Tutorial to upgrade your ROM to WM6

[jrob]

gguruua,

i did everything that the tutorial said to do and when I click on the chef, i get this message:

"module ppc_geeks.rar was not found"

and then it says,

"module not found (fd1d0922-0c01-40c7......................), Cyberon Voice Commander)"
"module not found (................................................. .), HTC Smartdialing)
"module not found (................................................. .), Office Excel)
"module not found (................................................. .), Office Powerpoint)
"module not found (................................................. .), Office Word)

[Speed_419]

Originally Posted by jrob

gguruua,

i did everything that the tutorial said to do and when I click on the chef, i get this message:

"module ppc_geeks.rar was not found"

and then it says,

"module not found (fd1d0922-0c01-40c7......................), Cyberon Voice Commander)"
"module not found (................................................. .), HTC Smartdialing)
"module not found (................................................. .), Office Excel)
"module not found (................................................. .), Office Powerpoint)
"module not found (................................................. .), Office Word)

jrob,
I had the same problem, well similar and the problem for me wasn't that the file was in the wrong place, but rather that the PPCGeeks_OEM.rar file was corrupted when I downloaded it. It told me that the RAR file wasn't an archive. Once I redownloaded it and placed it in the /buildOS file all went well. (****, now I am going to have to change my signature...)

[Speed_419]

I just wanted to give a shout out to Ga. Medic along with everyone else who has posted in this thread or any other for the time and expertise that they have give to this forum. I know that without all of you I would still have WM5 on my phone...=D>

[com4tably.numb]

Thanks Ga.Medic this was my first time flashing this particular phone. Ive flashed others in the past, but I was reluctant to flash my beloved xv6700 (amazing how ones modding confidence is inversely proportionate to the cost of the device) Anyhoo, the instructions were very concise, yet free of the pointless info that other instructions I have read. Thank you again, I will be sharing my new found knowledge with my friends who own apaches.

[GaMedic]

3) you mentioned Active Sync 4.5 only is supported. I'm using Vista Ultimate which uses Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1.6965. Will this work as a sync device?

Yes I believe that will work for Vista machines. Do't have one myself but I believe that is correct.

[MMichela]

There seems to be some general confusion on the download/install directories. Is the following correct. you download the kitchen (in my case it was Helmi_wm6_apache_kitchen_071217_1.exe) run the exe which installs the kitchen to the default directory C:\buildos then place the unzipped rar file (in my case it is PPCGeeks_OEM.rar) in to the c:\buildos directory then click the Chef Icon and away you go?

[GaMedic]

That is corrct. Do not unpack the .rar. Drop it right into c:\buildos. Click the chef Icon and the kitchen should open. The only initial error you should see would be in reference to carrier not selected. Once you select your carrier in the dropdown, hit save and this error will not appear again.

[MMichela]

Update was successfull with the exception of 1 issue that should be noted. Boot loader v1.00 doesn't seem to be compatable with windows vista. At first attempt I received a 101 Error in communicating with the USB Device at step 5 (Update Utility). This is not an unrecoverable error, a soft reset boots the device as it was. I moved the kitchen to a Win XP machine and was able to upgrade with out incident.
-Thank all of you for all your help. Expecially Ga._Medic, you've gone above and beyond.

[LaWNMoWER]

Originally Posted by MMichela

Update was successfull with the exception of 1 issue that should be noted. Boot loader v1.00 doesn't seem to be compatable with windows vista. At first attempt I received a 101 Error in communicating with the USB Device at step 5 (Update Utility). This is not an unrecoverable error, a soft reset boots the device as it was. I moved the kitchen to a Win XP machine and was able to upgrade with out incident.
-Thank all of you for all your help. Expecially Ga._Medic, you've gone above and beyond.

Same thing is happening to me. Too bad i don't have an XP machine to go thru with the update.

[gguruusa]

Originally Posted by MMichela

Update was successfull with the exception of 1 issue that should be noted. Boot loader v1.00 doesn't seem to be compatable with windows vista. At first attempt I received a 101 Error in communicating with the USB Device at step 5 (Update Utility). This is not an unrecoverable error, a soft reset boots the device as it was. I moved the kitchen to a Win XP machine and was able to upgrade with out incident.
-Thank all of you for all your help. Expecially Ga._Medic, you've gone above and beyond.

I had the same issue the other day, with my v1.0 bootloader. I've since had to reinstall MDC 6.1, and that has cleared up a number of problems. I'll retest flashing my v1.0 6700 to see if that too has sorted itself out. If not, v1.2 bootloader may be the minimum necessary for Vista compatibility. There are instructions for bootloader flashing in the main forum (in the recovering from 3.3 upgrade thread).