Diy: returns PDA HP iPAQ "to life&quot

Welcome addition to the heading "diy. At this time we publish a piece of practical advice, which we hope will help owners of Pocket PC from Hewlett-Packard to avoid calling a service center. Experience in the removal of the mobile device from the "coma" caused by a failure or malfunction reflashing the motherboard, shared with us the reader Andrew Lezov. We remind you that the editors HPCru not responsible for the failed experiment. Those who dare to use our instruction, we invite you also to participate in the diy with their stories and tips for a "cure" or improve the Pocket PC. About how to get to the page HPCru will be available at the end. C The case of the history of the CCP is sometimes similar to those described below, which, in my opinion, it is possible to understand yourself. But first things first. As a sample for review, we take the CPC model HP iPAQ h1940. Sometimes, when flashing or failure of the motherboard PDA falls into the "To". His life showed only the inscription on the screen - HP Invent and figures, it means the current veriyu BootLoader'a, in our case 1.07. We explain that Bootloader - firmware that is responsible for the preparation of the operating system your PDA to its initialization. Machine out of this state, as a rule, it is impossible to deduce. Will not help any shortcuts, or a full reset. But, nevertheless, there is a chance to save the CCP without involving the service center and repair at the factory.

Here's what to do:


1. Downloading from the site of HP Software & Drivers section of the latest firmware for the failed PDA (in this case - SP26263).
2. Trying to run the update. In this case, remember that your PDA is connected to a desktop computer must be connected to the mains. , ActiveSync does not detect the connection of the device, but we just ignore it and do everything according to the instructions below. 3. If the firmware does not pass (in most cases get the message: ERROR [260]: UPDATE ERROR (communications error), then try another three - four times to run it again.

4. If this does not work being done on the PC the following:


4.1. Run the program REGEDIT (via Start / Run)


4.2. Find section = HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ ROMUpdateUtility \ HB20


4.3 In this section, create a dword key named "ByPassBootloaderCheck" (without the quotes) and assign it a value of 1. Key generation algorithm is as follows: Select a specific section in the left margin of the program REGEDIT, go to the right window and pressing the right button of the window, select "New" - "The Key" - type = DWORD, and then enter the name of the key and its value.


4.4 Create immediately one key string with the name "UpdateFile" and value "C: \ iPAQ \ SP26263 \ H2B11020uo.nbf". With other models operate similarly, except that we specify the folder name and file. Here we explain that to other devices, as well as the model name of the folder will be as follows - C: \ iPAQ \ SPxxxxx \, where xxxxx - numbers, and together this combination (after iPAQ \) completely coincides with the name of the firmware file (except for expansion file. exe) for the corresponding model PDA, hosted and available for download to users on the HP website sections Driver & Software Downloads, devoted to each specific model of PDA from HP. This way - this is the way in which defaults to unpack the firmware update for each model of PDA.


4.5 out of this folder (referenced in the registry is C: \ iPAQ \ SP26263 \ or similar), run the file ROMUpdateUtility.exe (in this case, as before, remember that the CPC must be connected to the PC + in addition to diet on the network).
Actually, this process of "revival" is over. If these recommendations do not help you, then the only way out - repairing the CPC in an authorized service center. From the Editor. HPCru is heading diy.Under her banner we propose to unite everyone who does not stop at buying a handheld communicator, a smartphone or any other mobile device of their dreams and continues to independently develop the purchased product in search of the ideal. Accepted for consideration by the stories with photos of the original solutions, including hardware changes, as well as software products of its own production is called "the soul" (not for money!) Who made ​​your life better with a PDA and more fun. In addition, please send your practical advice on repairs, maintenance and other everyday realities - all of this, preferably with photos. In return promise to publish stories on HPCru, and, therefore, known in some circles:) Please send your letters to editor@hpc.ru. The authors, translation:

Andrew Lezov