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5x00 General discussions / Kicking myself in the teeth. Bricked... Permanently

« on: June 15, 2004, 05:02:36 am »

So you CAN boot to console?? What\'s the \"/a1\" for??
I\'m guessing there must be more hidden keys than just the C+D + hard reset?
I\'m waiting to get my hands on a CF writer so I can try out more experiments....

jc

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5x00 General discussions / 5500 - bypassing calibration....

« on: June 11, 2004, 07:59:38 pm »

Howdy,
Can anyone tell me how to bypass the caliibration section when starting up?
My screen is dead and I can\'t input from it.  

ta.

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5x00 General discussions / Kicking myself in the teeth. Bricked... Permanently

« on: June 11, 2004, 05:52:41 pm »

Am I correct in assuming if the touch screen is stuffed the Z is useless??
There\'s no way around starting up and only using the k\'board??

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5x00 General discussions / Am i right in assuming you can only flash from a CF NOT SD??

« on: June 11, 2004, 06:54:17 am »

The 5000D and 5500 can only be flashed with a CF card or via a Windows updater using the cradle.

Thanks... I\'ve got the 5500, the screen\'s broken so I can\'t use the windows updater, and I\'ve only got a SD writer... using a digital camera at the moment to write the rom to CF

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5x00 General discussions / Am i right in assuming you can only flash from a CF NOT SD??

« on: June 11, 2004, 06:37:35 am »

Title says it all

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5x00 General discussions / Cracked screen on 5500

« on: June 11, 2004, 04:46:03 am »

Hi, wondering if someone can point me in the direction of a fix.
My problem is I\'ve just got hold of an old 5500 with a cracked screen. As far as I know it\'s running all original sharp s\'ware, so when it boots up it goes into the \"tap anywhere on the screen to continue\"  needless to say tapping won\'t take me anywhere.  
Is there something I can do, flash new rom etc, to override the calibration bits.  I don\'t want to use the touch screen aspects of the PDA as I imagine the rest of the key controls should more than make up.

Appreciate any help.