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Upgrade US Version ENG ROM with a German Version from T-Mobi

Hi,
does any one has experince in upgrading a US T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition with a German ROM Version ?
My concerns are that the German versions are supporting different GSM frequencies than the US Version. And I read here that you never should upgrade a German phone with a US version it will ruin your phone but if I try to upgrade a US version with a German Version does it also ruin my phone ?
Is this a problem ?

I think, that there should be no problem, to use the German Version in your US-MDA, if your just upgrading the RUU - File.
This leaves the Radi unit untouched.
But i don't know what happend if you use different languages in the RUU and RSU files....
Regards
Stefan

You may be disapointed. The CE part DOES contain band specific information. If you update a USA unit with a European build you will no longer be able to switch between 900 and 1900 band operation.

The Us device is Model PW10B1 and there is no german ROM Upgrade somewhere out there (but if you can find a matching one, please tell me...)
I wouldn't try to upgrade if you still want to use the band-switching function 900/1900.

Where to get a WM 2003 4.00.16?

I am in asia and i think if i use a t-mobile rom it would screw up my device since asia is running a 900/1800 network. So i'm looking for a 4.00.16 rom.

T0722 said:
I am in asia and i think if i use a t-mobile rom it would screw up my device since asia is running a 900/1800 network. So i'm looking for a 4.00.16 rom.
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Ok here you go!
Visit http://www.yorch.net and look under ROM Kitchen.
HTH

Windows Mobile 2003 Release date announced!!!!!!

T-Mobile Germany has annouced the release date for the Windows Mobile 2003 ROM for the XDA I as December 29th. Hopefully T-Mobile USA will announce something similar today. :roll:
http://www.t-mobile.de/mda/software/1,5193,7482-_,00.html

But this is only for German Model, isn't it?

hmmmm ... and how about the language version ?!
to me seems like only German is to be available ... too bad

Release date is now beginning January
Hope there will be an update....
Regards
Stefan

aren't we talking about the German version of WM2003 ..
announce/release date or in general WM2003 official release for T-Mobile ??
regards,
monika

http://www.t-mobile.com/promos/ppc2003/
this link was working few weeks ago with information about update but now seems to be dead.... somebody spoke with customer service and they said "in the middle of February" so we will see...
for me 4.01.00 ENG work fine
ps. pozdrawiam rodaczke

well, maybe there has been some minor problems ...
with that ROM release so they've decided to stop distributing for a while, hard to say ...
I presume as official release is hopefully coming with a short notice stick with current version I have
regards,
monika
ps. rowniez witam i pozdrawiam

somebody wrote that 4.01.00 ENG is only good to US tmobile ppc owners because of radio ... I mean only for PW10B1 units ...
I did reflash mine yesterday with this version and I like it so far .... signal indicator doesn't look normal because I dont have signal but my ppc recives calls normally ....

mine XDA is also PW10B1 .... heh
now I know for sure that I have US version, thank you for the tip ...
dziekuje i pozdrawiam,
monika
ps. out of curiosity, have you already get my private message ???

HI Monika,
Where did you get this T-Mobile WM2003 ROM?
Is it English version?
Can it be used in Asia?
Many thanks,

chris_khho said:
HI Monika,
Where did you get this T-Mobile WM2003 ROM?
Is it English version?
Can it be used in Asia?
Many thanks,
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hello, I got it from http://www.yorch.net/ but I use an US version of XDA, for me it's hard to say whether it suits Asian hardware version, my rough guess is that Radio Stack version shall be different .... unfrtunately I have never came across the Asian hardware version
but before making any upgrades read that forum, e.g.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=4630
and also the other threads just to double check
regards, monika

Tks Monika,
But I see that you are using WM2003 T-mobile ROM 4.00.21.
From Yorch, 4.00.21 is only nbf file which is not nb1 so that I can't use the SD method for upgrading.
Any hint?

Marcyjok said:
somebody wrote that 4.01.00 ENG is only good to US tmobile ppc owners because of radio ... I mean only for PW10B1 units ...
I did reflash mine yesterday with this version and I like it so far .... signal indicator doesn't look normal because I dont have signal but my ppc recives calls normally ....
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i have PW10A1 and i installed the v4.01.00 tmobile update i just downloaded an cooked rom from yroches kitchen then unzipped it all and replaced the nbf file from the v4.01 over the cooked rom nbf and flashes it that way works fine on english netowrks and i still have 900/1800 mhz just what ever you do do not go into phone options and click on the band tab if you do you will loose 1800mhz bank and then be on 900/1900 if you do this load up the bootloader click the calendar button and click on gsm 900/1800 and itll say reset or some crap do this then softreset and youll have 900/1800 back again but dont click on the band tab or youll have to do this.
gaz
p.s ive found it to be quite stable so far but seems to run kinda slower then v4.00.11 but it has improved features

hi
few questions
I have US tmobile Pocket PC Phone so it is type B so I flashed with no problem with 4.01.00 (RUUv2.04b_CEv4.01.00wwe_VS_Ozone_Test_(Integrate_Radio_6.24.01).exe) so I think that this soft will work fine with Monika's XDA if it is American....
Monika your XDA is from AT&T ? or TMobile ?
Is it ok to use it with European PW10A1 ?
gaz do you have exactly same ROM as I have ? (check my signature)
and this problem with band tab is only one ?
do you see TMobile logo when U do a soft reset?
Anybody use this soft ver. in Europe?

i use 4.01.00 with asian radio stack 4.21.01 with no problem
i used flash method when upgrading the rom
i unzip the exe file, took the .nbf file and write it to my sd card using OSImageTool and boot my xda with the SD card... 5 minutes later my XDA is running WM2003 with the latest ROM version :lol:
for asian users, do not open the band tab... if you do that, you have to go to bootloader and choose band 900/1800 to make your xda work again

Marcyjok said:
hi
few questions
I have US tmobile Pocket PC Phone so it is type B so I flashed with no problem with 4.01.00 (RUUv2.04b_CEv4.01.00wwe_VS_Ozone_Test_(Integrate_Radio_6.24.01).exe) so I think that this soft will work fine with Monika's XDA if it is American....
Monika your XDA is from AT&T ? or TMobile ?
Is it ok to use it with European PW10A1 ?
gaz do you have exactly same ROM as I have ? (check my signature)
and this problem with band tab is only one ?
do you see TMobile logo when U do a soft reset?
Anybody use this soft ver. in Europe?
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I have an US version of XDA with T-Mobile ROM installed ... and it's T-Mobile ppc pe, radio 4.21.00 and protocolversion 32S54
regards,
monika

Hi Toshiro,
I am a bit confused. The 4.00.21 nbf file from Yorch cannot be used by OSImageTool since I tried that before and confirmed by someone else in this forum. He said only nb1 file can be used for SD method.
Also, where did you get this 4.01.00 ROM?
Thanks v much.

chris_khho said:
Hi Toshiro,
I am a bit confused. The 4.00.21 nbf file from Yorch cannot be used by OSImageTool since I tried that before and confirmed by someone else in this forum. He said only nb1 file can be used for SD method.
Also, where did you get this 4.01.00 ROM?
Thanks v much.
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Use XDArit.exe insted of the OSImageTool and you can write it to an SD card. www.yorch.net has 2 versions. if the newer one doesn't work, try the older one. I also found I have to unplug my cradle from my computer to get XDArit to work properly.
MrDollyMaker

the best places worth trying
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=21147&highlight=#21147
and also
ftp://tmobile:[email protected]:21
regards, monika

Thanks v much.
But that's integrated with the us radio which is not suitable for me.

New kitchen on line

http://xda.weblink.net

Hah, worked straight away and it's fast. Well done!

Showing the Server stats is a nice touch.

getting realy busy latetly..
I counted up to 20 rom's burning at the same time.... 8)
The only problem the bandwith is going bit down :roll:
Enjoy while you can...

Makis, I noticed the new appeal for donations.
I might have considered a donation if you hadn't blatantly plagarized the appeal for donations from the xda-developers page. Given that a large amount of your traffic must originate from here, couldn't you think up an original appeal?
Post a reply here when you've updated the page.
PDH

I didnt see any copyright notice on the xda developers donations invitation :?:

That's not my point.

New Kitchen Online
This new kitchen ROCKS! I would gladly have donated but the link to do so isn't working. I got a cooked ROM that gave me EXACTLY what I wanted AND my Internet Explorer is working again AND I still have an excellent signal. THANK YOU TO THIS ROM KITCHEN!
I'll check back periodically to see if the donations link is working. 40 euros ($50 USA) is worth it after what I've experienced!

Can XDA2 allso do this !
as subject . thanks

WM2003
Hey guys,
Which version of WM2003 does NOT have the t-mobile features built in? I've tried 4.01.16 and it rocks except it has a lot of these t-mobile builtin functions (such as it's internet explorer connections being designed for t-mobile) which doesn't work for me since I have an O2 XDA and use it in the Philippines though at the same time I don't want to give up the benefits of having WM2003. Which version ROm should I get? WM2003 4.01 BETA?
Thanks in advance for the advice.

4.01.00 has the Tmobile stuff in it as well. I think 4.00.16 doesn't, but one thing you lose is the Settings menu to choose 1900 or 900 MHz band. You can change this in the boot menu, but in my experience this sometimes leads to a cold boot.

For the past 6 months I've been running 4.00.11 ROM with 6.18.00 Radio,
that was cooked in one of the Kitchens. I use it on T-Mobile USA network and have run it throughout Asia. It is mostly excellent. 3 questions:
1. The original details about the T-Mobile upgrade stated it runs LANDSCAPE mode on the fly. I really want the upgrade, mainly for this feature. This feature no longer is advertised. Is it in the upgrade?
2. There is a rom kitchen listed in this forum that has the new ROM 4.01.16 listed as a choice. Does anyone know iif this version is the newest T-Mobile version or just an earlier beta? Does this version have Landscape mode?
3. The original ROM kitchens discussed how thier cooked roms were less memory intensive than official ROMs because they eliminated some kind of T-Mobile architecture. Does anyone rmember what this was and if it is still true?
Thanks in advance for any help!

Band changing with t-mobile software
Just out of curiousity, is the hardware for t-mobile and XDA exactly the same? I mean can I actually switch the band to the US frequency when I'm there and get my phone to work there?

Joe_PDA said:
1. The original details about the T-Mobile upgrade stated it runs LANDSCAPE mode on the fly. I really want the upgrade, mainly for this feature. This feature no longer is advertised. Is it in the upgrade?
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I´m using the German official release of the t-Mobile ROM (4.00.33).
It doesn´t support the landscape mode. :-(
Joe_PDA said:
2. There is a rom kitchen listed in this forum that has the new ROM 4.01.16 listed as a choice. Does anyone know iif this version is the newest T-Mobile version or just an earlier beta? Does this version have Landscape mode?
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As much as i know, the 4.01.16 is the latest and the official version from T-Mobile in US. I don´t think, that it supports the landscape mode
Joe_PDA said:
3. The original ROM kitchens discussed how thier cooked roms were less memory intensive than official ROMs because they eliminated some kind of T-Mobile architecture. Does anyone rmember what this was and if it is still true?
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I think the great differance between original ROMs and cooked Roms is, that the free space in the ROM can be used for own programs and the programs will still be on the device after a hard reset....
HTH
Stefan

My hope...
I hope when i build new rom using this kitchen it wont upgrade my RSU ?
Mine already working fine and i dont want to install new
moving from 4.00.05 to newest avail is good move? whats changed?
Me

I want to use ...
4.01.16 ENG (2850 kB available)
It will not upgrade my RSU?
over?

Any cooked ROM will not touch the RSU

Size
The cooked .exe rom file should have 17mb?
Doh! :/

Re: Size
Grooby said:
The cooked .exe rom file should have 17mb?
Doh! :/
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Yes!

After upgrade HEEEEELP!
After upgrade my rom to 4.1 from kitchen my phone changes band to 1900 and i cant connect to GSM network!
how to bring back to normal? HEEELP
PLEASE ASAP :/

Need: Newest T-mobile US RSU please

I'm looking to upgrade to the latest T-mobile USA RSU. The latest I have found is RU 6.24.00 on yorch.net but I've been reading through the forums and I believe there is a newer one. I get terrible reception on my XDA and I'm in south florida. Can anyone request a different RSU or the latest from T-mobile? Thanks in advance...

ftp://xda:[email protected]/Wallaby/Radio_Stack/
HTH
Stefan

Thanks for the site. I downloaded 6.25.02 but I have not installed it yet. Anyone use this RSU yet? Hows the reception with it compared to others?