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Norwegian Qtek upgrade

Hi folks, i'm planning to upgrade my Norwegian Qtek1010 to WM2003 using the ROMkitchen image tools.
My unit is running on ROM 3.16.13 and radio 3.19.01.
Can anyone confirm that 4.00.11 upgrade will work here in Norway?
Also, where do I find a radio upgrade?
If I upgrade the radio stack and for some reason must restore my original 3.16 ROM, will the unit still work?
I've seen that downgrading the radio part may cause problems.
Best regards, Tore

Hi Tore.
Can anyone confirm that 4.00.11 upgrade will work here in Norway?
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As far as I know, WM2003 does not affect the radio part, so it will work anywhere, including Norway.
Also, where do I find a radio upgrade?
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The latest upgrade for the XDA can be found on O2's website, but this upgrade is not supported by Norwegian distributors, at least not by IdeData (I guess that is where you bought your Qtek). However, IdeData has told me that they are testing a new radio stack these days. The upgrade will probably be available on their website within a few weeks.

I couldn't wait any longer so I upgraded my unit with the XDA tools and a cooked ROM image. Of course I saved a backup of the original ROM image. I am running on my original radio version.
Everything is working perfectly, and I have noticed some neat features of WM2003:
-When entering SMS a character counter shows if you exceed 160 characters.
-Incoming SMS does not wake up the unit, only audible/vibrating warning.
Excellent if I have the unit in my pocket.
-A notification is given when an outgoing SMS is sent.
-Incoming calls and SMS' is represented by name without having to use the PPC2002 patch
-All buttons is disabled when unit is shut off
(for those liking the wake-up, there's no "More-tab")
-GPRS can easily be connected using the "phone shut off" dialog box.
(but disconnect is not that easy)
There's also the opportunity to include a lot of nice software in the ROM kitchen.
Some bugs have however occoured:
-The green hook-off button does not always answer a call or fire up the phone application.
-Sometimes all windows "tag" boxes for switching thing on and off, for example the box for enabling the Screen Taps in Settings/Sounds and notifications. It works when tapping the screen where the box is supposed to be, but the rectangle is gone.
Sometimes they are all there, I have no idea why...
I hope this helps others in doing an upgrade.
Best regards,
Tore

FAXING problem

OK, I have the new KSE True fax its on my XDAII,
(rom 1.72.00wwe, date 03/15/04, radio 1.17.00, protocol 1337.28, ext rom 1.72.181)
I have spoken to the software company, KSE TrueFax, they say its an o2 fault, (latest version supplied for O2 XDA and alike) and O2 say speak to the software company.
The fax when used switches off the mobile then initiates the modem then dials, then says no carrier detected? and switches off.
Yes I have fax enabled, Yes I have a fax number, I also have a Data number which all worked at the touch of a button on my 9210i and still does.
Can anyone help me, my hair is slowly disappearing in lumps!
Cheers
Trevor

Fax
my fax workes fine, Im currently in Amsterdam on there network and all is good

Faxing problem
:evil:
Well thanks Mario, its nice to know your fax is working fine!
Trev :shock:

Are there any com port settings that need to be changed

Hey
I have exactly the same problem as you and I started asking about it in another thread on here. However it died when the agreed solution was to ensure that fax was enabled on my service by calling up O2. I havent done this yet because im in the process of switching to Orange.
On the other hand you have definitely done this step already since you have a fax/data number and I assume this number is entered in TrueFax settings. Despite this, you still get the same error message as I do which is puzzling and worrying since some people kindly mention they have no problems!
The TrueFax website isnt much help either saying that "no carrier detected" is a very general message that could mean a lot of things, some listed can easily be elminated. One interesting point is how you enter the number to send the fax? Do you just enter 012345678901 or +4412345678901 or +++4412345678901. The help pages seem to indicate that the ++ or +++ and country code is something to check. I had a mess about with different combinations and it didnt work for me, however I probably dont have fax enabled on my service, which ill try to fix when im on Orange, hehe.
Please could anyone find the cause/solution to this problem or offer any fuurther suggestions?
Ash

Faxing problem
Well, after much emailing to KSE, some of the problem is solved.
1, the software switches of the mobile because...........that's the way its designed as its not integrated into the hardware like theNokia 9210i.
This problem will remain untill Mr Gates (Microsoft) allows software houses to fully integrate his and their software into PDA's.
well that's what they tell me anyway.
2, no carrier detected...............several reasons given for this.
a, no fax number
b, no fax number assigned to sim
c, no fax number activated by service provider
d, no data number
e, no data number assigned to sim
f, no data number activated by service provider
Notice that also the latest version of Truefax must have the latest ROM and Extended Rom KSE say.
I have all of this and still nowt!
Returning to Nokia is getting closer....
TREV

Faxing Problem
OK, OK
It now appears the latest software from KSE does not work on XDAII with the latest ROM versions it only works on the XDAIIs.
Does anyone out there have a working program on an XDAII with latest ROM version and of course Ext ROM?
Are you or have you had problems running latest KSE Fax software?
What software are you running does it work ?
Does anyone have an older working copy of KSE Truefax for XDAII ?
Can anyone send me a copy which works ?
[email protected]
Cheers
TJ

Fax
I am runnig an XDAII with the latest ROM and the extra bundle that I picked up from this Site.
When dialing a fax number I include + and the area code and thats it !
I made no changes to the units settings bar a soft reset

Re: Faxing Problem
ukmctc said:
OK, OK
Does anyone have an older working copy of KSE Truefax for XDAII ?
Can anyone send me a copy which works ?
TJ
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KSE True Fax 2.06 :?: :?:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=11739

I had the version listed above working on my XDAII before latest ROM upgrade.
After latest upgrade with latest version, it worked straight away after hard reset. Haven't changed any settings at all.
Got it on my MDAIII as well and works fine on that too.

Well the sagacontinues.
NO I don't have a working fax and have tried 2.06 too, the only thing that happened was the first fax it tried to send it asked for the first time what modem I would be using, then did the usual...................NO CARRIER DETECTED!
Yep I have been onto o2 and the usual YES its all on!
I have discovered though O2 have a massive problem at the mo, going back some 6 weeks, their system has packed up and things are not going well with the new installed system.........people are being billed for calls not made! and some are not being billed at all, so those of you on o2 keep an eye on bills etc;
Ah well, suppose its back to my faxing problem....thinking of changing to Vodaphone network.

Fixed It!
Hey
Well I must reccommend to ukmctc to do it and make the switch. I have just changed from O2 to Orange and not only does everything such as GPRS, WAP, MMS all work as before (I had to input new settings), faxing now works without a problem.
On O2 I simply could not get faxing to work and always got 'no carrier detected'. It made me wonder if the people saying it work ed for them were real or not.... :lol: :lol: :lol:
One thing I have ensured I do, and I dont know if it makes a difference is to prefix all numbers in TrueFax with +44 and omit the first 0, including the space where you input your own fax number. This means correcting the provided number when you're using the built-in contacts list to select a number too.
Good luck to everyone thats still having problems, maybe switching network is the solution! :idea: If anyone wants to grill me about the settings I use, please ask away. I am using KSE TrueFax 2.08 as supplied in O2's appsuite.
Ash

Faxing Problem resolved!
8)
Yes resolved it was easy to do!, you won't believe how easy......
Put my sim back into my Nokia 9210i and it works perfectly, I can now send receive faxes while receiving or making a voice call or surfing the net.
I'm so happy I could..sit!
Looks like the new toy isn't as good as the old one.

Intermittent problem making calls on O2 XDA Exec

I have an HTC Universal (O2 XDA Exec).
I've had the phone since the end of March and got it as new from an O2 store here in the UK and it has functioned as expected
I upgraded to the latest ROM using the ROM upgrade from the O2 UK website pretty much as soon as the ROM was published online and the phone has performed well.
ROM Version 1.30.107 WWE
ROM date 04/11/06
Radio version 1.09.00
Protocol version 42.42.p8
For the last two weeks however I have been experiencing an intermittent problem. I've had the problem occur maybe 4 times in two weeks
Occasionally I will dial a phone number and get a connection as expected. The person I am calling can hear me as expected but I only hear silence on the line. This will happen for many numbers that I try. I will then try a different number and I can then suddenly make a succesful call. Incidentally, if I try calling from another phone I can get through OK, so it's clear it's a problem on the phone and not the network
The problem is intermittent.
I took the phone to an O2 shop last weekend and they tried to make a call on the phone. They called their own store number and found the problem as I described above.
The problem does not always manifest itself so it's difficult to demonstrate it repeatedly.
Has anyone come up against this and are there any DIY fixes?
I've sent an email to HTC through their online support portal. I'm planning on giving their customer support desk a call if I do'nt get a response.
Many thanks

Rubbish Signal (Unable to make calls or send texts)

Hello, everyone.
I recently purchased a T-Mobile MDA branded Tytn. I am using an o2 PAYG SIM card and have unlocked the Tytn for this.
Now I am faced with the problem that the signal is *always* weak and I have not yet managed to dial out a successful telephone call. Text messages barely get through and if they do, it takes an awful long time too.
Could anyone suggest anything such as settings or further ROM updates. My current ones are as follows.
O2's official ROM update to Windows Mobile 6 Pro. Says on the "About" screen CE OS 5.2.1238 (Build 17745.0.2.3).
Device Information:
ROM Version: 3.54.206.1
ROM date: 06/25/07 (this is odd as this is in American format, not British. British would be 25/06/07).
Radio Version: Updated to 1.54.30.10 as a possible solution to my problem. No joy.
Protocol version: 32.87.7020.20H
ExtROM Version: 3.54.206.101
If there's any more information you need, please let me know. Bear in mind I am completely new to all this. I'm not savvy on jargon, so if you feel like you're being patronising, you probably aren't.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=360917
Most likely the radio needs changing.
Try having a search in the forum cos I have seen this problem a few times....

Thanks for your reply. I did have a quick search around the forum, but as I am at work (just moved house, no internet) I have to move quickly.
I'll try the stuff that was mentioned on the linked thread.
Thanks again.

Take this into mind, especially the 7th post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=356081
I use 1.41 and have never had problems, newest radio isn't always the best.

Oh my. I guess the lesson is to actually research what you're about to shove on your phone. Especially if you're like me.
Mine doesn't seem much different with either radio version. I will be trying a few others and actually searching for them first for info.

Where abouts are you? Middle of a field or a city?
It could be that the antenna is damaged inside.
You could try a few different sim cards, try a few radios/roms and if it still sucks then reset everything to factory settings and use the warranty if you have one.

Cruise with region lock?

I was in HKG few weeks ago and bought 3 mobile phones (HTC Cruise, Sony Erickson S500i and Samsung E528) in a local electronic store, so they should be unlock and unbranded.. All three works perfectly in HKG with local prepaid and contract SIM of different company.
Now lets concentrate on the HTC Cruise after all this is the Polaris forum.
I then went to Malaysia and Thailand, cruise worked with a local SIM without any problem. Now I am back in Germany and cruise works fine with my 10 years old Vodafone prepaid card, but doesn’t work with my one month old Vodafone prepaid card, it display a message saying something like “sim card is missing ….” (sure the sim is in). I called Vodafone but they have no idea and keep sending me a new replacement sim card, I now have 2 replacements but both doesn’t work (works with my old phone though, so SIM has no problem).
I then brought the phone to office and tested with my colleague sim cards, one was contract Vodafone and the other was contract T-COM, again, both doesn’t work.
Are there anything call region lock or something like that? Why it works in Asia but not in Germany? Why the 10 years old Vodafone SIM card is okay but all new SIM not? Actually except the Samsung, SE S500i has exactly the same problem.
I really don’t know what to do now, can someone in here please help me out?
Thanks!
HTC Cruise
Windows Mobile 6 Professional
CE OS 5.2.1623 (Build 18129.0.4.5)
ROM version: 1.27.831.1 WWE
ROM Date: 01/10/08
Radio Version: 1.58.21.23
Protocol Version: 25.65.30.04W

warrior2010 said:
I was in HKG few weeks ago and bought 3 mobile phones (HTC Cruise, Sony Erickson S500i and Samsung E528) in a local electronic store, so they should be unlock and unbranded.. All three works perfectly in HKG with local prepaid and contract SIM of different company.
Now lets concentrate on the HTC Cruise after all this is the Polaris forum.
I then went to Malaysia and Thailand, cruise worked with a local SIM without any problem. Now I am back in Germany and cruise works fine with my 10 years old Vodafone prepaid card, but doesn’t work with my one month old Vodafone prepaid card, it display a message saying something like “sim card is missing ….” (sure the sim is in). I called Vodafone but they have no idea and keep sending me a new replacement sim card, I now have 2 replacements but both doesn’t work (works with my old phone though, so SIM has no problem).
I then brought the phone to office and tested with my colleague sim cards, one was contract Vodafone and the other was contract T-COM, again, both doesn’t work.
Are there anything call region lock or something like that? Why it works in Asia but not in Germany? Why the 10 years old Vodafone SIM card is okay but all new SIM not? Actually except the Samsung, SE S500i has exactly the same problem.
I really don’t know what to do now, can someone in here please help me out?
Thanks!
HTC Cruise
Windows Mobile 6 Professional
CE OS 5.2.1623 (Build 18129.0.4.5)
ROM version: 1.27.831.1 WWE
ROM Date: 01/10/08
Radio Version: 1.58.21.23
Protocol Version: 25.65.30.04W
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Hello warrior2010,
Did you put an other OS like the one from bepe on your Device?
Did you tried already to upgrade the newest Radio Version?
Radio Version: 1.58.25.14
(just keep atention to upgrade your radio flash first oli's hard spl!)
Roman

Hello Roman,
Thanks for taking time to read through my problem and ur advise.
The ROM on my cruise are still the original, this is my very first pda phone and therefore am a bit nervous to perform the upgrade, but do u think flashing the rom or radio version would help? I bought this phone because of the gps but sadly, this phone comes with MapKings and it only have Asian’s map, no German map , so if it doesn’t work with the new sim card then it is really a piece of expansive junk for me.
Thanks once again for ur help.

warrior2010 said:
Hello Roman,
Thanks for taking time to read through my problem and ur advise.
The ROM on my cruise are still the original, this is my very first pda phone and therefore am a bit nervous to perform the upgrade, but do u think flashing the rom or radio version would help? I bought this phone because of the gps but sadly, this phone comes with MapKings and it only have Asian’s map, no German map , so if it doesn’t work with the new sim card then it is really a piece of expansive junk for me.
Thanks once again for ur help.
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This my 2c worth:
1) I see that all the SIM cards you have tried in Germany are "contract" or pre-paid. Were the "local" SIM's you used in Asia also contract or pre-paid, or open ? My thought is that it is the telco carriers that are applying a lock, not the PDA. Perhaps try an "open" SIM ... if this is too expensive in Germany, then I suppose you need to approach the telcos with some persistence. This problem of telcos deciding which device and software you may use is becoming a world-wide big nuisance. It's like buying a car and then having the oil companies tell you what vehicle brand and accessories you may have !
2) MapKing is an Asian program and of course only maps Asian areas. Perhaps you need to decide on a European sat-nav program

Thanks ianl8888,
What is “open SIM”? The “contract sim” that I used in Asia and tried in Germany are from my friends who have a contract with a mobile phone operator; the prepaid card that I used in Asia was those I bought at local 7-11 stores, they all works fine.
What is telco? Telephone company? I call my prepaid card company (Vodafone) several times, all operators that I spoken to said that they have never heard this before, they said if sim lock then I would have another error message, every time I called they ended up sending me a replacement which is still not working.
Yeah, I know that Mapking is an Asian company but didn’t realize that they don’t have European map. By the way, I have a tomtom on my PDA, do u think that version works on Cruise as well?
Thanks once again!

Hello again,
Here in Europe I tried a lot of Navigation SW,
In my point of view I prefere the IGo 2006/ 8 when it is comming out
(Very easy to use and quiet good new maps)
The second I have is the new Navigon 6
(it uses a lot of instant memory, but with the cruise your are save on this behavor)
I think you should go for an upgrade. The rom you have is not the newest one and has a few old drivers.
1st upgrade Oli's Hard SPL (Very important and you must check after thu upgrade at the Colored splash screen to have it on the right version)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=351964
2nd then Upgrade OS to (for example bepe it is very stable)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=369310
3rd upgrade Radio Rom to the latest version
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1967089

Okay, I think I will give it a try this weekend, but once again, do u think that the os is the source of my problem? My phone is actually very slow and for a person like me, who only used normal mobile phone in the past, the speed of making a normal phone call on this device is difficult to get use to, and the device is somehow very unstable, I have to perform a soft reset almost every second day, after a while the device doesn’t response, e.g. few hours ago, after making a phone call, I pressed the on/off button briefly to put it to sleep, but then it never wake up again . I want to do hard reset but not before I got all data backup.
Thanks once again to all your help and good night!

Hello,
You are right ... original roms are not very stable ...
I run bepe's rom and its very stable ... I reset my device only for upgrades for the moment.... Bepe's rom is stable like a rock and with the taskmanager you can easy manage it.
For databackup take the pimbackup.... it's a very good tool and free!
http://www.dotfred.net/default.htm
Have a good evening
Roman

Your ROM seems to have a different version from those "Shipped ROMS" posted here so make sure to back it up first before doing any "Flashing".

thanks! I do realize that I have a different version ROM (lower version, I think) than most people in here have and I wonder is it because of Asian version?
Backup the original ROM? That would be great, but how?
I called the sales woman in HKG and she mentioned that some sim card might have different voltage and that might caused the problem that I have. Then I searched this forum and did find some posts mentioning this, but I still haven’t found a solution yet. Any idea?