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Title: Ipaq 5550 Board (wifi/bt) Hack It?
Post by: DaemonsGR on July 11, 2006, 02:41:14 pm

I have a board without screen.Can I do something woth it or its only a trush?

Thnx
Tasos

Title: Ipaq 5550 Board (wifi/bt) Hack It?
Post by: Da_Blitz on July 12, 2006, 01:23:33 am

go to handhelds.org and flash it with linux

then fiddle over the seriel port and you have yourself a nice networkud SD card reader or networked thumb print reader (or anything else you can hack together)

Title: Ipaq 5550 Board (wifi/bt) Hack It?
Post by: DaemonsGR on July 12, 2006, 05:17:24 am

After install how am i going to login without a screen?

Title: Ipaq 5550 Board (wifi/bt) Hack It?
Post by: Da_Blitz on July 12, 2006, 05:46:54 am

use a serial terminal

Title: Ipaq 5550 Board (wifi/bt) Hack It?
Post by: DaemonsGR on July 12, 2006, 06:41:17 am

Can you give me more info?

Title: Ipaq 5550 Board (wifi/bt) Hack It?
Post by: DaemonsGR on July 12, 2006, 08:21:05 am

BTW i have remove a screen, how can I be sure that its working? if i plug it without battery will it boot?

Title: Ipaq 5550 Board (wifi/bt) Hack It?
Post by: Da_Blitz on July 13, 2006, 01:00:34 am

it should boot without a battery.

what you need is a serial cable (i belive you need this to flash the pda anyway). plug it into your computer and use ethier hyperterminal or kermit to connect to the serial port and then follow the handhelds.org flashing guide  some info is here: http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HpIpaqH5400 (http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HpIpaqH5400) but i expect that if you have the knowlage to flash a pda finding more info on this page should not be a problem

Title: Ipaq 5550 Board (wifi/bt) Hack It?
Post by: BarryW on July 13, 2006, 02:02:09 am

From first hand experience replacing a 5555 screen.  It's a pain in the ass.  The only people who carry it is Foxconn, which is a Chinese company based in Hong Kong.  I ordered a screen and then had to wait 3 months for it to ship.  The actual replacing part was cake though.

Title: Ipaq 5550 Board (wifi/bt) Hack It?
Post by: DaemonsGR on July 13, 2006, 07:38:37 am

Heh, I don't need a new screen.Im not going to pay a $ for this...
It had a "free ride" from the 3rd floor
Ill try to flash it with familiar to use it for a toy