Downgrading my Axim X50v

January 25, 2006 | General, Toys and Gadgets | By: Mark VandeWettering

Well, I spent $40 for the Windows Mobile 5 upgrade for my Dell, and it’s been a pain in the ass ever since.  Apparently I’m not alone, since now Dell officially lists a downgrade for the Axim: yep, it’s back to 2003 SE for the little guy.  Maybe it will stop blinking its stupid LED, draining its battery, and just being a pain in the butt.

Click here for the downgrade.

[tags]Dell Axim[/tags]

Comments

Comment from Martin
Time 2/12/2006 at 2:58 am

Hi there. Haven’t been trying this yet, but how about looking into:

Dell Axim X50v VGA System ROM Reinstallation from Windows Mobile 5.0 to Windows Mobile 2003 SE @

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&releaseid=R115117&SystemID=PDA_AXIM_X50&os=PPM&osl=en&deviceid=11729&devlib=0&typecnt=1&vercnt=2&formatcnt=1&fileid=151786

/Martin

Editor’s note: Yep, I installed that release, and have generally been happier with that release than with the new Mobile 5.0 release.  Thanks a lot for charging me $40 for the privilege of installing an OS which I later had to remove, Dell & Microsoft.