Restoring Windows PPCOS 2002 on a device with Linux

[emuelle1]

I was having problems with my 3765, and my friend had a 3870 that stopped charging. Being better with electronics than he is, I talked him into sending it to me after he broke down and bought a new Dell Axim. I figured that maybe I could find a loose wire or something. It wasn't that easy. Since the battery stopped charging, my friend installed Linux to see if it was a software issue. I shipped the unit off to PDA Smart, and they were able to repair it. Now I have it back and working, but it still has Linux. I, of course, and using Windows XP. I can't use the ROM available on HP's website because Active Sync won't work with a Linux device; at least, I'm not able to get it to work.


Does anyone have any experience with reinstalling the Windows ROM?

[emuelle1]

I had to break down and buy a serial/USB cradle on Ebay to correct this problem. I'm sure there are many benefits to Linux on a Pocket PC, but if you can't sync it to the PC, then to me it's not much good. To give it the benefit of the doubt, I even booted up my old SuSE Linux partition to see if I could somehow talk to it. No good.

The Windows ROM can be put back on, but you must open up a Hyper Terminal session through a COM port. I tried through USB, but apparently it has to be serial. I'll just have to wait for my cradle to arrive.

[llennium]

Keep me posted. If you are able to get PPC restored I would like to know how you did it.