Is there an upgrading for dummies - iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom ROM Development

Hi. Im trying to upgrade my MWG Atom Life from WM 6 to WM 6.1.
Mainly cause I heard that WM 6.1 is better performance & Battery.
After looking around all the confusing roms I think i shall settle with this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=460145
Other sugestions would be apprichaited but I know if i ask ill probably be told there are many roms out there...
However can someone tell me if there is an installation procedure for dummies. I dont even know how to format my SD Card I dont even know where to start this upgrading procedure.
Im sure u wernt all born upgrading and flashing ur atoms... or where u

dear fuligin,
well, it's all in the wiki. I think you should read it carefully.
but this is my suggestion on how to upgrade your device (that's been written in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=460145) :
Up ROM Guides: (up from MMC)
- Battery over 70%, MiniSD is smaller than 2G, format FAT16 (on PC is FAT).
- Download and extract with the password below, copy file AL1.DIO to MMC.
- Press Record + Reset, leave Reset first => ***MiniSD Detected*** => waiting 100%, Atom Life auto reset and you have new ROM!

Thanks
Thanks armand_x3m
So it seems to be as simple as the instructions. I shall attempt it and see if I have a working phone after that For some reason Im thinking that this upgrading procdure is more complicated then the simple instructions.

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hp ipaq 6818

i just got an ipaq 6818, can i flash it with atom rom?
btw how do u do hard reset with this stuff??
i so newbie now... haa...
thanks...
non...
i'll try it anyway, i think hp has block the hard resest function in ipaq 6818, there's even a pocketplayer which u can't even uninstall,...
i'll update once i've completed flashing it..
non..
Hooray!! ive been waiting for someone to try this, I think the HP would be an excellent device with the latest Atom Rom. Im a 6828 user, I would suspect however that the Atom rom isnt going to install due to incorrect device id, but cant wait to hear how you go.
good luck
hard reset is "power+call+handup" then pin the reset hold. I reset many time since this machine is very unstable... it cannot work on heavy PDA work very very slow.. the is a phone + SIMPLE pda function ONLY. This only my personal input since this is not my 1st pda phone and the previous one is better then this... I lost my expectation. Looking for the change
ATOM has more available rom update versions than 6828, it just means ATOM has more unstable system than 6828.
i'm running out of memory, the specs says that there's 128mb flash rom, shared between storage and memory which u can't adjust unlike my mini, there should be another 64mb for the ext-rom which i can use.
so to say, if i can unlock this piece of **** somehow, and implement my enhanced memory structure,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=44448&highlight=
i can save a lot of memory space and of cos this should speed up my device...
non...

UPGRADING ROM (Newbie !)

Hello,
My SPV M1000 (Himalaya) has WM5, and i was thinking about upgrading to Windows Mobile 6. But there were a few questions as i'm new to all this !
1) Which is the best WM6 ROM to use as there seems to be a few ?
2) How do i upgrade the ROM ???, (in English please as i'm not very up on all this!). Do i download the ROM to my SD card and run the .exe from there on the Pocket PC (or on the home computer) ?
3) Are these ROMs reversible incase there is some kind of error ?
I'm having issues with the phone feature on my M1000 (phone wont work at all !), so i am hoping an upgrade to WM6 (or even reflashing the ROM to WM5 will solve this ?
Best Regards,
Andrew
1 matter of taste as the diff is in general which programs are preinstalled in the rom
2 all roms rar or zip packet include a readme.txt which describe step by step how one install them and all any of us can do is to copy paste the content of that file..
Ahh, cheers for the info Rudegar !. Much appreciated,
Andy

Help me with Atom Life ROM Upgrading[Is this Your question? Here I got the Answer]

Dear members
I was really very desperate to try my hands on ROM upgrading since I got my Atom life. But inspite of all ROM being available here I am not able to upgrade my ROM because it has to be done through mini-sd. I don't know whats going wrong but here are the issues I have faced:
1.I am not able to get the Record+Reset working on my Atom life.
2.I have found somewhere in this forum that 2gb minisd does work. is this correct?
3.Can there be any alternative way to get this device upgraded like we use to do in HTC devices.
I wish to know from all the users if they are having answers for these questions.
This is a must have for a thread for Atom, but couldn't find any dedicated solution to this procedure of upgrade.
Hope to get some solution soon.
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What you see above were the most expected questions of a newbie to ROM upgrading in O2 Atom Life[O2 comet]
Here is the most simple guide in upgrading the device. This is based on my personal experience so any deviation ca be expected in case you do it yourself. But most of the steps are just ubiquitous in case of any attempt at upgrading the ROM in Atom Life[O2 comet]
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Formatting card & setting the file type to fat16 or fat on your PC or with the help of any pocket pc application.
Then you need to copy the file[xxx.DIO] on your memory card[not in any folder] Just reset the device pressing record[in right middle side] along with stylus in the softreset hole[in the left botton side]
Take Stylus out first & then keep pressing the record button until black screen with minisd detect appears.
Thats it. Now it will start installing the ROM from the memory card.
Things to remember:
1.get 1gb or less card[2gb won't do at times]
2.Format it in windows or in your ppc in either fat or fat16 format[don't do fat 32 it won't work]
3.Copy the file on the memory card[not to any folder in it]
Hope the guide will help you & you will have no problems in updating the phone reply if there is any problem.
Regards
Saksham Katyal
W/O RUU for Atom life it is a hard nut to upgrade ROM in Atom life. I hope develpors may have some answer for this.
sakshamkatyal said:
Dear members
I was really very desperate to try my hands on ROM upgrading since I got my Atom life. But inspite of all ROM being available here I am not able to upgrade my ROM because it has to be done through mini-sd. I don't know whats going wrong but here are the issues I have faced:
1.I am not able to get the Record+Reset working on my Atom life.
2.I have found somewhere in this forum that 2gb minisd does work. is this correct?
3.Can there be any alternative way to get this device upgraded like we use to do in HTC devices.
I wish to know from all the users if they are having answers for these questions.
This is a must have for a thread for Atom, but couldn't find any dedicated solution to this procedure of upgrade.
Hope to get some solution soon.
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Hi guy, can only adv you the pt(1) + (2)...
1.I am not able to get the Record+Reset working on my Atom life: You must Press Record + Reset, leave Reset first.
2.I have found somewhere in this forum that 2gb minisd does work. is this correct: Yes, I always use 2G SD to up ROM (make sure there's no any file in SD excepted AL1.DIO)
Good luck!
I didn't get you my friend. plz be more clearer.
1. Press Record + Reset, then leave Reset first but still keep pressing Record. AL will be in Bootloader mode for yr up ROM by SD.
2. For up ROM by SD, I always use 2G SD to up ROM (make sure there's no any file in SD excepted AL1.DIO).
3. AL can support 4G SD w/o no any problem, not yet test for 8G SD.
bravedoan said:
1. Press Record + Reset, then leave Reset first but still keep pressing Record. AL will be in Bootloader mode for yr up ROM by SD.
2. For up ROM by SD, I always use 2G SD to up ROM (make sure there's no any file in SD excepted AL1.DIO).
3. AL can support 4G SD w/o no any problem, not yet test for 8G SD.
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have u tried flashing using a 4G card?
2G cards never worked for me. I use a 512M card for flashing. Without RUU u can't flash a custom ROM.
but maniac i have seen you claiming that 2gb card does work. thats whar made me confused.thanx allover..anybody tried 8gb on life with minisd adaptor.
sakshamkatyal said:
but maniac i have seen you claiming that 2gb card does work. thats whar made me confused.thanx allover..anybody tried 8gb on life with minisd adaptor.
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naah. i dont think I have ever mentioned that before. If I have, then its by mistake. My bad then.
@Maniac, Don't bother brother. May be it could have been because of some mistake or may be in some other context.
Anybody tried 8gb microsd with minisd adaptor. Actually I wish to post results myself but the problem is that its not available in my city so have to order from ebay so a bit reluctant if it doesn't work.
Thanks & Regards
Saksham Katyal
My suggestion. Keep a smaller mini SD for flashing and a higher capacity card for other purposes. From my personal experience of using a 4GB card. Read is quite slow at times. It could also give issues while booting if you install applications on memory card.
I think I have no other option but to buy one. Hope it won't turned out to be a bad deal.
@maniac, bro why you have this slow reading problem when I don't imagine this can be there in such a high model PPC.
Moreover let me confirm everybody once again that the 2gb minisd won't work for ROM upgradation but 1gb does work like charm so try it w/o any doubts. It is confirmed as I have experimented with few of the phones.
I don't know if this may help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=401336&page=1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=401336&page=2
sakshamkatyal said:
I think I have no other option but to buy one. Hope it won't turned out to be a bad deal.
@maniac, bro why you have this slow reading problem when I don't imagine this can be there in such a high model PPC.
Moreover let me confirm everybody once again that the 2gb minisd won't work for ROM upgradation but 1gb does work like charm so try it w/o any doubts. It is confirmed as I have experimented with few of the phones.
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Speed of the processor has got nothing to do with the SD card reading speed. It all depends on the card driver. My 4 GB is a pain at times.
maniac2403 said:
have u tried flashing using a 4G card?
2G cards never worked for me. I use a 512M card for flashing. Without RUU u can't flash a custom ROM.
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2G is working for me. Never test 4G to flash ROM.
Really bravedoan? Thats a surprise I must say for me atleast as it didn't work for me. Anyway thanx for your reply. Any idea of 8GB working on Life?
sakshamkatyal said:
Dear members
I was really very desperate to try my hands on ROM upgrading since I got my Atom life. But inspite of all ROM being available here I am not able to upgrade my ROM because it has to be done through mini-sd. I don't know whats going wrong but here are the issues I have faced:
1.I am not able to get the Record+Reset working on my Atom life.
2.I have found somewhere in this forum that 2gb minisd does work. is this correct?
3.Can there be any alternative way to get this device upgraded like we use to do in HTC devices.
I wish to know from all the users if they are having answers for these questions.
This is a must have for a thread for Atom, but couldn't find any dedicated solution to this procedure of upgrade.
Hope to get some solution soon.
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Can you help please?. My rw6815 after upgrading to wm6.1 of Biohazard cable / pc is total block. Before I left the blue screen of Biohazard. Today, after many restarts I managed to bring up the black screen with writing "Device clean boot ...... reset to factory default !!"""". I attacked the usb to PC for power and possible connections to the PC . But an hour has not changed and the computer screen does not acknowledge it. What do I do ????? Greetings Raphael. Translated from Italian by Google.
Oh Poor dib,
Mate this handset seems to me is identical to O2 Atom phone. So its better if you just check out a similar thread catering to Atom users. Try Wiki if it can help. We are users of Atom life which is not the phone which you are asking about. I could have helped you had it been an HTC phone which I used for long time. But this is my first O2 phone so can't help much. Hope someone knows about this problem comes out with its solution. Good luck brother.
Regards
Saksham
dib0231 said:
Can you help please?. My rw6815 after upgrading to wm6.1 of Biohazard cable / pc is total block. Before I left the blue screen of Biohazard. Today, after many restarts I managed to bring up the black screen with writing "Device clean boot ...... reset to factory default !!"""". I attacked the usb to PC for power and possible connections to the PC . But an hour has not changed and the computer screen does not acknowledge it. What do I do ????? Greetings Raphael. Translated from Italian by Google.
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Just out of curiosity, do you have an external storage card inserted?
I inserted a 1gb miniSD from FAT32.
I think you have not followed the instructions carefully. Follow the instructions by formatting card & setting the file type to fat16 or fat on your PC or with the help of any pocket pc application. Then you need to copy the file[xxx.DIO] on your memory card[not in any folder] Just reset the device pressing record[in right middle side] along with stylus in the softreset hole[in the left botton side]
Take Stylus out first & then keep pressing the record button until black screen with minisd detect appears.
Thats it. Now it will start installing the ROM from the memory card.
Things to remember:
1.get 1gb or less card[2gb won't do at times]
2.Format it in windows or in your ppc in either fat or fat16 format[don't do fat 32 it won't work]
3.Copy the file on the memory card[not to any folder in it]
Hope the guide will help you & you will have no problems in updating the phone reply if there is any problem.
Regards
Saksham Katyal

HTC TYTN WM5 to WM6 Upgrade help needed

Hi guys
I own a HTC TYTN (Vodafone 1605) having WM5 and would like to have latest updates and features on it. I checked HTC site and i suppose they are not offering any updates for this model.Please help since i am not very used in doing upgrades etc.
Thanks
Ashok
Start here!
DO THIS FIRST!(MOST IMPORTANT)
HARD SPL
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296722
THIS IS NEXT
SIM/CID Unlock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=293665
THEN GO HERE
Schap's WM6 ROM (It's great!)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=359458
IF YOU GET STUCK GO HERE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455859
Mind you, Schaps is a very old rom now, go to the wm06 part of this forum to find roms that are more current.
It may be old but it still works great.
It might be old but i like it. It doesn't hang and all my 3rd party apps work flawlessly even TOMTOM 7.
What ROM would you suggest?
At the moment I'm using REVROM Lite. I changed the flash screens though as I like some others better. I also use Tomtom 7 though I have it installed on my sd card and just send a shortcut to windows startmenu folder. Have no probs whatsoever.
Its really fast and seems to be stable with me NOT having to soft reset at all for the last 2 days... You gotta admit thats pretty decent performance, I've also had no HR's or freezes. Could just be I've finally found the rom and setup that is good for me...
Cheers...
Yeh, i hear ya. I actually flashed two other ROMS on my phone tonight just to see what they were like, but i'm going back to schaps. It was stable and it seemed to give good battery life. I have all my 3rd party apps installed to my 8GB SD card to save space on my phone. Seems to work for me. Thanks for your input. Two heads are better than one unless one of them is a goathead. LOL Anyway thanks again.
Have been having similar problems upgrading my HTC TyTN from its official WM5 to the Official release of WM6. Every ROmor upgrade or program I have used has failed once it has switced the phone into bootloader mode even using Hard-SPL. Ive being crazy trying to find a solution. Hasnt help that Ive had enough trouble getting started thanks to using Vista-64bit and its driver signing problems. I have since sorted that problem and am now not getting any further with flashing the ROM.
I wouldnt class my self as an expert but I also would consider myself a novice as I build PC's and have flashed both my Xbox 360 and my PSP so am used to working in the shady underworld.
Vista Home premium
Ok here's what i've found with vista. I run AVG anti virus and spybot search and destroy on my laptop. When i use my laptop to flash a rom to my phone i have to turn both off. Even then when i flashed to the OEM cingular rom i had to put my phone in bootloader for it to flash. If i let the program put it into bootloader it wouldn't work. Now, when i flashed to shcaps and my preferred radio rom it worked fine as long as advanced network funtionality WAS checked. Before i found these fixes though i used the SD flash method which is in my opinion the best way to go since it is so simple. That is the way i flashed my Axim X51V so i was familiar with that method, i just had to figure out the correct procedure for the phone.
This is from the post that explains SD flash.
1. download hardspl v7 from the first post.
2. extract ruu_signed.nbh and rename it to HERMIMG.nbh
3. copy it to a microsd card, make sure the card is formatted as fat32
4. download sspl-herm from here
5. extract SSPL-HERM.exe and copy it to your phone.
6. insert sd card and run sspl-herm.exe on the phone.
7. you should see the tri-color screen and then it should change to this
8. press power button to start flashing
9. reset when you get the msg that its done
Good luck
OH and if you need the official Cingular WM6 ROM you can download it here.
If you have Hard SPL installed ignore the steps using SSPL.exe as that is Soft SPL. It's not as safe as Hard SPL.
Cheers...
PS. make sure you use a 2Gb or less sd card as the bootloader won't recognise sdhc cards, format FAT32 (most cards are default formatted FAT) & make sure of your spelling as it won't work otherwise - hermimg.nbh.
thankĀ“s you all for help me upgrade HTC TYNT

Need help for upgrade windows 6.1

Can some one know how can I get windows 6.1 for my dopod 838pro and installation procedure. I saw some preview from youtube that it will work like htc touch pro or touch diamond. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsSNzYftjZs
OK, look at the top bar, You should see a word that looks like this - "Search". Click on it, type in a request making sure to specify the hermes. Wow, answers galore....
Sorry I tried my level best but I can't find any wm 6.1 for my dopod 838pro. Can you plz give me any direct download link in english version. My present rom
ROM: 3.54.707.3 (07/05/07)
Radio: 1.47.00.10
Protocol: 32.80.7020.20H
Try the WM06 part of the forum, I believe heres a sticky with a heap of cooked roms and the new WM6.5 in production on various posts....
At least tell us you Hard SPLed your Hermes, look here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296722
You need to do this BEFORE upgrading the rom. You need Hard SPL V7.
I got problem to instal spl v7. When trying to update it after a certain next, the display gone multi color and it says that connection is no longer exist. when I check spl on my device it shows spl 2.03. I am using vista home. What to do. Sorry for bother you again.
Go to page 116,post 1160 of thread I gave you. It tells you how to install Hard SPL with the sd card.
Just remember, the sd card MUST be 2Gb or less, it has to formatted FAT32 and the spelling of hermimg.nbh is VERY important.
Cheers...
Thanks bro fainally I made it.
I still can't find the wm6.1 upgrade page. I tried HardSPL 7, it finishes in an instance, how do i check whether i have HardSPL it?
And where do i find the update for 6.1? I'm pretty new to all this, so I am kinda blur and lost now~
@ultramag69 i tried Hard-SPL-V7 with the help of this instruction http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296722&page=116 and mobile said update in progress bfor half an hour and still its in progress it ill complete or is it in problem can i remove battery?....................
still update in progress more than 45 mins is this complete can i remove battery anyone pls help me..........
after one hour its in progress so i removed battery now mobile not power up not enter in to boot mode any solution? any one pls help me.................
Just Did my phone for the first time
Go to this link first and make sure your phone has the latest version installed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296722
Follow the sets it's easy enough
After you soft reset your phone
That being done you'r now ready to flash a new rom there are plenty on the hermes windows mobile 6 thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=355
I found this rom to be the most like the one on the u-tube video
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=461490
Down load the rom, extract the files
rename the ruu_sgned file to "Hermimg"
Now put a micro SD memory card in a card reader
open my computer right click the drive that represents the memory card and format it
choose the fat 32 file system.
now copy the hermimg fie to the root of the card
soft boot your phone
press the power button to comfirm the rom update and watch the progress bar
when complete
reset your phone and the new software will install
if you get a new soft ware installed do you want to reset pick no
the phone will reset when all the software is installed.
great stuff
try a few rom
find the one you like best
sry but you will need to put that card in your phone after you copy hermimg onto it
maybe you should go to the how to unbrick my phone thread
didn,t see that last post
ouch!!
here's the best chance at I solution
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Unbrick
Go here
I hope you find an answer

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