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ursoouindio
18-03-2008, 05:11 PM
Hello everyone,

i've posted it on the Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking section but maybe it is more indicated to be here... I'm new here...

sorry for posting this noob questions here, I see that you all are discussing software development and stuff, but it is the only place I've found to ask about it.

My situation: I have a Dell Axim X51v wich is still on warranty and CompleteCare (until march 2009!). It has a WM5 A04 Portuguese Rom wich is very unstable and quite lame (I don't like the system in portuguese!) and I'm looking forward to use the WM6 Football Rom, that everywhere I read says its very nice.

The fact is: If I had to call Dell for support, I'll need to give them the Ax with the WM5 Portuguese rom. I really consider this since the device isn't brand new and if something happens I don't want to loose it.

So, what I need to know is how (and if it is possible of course) to get the image of my Ax as it is now, to store in a safe copy on my pc or a cd, upgrade to Football's WM6 (wich version, btw? I see that there are RTM and Preview A06 on the thread) and then eventually get it back to my current rom, if I need to use the warranty. I know that the upgrade part is well documented around the internet, but the downgrade to the same or similar system is the major doubt.

I'll be grateful for any help. I'm new to all this and there are lots of knowledge around. Never had any experience flashing, just upgraded my ROM one time with the official procedure from HP, on my old Ipaq.

Thanks!! :)

ursoouindio
19-03-2008, 12:21 PM
anyone here?

John_at_Dell
21-03-2008, 04:33 PM
Hi,

I work as a support analyst at Dell headquarters.

I wanted to let you know that the A04 ROM for the Portuguese version of WMV 5.0 can be downloaded from our website. You can find it here:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&releaseid=R131773&SystemID=PDA_AXIM_X51&servicetag=&os=PPM&osl=BP&deviceid=7638&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=4&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=7&fileid=174977

That should help out. Let me know if you have any problems.

John
Dell Customer Advocate

John_at_Dell
21-03-2008, 04:59 PM
This is John again. After posting that link, I realized that the link was for the x51 ROM. Do NOT download that link!

The link to the x51v is here instead:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R131772&SystemID=PDA_AXIM_X51&servicetag=&os=PPM&osl=BP&deviceid=7643&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=5&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=7&fileid=174968

Sorry for the confusion!

John
Dell Customer Advocate

ursoouindio
22-03-2008, 06:48 PM
Thanks John! :)

If I run this brazilian WM5 rom "update" application of version A04, it will install on my X51v even if it has installed on it a more recent english WM6 rom?

If so, I don't have much to lose testing the hacked rom... of course, there is the risk of bricking it if I make the wrong procedure, but I guess that is well documented around here, right?

thanks again!

John_at_Dell
25-03-2008, 04:59 PM
You should be able to flash the ROM, even if a more recent version is installed. You shouldn't be bricking your Axim by doing any of this.

Glad I could help!

ursoouindio
25-03-2008, 05:20 PM
all right!
I shall try the alternative roms then!

but, I am downloading this rom from dell:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=br&l=pt&s=gen&releaseid=R131772&SystemID=PDA_AXIM_X51&servicetag=&os=PPM&osl=bp&deviceid=7643&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=5&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=7&fileid=174968
it seems to be the right one since mine is X51v 624 mhz.