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Excellent Zaurus story! There should be a separate catgeory for Zaurus stories like this one!
No idea why all Zaurii would stop working one day... suppose they may have changed their access point to one which for some reason is incompatible with the WiFi driver(s) in the Zaurii?
Matt
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According to some of the Japanese Z sites, the dict2 files are on the 2nd CD that comes with C3k.
Do you have 2 CDs?
Stu
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Thank you both ever so much. the solution for anyone in the same problem is at the bottom of this post... that manual link is the business! THANKS A HEAP!
** To Format Internal Flash to new Custom SLC-3000 ROM **
** Note You will lose all the data on your Zaurus!**
1. Make sure you have the updater.sh and initrd.bin files in the root of your cf/sd card, or the Flash image from Sharp I mentioned in my first post.
(Yes, you can use either cf or sd to flash now!)
2. Make sure the Zaurus isn't plugged into AC power.
3. Remove battery for at least 5 seconds.
4. Replace battery (replace battery cover, lock cover), plug in AC power.
5. Press and hold the "OK" button on the keyboard.
6. Turn the power on, you should see the Japanese service menu:
7. Now Plug in the Power Cord.
(You will get an error if it isn't plugged in!)
8. Select option 3 (Erase all / Format (all data will be lost!))
9. You should then get a confirmation message (in Japanese) with a Yes/No
option (left one is Yes). Click the Yes button to confirm.
(If you don't get this, then you don't have the AC power plugged in.)
10. Wait, get some coffee/tea, watch the pretty screen.
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Maybe you should also add that at the end of step 1 you have to tap the screen. (In japanese it says something about tapping the screen to see if it works.) Then you are asked to calibrate the screen. Just hit the crosshairs. Then you can do the rest of the actions.
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Interesting...
On the same news page they also have a story about Sony killing off the Clie in Japan, which contains a mention of the Z and Buffalo, manufacturer of WiFi cards (their English translation):QuoteSony kills Clie, even in Japan!
Well, it seems that the rumours have become reality, and after throwing the towel in Europe and the States, the Japanese giant decided to stop the production of its last Clie models (VZ90 and TH55) in July 2005. Impress has the dirt on this story, and they say that the PSP will fill up the gap. Impress makes it clear at the end of their article that Sony will focus on the PSP and mobile phones… so will we have a PDAphone soon in Japan?
The PDA market becomes a lot more dull all of a sudden, as Sony had a nice share of the market. PDA’s powered by PocketPC are present on the market thanks to HP and Toshiba (which is the only brand present in the Japanese press concerning this), and there also is the Sharp Zaurus, but that has some problems too as Buffalo, the company that makes the WiFi Compact Flash cards for the Zaurus, has decided to call it quits too, and new owners of a Zaurus will not be able to get WiFi on their devices anymore.
If manufacturers like Nintendo start offering PDA functions on their devices, and if Sony offers a browser and basic PIM functionality on the PSP, there will no longer be any PDA’s in Japan very soon.
They also mention Hitachi's new 6GB microdrive.
And here's their English translation of the Z item:QuoteRumors: We may have a New Zaurus?
BE CAREFUL, THIS IS UNCONFIRMED INFORMATION: I talked to a retailer on the phone this morning, who told me that there COULD be a new Zaurus in March. Of course, no news from Sharp, so WAIT & SEE.
This new device could be a logical evolution of the line-up (Zaurus 3000 and 860), because there is not one Sharp PDA with Wireless LAN functionality and it’s no longer possible to get WiFi cards for these existing Zaurus models in Japan.
I find it interesting that they think users in Japan won't be able to get WiFi cards for the Z anymore in Japan because of Buffalo going belly-up. There are plenty of other vendors of WiFi cards. Surely the Japanese could at least import some?
I hope they're correct though about Sharp adding WiFi to the new Z because of this (or for any reason, for that matter!).
I would also guess that the new Z would use the new 6GB microdrive.
This would then be a compelling upgrade for many C860/760 users, I think: built-in WiFi; 6GB microdrive; and USB host. I may have to get the checkbook out myself.
~ray
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Perseus,
i have a few more hints to add:
You should always think about the possibility of a repair.
If you buy a device in a japanese shop, you're LOST !
They won't accept repair shippings because they don't
have a clue how to send it back to you. Also it's not possible
to send a device to SHARP Japan for repair if you're outside
Japan.
If you buy a device in Japan or from a japanese dealer,
do yourself a favor and buy a SHARP EA-70S ac adaptor.
Don't try to use the EA-72 100V type in the US. It will work
for a while, but you may face a destroyed charger
electronic soon.
There's a lot more, but these are the _really_ important
points to have in mind.
///TRIsoft
Marc Stephan
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Just a quick test to see if upping upping the VCORE and CCCR values really does overclock the CPU. And the answerr looks like YES!
Running this loop:
for (( i=0; i <= 10000 ; i++ )); do echo $i; done
CCCR: 2000218
VCORE: 0e
time: 7.390s
time: 6.731s
time: 6.745s
time: 6.740s
CCCR: 2000210
VCORE: 0a
time: 11.536s
time: 11.350s
time: 11.218s
time: 11.180s
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