Viewsonic V37
I bought a Viewsonic PocketPC mid to late last year and forgot to post anything about it.
I bought a Viewsonic V37 for $100 used on ars technica classifieds. It has the following for specifications:
- Intel XScale™ 400MHz processor
- Microsoft® Pocket PC 2003 Premium Edition*
- Includes 64MB ROM and 64MB SDRAM (36.45MB user accessible)
- Light: 4 ounces
- Long life lithium battery lasts up to 8 hours**
- SD/MMC Expansion slot
* It came with PocketPC 2002. Apparently Viewsonic had the update but was neither giving it out nor selling it anymore. I was able to locate it and have it archived. If anyone also needs it, comment on this post and leave your e-mail and I can get it to you.
** This has not been what I have experienced.
The pocketpc has been nearly flawless for me. It is the same speed and about half the weight and size of my previous PocketPC: Dell Axim X5. There are a couple of pros and cons of this PocketPC compared to some others I’ve had:
+ Small, light, sleek design.
+ Bright, crisp screen.
+ Fast, still one of the fastest on the market.
+ SD expansion slot is great for storage.
- Short battery life, especially for games.
- Very poor dial. Sticks, and plain doesn’t work sometimes.
- Some game incompatibility*.
- Synching issues**.
- Lack of general support***.
* I have tested MANY games on this PocketPC. Of all that I have tested, only about 3 have not worked. The main game that I am upset about is Worms World Party by JAMDAT. It simply does not open.
** Every once in awhile, the only computer I have my V37 linked up to will report the device as an unknown device. To fix, any of the following have worked for me in the past:
- Unplugging/Replugging
- Plugging into a different USB port
- Reseating the V37 in the synch cradle
*** This PocketPC is nowhere near as popular as Dell or HP PocketPCs, and I have found very little support overall for this brand. Viewsonic only made 2-3 PocketPC models; the V35-V37, all of which are out of production. Don’t even think about contacting Viewsonic for support, these are all out of warranty.
Overall, I would rate this PocketPC an 9/10. It is my 5th PocketPC, and it is by far the best.
Pictures
Edit 6/21:
Someone’s been looking for the v35 and v37 ROM upgrades, so I posted it for download with tracking:
Download file:
WM2003_Viewsonic_v35.zip (19.12MB; 2453 downloads)
Download file:
WM2003_Viewsonic_v37.zip (20.45MB; 1994 downloads)
Sam Andreas Said,
June 26, 2005 @ 12:01 am
Argh! I thank you kindly thar intelligent keeper of the goods. Been lookin’ for the v35 rom forever it seems. I appreciate your help … thanks.
Raybdbomb Said,
June 26, 2005 @ 9:06 am
You’re very welcome
matt Said,
July 2, 2005 @ 12:37 pm
v37 rom download aint workin!!!!
Raybdbomb Said,
July 2, 2005 @ 2:48 pm
Thanks for letting me know, I fixed it.
Roy Said,
July 9, 2005 @ 10:30 pm
Searching for the update for my V37, but cannot seem to find it. The more i learn of what the pocket pc can do, its possibilities are endless. Please help with upgrade.
Royle
Raybdbomb Said,
July 10, 2005 @ 10:25 am
I don’t understand… the update is above. It had an upgrade guide included. I have upgraded my V37 according to this guide and it works 100%.
Ricky Said,
July 12, 2005 @ 5:07 am
Looking for the upgrade to 2003 for my V37, but the link appears to be broken. Would love to have it!
Raybdbomb Said,
July 12, 2005 @ 7:51 am
Should work now, sorry about that.
Will Fetherolf Said,
July 15, 2005 @ 8:42 am
I’ve been looking for this for AGES… Thank you SO much!
Raybdbomb Said,
July 15, 2005 @ 9:34 am
You’re welcome, no problem. It makes no sense to me why Viewsonic no longer hosts these files.
Cyrus Said,
July 15, 2005 @ 4:26 pm
Thank you very mcuh for posing the v37 update, been looking for it for ages
Tony Said,
July 22, 2005 @ 5:34 pm
Has anyone experienced any problems with their V37 after the upgrade, specifically to do with the buttons and scroll wheel producing a repeating type effect, ie if i scroll pages in MS reader it tends to skip a random number of pages, anywhere between 1 -5 pages etc and using the D-Pad for games is akward as it seems to be erratic as well. It never did that before the upgrade.
Raybdbomb Said,
July 22, 2005 @ 7:09 pm
My D-Pad is messed up, but I didn’t contribute it to the upgrade (I never used it pre-2003).
Jo B Said,
July 23, 2005 @ 7:47 am
Hi … a friend gave me a V37. I want to use it when I travel, for playing music, reading books and playing games. Do you know if I can get software for downloading/playing audible books?
Jo B (no relation to above user) Said,
July 23, 2005 @ 12:53 pm
Thanx so much for the V35 file… i’ll be damned if I’m gonna shell out 40 for a cd…
Has anyone here added an sdio wifi to their V3x? If so, how did it go?
Btw, I have never had any problems with the v35’s dpad; I’m hoping its v37 only.
Raybdbomb Said,
July 23, 2005 @ 2:28 pm
Where did you see the CD’s for sale? Ebay? I’ve never even seen the CD’s since I got this.
Jo B (no relation to above user) Said,
July 23, 2005 @ 4:18 pm
http://store.viewsonic.com/html/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?section=14566&item=79729
right there
Jo B (no relation to above user) Said,
July 23, 2005 @ 4:24 pm
^ is for v35 tho, can’t find one for v37
Jo B Said,
July 23, 2005 @ 5:44 pm
Sorry for hijacking your thread! I found everything I need for downloading audible books on Audible.com.
Bye …
Raybdbomb Said,
July 23, 2005 @ 6:53 pm
Weird… last I heard they were giving it away for free, like Dell was doing. There’s no reason they should be charging for it, a generic update is available for free from microsoft.com; so they really should not be charging, it’s unethical.
Jo B (no relation to above user) Said,
July 25, 2005 @ 9:38 am
They gave it away for a short time, and only for people who had bought their PDA less than 30 days before the offer began and up to 90 days after. I think you might have had to provide some sort of proof of date of purchase, also.
Jo B (no relation to above user) Said,
July 25, 2005 @ 9:51 am
BTW, do you think the v37 is any faster than the v35? My v35 even benchmarked better than my friend’s v37…
Raybdbomb Said,
July 25, 2005 @ 10:09 am
Is that so? Well, 400MHz compared to 300MHz, you’d think the results would be obvious. However, if you don’t have the speed setting to “auto” you should get better results.
Also, there are some overclocking tools for PPC now.
Jo B (no relation to above user) Said,
July 25, 2005 @ 3:06 pm
Pentium 4 w\ HT at 2000mhz is slower than my athlon 64 fx53
underclocked to 1500 mhz. same situation, about.
Jo B (no relation to above user) Said,
July 25, 2005 @ 3:12 pm
what are these overclocking tools you mention? I had no there were any. anyway, it would be much appreciated if you could put up a download compatible with wm2003… PLEEEZE?
Jo B (no relation to above user) Said,
July 25, 2005 @ 3:16 pm
Raybdbomb Quote: ” Where did you see the CD’s for sale? Ebay? I’ve never even seen the CD’s since I got this. ”
Mind if I sell a few copies?
Jo B (no relation to above user) Said,
July 25, 2005 @ 3:32 pm
WTF is going on? I posted here and its been deleted, and the filter thinks im a spammer.
Raybdbomb Said,
July 25, 2005 @ 9:47 pm
@Jo B (no relation to above user): That’s my spam filterer… 10 comments from one IP = bad news in general. I’ve whitelisted you so it shouldn’t be a problem.
Jo B (no relation to above user) Said,
July 26, 2005 @ 3:24 am
Oh, ok. I was beginning to wonder why it was demanding that I type a code before posts were approved; I had not noticed it do that at first.
Whitelisted? I’m honored.
Jo B (no relation to above user) Said,
July 26, 2005 @ 4:36 am
OK then
Jo B (no relation to above user) Said,
July 26, 2005 @ 4:41 am
o yes, it worked! the first time I tried to post it blocked me.
back to the point. I don’t see how 100mhz can make that much of an improvement anyway, and it pisses me off that viewsonic couldn’t put forth a little ingenuity when replacing the v35. One thing I would have loved to see in Viewsonic’s pda’s is metal casing. Honestly, I have no problem with a handheld computer which weighs in the same as a 20gb ipod, and I thing plastic casing, which can easily crack and is generally not as strong as metal, is not an acceptible compromise.
Viewsonic does make nice pdas tho.
Greg Michael Said,
August 3, 2005 @ 6:27 am
Looking for pocket pc 2003. I hear it works better with x-scale processor.
Raybdbomb Said,
August 3, 2005 @ 7:31 am
… The downloads are provided above.
Kebab_King Said,
August 7, 2005 @ 9:37 pm
At last! Thank you VERY MUCH for posting the upgrade files!
bones Said,
August 19, 2005 @ 6:32 pm
hi guys just wondering if some one has a pocket pc 2002 download for the viewsonic v37
cheers
Raybdbomb Said,
August 20, 2005 @ 11:34 am
Meaning you want to revert from 2003 back to 2002?
Taylor Said,
August 29, 2005 @ 11:55 pm
Where did you find games to work on your V37? I’ve downloaded several and can’t get them to open. Also, I want to by a WIFI card for the V37, but don’t know where from. My school just went wireless and I would love to be able to use this there for keeping grades, in staff meetings, etc.
Raybdbomb Said,
August 30, 2005 @ 5:06 am
You can’t get them to open? There is typically an installer, which automatically adds it to the PPC.
Williham Said,
August 30, 2005 @ 10:40 am
Awesome! Thank u soooo much for that rom update, just baught a v35 from ebay for 60 quid and now its running pocket oc 2003! WOOOOOO!! xD
Marvin Ng Said,
August 31, 2005 @ 6:03 am
Thank you so much about the V35 WM2003 Rom.
My PDA much better now. (Hong Kong)
Steven J Henthorn Said,
September 22, 2005 @ 11:41 am
Thanks for posting the V37 PPC2003 upgrade, I have been looking for it everywhere.
Do you know of anybody who is running Linux on the V37?
I would like to give this a try, if there is a Linux distro available.
Stevestr Said,
September 29, 2005 @ 5:22 pm
Looking for a stylus for my v35. Anyone have an extra one for sale?
Scarbz Said,
October 4, 2005 @ 9:19 am
I am having a problem upgrading the rom for my v35. It syncs up fine with my computer when I have it docked but when I try to install the rom it says connection error. What am I doin wrong?
By the way thanks for hosting the rom. was a big help
Raybdbomb Said,
October 4, 2005 @ 1:00 pm
I’m not sure I’ve seen that. I assume you followed the directions in the .pdf file?
Scarbz Said,
October 4, 2005 @ 7:30 pm
I looked over the .pdf file but there is nothing to really help me. I tried it a couple more times but still the same error in the installation window. “Error: Connect Error”
Raybdbomb Said,
October 5, 2005 @ 6:57 am
I don’t know what to tell you. You’re the only person that has had this problem as far as I know.
VanKen Said,
October 5, 2005 @ 11:40 pm
Finally!!! Hmmm, now do I have the guts to switch to 2003. Is it possible to go back to 2002 if my v37 goes cookoo on me? Is it that much of an improvement?
But thanks again for the file.
Raybdbomb Said,
October 6, 2005 @ 7:44 am
I don’t know if it’s possible or not, I’ve never had the need. 2003 works great on my v37.
Vlad Liberman Said,
October 7, 2005 @ 7:11 am
Anybody know where I can get an internal replacement battery for V37? Is Viewsonic selling them directly?
Raybdbomb Said,
October 7, 2005 @ 8:43 am
Ebay, buddy?
four2theizz0 Said,
October 10, 2005 @ 11:13 pm
hey man
thank you so much for posting this upgrade. do you know of any reason as to why i cant get into the upgrade mode in the v37? ive reset it a million times and have been holding the dial down while i turn it back on and i wait for 3 seconds and let go and then it goes in to the loading screen to reload windows 2002. and i just have to reset the screen settings and what not. any suggestions?
four2theizz0 Said,
October 11, 2005 @ 10:40 am
ok well, apparently there was a bug or some other firmware for some v37’s. and you have to puch the dial buttin IN, and not down towards the record button. anyways, that is done but nnow once i get into the upgrade tool, it says connection error on the installer. like the guy above
Steven J Henthorn Said,
October 12, 2005 @ 7:12 am
I loaded the Upgrade easily once I found out you had to Push the scroll button in, instead of move it down to get into upgrade mode.
Thanks for the download.
I am running fine in WM2003 on my V37.
Thanks again.
KR Said,
October 13, 2005 @ 11:06 am
Thanks so much for posting this! Wish I could find th esame for my Toshiba E310 - Thanks Again
Gregg Bond Said,
October 13, 2005 @ 12:31 pm
You sir, are a god amongst men. These files are like gold dust coated hens teeth resting on a bed of rocking horse droppings.
My thanks.
KR Said,
October 13, 2005 @ 4:18 pm
Seem to have lost audio recording in notes after the upgrade… anyone?
Vlad Liberman Said,
October 14, 2005 @ 6:54 pm
After the 2003 upgrade, my “Power” system utility says that the battery percent remaining is ALWAYS 100%! Anybody experience that problem? The battery percentage does not go down even if you use the PDA all day on and off..
Pedro Said,
October 19, 2005 @ 5:19 am
After opening mine up to glue a bit of the cover that was cracked my v37 (edition 2002) is also reading 100% despite extensive use. I had the battery switch off before I opened it. The more concerning thing is that it is also refusing to charge! When you plug it in, the light flickers orange for half a second then turns off. Battery screen shows running on AC when plugged in. Any ideas?
four2theizz0 Said,
October 23, 2005 @ 2:53 pm
has anybody found a solution for the connection error message? after going through the reset steps and getting to the blue screen and choosing ‘0′ . i hit next on the installer it takes a second and then it sasys connect error. has anybody else found a solution to this? thanks
Bob Said,
October 24, 2005 @ 7:54 am
I was getting the connect error too. Then I ran through the XP new hardware wizard (before I had been closing the window or selecting cancel). I forget the details I selected, but it was something like “don’t look on the web,” “use supplied” - whatever sounded least intrusive. It tried to install a reference Intel xScale something and then failed because it couldn’t find a file.
Then the upgrade wizard could connect OK.
Raybdbomb Said,
October 24, 2005 @ 10:23 am
I had an error connecting once upon a time, and intermittently at that point. What I did was disconnected it from the USB and reconnected it multiple times until it worked.
It may or may not be the same error you had.
AndyMan Said,
October 27, 2005 @ 8:49 am
You ROCK!! TKS for the V37 WM2003. I have been looking for it forever.
SDIO WiFi… I have been using it for years with 2002. Brand SanDisk. The driver CD that came with it did not work but the download from their website does. WEP encryption and all.
Matthew Said,
November 8, 2005 @ 12:13 pm
Thanks a bunch for hosting this. By any chance do you know where there is an image of the original CD that was sent w/ the PocketPC? I need to reinstall the synch software to connect w/ a new machine…
Matthew Said,
November 8, 2005 @ 12:22 pm
Never mind. Call it a ride-the-short-bus kind of afternoon…
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/downloads/activesync38.mspx
purplebadger Said,
November 9, 2005 @ 3:42 pm
Many thanks for hosting this!
Greg Said,
November 11, 2005 @ 2:47 pm
I could sure use the PPC 2003 upgrade for my V37. I was disgusted that Viewsonic does not provide this upgrade support anymore. It was good to hear someone had it available.
Thanks if you can help
Raybdbomb Said,
November 11, 2005 @ 6:01 pm
… did you read the post? It’s available for download up there…
Dee Said,
November 15, 2005 @ 4:07 am
Will upgrading a V37 make it any better for just using TomTom5?
i.e. either make it faster or fix the big button so I can zoom in and out of a map like I could on my Toshiba e740 PDA?
I’m a little afraid to install 2003 without the option of going back to 2002 if it doesn’t work or it fails in some way.. anyone got a way to backup the current ROM?
Raybdbomb Said,
November 15, 2005 @ 11:40 am
I don’t think the upgrade makes the dial pad any better.
Also, I don’t know if there’s any way to revert back to 2002, sorry. I’ve never had to, though.
Erik Bray Said,
November 30, 2005 @ 7:28 pm
Woot–I’m a little late to this party, but thanks for posting the WM2003 ROM for the V37. I just got one of these, and while I like the thing in general I’ll be glad to be able to upgrade it.
Tom Said,
December 1, 2005 @ 2:08 pm
Any ideas on trouble shooting connection for V37 and keyboard? Downloaded driver, then patch, now just SOL. Links to working driver download would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
Scooter McDuff Said,
December 20, 2005 @ 6:11 am
O lordy lordy thank you so much champo, I just accuired mu PPC back off a friend which i gave it thinking i didn’t want it anymore, (I did) getting back though i went all out and hit up a SDIO WIFI card, hrm doesn’t work with 2002, good thing i read that after i ordered it… anyways not worried about getting it and using it as a guitar pick. Saved me a pretty penny. Good things come to those who do good and my friend you done good. Later days from a happy ozzy
boards Said,
January 15, 2006 @ 8:57 pm
hey ray, i used to have the same problem with worms world party. what i did was, i downloaded a demo, installed that and copied the EXE file and placed it in another folder…then i uninstalled the demo, installed a cracked copy and replaced the EXE with the one from the demo and whoala! it opens…..
Btw, do you know where to find a ROm for V36? tnx
Raybdbomb Said,
January 15, 2006 @ 9:09 pm
boards: wish I could help you on the v36. I’ve never seen it offered. If you see it somewhere, send it to me and I’ll put it on here also.
LABAUDE Said,
January 30, 2006 @ 2:12 am
Hi and thanks for the 3.5 upgrade it’s perfect WM 2003…
The 3.7 doesn’t work on my pocket (I have a Yakumo Delta 200 : german OS : Windows Mobile 2002).
I’m now looking for the 3.5 version but in French. Any idea about where i could find it ?
PS : I have the same problem with the battery, it says 100% charged and never go down.
Thanks again.
Mc Nonsens Said,
February 22, 2006 @ 2:03 pm
Tnx a LOT…….. now just trying….Does anybody now how i can get 2002 back on my device (it’s a Medion MD5951 and they say it will work with this version) when something goes wrong??
Marc Said,
February 28, 2006 @ 12:58 pm
I have successfully upgraded and downgraded my V37 between 2002 and 2003 many many times for development and testing reasons. Anyone looking for the downgrade can find the files on the viewsonic ftp site. You use the same process as you do when you upgrade, only you replace the .bin file for v2003 with the .bin file for 2002 before you perform the gymnastics.
To get the username and password call viewsonic support, tell them that you need to get the downgrade located in:
/Techsupport/V37 Downgrade Image
from their vsg.viewsonic.com ftp site. This is how I got the files and their support person was very helpful but it did take them a little while to pull up info on what a V37 was. I don’t think they get many support calls for them anymore.
I’d post the username and password but Viewsonic may consider it semi-confidential. You may be able to find the username and password through a http://groups.google.com search for something like:
viewsonic ftp site
Cheers
Ron Shaw Said,
March 1, 2006 @ 7:10 am
Many thanks for the download of PC2003 for V37. I bought my V37 from E-Bay. It was advertised as 2003 but was’n't. I have been looking for this upgrade for some time. Once again, Many thanks.
David Taylor Said,
March 6, 2006 @ 4:00 pm
I have been looking for the WM2003 V37 upgrade, but the file appears corrupt. it only downloads 1K and the zip can not be openned. Could you please reload the file to the site
Thanks
Raybdbomb Said,
March 6, 2006 @ 10:50 pm
Should be fixed now, sorry about that.
Cliff Benoist Said,
March 25, 2006 @ 8:01 pm
Thank you so much for this. It has made life much better for me now!
Boon Said,
April 18, 2006 @ 11:50 am
Is it possible to upgrade the V35,V36,V37 from WM2003 to WM2005?
Raybdbomb Said,
April 18, 2006 @ 5:00 pm
I know nothing about any such upgrade, but I doubt it.
Dee Said,
April 27, 2006 @ 7:21 pm
The Viewsonic has about 36MB reserved for I’m assuming is a virtual drive? It’s call My Flash Disk - is there a way to delete this virtual drive on pocket pc 2002 so it can be used by the PDA to load more programs into memory, etc?
I’m hoping it would make Tom Tom 5 run faster if this extra 36mb of space was freed up.
HappyCamper Said,
April 29, 2006 @ 2:14 am
I also wanted to say thank you. I wanted to play SudoPocket on my VPC and noticed that it required .NET Compact Framework version 2. This is only supported on Windows Mobile Software for Pocket PC 2003.
I downloaded the ZIP for my V37 and followed the instructions (I had to push not press down the wheel). It’s sweet! I’m now running Pocket PC 2003.
I downloaded the .NET Framework and SudoPocket and it works beautifully. Now I can play Sudoku on my VP37!
I was alittle worried about the upgrade after reading about it on other boards, but it really went smoothly. I wanted to be able to “downgrade” back to 2002, so I downloaded the ROM from the Viewsonic site. The information I used was:
ftp://vsg.viewsonic.com
Login: techsupp
Password: !VSOTftp
The folder was /Techsupport/V37 Downgrade Image/
There is a .BIN and a .ZIP file. You don’t need both (the .ZIP file contains a compressed .BIN file). There’s also a text file that describes the “downgrade” process. Thankfully, I didn’t need it.
There is some jerk selling a “direct download” of the ROM on eBay. He’s located in Hungary and is charging $6. I don’t think you get a CD and he seems to be selling it multiple times.
So, thanks again for providing the upgrade. I really appreciate your breathing new life into my Pocket PC.
flapski Said,
April 29, 2006 @ 3:08 am
I am so glad I found this website. I have just upgraded my v37 and it works perfectly. Some of you mentioned the use of Tom Tom 5 after an upgrade. Will it really work now for me eventhough Tom Tom still claims it’s incompatibile with VIewsonic PDAs?
Be.U Said,
May 3, 2006 @ 9:31 pm
Thank you for posting the ROM update. It breathes a few extra years of life into my V37!!
Zman Said,
May 16, 2006 @ 6:23 am
Whats the link for 2003 for V37?
Thanks.
Zman Said,
May 16, 2006 @ 6:27 am
Found it lol, im a idiot
BigDaddy Said,
May 16, 2006 @ 9:07 pm
Just won one of these in a users group meeting
and needed the upgrade.
Thanks for hosting.
Longtrail Said,
May 29, 2006 @ 9:05 pm
Thanks for hosting the files for the V37 upgrade. I cannot believe ViewSonic stopped distribution of the files.
Patriot 67 Said,
June 7, 2006 @ 1:45 pm
Bravo. Been looking for this forever.
mengfei Said,
July 14, 2006 @ 11:55 am
just in time! a friend gave me his V35 & i tried to upgrade it using WM2003_Viewsonic_v35.zip, i followed all the instructions but it always shows “Connect error”, any help please? thanks
Raybdbomb Said,
July 14, 2006 @ 12:20 pm
Nobody else had that problem and spoke about it.
Does it show such an issue when synching without the upgrade?
mengfei Said,
July 15, 2006 @ 10:47 am
thanks Raybdbomd for giving time to respond to my post, well i troed all the way to the wee hours of the morning but still no go, i got this link from one forum who also spoke about this connection error & no issue about normal sync. but it knows if the “allow USB connection” is check or not & i made it sure it was uncheck. I also tried to copy the whole unzipped file to SD but it say the “BPB” cannot be found.
this is what i get always
[img]http://aycu09.webshots.com/image/168/1746816509984925659_fs.jpg[/img]
thanks
Raybdbomb Said,
July 15, 2006 @ 2:57 pm
Did you read the PDF file front to back?
Craig Said,
July 18, 2006 @ 4:05 pm
Thanks you SO much for posting the upgrade on your website. I bought a SDIO wifi card off of eBay but couldn’t get it to work without Windows Mobile 2003. So I’ve been searching for ages trying to find the upgrade. Thanks again for putting it up there!
Craig
Jerry Said,
July 28, 2006 @ 11:02 pm
WOW…after months of searching! Eureka! Thanks for hosting the file! I look forward to Windows Mobile 2003!
nadav mamane Said,
October 20, 2006 @ 5:20 pm
hi
i will be very happy to get the ROM update for the V37.
i am looking for it too much time
thanks
nadav
Raybdbomb Said,
October 20, 2006 @ 8:37 pm
So you got it then, I assume
sreeram Said,
October 28, 2006 @ 8:56 am
Thanks a lot.. you are the saviour… My upgrade of v37 went like a breeze….
Raybdbomb Said,
October 28, 2006 @ 11:18 am
Good to hear
nadav Said,
November 3, 2006 @ 3:46 am
hi,
well i followed the instructions but my v37 refuse to enter to upgrade mode, it just does a regular “cold reset”…. anyone had this before?
yes, press on the scroll for 3 sec…
nadav
Raybdbomb Said,
November 3, 2006 @ 10:15 am
Haven’t seen that before…
Hartmut Said,
November 15, 2006 @ 6:50 am
Hallo,
nach stundenlangem Suchen und vielen nicht mehr funktionierenden Link’s bin ich endlich hier angekommen.
Es hat funktioniert!
Ganz vielen Dank!!!
Die deutschen Foren sind da leider nicht ergiebig gewesen.
Viele Grüße
Hartmut
Raybdbomb Said,
November 15, 2006 @ 9:32 am
Sorry, I don’t speak German. Translate to English and ask again.
Hartmut Said,
November 15, 2006 @ 11:09 am
Hello,
after looking for for hours and many no longer functioning left’ s I arrived finally here.
It functioned!
Completely thank you!!!
The German forums were there unfortunately not productive.
Many greetings
Hartmut
Hartmut Said,
November 15, 2006 @ 3:20 pm
Hello again,
now nevertheless a problem has.
I use WinME, I need Activesync 3.7. I cannot find this version however anywhere.
Please can someone help me?
Greeting Hartmut
Raybdbomb Said,
November 15, 2006 @ 6:17 pm
Microsoft should still have it available on their download site.
Hartmut Said,
November 16, 2006 @ 2:02 am
No, unfortunately not. There there are only 4.2.
There are only 3.7.1 also elsewhere.
I looked for the whole evening yesterday.
Raybdbomb Said,
November 16, 2006 @ 9:59 am
I don’t know what to tell you. The beef is seemlingly between you and Microsoft.
piromi Said,
November 27, 2006 @ 5:10 pm
hi
Good job guys.Thanks for upgrade of v37
But i don’t have USB cable. Can i install upgrade with SD/MMC?
Raybdbomb Said,
November 27, 2006 @ 7:29 pm
Doubtful.
zman Said,
December 31, 2006 @ 1:01 pm
Can you send me the update for the V37?
Thanks!
zman Said,
December 31, 2006 @ 1:41 pm
oops sorry got the file you posted. Dealing with connect problems now…
zman Said,
December 31, 2006 @ 5:18 pm
It worked! Yay! Wireless card working also now. Dude, you are the man!
BTW for some people having connection problems, for us the issues was that
even though 0. was selected automatically, you have to actually press the
scroll button in to select it.
Fred Said,
February 22, 2007 @ 12:50 pm
Hi
I reached the part of pressing the (scroll) wheel to accept the update, and it says it is waiting. I run the ROM update, but it gives an error that it can’t connect.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Raybdbomb Said,
February 22, 2007 @ 1:54 pm
Try a different port? Not sure, really.
Raybdbomb Said,
February 22, 2007 @ 5:08 pm
FYI, he sent me this in an email
Clifton Hughes Said,
March 6, 2007 @ 5:18 am
Can someone please post the 2002 rom for V37, the link and user name and password did not work for me for the vsg.viewsonic.com site…
or forward it to my hotmail account, hughes_clifton@hotmail.com
Cliff
Clifton Hughes Said,
March 6, 2007 @ 5:20 am
Sorry for reposting, the reason I need the downgraded v37 rom to PPC 2002 is because I backed up some contacts and calendar stuff, and it will not restore to the PPC 2003 ROM, so I want to restore that, and sync it with outlook first, before putting the 2003 back on again
Please send me the ROM for 2002 or a link etc…
hughes_clifton@hotmail.com
Cliff
Raybdbomb Said,
March 6, 2007 @ 9:17 am
Yikes. Good luck with that.
Clifton Said,
March 6, 2007 @ 9:36 am
I called viewsonic and they had to give me a new ftp location and username and password to download the downgrade image for downgrading to PPC 2002:
ftp://vsftpsrv.viewsonic.com/support
username : vssupport
password: Viewsonic1
Thanks hope this helps someone else, I am off to downgrade and restore some contacts to sync off of the device before upgrading again in the hopes I wont lose any of my wifes data this time
Clifton Said,
March 6, 2007 @ 5:32 pm
It worked! I was able to downgrade to 2002 restore the backup, sync with outlook, reupgrade to 2003 and now I am syncing with Outlook again on my wifes profile and letting it combine the appointments, this rocks!
cliff
Raybdbomb Said,
March 6, 2007 @ 6:29 pm
Weird. Glad to hear your success.
Illuminations2k Said,
March 22, 2007 @ 3:22 pm
Thank you so much for posting these items. I just got a V37 from a co worker for my wife and wanted to upgrade to 2003. Flawless install, just read the PDF completely.
Thanks again!!
Raybdbomb Said,
March 22, 2007 @ 3:59 pm
Nice.
bobygk Said,
March 27, 2007 @ 11:29 pm
Thanks for the post!
I think I figured out the “connect error” issue. I too encountered it 3 times…which made me sit back and read the upgrade PDF from start-to-finish. The key is in step 10 - ” … highlighted. Then press the scroll dial to select this option, and …”. If you miss to select the option by pressing the scroll dial, you will get a connect error!
Also, as mentioned in the post elsewhere, pressing the scroll dial, instead of rotating, during the cold-boot did help. I got the V37 as part of the MSDN promotion.
Raybdbomb Said,
March 28, 2007 @ 9:35 am
Thanks for pointing that out, bobygk.
Upinder Said,
April 2, 2007 @ 12:35 pm
Not very technicaly savy….here are some blonde moment Questions?
Can it work with Active Sync 4.x? (ex: 4.2 or 4.5)
Do we need to have companion CD?
I have had a v35 that I bought for my Wife in 2002. but she never used it. its been sitting on my shelf for past few years. Came across the opportunity to upgrade to 2K3. thought I should give it a try.
please advise..
Tom K. Said,
June 4, 2007 @ 8:30 am
Thank you so much for having this page up. I bought a used V35 by accident and now I can breathe additional life into it with this upgrade.
Raybdbomb Said,
June 4, 2007 @ 9:18 am
Glad to see it’s still helping people. I actually sold my v37 awhile back, but as long as people still want this I’ll keep it up.
Tin Tac Said,
July 1, 2007 @ 3:06 am
You are a good man. Happy with PPC 2003 for my V37. Thank you very much.
Tin Tac Said,
July 1, 2007 @ 4:12 am
Hi every body who successed in updating ROM to PPC2003.
In first try, I failed.
I did steps from 1 to 8 and it ok.
In step 9, when I connected my Pocket to PC by USB cable (USB 1.1),“Found New Hardware Wizard” message displays, I choose “Use only this time” and press “Next”, A driver “Intel XScalse Design” installed but it say: “It is installed but it not working”. I press OK to finish.
What happened with me? Because ActiveSync don’t connect to Pocket to upgrade ROM. Thanks.
Raybdbomb Said,
July 1, 2007 @ 1:51 pm
Have you looked through all of the comments? It seems like that question has been asked before…
Tin Tac Said,
July 1, 2007 @ 7:58 pm
I upgraded successfully. I checked USB Connection, so it failed. I think I should read carefully. Thank you very much.
Shay Said,
July 30, 2007 @ 2:35 pm
Thanks so much, I look everywhere for this thing.
Raybdbomb Said,
July 30, 2007 @ 7:16 pm
Crazy that people still use this.
Mark F Said,
August 7, 2007 @ 7:23 pm
Thanks for this great forum. I have a V37, and have loved using it for 2.5 yrs since I bought it. your site has given me so much including the 2003 ROM upgrade (which i am yet to install). Keep it here, as there is very little V37 support out there.
Regards
Mark
Mike Said,
August 8, 2007 @ 8:54 pm
I accidentally used the v35 rom with my v37… It no longer works. It shows the ‘Wait 30 seconds’ but then the screen goes blank. Tried to go to Upgrade mode but nothing appears on the screen. Anybody have a suggestion - other than kiss it goodby
Mike
Raybdbomb Said,
August 9, 2007 @ 7:46 am
Yikes, never seen that. Dunno what to tell you…
Some guy Said,
October 25, 2007 @ 6:34 pm
oh, before I forget (and I forget stuff) when you unpack the upgrade zip, send the working image files to an SD.. no frills, to trickery, just SD. Boot into flash mode w/ the card in the socket, select SD/MMn,
point and shoot. Just the PDA itself, power and card. zot
I also tried the safecom SDIO card, no issues.. mine’s a little over a
year old tho. new goodies, new issues..
and to other guy.. winmobile is a fact of life for the pocket PC OS.
thankyouthankyou thankyou again for sparing me a miserbal evening.
Raybdbomb Said,
October 26, 2007 @ 8:20 am
Congrats
MajorLag Said,
November 27, 2007 @ 6:48 am
This is the only place I’ve seen so far that seems to know the PC V37 better than Viewsonic support. Maybe someone can help me. I’ve had problems on and off with this stupid thing (don’t get me wrong, it’s a great device, just a little spacey). Sometimes it loses its battery power and then never comes back up. I have to go through this process of cold booting over and over again until it finally wakes up. The problem I’m having now though, is while trying to upgrade the ROM, I can’t get it to go into upgrade mode. I turn it off (switch on the back not the power button), wait a few seconds, hold the scroll key down, boot it back up, wait three seconds and release, and it either does nothing, or goes into the please wait 30 seconds screen. Any advice? Anyone?
cj Said,
December 4, 2007 @ 8:32 am
To upgrade the ROM, some of the models need the wheel to be rolled down (towards the headphone jack) for 3 seconds, and I just learned that some (including mine) need the scroll wheel pressed in instead (no rolling) for 3 seconds. Whichever one you tried, try the other
bobo Said,
December 14, 2007 @ 3:44 am
Would love to have the download link or uname/pwd for the vsonic ftp site…
BRIAN Said,
December 22, 2007 @ 8:30 pm
JUST BOUGHT A V35 AND V37 AND THE 37 WASN’T 2003 THANKS FOR KEEPING IT ON.CAN’T GET THE FOLDABLE KEYBOARD TO WORK???
ANY HELP WOULD BE GREAT.
THANKS AGAIN
BRIAN
Raybdbomb Said,
December 23, 2007 @ 12:39 pm
DUNNO ANYTHING ABOUT THE FOLDABLE KEYBOARD, SORRY.
Navid Said,
May 26, 2008 @ 5:53 pm
I know that this is from a long time ago, but I can’t download the v37 upgrade. Could someone tell me where to get it? Thanks.
Raybdbomb Said,
May 26, 2008 @ 6:41 pm
Navid and others who have contacted me:
I fixed the download script, the download works now.
Navid Said,
May 26, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
Thanks for the reply Ray, but when it downloads I get an error saying that it is invalid. And it only takes a second for the download to finish which seems weird for a 20 mb file. Should I be waiting a bit before it starts working?
Raybdbomb Said,
May 27, 2008 @ 4:31 pm
Testing is sometimes good. Fixed now, thanks
Robert Said,
June 19, 2008 @ 12:13 pm
Thanks for keep the WM 2003 viewsonic V37 software in your website. I downloaded it and tried to upgrade my V37, I used two different host computers, both runnig windows XP, I followed the instructions step by step, but in both computers I got a connectivity error message. Apparently the driver to connect trough the usb port while in upgrade mode didn’t work. I cold restarted my V37 and it still work fine in wm 2002. Would you give me some advice to complete the upgrade?
Thanks for your help
Raybdbomb Said,
June 19, 2008 @ 11:04 pm
Dunno that I can help you. Did you read all the comments? I sold my v37 long ago.
Howard Skinner Said,
August 27, 2008 @ 3:11 pm
I am interested in how to upgrade to Pocket PC 2003 fromm 2002 on the viewsonic Pocket pc v37.
Thanks!
Raybdbomb Said,
August 27, 2008 @ 4:18 pm
That’s nice. Can you read?
Daniel Said,
September 2, 2008 @ 8:08 am
hello guys, i bought a viewsonic pocket pc v37 VSMW27026 and i was wondering the following, maybe you guys could help me with an answer or two:
- first of all how big of a SD card does this pocket pc support? is there a limit? because i want to buy the largest one for it and i wanna know if it works.
- second of all i have opened it up and found a white 8-pin connector inside, i wonder what its for, because if its for memory i would like to use it to leave the expansion slot available for a WiFi SD SDIO card
- third of all i would like to know if there is any way to connect two devices, for example a SD memory card and a WiFi SD SDIO card on the same expansion slot
Thank you
Raybdbomb Said,
September 2, 2008 @ 10:09 am
1) no idea.
2) no idea.
3) no idea.
Maybe someone else can help you.
Daniel Said,
September 2, 2008 @ 12:11 pm
yes, i was hping for that, if i figure this out i will be of a big help to everybody
Raybdbomb Said,
September 9, 2008 @ 11:38 am
Looks like nobody reads this post anymore. Sorry, bro.
Yani Said,
November 18, 2008 @ 9:04 am
Just upgraded my V37 in less than 5 minutes thanks to your package and to the guy who suggested using the SD card ROM upgrade method.
Thanks a lot !