Re: [iPAQ] install chinese OS

Hi Kevin,

Perhaps you could try asking this question on a WinCE-related list?
Software found at handhelds.org is based on open source principles.

Regards,

Marcus.

ps. good luck with your efforts

Kevin/Joanna wrote:
> Hi
>
> Hope you may be able to help.
>
> I'm trying to install a Taiwanese ROM on my hx4700 English ROM
>
> HP promised me I could load third party software to read and write
> chinese (I'm a translator who loves my work). I've tried CE-Star and
> Monster Chinese without success. The lingvosoft people wrote to me and
> said I had to have localisation. HP has offered me my money back, but
> that's not a solution for me. They refuse to swap for a Taiwanese unit.
>
> I tried to change the ROM using the recipe below, including with
> modifcations, but the message said it couldn't the different language ROM.
>
> ---------------
> recipes
>
> I have found a way to change the language of the iPAQ without hex
> editing, checksum calculating and language code searching hassle.
>
> I'll give an example here, in my case from German to English:
>
> 1:
> Download the ROM Update of your original language, e.g. German, and the
> ROM Update of you target language, e.g. English.
>
> 2:
> Start the target language ROM Update (e.g. English) until it says that
> the language of the device is wrong and break the installation with cancel.
>
> 3:
> Start the original language ROM Update (e.g. German) until it
> successfully checks the original rom version. BUT DON'T PRESS THE START
> UPDATE BUTTON!
>
> 4:
> Go to the temp installation folder of the original language ROM Update
> (e.g. c:\iPAQ\SP29835 for German) an rename the *.nbf file to *_bak.nbf.
>
> 5:
> Go to the temp installation folder of the target language ROM Update
> (e.g. c:\iPAQ\SP29841 for English) and copy the ROM file (*.nbf) to the
> German folder. Rename it to the original language's *.nbf file name.
> (e.g. hx4700_11009_GER_AKU26.nbf for German)
>
> 6:
> Go back to the installation and press the Update button.
>
> 7:
> Wait
> It should also have worked if you started in bootloader mode and tried
> then to run the english rom upgrade program
>
>
>
> you could change the language by fooling the update program into
> thinking you are actually updating the same language.
> for example if you want to change from french to english you would do as
> follows:
> 1. download english rom
> 2. make copy of extracted rom ( ex eng.rom and eng1.rom)
> 3. use hex editor on eng1.rom and change ENG to FRA
> 4. start the update with eng1.rom and go untill it chaecks the rom version.
> 5. overwrite the eng.rom with eng1.rom and proceed with update.
>
> This doesn't work with the 4700 roms....firstly they use a different
> code than ENG or FRA for English for example it is RAT for german TRE,
> but if you change this the RUU will complain that the rom is invalid.
> Someone will have to figure out a better method to change the language
> as HP has implemented further steps to prevent changing the language.
> I have also tried taking backing up the current ROM to an SD card and
> changing it to ENG on there (since on the SD Rom it shows up as GER but
> the Reflash fails every time.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Regards
> Kevin McCready
>
> Religious indoctrination is child abuse
>
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>
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Received on Sun Oct 16 2005 - 08:25:46 EDT