Unofficial Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for PPC-6700/XV6700

by Brad Linder Aug 31st 2007

Lest you should think Dell Axim users are having all the fun, an industrious hacker has crammed Windows Mobile 6 onto yet another device. If you're using a Sprint PPC-6700 or Verizon XV6700 (which are basically the same device), and don't mind voiding your warranty and possibly killing your machine, have we got news for you!

PPCGeeks forum member helmi_c has managed to get Windows Mobile 6 running on the 6700 series. And he's released ROMs for pretty much any carrier you might have, including Sprint, Alltel, Verizon, Sasktel, Vivo Brazil, Telus, Bell Mobility, Cricket, Cellular South, New Zealand, Midwest, Reliance India, and Qwest.

The ROM inlcudes a lot more than just a Windows Mobile 6 upgrade. Helmi_c has also loaded it with some software to make your phone a bit more usable, including MS OneNote Mobile, MS LiveSearch, Adobe Reader, Adobe Flash Player 7, WM5 Storage, TCPMP, PimBackup, Yahoo Go! 2.0, and a suite of HTC applications:

HTC Home Plugin 6tab v1.5.620.722
HTC CommManager with 10 Buttons
HTC Touch Dialer With working Smartdial and ## Codes
HTC Smartdial v2.5
HTC Task Manager v1.51.30229.1
HTC Voice Recorder v1.10.611711.0
HTC Streaming Media v2.20.615718.00
HTC Audio.Manager v1.2.614712.q

There are a few bugs, including one that messes up text messaging when you install the Palm SMS threading application. Although this ROM seems to be working for most users, as always, we have to warn you that you'll be solely responsible for killing your phone if anything goes wrong with this "upgrade."

[via Engadget]

Tags: apache, ppc-6700, vx6700, windows mobile 6, WindowsMobile6, wm6

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Noodlez said 8:02AM on 9-01-2007

Be nice if someone could get WM6 on the Motorola Q

Adrian Estrada said 12:10PM on 9-14-2007

add me

mogul said 9:18PM on 9-18-2007

I sure hope no one wastes their time on the Motorola Q and sticks to useful things. The Q was a big failure.

David said 12:47AM on 9-25-2007

I upgraded to WM6 and all worked fine but now it hangs up on a softreset at the windows moble page

Ridha said 8:20AM on 10-02-2007

download

nirav said 4:06PM on 10-05-2007

it's nice

tsj said 8:36AM on 10-15-2007

i like it

Dewayne Palmer said 10:49AM on 10-27-2007

I love the WM6, but now when I receive Text messages, I don't get who they are from. When I reply it does not know who to go to. Anyone got an idea.

ahmed ahmed said 6:37PM on 11-01-2007

thankyou

JAMANI said 9:41PM on 11-04-2007

I really think I ruined my phone with this update, I'm not saying to not try because it seems to work for everyone else ,but does anybody know how i can fix it or does anyone know someone that can fix it. It's saying serial v 1.0 on the screen and won't do anything at all and I didn't get it activated yet so I have no insurance. So please if anyone can please help me.

DAVID C ROSSI said 4:40PM on 11-05-2007

SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE YOUR PHONE IN SERIAL MODE. U WIPED OUT YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM. TAKE IT TO SPRINT. THEY CAN FIX IT FOR FREE.

JEFFF said 3:36PM on 11-12-2007

You can restore the factory defaults by entering the following: ##786#

At some point during the reset process, you will be asked for the "lock code". You need this. Don't start without it! Get the code from Sprint. If they ask why, tell them you dropped your phone, and it only works when powered externally. Good luck.

ben said 3:29PM on 11-16-2007

where can i download wm6???

Nikolaus Mayinger said 6:13PM on 11-19-2007

Dewayne, try hard resetting your phone, then after setting up your stylus, but before the carrier customizations run, do a soft reset and it should handle sms messages correctly. Incase you don't know how to do a hard reset you have to push in on the reset button once while holding both softkeys. A confirmation screen should appear asking you if you want to reset all data. Press Y to reset. You will loose everything not on your storage card so back up your data first.

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