hard at the How to flash a new ROM to your wizard sticky. Read a LOT before you ever start flashing, or you'll have an expensive brick instead of a cool phone. Don't be the guy who screams "PLEASE HELP" because he flashed first, and read second.
iamdantheman987 said:
I have tried and tried so many times to upgrade with things from this site, i have had no luck what so ever, i have not given up i love a challenge. I go to get the rom and i use xp doesnt seem to like vista to much, it finds the phone and then i hit next and then it goes to flash the phone and it looses the connection or something and it says not able to find phone blah blah, i would love to have 6.1 or 6.5 or i hear 6.5 is amazing, is there anyone here that can give me the exact link and or file, and directions on how to flash 6.1 or 6.5 i am about to loose my mind and would love some help, my motorola q died of bad death 5 feet into a pool, and i miss my windows so if you can help me and not confuse me contact me at [email protected] it would be much helpful and make me very happy.
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Use XP, use Activesync 4.5. Do NOT use Vista under any circumstances.
Make DAMN sure you've unlocked your phone's CID. There are different procedures for different models of Wizard. Do the wrong one, you will destroy your phone.
Use Mun's RUU if the cook's RUU doesn't work with your phone.
Only the Oldest WM6 ROMs will include IPL/SPL, which may kill your phone if it's a G4. Newer ROMs are almost always safe. Cook will tell you in the ROM's description.
Your Wizard is not any more waterproof than your Q was. Keep it away from the pool.
Read, search, learn.