11-17-2005, 05:00 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 12,959
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How's That Windows Mobile 5.0 Upgrade?
It has been a few weeks since the Windows Mobile 5.0 upgrade was released for the Dell Axim X50/X50v series and the HP iPAQ hx2000 series. Many of you took the plunge with mixed results. For some of you, it has worked great, while for others, it has been less than rosy. And then there are a select few of you who can't even upgrade (for some strange and twisted reason). Whatever your issue is, let it be known. Now I know quite a few of you may be experiencing more than one issue. If so, please pick the one that dominates.
Please note that this poll is only for users who have upgraded their existing device from Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition to Windows Mobile 5.0.
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11-17-2005, 05:18 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 398
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Yeh other. I'm not getting an upgrade. Grrrrr. Go fail HP. :evil:
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11-17-2005, 05:33 PM
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Contributing Editor
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 3,111
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I got a kick out of the number of people who selected "What's Windows Mobile?"! LOL :twisted:
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11-17-2005, 05:34 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 40
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Thank God for Dell's roll back program.
Pocket Plus kills the battery. Avanto Go looks terrible. Bluetooth support is very limited with no A2DP support. Activesync runs every 2.5 minutes. Any program it doesn't like makes the processor run at full speed. No wireless sync.
On the bright side, the office programs are much better. The media player sync is integrated into Activesync.
I will reinstall after the planned? update if they include A2DP profiles in Bluetooth. It is apparently in the OEM package but is a processor hog so they haven't included it.
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11-17-2005, 05:47 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 150
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thumbs down
Initially, i iwas impressed with the new features. That was before My battery went dead. Daily, I had a message informing me my battery life was at 1%. I too have an axim x50v and pocket plus. I didn't know pocket plus was the culprit. I restored it back to 2003 se!!!
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11-17-2005, 05:59 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 147
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My upgrade process got off to a pretty rocky start but everything is running pretty good right now.
When I did the upgrade the first time, my x50v just tanked. I couldn't get applications to install, it was painfully slow and resets were common place. I ended up rolling back to WM2003SE thinking I'd wait a bit.
After some talking within another group I decided to try it again and this time the upgrade went smoothly with no application issues.
Unlike some, I've seen a pretty impressive jump in battery life and I haven't had any issues with BT or WiFi. My biggest complaint is the sluggishness when starting applications or closing them. I suspect this has to do with the way WM5 treats the ROM now but I can't verify that is the case.
I've had no issues with Pocket Plus btw...
Regards,
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11-17-2005, 06:26 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 14
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I have the X51v. Had to pick "other".
The main problem/issue I have is the device not turning on: the black-screen-or-white-screen problem (which is little discussed in these forums). You could call this an "unexpected soft reset", as I shouldn't have to expect to have to do that to get it to start up.
That said, the reason I can't make full use of the device is that apps that are key to me are not yet WM5 compatible, either admittedly or in my experience. But this is secondary to having to do a reset to start my device most times.
Does anyone know if the X50 "rollback" works on an X51?
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11-17-2005, 07:05 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 37
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I've had many of these issues, but most (like the battery drain) can be attributed to programs like Pocket+. My only remaining issue is that every night while I read ebooks before going to bed, the x50v "loses" the SD card, requiring me to reopen the book - not a huge deal.
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11-17-2005, 07:16 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 469
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by ronb
Does anyone know if the X50 "rollback" works on an X51?
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No, since you started with 05 you have nothing to roll back to.
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11-17-2005, 07:42 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 805
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Oh.it really makes me feal bad to hear those things..It looks like u hv downgraded.
Also I'm flumoxxed to hear that u ppl have problems with battery life.
IMO win mob 5 should make ur battery life better.
Anyway cheer up guys !!
Sunny
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