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OK.. so I am new, and excited. I have had alot happen to my trusty old tmobile pocket pc phone over the last two days.
First, I got it unlocked by tmobile two days ago and then switched to ATT. Big big plus for me here where I live as my tmobile service would not work at home, SMS and voicemail notifications were rarely recieved. So far so good with ATT, in fact I get the notifications almost instantly, and I have FULL service with ATT at my home now.
Ok.. then yesterday and today I got interested in the idea of upgrading to the 2003 software. Went ahead and bit the bullet and did it. So far so good. I am now running:
ROM Version: 4.00.21 ENG
ROM Date: 8/11/03
Radio Version: 6.18.00
Protocol Version: 324e4
I have not noticed any real issues yet. I have noticed that it locked up on me once when changing a theme I believe. But I did a soft reset and the change was made, I then changed it to another theme to test and no problem.
I dont seem to have the sliding backlight settings I noticed some where else. But I do think like the signal bar meter better as it is clearer now to the eye when you have even one bar. As well as love the mute, and the dual volume slider.
I thought I read there was a higher version radio stack some where, but I have to find that again.
All in all very happy. Happy with the new ROM and tools and forums made available by XDA-Developers, happy with ATT service and hope to be reporting back more good news in the future.
ok.. figured out the sliding backlight
I guess I got confused and thought the sliding backlight control I saw was related to the 2003 ROM, when in fact I guess it was seen by me on the XDA version 2. So, that clears that up for me.
Now to just get the newest radio stack...
Re: ok.. figured out the sliding backlight
RasnCain said:
I guess I got confused and thought the sliding backlight control I saw was related to the 2003 ROM, when in fact I guess it was seen by me on the XDA version 2. So, that clears that up for me.
Now to just get the newest radio stack...
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No problem on the radio stack, I just need confirmation on what network you're on AT&T or T-Mobile so I'll know which stack to send.
Also I'll need an email address to send to, PM me on that.
BTW good work on the upgrade. :lol:
thank
OK.. radio is now updated to A.20.10 which should be the latest ATT radio version correct ? I have noticed one odd thing about after I upgraded to the ATT radio is that it no longer says what network I am connected to as it did with the tmobile radio.
I also noticed something stange with the 2003 software and GPRS. Seems there is no "end" option to end the GPRS connection.
All in all I am pleasantly surprised about how easy and smooth all has gone in doing all of this. I like the always connected GPRS.
thanks
Yes you are correct A.20.10 is the latest ATT radio stack!
Good obs on noticing that the AT&T stack doesn't show what network you're using, it was also the first thing I noticed too! :wink:
Yea the only way to end GPRS now its to press the Red phone button or buy Spb GPRS Monitor
http://www.softspb.com/products/gprsmonitor/index.html
HTH
Where do i get pocket pc phone 2003?
I have the AT&T Siemens SX 56 phone, and thanks to you guys i unlocked my phone. Now, i can switch to t-mobile service . But, i would also like to upgrade to the new version of the Pocket PC Phone edition 2003. Can i do that yet?????
A reply would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Re: Where do i get pocket pc phone 2003?
paulwhiteside said:
I have the AT&T Siemens SX 56 phone, and thanks to you guys i unlocked my phone. Now, i can switch to t-mobile service . But, i would also like to upgrade to the new version of the Pocket PC Phone edition 2003. Can i do that yet?????
A reply would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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Congratulations on the unlocking! 8)
As far as upgrading to Pocket PC Phone edition 2003 you can build your own from Jeff's kitchen at:
http://cuba.calyx.nl/~jsummers/ROMkitchen/
or you can download it from Yorch's web site at:
http://www.yorch.net
Note: its located under software.
BTW what radio stack does your SX56 currently have if its less than A.20.10 you'll want to upgrade that too?
HTH
OK, so now that I know about what's out there for my T-Mobile PPCPE (USA), I am now looking for some advise. I have a 'stock' T-Mobile (ROM 3.14.40 ENG), and I'd love to be able to take advantage of 'Wireless Modem' and possibly 'Always On GPRS'. T-Mobile is really slow with coming out with any updates at all, so I think I may be on my own. Could I get some honest advise?
1) Should I upgrade to a new ROM? If so, do I use the 2002 'special edition' ROM, or one of the various WM 2003 versions? I am very happy with my PPCPE as it is (except for the poor T-Mobile coverage), but I'd really like to be able to use it as a Wireless GPRS connection for my laptop.
2) Can someone point me to a 'ready-to-go' ROM, along with fail safe instructions on how to install it?
3) I have purchased a USB - to - IrDA port for my laptop in hopes of connecting using 'Wireless Modem', or 'wmodem.exe' (which ever I'm supposed to be using). Can someone explain more on how to actually initiate a connection using it? OK, so I'm jumping the gun a bit!
I'd also like to save my current ROM so that I can put it back the way it was, in case I need to deal with T-Mobile on warranty issues.
Thanks for your help.
Steve
You won't be able to use your device as a wireless modem with any of the new roms. They don't have the wmodem program that some of the European roms came with. So that is out. To back up your rom prior to updating is not only simple, it is a great idea. Just go here, read the forum, and grab the tools...easy... http://www.xda-developers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2189
I thought I was beginning to understand. Looks like I'm still more in the dark though.
First, thanks for the link to XDATools.exe program. I have downloaded it, but it appeared to use a bunch of scripts to tell it how to work, so I didn't try to run it. From the link provided, it looks like if I simply double-click on the executable on my Win XP PC, it will bring up a wizard. I'll give it a try.
As for the wireless modem, I am totally deflated! I saw a number of posts regarding the fact that it is not in any of the WM 2003 ROMS, but I thought I could install the 'special edition' ROM from this site and get the wireless modem feature to work. Is this not the case for USA users?
I can give up if I must. But, I was hoping there would be some fruit on this vine.
Thanks again,
Steve
from what i understand then there is no specielt edition of 2003 on this site
there is however a special edition of some old 2002
Call siemens customer support for the failed radio stack 1% or other failed error message users
Siemens will fix/flash the xda for free all u pay is for shipping it to them the will flash it and send it back USPS priority mail...
make the call !!! i did , shipped today (no waiting on the return)
Siemens rebuild after pc2003 upgrade 1% failure
I too had the failure. I sent my SX56 to Siemens. they promised 10 working days. it turned into 18 working days. Their reason was they are having a flood of failed sx56 pc2003 upgrades.
I do not know if they are looking into the problem. I would hope they would place better controls for the upgrade if it has known failures. Such as: You must have rom version xx.xx, radio version A.xx.xx etc.
I see others attempting to load via an sd load. I am very much a novice and I do not yet know how all that works.
Russ
currently siems seems to suck... they gave me high hopes too mine was received by them on the 16 od feb and still waiting...
i am not sure if the radio stack can be upgraded by SD card... i beleiv e the only possible soln is SERIAL flashing which needs more than he cable... so we kindof have no other options yet
I saw on the xda site that special rom can be loaded which whould allow me to unlock sim. But I also saw people saying that they could not upgrade to PC2003 which the Special Rom.
I think after you get your Seimens back you may want to hold tight. I am going to wait and see what Cingular offers when the smoke clears.
They may offer a free upgrade and help.
Russ
I think Siemens are being very favourable toward people with failed upgrades, after all it is a FREE upgrade to the latest operating system, they would have been in their rights, having warned about flashing roms being a dangerous process whereby it could render the xda useless, to tell you to pay to rectify the problem. They should be commended on their willingness to help people despite the fact that it will cost them money to do so, so give credit where credit is due please.
I agree, we should not look unfavorably to a free upgrade. It is odd that so many sx56 units are showing up as failed upgrades however.
I suspect there is some issue with the rom update they offered some time ago. Hopefully, they will do further testing and revise the download version.
I will hold off trying again until I have spoken live with them to discuss potential causes.
I will pass along all that I find out.
Russ
cruisin-thru said:
I think Siemens are being very favourable toward people with failed upgrades, after all it is a FREE upgrade to the latest operating system, they would have been in their rights, having warned about flashing roms being a dangerous process whereby it could render the xda useless, to tell you to pay to rectify the problem. They should be commended on their willingness to help people despite the fact that it will cost them money to do so, so give credit where credit is due please.
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Oh sure i am willing to give them credit that is why when i found out they were being so good and offered to fix it for free i came back here and told the rest of the folks... but the issue is ever since they wont give me an update or an ETA is why i say they suck... i am still looking forward to a fixed ph... try call them and they say one more week (every week) i even asked them to send it back without fixing so i can do whatever they said they can initiate it but dont know how long it will take to do that either
that is why the frustration....
update Siemens web site says shipped today...
awaiting to see what they have done on it...
After the phone was returned, then what?
Just curious if anyone who had their XDAs flashed back to PocketPC 2002 at the Siemens service center was able to try the Windows Mobile 2003 upgrade again (and have it successful).
I'd like to try to upgrade to WM2003 again -- anyone have advice for avoiding the radiostack upgrade failure that screwed my unit in the first place? My failure occured when the handset received a phone call just after I started the upgrade process.
Thanks --
Sean
got the ph back yest (overnight though they mailed it usps priority) must day am a happy camper again thanks to siemens
update:
what they did is probabbly replace the radio part of the phone,(ph has a new IMEI # and call timers were at 0) either that or they replaced the mother board and restored to ppc2002 with radio 20.10 (locked to ATT)
i went to 3.17 unlocked it again
upgraded to 2003 rom from lumpi's web site and left the radio there this time. actually getting a better signal strewngth then the new radio stack....
so there is the current status.
Siemens turnaround quote is now 30 days
I just talked to Siemens as they have had my phone for two weeks. It is still in queue to be reflashed. They also told me that they will NOT flash to WM2003 or the new radio stack. I will get it back with PPC2002 and the original AT&T radio stack. They indicated that the upgrade was the users responsibility. They also acknowledged that it may fail again leaving the phone unusable. You get the feeling that both Siemens and AT&T just wish they could forget the SX-56.
BTW, I don't consider the fact that Siemens is doing the reflash at no cost something to brag about. They would not have been in this mess if the upgrade had been more thoroughly tested.
I had planned to have the PPC Tech guys upgrade the Ram and battery in my SX-56, but I wonder if it makes any sense to further invest in this idea of a combo PDA/Phone.
david
They would have been within their rights to have never released an upgrade so how you can fault them for giving a free upgrade is beyond me, by the way I have upgraded several xda's with the wm2003 official flash and had zero problems, its the radio stack that causes all the trouble, if your radio stack isnt broken its best to leave it alone, I was very happy to get a free official wm2003 upgrade. I have a Toshiba e740 and have been told by the makers that an upgrade to wm2003 is not an option but if it was it would cost a fair bit of cash so I have a flash upgradable pocket pc that will forever be stuck on wm2002 unlike xda owners who got it free from Siemens/ATT
Can anyone tell me where they called? My 2003 upgrade failed and my PPC has failed!! I am completely lost without it!!
PS ATT has forgotten the SX56 as they no longer carry it or sell it.
Which has pretty much been the case since the begining. The ONLY support I have ever recieved has been from this site.
Work around the RSU issue to upgrade to WM2003
I used the OSImage tool from this Web site to manually upgrade to WM2003 (after I had to send my SX56 back to Siemens for a re-flash to PPC2002). I didn't upgrade the radio stack -- really just wanted WM2003 so that I could get a mute buttom.
No problems since the upgrade, for what it's worth.
-s
I fix all dead Radio stack failure, no need to wait , same day service!
Re: After the phone was returned, then what?
ts96740 said:
Just curious if anyone who had their XDAs flashed back to PocketPC 2002 at the Siemens service center was able to try the Windows Mobile 2003 upgrade again (and have it successful).
I'd like to try to upgrade to WM2003 again -- anyone have advice for avoiding the radiostack upgrade failure that screwed my unit in the first place? My failure occured when the handset received a phone call just after I started the upgrade process.
Thanks --
Sean
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I have gone from the original AT&T ROM to the Siemens 2003 Update to the XDA 2002 SE back to the original AT&T ROM and so on and so forth...the radio stack on any of them are just down right horrible. ALL OF THEM ARE CRAP. I had to go back to using my PALM TUNGSTEN W in order to make and receive phone calls, the main reason for getting a phone right.
Its just so disappointing. SO SO Disappointing. And no one should blame Microsoft, this isn't a Microsoft issue. I have another PDA/GSM Phone that doesn't fustrate me the way this one does.
Just sickening.
Hi I have an Unlocked Super CID X01HT, I have not been able to get the Blackberry software to connect. I have tried multiple ROMS all unsucessful.
Has anyone managed to get blackberry to work on the X01HT, if yes please advise which version ROM and which BB connect versions.
Problem
Pin always pending, and unable to make a connection either via UMTS or GPRS..
I have noticed that always in the Blackberry software info there is no transport layer version information
thanks for any help and ideas
Hi folks,
I have just got myself an HTC TyTN and found this forum. I have been reading it for
a couple of days and managed to update the ROM on my phone to the latest HTC WWE version
on the wiki.
Loving the phone so far but I cannot get BlackBerry Connect to work.
I am running BlackBerry Connect 2.1.2.54 and using my UK O2 3G SIM which was previously
working great for BBConnect on my Nokia E61, so I know I am OK from the network side of things.
BBConnect installs OK, gives me a PIN OK, but when it tries to connect I get:
"Network Available" followed by
"Data Tunnel Available" followed by
"Not Connected"
I should mention that I am only using BlackBerry Internet Service, not the full-blown
BlackBerry Enterprise Service, so I have not installed the desktop part of the software,
only the client for the mobile.
I even tried to downgrade the ROM to the 1.35 version last night but the 1.35 updater
refused to let me.
Has *anyone* got BBConnect to work on the latest shipping ROM? Anyone have any details
about upcoming new versions of the BBConnect s/w?
Reg hacks?
I would be very grateful for any advice, will post back results.
Thanks,
Charlie.
PS: Is there any way to turn off the green flashing network status LED? It drives me crazy
PPS: If nothing will get BBConnect to work, anyone know of another solution to get my POP3
Yahoo mail pushed to my phone (I am UK based if that matters)?
I would appreciate some help with this same problem, but on Cingular USA.
New 8525, updated AT&T ROM, Cingular's Blackberry Personal data plan.
I was told by RIM they don't support Cingular and 8525, but I see many
users in this forum do have it working.
Have tried various version of BB Connect on my 8525, but they
all point to a blackberry.net IP address that ends in .189.
Some threads say it needs to be .192 for USA - is that my problem?
Thanks for your help !
I had Blackberry working fine on a T-Mobile Vario II, but last month that went back faulty (the dreaded lock-ups) and was replaced with a new unit.
I was unable to connect to Blackberry, getting the same response as Charlie. After much investigation TM were about to exchange the handset again when I received a call from TM saying that there was a known problem with a certain range of IMEI numbers on new handsets that were not able to connect with Blackberry. After checking we found that the IMEI of this new handset fell within the affected range.
I was told that it was a Blackberry problem, and that TM were expecting RIM to issue an update or patch to cure the problem. I decided then to remove the blackberry from my account and use other methods, so haven't pursued it.
So it seems there is a known problem with some HTC handsets, but as usual there's little being done about it!
bbc does not work with the new rom. to roll back, use the sdcard upgrade method in the wiki under rom updating for beginners.
this will take you back to 1.34..... sux.
wes
Can anyone else confirm that Blackberry Connect requires the original ROM?
As the previous poster said, that would sux.
Has anyone else been able to get the following to work?
1. Cingular US
2. Blackberry Connect Client (ver 2.1, not 4.0?) loaded onto 8525, running WM5
3. Get Client to generate a PIM
4. Use "Change Handheld" option on mycingular website to enter the new IMEI and PIN
5. Sucessfully access BIS
Please let me know which version of the 8525 ROM and BB Connect you used.
Thanks for your help!
Here's my setup:
1) Cingular 8525 SIM/CID unlocked (HardSPL 7)
2) Elf's 2.1 Crackberry ROM (WM6) - very nice stable build.
3) BBConnect 4.0.0.67 CAB
4) Cingular Blackberry Tethered Unlimited (both BIS and BES enabled)
Make sure you have a data connection working first.
BBConnect will issue you PIN after you click the Register button - you can see this in the BB Connect utility on your handheld.
You can then use this PIN and your phone IMEI on Cingular's BB site:
http://mycingular.blackberry.com/
Don't forget to download the Service books.
If your company has Outlook Web access for Exchange Server you can avoid BES.
BBConnect only allows 3 email boxes on a non-BB device.
Everything works fine except that the BB Service hogs the wireless connection so that I sometimes have problems with other services require internet connection.
Toss that Cingular ROM (even the latest 2.15 update) - it's worthless and a real headache - very unstable
I'm getting ready to install this, can you explain this comment:
If your company has Outlook Web access for Exchange Server you can avoid BES.