New h5450 semi-bricked :/ <-- fixed!

Hi,

just got it back to normal.
Important thing, please note that in the pdating guide:
Use Activesync 3.7, 3.5 as comes with the CD (at least my
cd) doesnt work!
The battery problem somehow fixed itself after charging for
about 6hrs 
(in this time battery indicator went from 100 to 0% and then
jumped back 
to 100, where it started to work normally).
Now having updated first to rom 1.11.x and then the wlan
firmware to x.39.
Now uploading OPIE again via serial port, takes forever.I
would really 
like it if it was possible to load the image over sd-card or
usb.

Robert Obermayer wrote:
 > Hi,
 >
 > somehow things went wrong now.
 > First, i was installing familiar the normal way which
worked nicely.
 > I had random trouble with WiFi and looking for a fix i
found i had to 
run a update which required wince.Following the instructions
for 
restoring win ce i had some trouble, since it did hang upon
booting win.
 > Removing the battery fixed this and now win ce boots
nicely, except a 
few problems:
 > -It wont run off battery power, even though its on
full charge, 
pluged in correctly and all, it just suspends immediately
upon removing 
it from the cradle.
 > -It identifies itself as something strange, the
firmware updating 
program tells me version and all as strange chars and doesnt
feel like 
updating the firmware.
 > So im now left with a brick that boots nicely but isnt
useable at all.
 > Any suggestions on getting it back to some useful
state?
 > Preferably a state where it correctly runs win ce to
get the update done.
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On Friday 02 June 2006 09:28, Robert Obermayer wrote:
> Important thing, please note that in the pdating guide:
> Use Activesync 3.7, 3.5 as comes with the CD (at least
my cd) doesnt work!

Doesn't work? What happens here exactly?

> The battery problem somehow fixed itself after charging
for about 6hrs
> (in this time battery indicator went from 100 to 0% and
then jumped back
> to 100, where it started to work normally).

This sounds like a battery learning issue, due to the way
the battery 
circuitry in the h5xxx is designed. Sometimes I wonder how
HP could release a 
product with as bad charging behaviour as the h5xxx devices
seem to have.

> Now having updated first to rom 1.11.x and then the
wlan firmware to x.39.
> Now uploading OPIE again via serial port, takes
forever.I would really
> like it if it was possible to load the image over
sd-card or usb.

I agree, however this is a little difficult to accomplish
the way things are 
at the moment. If you can find a cheap second hand
CompactFlash sleeve (not 
PCMCIA) then this is an option for faster reflashing.

Cheers,
Paul
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