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I have a T-Mobile MDA with the factory ROM and because it's been working well I haven't wanted to mess with it.
Now I'm ordering a 1 GB mini SD card and I want to updated my ROM.
The T-Mobile phone application on this phone is UGLY, it is plain white with pink buttons...even though my phone's theme is the Windows default.
I got a Motorola H500 Bluetooth headset and I want to be able to play files on WMP and listen through the headset too.
Basically, how can I upgrade my ROM, how can I back up my contacts and existing ROM, what's the absolute best ROM I can upgrade to to take the most advantage from my phone and to replace the ugly phone look and maybe get music to my Bluetooth headset?
THANKS!
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If you feel that my questions were made to voice my laziness then why do you feel the need to tell me so. If you can't help me then you have nothing to say to me, please don't post.
I'm an intensive forum user and I'm very capable of searching, but I want the advice and guidance of someone who has done what I am trying to accomplish on with the same reasons for doing so.
Hello Folks, I have a T-Mobile MDA with the new ROM which allows for the bluetooth stereo, but there are constant pauses while listening to my tunes. I have made sure that everything is closed (program wise) except for WMP of course. I am currently using a Motorola HT820. Am I doing something wrong or is anyone else having this problem. Thanks in advance.
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Nope. I have a K-JAM OC'ed to 247mhz and I also experience skipping from time to time. As much I have read, it's just as much a problem with the headphones as it is an underpowered device.
Some of the other things I have heard is the environment effects on the BT signal. In a busy urban environment, you might experience more skipping due to interference. To be honest, I use my HT's in NYC and I experience skipping, but not so much as to make the HT's unusable. I have not noticed any particular place or area where the HT's skip more than usual.
My "big" thing with the HT's are the size. I really would like to find a less bulky pair that works well with the K-JAM and the A2DP hack. I tried the Anycom's and they were pathetic. They would not work at all with the K-JAM and the controls were useless.
I just bought some from ebay and everything I read makes me wish I didnt! Thankfully they were only £36 but still. They dont look that big on the pics but I have read a lot of people saying they are really bulky and dont work very well with music. The idea of bluetooth headphones are great but I dont think any work with the wizrd good enough. Theres a post on the accesseries forum with a big discusion about this.
Actually, there was a big writeup here somewhere about a batch of HT820s that skipped. You could tell if you had the bad ones by looking at the serial#. They were generally bought on eBay and were from a different oem source. Search around for HT820 here and I believe you can find the thread.
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Actually, there was a big writeup here somewhere about a batch of HT820s that skipped. You could tell if you had the bad ones by looking at the serial#. They were generally bought on eBay and were from a different oem source. Search around for HT820 here and I believe you can find the thread.
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yeah thas right. might be one of the unlucky ones that got a fritzed/crappy headset. i have the ht820s paired to a cingular 8125, and it only skips when i have more than 5 programs open. otherwise it's pristine.
try sending it back to motorola? i dunno, in my experience their cust service was fantastic.
:evil: damn moto, why don't they recall their crappy stuff! Anywho I guess i'll have to hunt around and maybe even call moto...... Thanks for the feedback. 8)
is yours an actual ht820 or an asian knock off from ebay?? I personally have the asian imitation from ebay and with a few reg tweaks i can get it to play without skipping.. however i have heard people report the same skipping problem with the asian imitation's, other people who bought the actual real moto headset said they have no problems at all...
here is the cab i used to improve my skipping problem
The problem is the firmware in the headset. I am getting ready to run mine by the service center tomorrow here in Shanghai. I've been on a few of the Chinese forums and this seems to be a common occurance.
Mine skips when activesync is open which is all the time now that I use direct push email. Anybody else?
Shogunmark ... What does that .cab do?
it makes a few registry changes... i cant remember completely off the top of my head, i did grab that from another thread somewhere on this forum.... all i know is that it worked wonders for me... i will try to find that thread again and post a link to it...
I use a Motorola 820 with NO problems at all. I can walk all around my house with it on and the phone in the other room and it works fine.
I beleive i got one knock off and one real one. (don't ask why I have 2 ) And both behave in the same way.
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here is the cab i used to improve my skipping problem
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i have been a searching wh0re and for the life of me i can not find the thread that had this cab in it... its somewhere on this [email protected] board... but i assure you that it worked wonders on my 8125.. Also i noticed that if i pair the device first then install the cab it only has a minimal affect.. but if i delete the ht820 from the phone then install the cab then pair the ht820 then all of my troubles had gone away...
Headset firmware patch here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=356313#356313
Download and follow the instructions in the .rar file. Mine now work flawlessly.
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shogunmark said:
here is the cab i used to improve my skipping problem
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i have been a searching wh0re and for the life of me i can not find the thread that had this cab in it... its somewhere on this [email protected] board... but i assure you that it worked wonders on my 8125.. Also i noticed that if i pair the device first then install the cab it only has a minimal affect.. but if i delete the ht820 from the phone then install the cab then pair the ht820 then all of my troubles had gone away...
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Crikey ur right! loads better after trying ur instructions, not perfect but 10 times better than b4 cheers!
Now change the headset firmware and prepare for bliss.
can anyone recommend me a good bluetooth headset (one sided ones) that i can use to talk to on the phone and use A2DP, whatever is called, thanks
i have a bodyglove bluetooth headset and it doesn't do that. that, or maybe i don't know how to enable it... i can talk on the phone with it.
are these any good?
http://cgi.ebay.com/iTech-Bluetooth...1QQihZ010QQcategoryZ42393QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
thanks
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Thanks. That solved it perfectly. For about two minutes. Then it got twice as bad. Crud. And my headset won't flash either.
Hi,
What u guys recommend is it too late now ?...When it's Successor Kaiser will be out ?...Keem reply coming..
Thanks in advance Cheers mates
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depends on what you will be using it for really, if you want a stable bluetooth connection for a car kit and you dont want to be rebooting the phone daily then in my experience i would not buy one. If i new about these problems before i got mine then i definately would not of brought it.
it does have a whole host of features though so i suppose you cannot have everything.
If they sort these problems out which i keep hearing they will then the phone will be worth having.
I will now go and see what the Kaiser has to offer as might be time to switch already from this rubbish. (Annoyed as you can tell and only my opinion, due to the fact that car kit works fine on my wizard and no rebooting of phone. This one does not work correctly with car kit, people cannot hear me speak, and phone has to be rebooted 2-3 times a day, and yes the phone has been replaced and it is the same problems.)
zomig
there is nothing wrong with my car kit as my wizard (o2 xda mini s ) works 100% with it, this is an issue with the Bluetooth stack on this device and has been mentioned more times than i care to remember.
It quite simply does not work. It is also supposed to be fixed when they eventually release a new rom. But i wont hold my breath.
If you really need the keyboard, then, the Hermes might prove OK (albeit, if I were you, I'd REALLY wait!). If you don't need it, wait or get he Trinity - the latter is much better IMHO than the Hermes (built-in GPS and, hopefully, FM radio).
Strange My new Hermes works better with my Bluetooth Headset than my wizard did. Sound is clearer and louder. and on my wizard when I would answer a call the caller would get a earsplitting screech as I pres the answer button. This is not a prob with the TYTN
Jules
Thanks u all guys .....really appreciate it
I don't care abt Bt Problem will have a look on trinity does t-mobile rlease trinity ?
Hi all,
Please go easy on me here, as I have some probably pretty basic questions. I have been digging around the internet (mostly these forums) for the past two days since I got my new Mogul from Sprint running WM6. I had the PPC-6700 prior to this (as I expect most of you had) and I was fairly good at tinkering on that one, but I'm on new ground here with WM6 and a new phone.
First, I am a little confused by all the names.
For sure, I know that this phone can be called the Titan, the Mogul, or the PPC-6800. What I'm not sure of is that some people also call this the Hermes or the TyTn. I figured Titan and TyTn were the same things, but apparently not.
The main reason I'm asking is so that when I am looking for information and posts on this phone, which can I use and which should I disregard. It seems that many of the things posted under the Hermes forum are valid for the Mogul as well, but alas..I'm confused.
Once we get names settled, I'm going to start with only one other question that I have dire need for. I have looked around for answers and most are many months old, so I have to think that there are some more recent findings. My question regards Microsoft Voice Command 1.6 with a BT headset on this phone.
I have installed MS VC 1.6 and paired my new Cardo Scala 800 headset. It seems to work with the following problems:
1) BT quality is not great, including VC voice getting cut off. This is my first BT headset with this phone, and I have read that many people have poor BT quality with this phone. If that's the case, can anyone recommend a BT headset that works well with this phone (preferablly one that charges directly via mini-USB).
2) Confirmation don't work - based on what I have read this is a problem with all WM6 phones with VC 1.6. It appears the only solution is to disable confirmations completely. I have done this and it appears to be able to function. I just want to confirm that there isn't any newer data out there for this issue.
3) Last issue is that I don't get notifications. Meaning, when an incoming call comes in I get the ringing sound, but it doesn't tell me the name. In my searches I came across this posting:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=316881&page=51
It is for the Hermes (again..confused) but contains a zip file with 4 files to copy over the default VC files. When I did this and reset my phone, notifications seem to work. I want to make sure that this is the best way to get VC 1.6 working as fully as possible on this phone.
I really appreciate any feedback you can give.... I have a few more questions, but I'll wait till we get these squared away.
Thanks to all!
Well, I've not been a Mogul owner for much longer than you, and certainly have been a PPC owner less (this is my first PPC), however let me try to answer a few of your questions.
First, the "Sprint Mogul" is Sprint's name for this phone. The phone "codename" of sorts is the Titan, and model is the PPC-6800. Hopefully I got that all right. Bottom line, they all refer to the same phone. Also, different cell companies have different names for phones, so it can get a little confusing sometimes.
Now the TyTN is the same device as the Hermes, aka the 8525. From what I've gathered in my short experience, this is basically the same same phone as the Titan, however, it's the AT&T GSM version. Where we have CDMA and EVDO, it has GSM and HSDPA.
The files get tricky too, and you have to know your way around the system before you try replacing files from other phones. A lot of files (and issues) are general for WM6. That means that any device running WM6 may have these same files, behaviors, or issues. However, with that said, certain files are specific to the network. Some of the things like dialers are coded for GSM on one phone, and CDMA on another. So if you think it might have anything to do with the network, double check before you replace it from another phone that's on a different network. In your case, the voice command thing is general to WM6, so grabbing the files from the Hermes was ok.
The bluetooth? Well, that's a question a lot of us still have. The bluetooth on these phones suck. I've heard a lot of people say it's HTC's fault, and I've also heard a few people say WM6 just isn't good with BT anyway. I personally haven't gotten into what's wrong with it much yet, so I can't tell you exactly the issues, but we can only hope for a firmware and/or software update in the future that will help these problems.
I know that if you look around, I've seen lists where people have listed which BT headsets seem to work well, and which don't. The only I have, and thus have tested, is a Jawbone, and I can report, as well as tell you from reading, it's one of the better BT headsets for this phone. It's a little expensive though, so it's not in everyone's price range. Unfortunately I can't help much past that since I've never used any other, but if you search you can probably find threads like I mentioned and just get feedback from other people.
Also, I've never played with Voice Command, so I can't answer any more specific questions on that subject. Hopefully I helped clear a few things up. As I said, I'm definitely still learning myself, but I've been taking in all kinds of information. I love this phone and don't see how I've survived without a PocketPC before.
Ajerman,
Thanks for your input. Ok that makes sense regarding the AT&T GSM version. I think most of what I will want to tweak will be related to WM6 and not carriers.
Unfortunately my Cardo 800 BT headset is my first headset too, and this is the first time I'm using it with the phone. So, I too don't have anything to gauge it against. I'm probably going to return the headset however as it was advertised as having a mini-usb charging jack, when infact it has a micro-usb. I saw the jawbone, looks nice, but again, I only want a headset that uses a mini-usb jack (too many adapters to carry around).
My next questions (hopefully someone can address), is unlocking the Extended ROM for customization. I did this on the PPC-6700 WM5 with an Extended rom unlocker tool and modified the config.txt in there to automatically install certain apps upon hard-reset.
I need to assist the mobile admins at my company with setting everyone's phone up with some additional settings en masse.
Is it safe to use the same procedures on WM6? I'm probably going to try it anyway but thought someone could point me to a good primer on upgrading my skills from WM5 to WM6.
Any more input is valued!
thanks
Hi,
Just got a new company car and its got a Sony Stereo CD player Speakers Bluetooth and Voice command/recognition
How do I pair my Wizard up. I can detect the radio and pair it, however the radio says no device detected...
Any ideas where to start?
Regards
Barry
bazza1603 said:
Hi,
Just got a new company car and its got a Sony Stereo CD player Speakers Bluetooth and Voice command/recognition
How do I pair my Wizard up. I can detect the radio and pair it, however the radio says no device detected...
Any ideas where to start?
Regards
Barry
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Ford's probably using stereo bluetooth for its connection. You need to enable your phone with A2DP first, then do the pairing. I have had good luck with the Tornado version of A2DP for the Wizard, but only after I overclocked my phone's processor, and made some minor adjustments to the data rates at a registry level.
If you're a noob, you need to do a LOT of reading before trying this, or you'll lose your ability to generate sound altogether. Not as dramatic as bricking your phone, but makes it almost as useless...
Just search these boards, the answers are here. Search.
...and welcome to the XDA Dev boards!
Hi,
Thanks for the reply..was just starting to look at New phones!
My current Rom is 2.21.4.1.WWEwhich is the latest O2 one.
Rom Date3/9/06
Radio 02.07.10
Which Rom would people recommend updating to?
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Barry
...the worm turns.
bazza1603 said:
Which Rom would people recommend updating to?
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Normally, this is where I say, "Start a new thread, for this new question, because nobody is going to open this thread to answer that question."
However, you've asked a question that usually results in the person asking being lambasted (read: flamed) for asking a question that is, in most cases, a matter of total opinion. As has been said many times before, about this subject:
What's best for you isn't what's best for (nearly) anyone else.
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So....that said, I recommend you look at the Wizard Mobile 6 boards, read the Wizard wiki THOROUGHLY, and know your phone very well before you even consider trying to load a cooked ROM, or you will have an expensive paperweight instead of an incredibly useful tool.
Whatever you do, please do not post a question like "What's the best ROM for me?" because only YOU can answer that question, and only after you educate yourself to what's possible, and what your specific needs are.
If you just want to sync your phone to your car, then stick with the A2DP upgrade, and an overclock (OMAPCLOCK via SmartsKey is my preferred method of overclocking). That's my advice, free of charge.
Could anyone help me find a A2DP upgrade. I have honestly hunted, but I am getting confused...
Tried Torbado A2DP without success. I run a 02 Mini S
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Barry
Hi
I have got Stereo headset now showing, but its greyed out for the radio device?
Anyone got any ideas?
Regards
Barry
I would highly recommend looking at JETWare BT Extenstion. It adds a lot of functionality that MS left out of the BT stack.
http://www.jetwaremobile.com/
Hi,
Got it working....
With other phones they were pairing automatically. If you search from the radio
Phone >menu then search, after a long wait it finally pairs...
Installed http://www.jetwaremobile.com/ which may have helped...
Thanks for everyones help.
Regards
Baz