10-31-2002, 11:51 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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A Warning To All Pocket PC Owners Regarding ROM Updates
This happens every time there's a major new ROM update, so it bears repeating here again. I've been seeing reports from people who have been getting their Toshiba e740's back from the recall, and when they try to do a restore, it doesn't work. Here's why:
When Toshiba sends back your repaired e740, they will have applied the EUU3 ROM update and done a hard reset in the process. Most restore programs will do a ROM check to ensure the device it's restoring to is a match, and as you can guess, it will generate an error. Although you're only backing up data in RAM, the RAM and ROM are deeply intertwined. The EUU3 ROM update can be performed without a hard reset - it only updates ROM areas - but I always perform a hard reset to be on the safe side. When I did the EUU3 update on the XDA without first doing a hard reset, Windows Media Player 8.5 mysteriously stopped working a few hours after the EUU3 update.
Your mileage may vary, but I view major ROM updates as a good excuse to get rid of the accumulated junk on my Pocket PC and start fresh.
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10-31-2002, 11:56 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Re: A Warning To All Pocket PC Owners Regarding ROM Updates
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
Your mileage may vary, but I view major ROM updates as a good excuse to get rid of the accumulated junk on my Pocket PC and start fresh.
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There's another way of saying that Jason...goes something like PITA.
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10-31-2002, 12:08 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Aug 2002
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EUU3
I've downloaded EUU3 for my ipaq but as yet haven't had the gut to apply it. Like most, I hate to re-install. Be honest, having done it, was the update worth the aggravation?
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10-31-2002, 12:31 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Woah.. EUU3 is out for iPaqs? When did this happen, anyone have a link? (can't find it on Compaq's site)
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10-31-2002, 12:45 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 112
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EUU3
Sponge, I believe that 36xx series is the only release thus far.
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10-31-2002, 01:16 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jun 2002
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Recently finally got around to upgrading the rom to 2.20 on the iPaq (for some reason I figured I'd all ready done it - D'OH!), and I couldn't believe the improvements in memory management.
I await EUU 3 with breath so baited that sharks would come looking.
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10-31-2002, 01:23 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2004
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XDA UPDATE
You say you have updated your XDA
where did you get the download?
Please can you post a screenshot of the ROM
not because I don't believe you, but because
I have been promised when mine arrives on
Saturday, it will be pre-installed and I need to
know how to check this.
Thanks in advance.
Jayman.
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10-31-2002, 01:38 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Re: EUU3
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Originally Posted by lj62061
Sponge, I believe that 36xx series is the only release thus far.
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I can't find EEU3 for the 36xx series on HP's web site. Do you have the link by chance? Thanks!
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10-31-2002, 03:35 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 33
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I just got off of the phone with toshiba and the did confirm that they do update the ROM image and reset everything.
However they said they had no knowledge of people having trouble with restoring.
Soo... If you have problems. please let them know.... so maybe they can fix that with mine.. =)
I take it this Euu3 doesn't have Xscale optimization yet?
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Palm m100(100$) to Sony Peg-s300(75$) to Toshiba e740(540$) Also AcerTMC100Cti
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10-31-2002, 03:56 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 25
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For me the major drawback is not the need of reinstallments since this goes more or less in one step, its quite easy.
The real drawback is the hassle to reenter all those reg codes of 20-30 shareware apps I have installed on my system.. :evil:
I store all those codes in ewallet. Due to a missing recent backup I couldn't find an older file for some time. Once I found it, I needed to find my old confirmation emails with those codes and collect all that stuff again.. took me some hours to accomplish.
So keep your codes save before updating ! 8)
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