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I have a few unusual problems

Hello!
I've just got the MDA Pro which I've bought on an online auction. It generally works, but I have a few problems with it...
First of all, I got it with no charger apart from the USB cable... is it supposed to be like that?
Second, I didn't get any CD with drivers, and when I connect it to the computer, it asks for a driver... I tried looking for the drivers online, but I couldn't find anything. Where can I get them?
Also when I started it for the first time, I got a screen saying "Test Only, Not For Sale".... this is weird!
Another thing is a strange version number. The ROM version is ok, I think... it's 1.30.68 WWE. But the Radio version is 0.00.00 :shock: However, the phone seems to work well....
The last thing is that the MDA has a German keyboard, but an English ROM, so some of the buttons are wrong... for example, I press Fn+2, which should give me a ", but I get a @ instead. Is there some program which changes the keyboard layout in the system?
All in all, I like my new MDA, but I'd like it more if I could at least connect it to the computer, so that I can install things on it. Right now I can copy stuff to my MDA using a SD card, but I can't install programs that way

Hi Starlight, welcome to the board.
Be wary of what you buy on online auctions
1. Charger cable - it does come with a mains charger normally, but a USB lead will be fine, if slower. But you can buy one on ebay for around £4.
2. You shouldn't need the drivers that are first asked for when you plugin. Just click "no this time" or something, and it'll shut up if you have appropriate user rights on your PC.
Then, you need to go to microsoft.com and download ActiveSync. Ideally disconnect the pda first, install, and then plugin usb again, and everything should recognise itself and you'll be away.
Note - using the sd reader method is much faster in any event, for large files like films.
3. Test only sounds odd. Sounds like you're using a test rom, I've not seen it before. Is it every time you boot, or just in use itself, or just the once etc?
4. Radio 0.00.00 means the phone was once network locked, and has now got Buzz's special rom on it, used to unlock it to simunlocked. Read around on the board about this should it be necessary, but basically, find your operator and flash it ASAP with a nice official rom. 0.00.00 shouldn't do any harm, but it was only a special rom for unlocking.
5. Keyboard - I think some other guys have solutions on this on the board. Worst (or best?) case, use an essential app called PQz.
V

I can answer some of your questions:
- mine came with a charger that you can plug in the mains + the usb cable
- you don't need a driver, just download active sync 4.1 from the Microsoft site, install it, THEN plug your device in (obviously that should have come on a cd)
- regarding the rom 'test message', looks like someone sold you a prototype. I can be a good or a bad thing. Hopefully you can flash the rom and upgrade it to a 'standard' model.
Good luck!

Thanks for the answers!
Wow, a prototype... well, that explains why it was so cheap! It was cheaper than other MDA Pros, that's why I bought it.
I've downloaded ActiveSync 4.1, but it said that I need Service Pack 2, so now I'm downloading a 272 MB SP2
As for the charger, I think I'll buy something like this: http://photos.allegro.pl/photos/oryginal/10/1092/109247/10924799/109247999
It's supposed to be an universal charger for everything which can be charged by an USB cable, so I hope it will work
I'll try to look around the forums for something about the keyboard...

Sorry for the double post, just wanted to add something...
I got a CAB version of some registry editor and changed some keyboard settings, and it works well now!
The SP2 is 53% downloaded, and I have to install it before I install ActiveSync to connect the MDA to the computer...
As for the "Test Only, Not For Sale" message, it appears on the startup screen after a reset... and there's a i-mate logo under it. So I guess my MDA must have been flashed before, because there's a T-Mobile logo on it...

Thanks for the udpate. Glad to know you managed to make work ok in the end! :lol:

I still have a big problem with ActiveSync... please check my other thread here

service manual for cingular 8125? square one? Cant use USB/Charge

I downloaded that other service manual for the htc wizard 8125, but mine is the cingular one - that one posted is different ? my phone wont charge anymore, when I bought it, it didn't charge either one of the USB pins on the phone itself was bent, so I bent it back and it works now, but now it wont charge anymore and the battery is dead is there a way to replace just the chargin/pc connect usb portion of the phone? I wanted to look inside to see if I can solder a new connecter inside, thanks guys!

Windows Mobile 6 upgrade without cable

Heya,
I've got a blue angel and lost the cable to connect it. Now i still want to upgrade the phone. Would it be possible to do it without the cable. Like bluetooth (don't think so) or through the SD card. Don't think so neither but don't have any way to connect it.
I don't use the cable for syncing or anything and it's kind of a waste to buy a cable for 50 euro's just to upgrade to windows mobile 6.

i dont think the BAs bootloader can flash from sd card - although i could be wrong

kick ass, how should that work?

You Can NOT Flash using BlueTooth!
GWD, You CAN NOT flash a ROM without a cable.
Seriously Flashing a new ROM is dangerous enough without taking the additional risk of bluetooth or wifi, even if you could I would not do it that way.
I am always careful enough to do it with a fully charged battery, and use a laptop with a batery so if the power goes off I don't brick [read destroy] my device.
Get onto eBay and buy yourself a new cable. See below for an example of one that took me 30Seconds to find on the Australian eBay site for $3.99+p&h
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/FOR-XDA-IIs-...yZ130808QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Hmmm well I've missflashed my universal about 50 times and was always able to fix it. But i get the point about the cable hehe
only thing, in holland nobody uses ebay so cables are hard to find here. only for 50 euro's being about 75 US Dollars
Anyways I'm just going to try to borrow one than I guess, thanks for the advice

give www.gigata.com a try. I got a couple of cables really cheap from them. Problem is he just got hacked so give them a few days to get up and running again.

probeer smartphoneshop.nl
http://www.smartphoneshop.nl/produc...-cable-o2-xda-ii,-qtek-2020-t-mobile-mda.html
19 euro

I also have an Asus A636N PDA... that one flashes only from SD card. You copy the nbf to an SD formatted as FAT32, and run an exe from it.

Where to find right replacement Mini-B Usb?

Hi,
My mini-B usb female connector (for charging and usb connectivity etc) is broken...
I need to find a replacement,
but I don't know what model it's exactly..
I don't what to end up ordering something I can't use :]
Can anyone help me?
Thanks!

What is the Make/Model of your phone. Either you can send it to the original manufacturer/vendor if still under warranty or you can order from ebay.First know the maker and model No # of your phone like T-mobile,cingular,i-mate or At&tt etc and model like T-mobile MDA,vario, etc etc,ok
Cheers !

I have mine from www.techcenter.fr

It's an HTC Wizard, Wiza200. (Qtek in fact)

Looking for a replacement USB port for your Apache or Wizard?
Go to:
http://www.mouser.com/catalog/629/979.pdf
You're looking for "D" in the pic's (Mouser Stock No. 538-67503-1020)
I have purchased them, they fit perfectly!
Good luck

bioChaz-
My USB connector is broken as well. Have you replaced one yourself? I want to know how hard it would be to do, because I'm thinking of ordering the part and attempting it.

what about ppc techs. they repair and sell that part.

I've done it a bunch of times...it definitely takes a few trys before u get it right...if ur familiar w/ soldering then it should be fairly easy, but if not...it might be worth paying some one to do it for u...if the pads are ripped from the motherboard then they have to be retraced...that is even harder...then it is worth paying to have it fixed for sure...otherwise, there is always the upgrade

upgrade? i wish. bought mine off the streets. thanks

bioChazTBO said:
Looking for a replacement USB port for your Apache or Wizard?
Go to:
http://www.mouser.com/catalog/629/979.pdf
You're looking for "D" in the pic's (Mouser Stock No. 538-67503-1020)
I have purchased them, they fit perfectly!
Good luck
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I knew I'd be able to get this part from DigiKey/Mouser, but I was just never sure which was the right one so I never bothered.
Thanks!

mini-usb dead,please help

Hi
I have a serious problem. While my athena was being charged with my car charger I saw smoke in the charger. I disconnected it from the athena but probably too late. Now the mini usb is totally dead: I cannot charge it or connect to the pc and the light around the joystick doesn't light up when I insert the cable into the mini usb. Now there's 20% of the battery left so soon I'll have to do sth about it.
My question is can it be fixed without sending it to the service? They keep it a horribly long time in my country.
I'd really appreciate any help,please

You can charge the battery with the Athena cradle, they are cheap in ebay and come with a battery so when the Athena battery is nearly empty you just swap with the one in the cradle.
To connect with the computer you can use a bluetooth dongle, it will work with activesinc files transfer etc
otherwise the only solution for the USB connector is send it for service and depending of the damage it may be either a easy patch or a new board if there is tracks damage
Good luck

Thanx for aome advice PBL1. I suspected that I can't fix it without having it sent to the service. I guess I'll wait and see what they do (it's still under guarantee) before I decide to buy the docking station as it is rather expensive for Polish conditions. On the other hand I've been thinking of buying it for some time already, perhaps it's high time I did it.
I just don't know how they will react to the Michy Prima ROM cause I have no means of flashing back to the factory one. Thanx again for the advice

I can tell you that the total cost to my docking station was £30 if I remember correctly, that included the postage and the battery, given the price of the battery alone, it was worthwhile because I consider essential to have a fully charged extra battery if I am somewhere without possibility to charge.
I believe You may downgrade the room by the miniSD card method, do a search around here, there several threads about upgrading the rom with that method, it is worth to consider since some body posted that he sent the athena for servicing with SPL 3.5 and HTC flashed the original rom without considering that it was the wrong SPL, basically they sent back the item to the customer with a black screen.
However if you have SPL3.5 and want to use the downgrader to go back to SPL1.2 or to the original SPL perhaps you may check with cmonex that it is possible with out risks.
If you are in SPL1.2 I don't think you should have any problem.
regards

Yes you're abolutely right about a spare battery and the docking station. I have already decided (have been thinking all day today) to buy both as constant charging is a bit annoying. As for downgrading I'll really have to search for a mini sd solution cause the htc service in Poland might not be really user friendly. BTW could you possibly send me a link to a place with docking stations at this price? In Poland it costs more or less $100 and on ebay you may find cheaper ones but with one usb slot not two.

There you got
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HTC-X7500-Adv...39:1|66:2|65:12|240:1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
Note: these do not include battery, at the time I got it they offered the extra battery in the package ( it was a wile ago), if I remember correctly the cheapest battery at the time seemed to run at £24 today it looks that you can find them must cheaper.
Note 2: since you USB connection is dead you can use the cradle for extra battery charge, VGA and USB host (external memory storage devices such as drives,card readers) I didn't try external keyboards mouses and such but they should work.
but you cannot use the USB for communication with your computer (activesink, USB to PC....) because the cradle use the normal micro USB for those, for those you can use Bluetooth as explained early but of course that is not good for rom flashing

I wouldn't suggest using that car charger anymore. If its under warranty, you'll definitely want to reflash the original ROM. Whatever you do, don't try to flash a ROM or downgrade your SPL using a bluetooth dongle

Hi
I have just received the cradle plus an extra battery, there asre still some cheep offers on ebay.
Now, as Weaselcossey says I have to flash the oryginal ROM via mini SD card. J've been searching this place but couldn' find an easy step by step instruction, expecially how to extract the .nbh file from the exe file thet the oryginal ROM is in. Does any one lnow some links?

I never done myself but perhaps you could try this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=312394

I'm going to try it out just now. But anyway it's kind of hard for me to part with my athena. That's why I've been waiting with giving it to the service, especially now wwith 2 batteries and the cradle. By the way there's also a nice mains charger on Ebay which Iwill probably buy soon: http://cgi.ebay.pl/O502-Desktop-battery-charger-for-HTC-Advantage-X7500_W0QQitemZ260138961370QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260138961370&_trkparms=72%3A1399%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14