Toshiba e740 ROM Update Posted

[Janak Parekh]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_dtlViewDL.jsp?soid=473553' target='_blank'>http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/...jsp?soid=473553</a><br /><br /></div>Toshiba has released an update for the e740. This does <i>not</i> update the OS; it's a bugfix. Enhancements include:<li>Resolves an issue where ActiveSync would periodically disconnect from the PDA when connected via USB.<br /><li>Update display driver.<br /><li>Update DataBackup utility<br /><li>Updated to support 'RAW' IR mode.<br /><li>Updated to keep D+ pin in High to improve USB connection success on some machines.<br /><li>Updated to remove Intel PCMCIA 8 bit workaround solution.As evidenced by <a href="http://discussion.brighthand.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=83803">this thread</a> on Brighthand, there have been sporadic issues with upgrading ROM. As always, use unsupported tools at your own risk...

[portnoy]

Will Toshiba release a patch to fix the "Toshiba SDIO does not work with SDIO WiFi cards" bug?

I don't care about PPC2k3, but I wanna WiFi!

[Jimmy Dodd]

Resolves an issue where ActiveSync would periodically disconnect from the PDA when connected via USB.

This is the number one reason I gave up on using my e740 as a development machine and replaced it with an iPAQ h2215. Too bad Toshiba took a freakin' year to fix it. :roll:

[Janak Parekh]

I don't care about PPC2k3, but I wanna WiFi!
Huh? Do you have a e740NW? The e740 has built-in WiFi...

--janak

[MonkeyGrass]

Resolves an issue where ActiveSync would periodically disconnect from the PDA when connected via USB.

This is the number one reason I gave up on using my e740... Too bad Toshiba took a freakin' year to fix it. :roll:

Can I get an A-MEN! from the people?!?!

A year.

A YEAR!!! To fix the most basic, obvious use of the PPC in the first place - to synchronize information with a desktop computer.

Toshiba: "We are unaware of any ActiveSync disconnect issues with the e740. Please remove all storage cards unless you are actively running a backup. The storage cards may interfere with the proper operation of your Pocket PC device" :evil: :agrue:

Oh, the best part? This is EXACTLY the same update, byte for byte - that has been available for months to other markets. No US-specific changes, no enhancements... the SAME file. Why the 4 month delay, Toshiba??? Wassa matta, don't want to admit you totally blew it with the e740? :roll:

[Duncan]

I don't care about PPC2k3, but I wanna WiFi!
Huh? Do you have a e740NW? The e740 has built-in WiFi...

--janak

You're forgetting about the e740BT as well - with BT instead of WiFi.

[dh]

Oh, the best part? This is EXACTLY the same update, byte for byte - that has been available for months to other markets. No US-specific changes, no enhancements... the SAME file. Why the 4 month delay, Toshiba??? Wassa matta, don't want to admit you totally blew it with the e740? :roll:

Wonder how many potential e750 buyers went elsewhere because of the 740 fiasco?

[Jimmy Dodd]

Oh, the best part? This is EXACTLY the same update, byte for byte - that has been available for months to other markets. No US-specific changes, no enhancements... the SAME file. Why the 4 month delay, Toshiba??? Wassa matta, don't want to admit you totally blew it with the e740? :roll:

Wonder how many potential e750 buyers went elsewhere because of the 740 fiasco?

I'm one.

You haven't lived until you've spent twenty minutes single stepping through eVC++ code trying to find a bug, only to have the e740 drop the connection (over and over and over...). I bought an h2215 instead of the e750 because of Toshiba's seeming lack of concern over this and other issues.

[portnoy]

I don't care about PPC2k3, but I wanna WiFi!
Huh? Do you have a e740NW? The e740 has built-in WiFi...

--janak

No, mine is an e335. I was led to believe that I could get WiFi via the SDIO slot once those cards hit the market.

[miterb]

I don't care about PPC2k3, but I wanna WiFi!
Huh? Do you have a e740NW? The e740 has built-in WiFi...

--janak

No, mine is an e335. I was led to believe that I could get WiFi via the SDIO slot once those cards hit the market.

I have looked at the specs for the e335 at several sites and they only mention a SD Memory Card slot, not an SDIO slot. I think this may be your problem.

[Janak Parekh]

miterb, the only problem with that is that they are, hardwarewise, SDIO. You can buy a Toshiba Bluetooth SDIO card and it works in it. However, the e335 doesn't have the SDIO Now drivers, which most other companies require. There is a licensing fee involved, which may have served as an inhibitor in adoption.

--janak

[SmooveB]

The e series Toshiba's are SDIO compatible, there is Toshiba's BT SDIO card. From What I gather the peripheral manufacturers are developing drivers that are compatible with Bsquare's SDIO Now program, and guess who isn't a part of SDIO Now.