X51V - Boot issue, activesync issue, blutooth issue, SD card issue...

[A_Freyer]

Well, I bought a new x51v about a week ago as a birthday present from me to me, and it has worked within expectations perfectly for the last week.

I expirienced the same issues that seem to be common with respect to boot problems and SD cards -- however, reading the forums, this problem seems to be unique.

I left it off of the cradle last night, with the SD card in. It appears to have drained the battery (although not all the way, becuase I could use it this morning). However, after charging the unit for a while, I decided to try pairing it with my bluetooth headset. This of course did nothing productive --

The unit started behaving strangely -- saying that there were shortcut errors on my iLaunch icons. I naturally tried another icon. Same thing. I tried the "home" button (hardware). Same shortcut error.

Soft reset-

The unit booted to the password screen. I entered the password and it locked up. I reset again.

Same thing -- I waited this time for 5-6 minutes and it booted to a today screen that I had not set up. It had a different background (not even the default, strange) and my iLaunch bar was gone. Instead of "start menu" it read "notification error" and the menu has two items: "today" and "coldinit"

Nothing else

I can't use the device like this, because it has about a 30 second delay from each screen touch.

If anyone can offer anything I am open to suggestions.

thanks

a_freyer

edit---
other issues that I have not been able to solve:

I could never get bluetooth to sync with my computer. I cannot get the activesync profile to show up on the handset as an available service on my laptop. suggestions?
billionton PCMCIA bluetooth card w/ recent drivers

[Mahstah]

Greetings A_Freyer:

1. Make sure you have ROM revision A06 on your X51v
2. Perform the Exchange hack
3. Bluetooth config for sync see my walkthrough
4. If problems persist after 1-3 hard reset
5. If problems persist after 4 contact Dell for a replacement unit

--Mahstah

[WarComp]

make sure you're running rom A06 check here.

start>settings >system tab>system information

you can search the forum for a link.

you can try a hard reset.
you will lose data so backup anything you want to keep.

hold down the power button and press the soft reset key at the same time.