bricked ipaq 3950

[Tauron7]

I tried to upgrade my ipaq 3950 to wm2003 English version from wm2002 Chinese version and something went wrong so now I can only get into what I understand is called "parrot": Red background with Compaq in and Serial or USB when I connect w/ usb cable. It is v0.48. I've been trying to use mtty.exe to load a backup rom I downloaded off the net but every time I use the command lnb rom.bin it says "start download" then waits for a few minutes, then says "Fail to synchronize with the host". I know I should just buy a new pda but I don't have the cash. Any help would be appreciated.

[simtech]

Well, here is what worked for me. Get the PDA in bootloader mode again ( that is the mode where the screen is red and says USB or Serial ). Connect to your computer via USB sync cable. Then you want to run the Ipaq Softpaq again to install your WM2003. It should start installing, leave it alone until it says that it is complete. Don't wiggle it or even touch it, because sometimes those Ipaq sync cable connectors get to the point where they will loose connection if moved.