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Xda IIi - XDA IIs or MDA? Please help

Hi there,
I need some urgent advise:
I have an XDA II from O2 and I now can get a new device from O2 as contract upgrade.
The options are XDAIIs or XDAIIi, alternatively I can dump O2 and make a contract with Tmobile for the MDA(compact), this last option is a bit of a pain though, because most people I call have O2 and also my international calls are cheaper with O2.
I don't use XDA very much as you do and hardly mess up with sw or upgrades. I mainly use it to call, take pictures/videos, watch movies, internet and for remembering appointments...
If it is fast enough I'd like to use it (via wi-fi) to surf the net with my laptop(as I don't have a landline), but I don't know if this is possible...
Now, question is: which one do you suggest me to get? I have to get it by the 30th of july...
Thanks guys!
Gio

Well the MDA compact doesn't have wifi so that might help your descision...

and also would depend on if you would use the keyboard on s
personaly i think that GPRS is way too slow for my temperament
if i wanted to surf from a laptop i would get a 3g phone like the htc universal of cause that will not be out by 30th

thanks.
I don't think I'd use the keyboard as it's probably easier to use the on screen one, also the keyboard feels like it's a bit loose and I'm afraid it might open on its own.
Only good thing I see on the IIs is the quadband that the other doesn't have...

Whould you buy it again?

Hi m8es,
just thinking about buying a new MDA, wondering if MDA Pro would be the right device for
- A few short phone calls a day
- UMTS (www and EMail)
- mobile Office
and so on...
What do you think about your universal?

i don't have it, but i'd buy it because of the UMTS, which i cannot use on my Hima... (
buzz

Yes, I'd buy it again. I'm convinced that most of the issues it has are due to WM5.0. If I hadn't bought this I would have upgraded my Dell Axim X50v to WM5.0 and run into the same issues anyway. (As it stands I'm keeping that one as a back up still on WM2003se.)
The bottom line is that the Universal does everything I want it to do and it's all in one. The size/weight has not been an issue to me at all.
A happy Jasjar owner.

Jasjar / Univesal
Perhaps not:
My bigger disappointment is the Internet Explores, cannot make bank transactions. :twisted:

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My bigger disappointment is the Internet Explores, cannot make bank transactions.
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But really that's a Windows Mobile and Internet Explorer issue, isn't it? I think for any WM5.0 device we'll have to wait for a better browser to be developed...Minimo or a WM5.0 compatible NetFront.
The weird thing is, with my old PDA I couldn't get to my bank account with IE, but with the Jasjar (and IE) I can. I have no clue why.

May be if the Price is bit resonable... Still its saling in here about 1200$ which is too much for universal.

Skype on the Wizard

I'm looking to purchase this, most likely as the T-mobile MDA.
My question is... can this phone do Skype well? Some posts say it does it well, others say that Skype doesn't run at all, so its sort of like asking 3 people, getting four answers.
Thanks very much in advance.

Skype requires at least 300 Mhz CPU and the Wizard has 195 Mhz only. I have tried Skype on my QTek 9100 with AKU2 (using the skype low-cpu build) and the phone comes into a crawl when you are on a call with Skype. It's just that Skype is NOT an optimized ARM application (in reality it is nothing but a quick port) and so it takes away all the CPU, and even then it is not enough to encode/decode full speed and so the voice coming through is really grabbled.
I personally find Skype unusable on the Wizard devices. You need a faster CPU for it. Your alternatives are:
1. Email Skype and tell them to optimize the damn thing.
2. Use SJPhone instead which supports all SIP-based VoIP services after a bit of configuration (e.g. Gizmo, Ekiga, Stanaphone, Vonage etc)
3. Wait for the HTC Hermes phone which has a 416 Mhz CPU.

Thanks for the information.
Its a tough choice here. Do I purchase a HTC Wizard from T-Mobile now, and overclock it to 240mhz, or do I wait for T-Mobile to spit out the Hermes here in the States? Since the US seems the last place that cool phones appear, it may be '07 before the Hermes hits the T-Mobile catalog.

If it doesn't have to be Skype
SJPhone works fine without overclocking. Overclocking, of course, isn't a big deal.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=36573

using Skype on my I-mate K-Jam on my own wireless network with no problems at all as long as i dont have any other applications running too.

Skype works fine if you overclock with OMAPCLOCK. I have it automatically overclock to 250 when I launch skype and it works great.

vespa said:
Skype works fine if you overclock with OMAPCLOCK. I have it automatically overclock to 250 when I launch skype and it works great.
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Yep 240 overclock automatically here and it works just fine. VOIP etc

>Do I purchase a HTC Wizard from T-Mobile now, and overclock it to
>240mhz, or do I wait for T-Mobile to spit out the Hermes here in the States?
One thing I don't understand here in USA, is why people only get phones that their carriers are offering and they don't buy unlocked phones. Sure, you will have to do a 10-minute configuration for GPRS and MMS, but other than that, an unlocked phone would work just fine. And you will get it immediately after shipping!

Skype works cool on qtek9100 aku2 rom. Not sure if I wasnt doing it properly but in the original stock qtek rom 9/22/05 didnt work quite well when I overclocked and used skype. With aku2 rom its much better when I overclock to same speed as earlier.
Eugenia said:
One thing I don't understand here in USA, is why people only get phones that their carriers are offering and they don't buy unlocked phones. Sure, you will have to do a 10-minute configuration for GPRS and MMS, but other than that, an unlocked phone would work just fine. And you will get it immediately after shipping!
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Now you have asked the right question. I come from India and currently here in states. I really get mad to see how cingular/tmobile rob the junta (common man). They take the original s/w, tweak it to lock important features and then sell the features by asking you to pay more money for that. thats bad.
So what if they give phones at cheap rates. Personally I would prefer paying a little extra and not be their slave.

T-Mobile release the next MDA Vario update

Been waiting for this git for AGES :-
http://t-mobile.iris-global.com/download_manager_mda_vario.html
RUU_Prodigy_2210206_22102109_021911_TMO_UK_WWE_Ship.exe
I'm going to install it later on tonight !!!!!!!!!!!!

ahh thats good......
I was disappointed that my ROM rip didn't achieve what I had hoped, but now you get the full monty!!

Cool. Any idea's what been tweaked, added, fixed etc?
Anyone tried this yet? Any perfomance boosts?
Also, does anyone have any links to any more info on the update?

this is a silly question, but i keep getting confused. Are the "vario" devices the same as the "MDA" in the US? i have the US T-Mobile "MDA" but not sure if it is a VARIO or VARIO PRO, I, II, etc.
i'd like to download the official tmo rom for my device with msfp but so far i can't find it, so i'm just using one of the custom roms for now.
second question, the http://t-mobile.iris-global.com website, is there an equivalent US website?
thanks.

man did a hard reset last night, will have to do one tonight too!!! well soods law!!!

well, just done mine, and the first thing it noticed is that the battery icon in teh top right is now green, where as it was white like the otehr icons. Any idea how to change it back, it looks ugly!

why am i still seeing
RUU_Prodigy_1060204_105_11210_TMO_UK_Ship.exe?
very strange, even when i click download its the above file.
im not to bothered really anyway, im happy with the Mr Clean 2.3 rom for the moment!

bryanparke said:
this is a silly question, but i keep getting confused. Are the "vario" devices the same as the "MDA" in the US? i have the US T-Mobile "MDA" but not sure if it is a VARIO or VARIO PRO, I, II, etc.
i'd like to download the official tmo rom for my device with msfp but so far i can't find it, so i'm just using one of the custom roms for now.
second question, the http://t-mobile.iris-global.com website, is there an equivalent US website?
thanks.
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Just got off the phone with T-mobile US tech support and the answer is NO. The update is only for UK and German T-mobile users. T-mobile US will NOT support the update. However, the tech told me they are testing the new OS update for US, but there isn't a release date set as yet.
BTW the MDA in US is called MDA II or HTC or I-mate something...

I have just upgraded to the new ROM and the other problem I've found so far is that the camera seems to ignore the 'night' mode now and just treats it like 'auto' mode, i.e. pictures taken indoors are practically black.

DAMN and still no support for AKU2 BB Connect..........wtf

does anyone know why they have pulled the update and has anyone downloaded it and can put the file on the FTP? email if you do [email protected]
Edit : Just came back on

JoninLA said:
DAMN and still no support for AKU2 BB Connect..........wtf
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There actually will be a BB Connect update, but not before end of july 2006

if i do this update will i be able to restore my settings etc. from an SBP backup or will i have to set everything up again by hand?
also is the sound quality in calls any better with this update?
cheers.

i think something is different cus i did that and it did not like it, so have to start from the start again

Is this the AKU2 update?

impaler said:
I have just upgraded to the new ROM and the other problem I've found so far is that the camera seems to ignore the 'night' mode now and just treats it like 'auto' mode, i.e. pictures taken indoors are practically black.
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If anyone can suggest a fix for this problem I'd very much appreciate it. It's like it's ignoring whatever exposure settings it has :?

@bryanparke: as a wiseman once said, the only silly question is the one not asked!
The T-mobile US MDA is indeed the equivalent of the european MDA Vario.
They are both based on the wizard design by HTC.
@everyone else: Now that t-mobile have released the AKU2 rom, lets see how much they charge for the privilege of using it. Lets Hope it's cheaper than orange!

rhedgehog said:
@everyone else: Now that t-mobile have released the AKU2 rom, lets see how much they charge for the privilege of using it. Lets Hope it's cheaper than orange!
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Huh ... it's a free download.

not the download, the service - orange have set their roms so the push email goes through another APN so they can charge you extra for the privilege of push email!

I don't see how they can differentiate however the only thing I can think of is if you were to be using orange e-mail ... if you have access to an exchange 2003 sp2 server (or online equivalent) then wouldn't it just be a gprs connection.

Poor GPRS performance

I've had my O2 Exec since Feb this year and its fab. Way better than the mobile messenger iPAQs that I had previously.
One thing that is bugging me though is the poor performance of the GPRS/UMTS connection I get - regardless of where I am at the time.
Say I open Opera (but not limited to) and request a website. It initially loads some of the page and then the GPRS connection drops and then says there's a problem with the modem message. If I then refresh the request for the page it connects and loads a bit more.... This happens with IE on the phone too.
I thought this 3G network thing was supposed to be way better than previous offerings... doesn't seem like it to me.

hi, I am havin simillar problem with GPRS speed.I'm using mda pro and the gprs is really slow. when trying to load a website it takes ages and happens not to load at all. once the desired website is loaded then the navigation within the website and speed is good. I think is a mda pro (universal issue) cos I have just upgraded from mda vario (htc wixard) and I must admit the wizard gprs performance is way batter. is there any way to speed up the uni and gprs problem.
cheers, cudo

could be dependent on signal and the quality of the service... i've never had such problems on mine. 3G works well especially when downloading emails :shock:

Yes I am another one with this issue and it has followed me with 4 units so I now know it is a Universal problem. I have just upgraded to a TyTN last week and used all my sim cards, Vodaphone, o2 and Tmobile and they all make the Universal look like a dialup.

but I wonder why is it working this way thtat onced a website is loaded and I navigate within this website then the speed is ok but when I try to load different address I have low speed again? will changing the rom help?
cherers,cudo

cudo said:
but I wonder why is it working this way thtat onced a website is loaded and I navigate within this website then the speed is ok but when I try to load different address I have low speed again? will changing the rom help?
cherers,cudo
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strange, mine is ok (using opera 8.6), maybe you could try a rom upgrade yes, i have 1.30.77.
hmm what speed are you talking about? umts speed or device responsiveness? this sounds like you mean the latter...?

cudo said:
but I wonder why is it working this way thtat onced a website is loaded and I navigate within this website then the speed is ok but when I try to load different address I have low speed again? will changing the rom help?
cherers,cudo
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Sounds like a problem with dns. No idea what you could do to improve that.

Can anyone recommend a better ROM as opposed to the O2 one?
The issue for me is constant disconnections, not the speed.

I also have the problem of poor UMTS speed on T-Mobile. In fact GPRS is quicker.
Would a more generic rom such as Qtek or Imate work better or is it the hardware that is rubbish ?
Thanks
Stu

StuBFrost said:
I also have the problem of poor UMTS speed on T-Mobile. In fact GPRS is quicker.
Would a more generic rom such as Qtek or Imate work better or is it the hardware that is rubbish ?
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i have the newest qtek rom on mine and i easily get 300 kbps on umts. much better than gprs, and is stable. it is definitely not the universal hardware in general if you have a problem. you could try this rom.

cmonex said:
StuBFrost said:
I also have the problem of poor UMTS speed on T-Mobile. In fact GPRS is quicker.
Would a more generic rom such as Qtek or Imate work better or is it the hardware that is rubbish ?
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i have the newest qtek rom on mine and i easily get 300 kbps on umts. much better than gprs, and is stable. it is definitely not the universal hardware in general if you have a problem. you could try this rom.
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Thanks for the reply.
The odd thing about it is that it was fine until about 2 weeks ago but I think I will give the another rom a try and hope the speed increases.

StuBFrost said:
cmonex said:
StuBFrost said:
I also have the problem of poor UMTS speed on T-Mobile. In fact GPRS is quicker.
Would a more generic rom such as Qtek or Imate work better or is it the hardware that is rubbish ?
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i have the newest qtek rom on mine and i easily get 300 kbps on umts. much better than gprs, and is stable. it is definitely not the universal hardware in general if you have a problem. you could try this rom.
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Thanks for the reply.
The odd thing about it is that it was fine until about 2 weeks ago but I think I will give the another rom a try and hope the speed increases.
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hmm you could check with your provider, maybe the problem is with them then..

cmonex said:
StuBFrost said:
cmonex said:
StuBFrost said:
I also have the problem of poor UMTS speed on T-Mobile. In fact GPRS is quicker.
Would a more generic rom such as Qtek or Imate work better or is it the hardware that is rubbish ?
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i have the newest qtek rom on mine and i easily get 300 kbps on umts. much better than gprs, and is stable. it is definitely not the universal hardware in general if you have a problem. you could try this rom.
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Thanks for the reply.
The odd thing about it is that it was fine until about 2 weeks ago but I think I will give the another rom a try and hope the speed increases.
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hmm you could check with your provider, maybe the problem is with them then..
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I have contacted T-Mobile and they said they would check to see if there is a problem at their end. I guess I will wait for their answer before I do any rom changes.

hi I got this problem with slow internet until today..I got now idea of weather it is a coincidence or not but it works. I bought pocket mechanic pro 2.13 and cleaned all the reg stuff, deleted broken shortcuts , fixed dead areas and so on and on..and after that the gprs and umts works like a charm...I'm happy now.
cheers, cudo