X51v rom update

Basically, if your ROM isn't on their internal "upgrade from These all provide working SDHC support, most appear to slightly increase battery life. Konrad Pierce , Jan 16, Konrad, I had tried something similar to what you suggested, i.

I'm only mentioning that, even though it was an rx, and not an x51v, because I'm wondering whether the situation would be different i. FYI, I got kind of anxious waiting for info, so I had posted asking the same question on mobilitysite. Here's the link to the thread on mobilitysite. Ah, understand that on your PC the ROM image will be stored as a file; it will have to fit whatever "envelope" the PC's file system uses for file handling; it's probably padded with some extra bytes to describe Windows icon properties, folder paths, times and dates It is not usable "as is"; it must be dumped - not copied - onto a flash card.

Written directly to the card so that the first byte on the card is the first byte of the data, etc. It's not as hard as it might sound, just mildly inconvenient. Maybe a better way to explain this is by understanding that your iPAQ's bootloader doesn't have a file system and must simply accept ROM image data in "plain and simple" binary format, not prettied up by Windows.

Of course I can't make much sense of my cryptic old notes now. There ya go, one ROM backup. Here's the link that I used, back when I needed to do this sort of thing. A little bit lengthy, but just read through it then follow step by step the first time, at least and it's quite easy to figure out.

Konrad Pierce , Jan 17, You must log in or sign up to reply here. Show Ignored Content. All three models looked the same with the exception of the X3i which had a WiFi antenna nub on the top right corner. The Basic and Advanced models varied in processor speed and amount of memory. The Basic model came with a USB sync cable users could purchase a cradle separately.

SD slot, WiFi capability and Infrared port included. The Advanced and X3i came with a chrome finish weighted USB sync cradle that can also charge a spare battery. In all other respects, these units were identical to each other. X3 came with a user replaceable mAh Lithium Ion battery, which could be replaced by an optional mA extended battery which doubled run times. Both the high-end and mid-level models had built-in The Dell Axim X50 family was available in three models.

There is also an unofficial upgrade to Windows Mobile 6. Despite its unofficial status, it has been tested and had gone through several prerelease versions before being released to the general public. An unofficial upgrade to Windows Mobile 6. Known bugs include the lack of support for CompactFlash cards.

There is or was also an attempt to design a Linux implementation based on Kernel version 2. There is a partially functional port of Google's Android operation system to the Axim x51 under the AxDroid project. The current version of the build supports the Android Froyo release.