Original 612c 6.0CHT ROM with 1.00.04/0.81

[chan200606]

Does anyone have the above?

I have stayed with the original HP ROM (6.0 CHT/1.00.04/0.81) until recently, thinking I could update just the radio to 0.89. This was a disaster, as the RUU also updated the eboot to 1.01.04, which does not appear compatible with the 6.0 CHT ROM (keeps asking to restart the PPC after startup). Ended up flashing the 612c with 6.0 WWE/1.01.04/0.88 which works, but Chinese has to be an add-on. Interesting Asset Viewer still says my machine is CHT despite the WWE ROM.

I know there are many 6.1 and 6.5 ROMs that should work, but I would like to stick with an official package if possible, as I am not that tech savvy to be sorting out potential incompatibility that I may run into with beta ROMs.

Scouring the net I could locate a copy of 6.0CHT but not 1.00.04/0.81. As I said earlier, the 6.0CHT would not work with the 1.01.04 already on my 612c.

I did ask HP if they would provide the CHT ROM but the answer was essentially a "no", said in a "polite" way.

Any help will be most appreciated.

[keyx]

radio firmware is separate from rom and i don't think you can flash back to original radio
you can try search around pdaclan i think there are people able to flash back to 0.88 which may be compatible to original CHT, but i think flashing radio is dangerous as any error may brick the radio part

[chan200606]

Thanks keyx.

Did a search on pdaclan and found quite a few people wanting to do the same thing and/or having the same problem! Unfortunately no one seems to have the old radio fw or eboot. One suggested to "format the IPAQ file store" - he didn't explain how that could be done though...