Any Danger Upgrading ROM?

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"Philadelphia Frank" <philafrank@yahoo.com> schreef in bericht
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> involved in the upgrade. I'm worried upgrading the ROM is similiar to
> upgrading the BIOS on a PC. If you don't do it right - your PC will
> not boot.

Yep, very dangerous, it happened to me on a ipaq 2210.
Upgraded via BT as the USB port did not work.
After erasing the bios a bootloader was installed which only looked for the
USB port (which still did not function -
So braindead and a 300E repair by HP.

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On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 16:29:15 +0100, "Jack" <jack@intercon.geenzooi.nl>
wrote:

>Upgraded via BT as the USB port did not work.

I'm not going to say what I'm thinking...

A_C

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"Agent_C" <Agent-C-hates-spam@nyc.rr.com> schreef in bericht
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> On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 16:29:15 +0100, "Jack" <jack@intercon.geenzooi.nl>
> wrote:
>
>>Upgraded via BT as the USB port did not work.
>
> I'm not going to say what I'm thinking...

Yep, let me guess..... you would do the same :-)
But i had no choice: BT bugs, WiFi DHCP failures, i needed the USB port for
normal daily active synch.
I hoped it would be a complete binary, it was only a loader.
It was a all or nothing... so nothing.

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On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 21:56:27 +0100, "Jack" <jack@intercon.geenzooi.nl>
wrote:

>Yep, let me guess..... you would do the same :-)

Ummm,, NO

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On Saturday, Philadelphia Frank wrote:

> There is an upgrade available for my new Axim X50V.

I did it - used the USB cradle (don't do it wirelessly
or without mains power) and made a ROM backup first. It
went without a hitch and the new ROM seems to quite a
bit better wih regard to WiFi reception and also the
touchscreen seems to be a lot more responsive. Others
have confirmed these, and other minor points that I've
not personally noticed.

Certainly didn't break anything, anyway.

--
Bryan Anderson <usenet@bryananderson.co.uk>

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Well, if you aren't having any problems with the Axim already, then why
update it? Really the only reason you would want to update is to fix bugs.
If you haven't found any bugs for what you are working with, don't do it!
"Don't fix it if it ain't broke!"

The ROM update is like updating BIOS on a PC. If something should go wrong,
you will have a dead Pocket PC that basically will do best as a paperweight
at that point in time. If you need to do the update as to problems that are
fixed in the update that you need to have, then follow all instructions
EXACTLY. DO NOT do it wirelessly as that will cause more and more problems,
and DO NOT do it off batteries. If the power should go out during the time
that it is doing the update, then the update can't finish and again you just
turned that cool "toy" into a paperweight.

If you need to do the update, everything should go smoothly if you follow
all instructions!

"Philadelphia Frank" <philafrank@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> There is an upgrade available for my new Axim X50V. Is there any risks
> involved in the upgrade. I'm worried upgrading the ROM is similiar to
> upgrading the BIOS on a PC. If you don't do it right - your PC will
> not boot.
>
> Thank you for your time and help;
> Frank