Monday, May 22, 2006
Menneisyys's Tweaks to "Fix" the iPAQ hx4700 WM5 Upgrade
Posted by Janak Parekh in "ARTICLE" @ 08:45 AM
"Thanks to Hal Goldstein at the Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine, I’ve become a proud owner of an HP iPAQ hx4700...Of course, the first thing I’ve done after receiving the device was installing the WM5 upgrade. My first impression of the upgrade was awful. After installing a handful of applications and games, it became really-really slow, irresponsible and consumed a lot of battery power...."
Many users have complained about extreme slowness after upgrading their hx4700 to WM5. The good news is that PPCT member Menneisyys has just obtained a new hx4700 and set to work on fixing its performance... and that he's found the main causes of the slowness and has simple tips on how to fix it! (The bad news is that most of the slowness seems to stem from at least one extremely simple bug -- in the touchpad driver -- one that you'd expect HP to have found in the first place. :roll:) If you're an hx4700 user poking along with WM5, this article is a must-read.
Many users have complained about extreme slowness after upgrading their hx4700 to WM5. The good news is that PPCT member Menneisyys has just obtained a new hx4700 and set to work on fixing its performance... and that he's found the main causes of the slowness and has simple tips on how to fix it! (The bad news is that most of the slowness seems to stem from at least one extremely simple bug -- in the touchpad driver -- one that you'd expect HP to have found in the first place. :roll:) If you're an hx4700 user poking along with WM5, this article is a must-read.
