ROM Update For iPAQ hx4700 Series

[Ed Hansberry]

<a href="http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/HandheldiPAQ/us/download/22883.html">http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/HandheldiPAQ/us/download/22883.html</a> <br /><br />HP has an update to ROM 1.10 that fixes a problem with the battery capacity value. It is an XIP ROM update (as all updates from OEMs should be) so this won't take up any of your memory, nor will it go away should you hard reset. Note though that once you apply this update, you should immediately back your device up and discard any older backups. Restoring a backup from an image that had a different ROM can cause problems. It is a 5-6MB download and currently available in English, Spanish, German and French. The Japanese update reads 0MB, so that one is probably still getting the finishing touches put on it. You must have <a href="http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/HandheldiPAQ/us/download/22658.html">ROM 1.10</a> installed before applying this update. There is a warning on the HP site that there is a problem with the 1.10 ROM and the extended battery. You <i>should</i> be OK in installing it anyway and then applying this patch if you have been holding off.

[Jerry Raia]

Anyone know if this wipes out RAM?

[Edgar_]

Jerry

I put this on Friday - no data loss, no reloads, Everything works great and the footprint looks the same. Although with the 128M mem upgrade from pc techs, I dont worry too much.

Now, if those darn 5000mah Mugens hurry up and come out.

-Edgar

[Jerry Raia]

Thanks. Just applied it and just as you said. No problems. :)

[latinware]

For some reason I did the update twice because some erros, the last one saying "could not start windows.exe". So, the second time I did not pay any attention to the error and anyhow I did verify the system version and everything ok.

[Peseta]

Did the update 10 days ago, noticed no issues till now (neither any improvements)

[lanwarrior]

So I downloaded the file from HP site, installed it to my hx4700 and then click the file "*.xip" file to install it. After the update has been installed, the file is gone, but 2 file remain:

setup.exe
setup.hps

So can I delete this or do I have to do "Uninstall"?