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Well, as usual the upgrade experience on Windows Mobile 5 is worse than trying to remove an application from Windows 3.1. :evil:
If you have Fitaly 3.x or one of the release candidates, betas, you might give this a shot.
• Go into the Fitaly options and change the default keyboard to "Keyboard."
• Soft Reset
• Go to Start|Settings|System|Remove Programs and uninstall Fitaly. It may be listed as Textware Solutions Fitaly.
Now, if that worked cool. You are one of the fortunate. Soft reset again and proceed with the install of 4.0.
If, like me, the uninstall fails, before hitting soft reset do the following. Now, advanced warning here because Fitaly inserts itself during the boot, this could render your device unbootable if there is something left on your device that I don't list below because it wasn't on mine. I used Resco Explorer to help with this. Make sure you can see all hidden and system files and files in ROM. You will need a registry editor too. Resco includes one and there are freebies available. You should be able to perform the file operations, with the exception of the Find operation, with the default WM5 File Explorer as long as you can see hidden/system files.
• Manually remove the 3 FITALY* folders in \windows.
• Delete all fitaly* files in \windows - 7 of them I think
• Remove the HKCU\Software\Textware solutions registry key
• Remove the HKR\CLSID\{95BDB641-772F-11d2-AC6B-204C4F4F5020} key
• Remove the HKLM\Software\Apps\Textware Fitaly key
• Remove the \windows\AppMgr\Textware Fitaly folder
• Remove the \windows\help\fitaly.lnk file
• Remove the \windows\startup\fitalystartup.exe file
• Using Resco File Explorer, go to the root of your device and search for *fitaly* and *textw* on the entire device to make sure there are no Fitaly and Textware files.
• Using a good registry tool, like Resco's Registry addin, search for fitaly and textware in the registry. Make sure you search data, keys and values.
Once done, soft reset again. This is the key. If your device boots, and it should, you should be able to upgrade.
Note: If you get a "Fitaly has been successfully installed on your device..." but the blue dots at the top of the screen do NOT fill up the progress bar entirely, then the install did not install successfully and you should go back to the top of this post and start over.
After all of that, for some reason it came up in VGA mode on my tiny K-Jam QVGA screen. Just go into optioins and tell it to dispaly "Small"
As much as a colossal hassle as this is, Fitaly is definitely worth it. 4.0 is amazing compared to 3.5. The "preview" feature when you slide north rocks. It is just too bad the application manager that Windows Mobile 5 comes with is vying for top suckiest feature, and I think it is a nose ahead of Connection Manager in this hotly contested race.
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