Friday, May 7, 2004
The New ROM 1.10 Upgrade For The iPAQ 2200 Series?
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "HARDWARE" @ 06:00 AM
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/handhelds/us/download/20498.html
HP posted ROM 1.10 in late March and then shortly after, released a patch that fixed a few minor SD card issues. Now, the 1.10 update is on HP's site with an April 30, 2004 date and seems to includes the SD power drain fix in the ROM. The one called "Fixes SD Card initialization issue" though isn't listed. :?
Well, it seems the only thing they actually updated was the text of the upgrade. I just downloaded the patch, which is SP27073.exe for the English version and did a binary file comparison to the March file. Bit for bit, they are identical. So, it seems that you still need the standalone SD Update.
I suspect what has happened is the power drain issue was fixed in ROM 1.10 but not originally listed in the fix list on the web page. The SD initialization issue seems to have missed the ROM build though. The small patch works on both 1.00 and 1.10 ROMs. Personally, no matter which ROM you have, I think you should get the SD patch. If you have ROM 1.00, I see no reason to upgrade to 1.10. The bluetooth manager got worse - much worse and I've not been able to tell that anything else got better. If you aren't specifically affected by the bugs fixed, pass on the ROM and save yourself a few hours rebuilding your device. And certainly don't re-apply the 1.10 ROM because the date on the web page changed.
HP posted ROM 1.10 in late March and then shortly after, released a patch that fixed a few minor SD card issues. Now, the 1.10 update is on HP's site with an April 30, 2004 date and seems to includes the SD power drain fix in the ROM. The one called "Fixes SD Card initialization issue" though isn't listed. :?
Well, it seems the only thing they actually updated was the text of the upgrade. I just downloaded the patch, which is SP27073.exe for the English version and did a binary file comparison to the March file. Bit for bit, they are identical. So, it seems that you still need the standalone SD Update.
I suspect what has happened is the power drain issue was fixed in ROM 1.10 but not originally listed in the fix list on the web page. The SD initialization issue seems to have missed the ROM build though. The small patch works on both 1.00 and 1.10 ROMs. Personally, no matter which ROM you have, I think you should get the SD patch. If you have ROM 1.00, I see no reason to upgrade to 1.10. The bluetooth manager got worse - much worse and I've not been able to tell that anything else got better. If you aren't specifically affected by the bugs fixed, pass on the ROM and save yourself a few hours rebuilding your device. And certainly don't re-apply the 1.10 ROM because the date on the web page changed.
