pocketpc

A couple of months ago my Pocket PC crashed when I was updating it.  It is an HP iPaq hx4700 and I've had it for a while, but it has always served me well.  It has some irritating points, like the damn buttons at the bottom always getting stuck, but overall it has been a good machine to use.  Anyway, I was updating something or another and it crashed during the ROM update.  That typically means the unit has to be returned to HP for... some kind of black magic that us mere mortals cannot perform.  That was going to be a lot of hassle to organise, so I put it off until today.  I googled for a way to get it out of without having to send my PPC away, and eventually found something that worked.  Basically I had to use Anna's laptop to send a raw image down a USB cable to the PPC.  It doesn't seem to work on Vista, only XP, which is why I had to use Anna's laptop.  Hassle, but all in all I got my PocketPC back. 

I had just about installed it when I discovered the update that broke the damn thing.  I discovered it by installing it and bricking the damn iPaq again.  So the original ROM is being downloaded to the iPaq again as I write this.  It takes about ten minutes to complete and then you end up with a completely fresh iPaq.  Now, I wonder what I can do about those buttons...