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Network is locked???

Hi All,
I am new user of pocket pcs. I purchased an O2 XDA II Triband from ebay but when I insert my Optus SIM card and start the PDA it shows a message some thing like that "Network is locket". I want to use it as a fone. Is there anyone who can tell me whats the problem and what should I do to resolve the problem?? Step by step procedure would be the best one for me

Try this
If your fone is the basic XDA2, then go to this forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=6963
and ignore the bit about the program being replaced. If on the other hand you have a fone that is newer than the XDA2, (XDA2i, XDA2s, XDA3 etc.) go to the forum above and click on the link at the top for the newer fones.
There are step by step instructions available on each posting, which explain how to do it. Take notice of the warnings given in the postings, as I believe unlocking the fone may invalidate warranties etc but it depends on the country your in, source of the fone etc. As allways, any modifications are taken at your own risk. Saying that, ive not had any problems, and this community has helped me out a lot. Enjoy
Hope this helps.
Smiley

Getting the most applicable ROM for SPV5000 on T-Mobile USA

Hi,
First off, this forum has been a life saver. The phone works, but certain annoyances exist.
My wife wanted the JasJar, but the price points I saw were unattainable. I finally was able to grab a similar device off eBay. I bought an Orange SPV M5000. Thought it would run on t-Mobile USA no prob.
I got the phone with the SIM-lock on and an outdated ROM. Came accross your posts and found the universal unlocker. That worked wonderfully! Thanks. Then I tried my wife's SIM card. No luck. Put in mine... that worked. So, called T-mobile. What a bunch of tech-unsavvy folk. They sent me to a retail store to try a new SIM card. Turns out that my SIM card is from back in the Voicestream days.
Anyway, imagine my frustration. Did a lot more searching around the forums and found that a lot of issues may be resolved with reflashes. Ended up downloading the latest AKU-2 ROM from Orange (the one flashed right now). The first flash wasn't too good (blackscreened after flash). As the old saying goes: "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again". So, I did. To my suprise, that worked.
Here are the good things:
1.) the SIM lock did not reappear (a fear that I had at first)
2.) My wife's T-Mobile SIM card was now recognized by the device
All good, no?
Well, not quite. I have all the "Orange" customizations on the device. You know: network, "orange world" (whatever the hell that is), and various other things, like no real "today" screen.
As mentioned by many other nOO-b's out there, there is a huge signal to noise ratio in these forums. I've been searching through the forums for 2 days now trying to ascertain which ROM I should flash to my wife's phone.
So here is the meat of the question:
Would anyone be able to say specifically which ROM I should flash to be able to use the device on the T-Mobile USA network with the least amount of customizations or at least using the T-Mobile USA applicable customizations?
Thanks for your input in advance. As I said, you guys rock (hence the donation )
All the best,
G.
P.S.: Trying to reduce Signal to Noise Ratio
link to the SIM Unlocker - http://buzzdev.net/component/option,com_remository/func,fileinfo/id,288/ (you will have to register to download from that site)
link to the Orange Supplied AKU2 ROM - http://www.business.orange.co.uk/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Business&c=OUKPage&cid=1142943309969

I am running the latest iMate ROM on my O2 Exec with T-Mobile US.... All you really need to do is skip the "customization" at the end of the install (do a soft reset when it wants to start). Even easier - remove the ExtRom installer part completely. Apart from the Power Profiles I haven't found anything useful in that part. (and I have extracted the PowerProfiler and done a separate installer for it.
Radio version 1.09 seems to work fine for me, YMMV
You can replace the startup images too, I put one up with my email address and a warning that the device is registered with the police.

Latest ROM links and instructions
lbendlin said:
I am running the latest iMate ROM....
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Thank you, lbendlin. I always appreciate this type of help. It would be helpful if you could direct me to where I could find this "latest iMate ROM". Even more helpful would be if you could direct me to someplace that has instructions on removal of parts of the ROMS.
Thank you again, and I apologize about the nOOb syndrome symptoms I may be showing.
This may be helpful not only to me, but others that are searching these forums.

The Wiki is your friend... http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Universal
Back when I installed it the ROM was on the FTP site here. I believe you can also get it through Club Imate.
It doesn't really matter. If you remove the ExtROM part then the ROMs are all the same. You can use the O2 ROM, and do the same stuff.

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The Wiki is your friend...
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Excellent. Thank you. This is probably the first link I've gotten that actually pointed me to something useful. Hope this helps other browsers of these forums as well.

How To Unlock Usa T-mobile Mda

CAN ANY ONE HELP WITH THIS US BASE MODEL. CUZ I SEE THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF MODELS AND I REALLY DONT KNOW WHAT PROGRAM TO USE TO UNLOCK THE SIMLOCK FOR THE (US BASE) ONE.ANY HELP WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU.
MODEL:WIZA200
USA T-MOBILE MDA
CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME.
THANK YOU

Searh And Read First
First i would advice not to post your im because we dont need it to tell you info on unlocking
Second try to search the the forums but if you dont know what to search for or are lazy to search then her is the guide:
READ FIRST AND AFTER THAT READ AGAIN JUST TO MAKE SURE WHAT YOU ARE GETTING YOUR SELF INTO. NO ONE WILL BE RESPONSOBLE IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE
For G3 wizards only
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285435
but if you have A G4 wizard (a G4 PDA will report an IPL and SPL similar to 2.21.0001 and a G3 PDA will report something similar to 2.21 (notice the G3 doesn't have the trailing .0001) Search around the "Wizard upgrading etc." forum
And a good advice is to search and read the forums and the forum rules (i hope you did read them)

easy way
l called Tmobile cs and told them I was going abro ad to Europe & I ordered/have an European payperMinute SiM...(use another carrier siM For now.example:Boost Mobile,Vodafone, orange, At&t / cingular. Walmart pay go tmobile etc...) easy way!!!They will ask you for a Valid email address & wizard 200 imei #(make sure You get it by going into settings on phone, Sometimes box & sticker in Phone not correct)...2-48 hours later I received a code in my email and wrote down. When you Power off phone switch Sims...when you power on device...white screen will load and display "please enter unlock Code"(not verbatim) More than likely the code will work 99%. CAUTION!!! YOU HAVE 5 CHANCES TO CORRECTLY ENTER CODE (my phone sticker & box ImeI sticker were different From phone settings imei so double Check imei before giVing to tMobile CS...3rd time was charm) phone will Unlock & search for network ! 2 months using at&t pay go between Unlocked sda & mda devices.

That only unlocks the sim...to make any mods, you need to sim/cid unlock...search xda for Lokiwiz, then read the directions carefully. Lokiwiz is actually MUCH easier than calling Tmo and waiting. There is a thread here called "unlocking for dummies" or something like that. Again, use search.

akashastrega said:
That only unlocks the sim...to make any mods, you need to sim/cid unlock...search xda for Lokiwiz, then read the directions carefully. Lokiwiz is actually MUCH easier than calling Tmo and waiting. There is a thread here called "unlocking for dummies" or something like that. Again, use search.
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Thankssssssssssssss

No easy roads to be found at xda
And yes, as stated...RTFM's!!! The wiki's and stickies are there for a purpose. We at xda are not responsible for anything you attempt, and therefore it really is the best to learn anything and everything you can about your device before trying any modifications. READ READ READ, be dilligent and don't take the easy way out or you are likely to turn thAt expensive phone into a pretty designer paperweight!

is there a clear way to do things ?

hi all, this is my first post but have been viewing a while,
im not sure an upgrade is what i should be looking at and have never done this before,
to avoid bricking it i would like to ask a few questions if you can help that would be excellent,
1. i have a standard out of the box o2 xda orbit that i purchased from car phone (you know the shop) and it came unlocked to any network, its obviously running the o2 version of WM5, im using a vodafone sim and have followed various settings to try get my gprs/mms/internet working but just cant get anywhere,
will upgrading to a different rom help this.
2. what is the best rom out there for this phone and where can i get it
3. i seem to find the forums scattered with instruction i have searched and tried to compile some sort of understandable document but im reluctant to use it incase i have missed something in my search,
is there an easy to follow newbies guide out there, if so can you point me in the right direction,
i am on other forums for different things and im aware of the etiquate of asking for information thats already there, i have searched but i dont want to turn this phone into a brick just because in my search i have missed a step that i was not aware of in the first place,
i hope you can all understand why i have asked this question, some that have bricks might and others with the knowledge may not, lol, well dont those people,
all the best and i hope this will be a good start for me here,
Eddie

Hello there, Im new around here and was hoping for some friendly help?

Hello to everyone, A quick introduction - Im new to the PDA Place if you could call it that, I personally use a Nokia N95 at the moment, And just the other day managed to get hold of an o2 XDA Exec second hand. Unfortunatly for me the devices appears to be in chinese when turned on so as you are aware theirs is not exactly much I can do with it!
I am familiar with the flashing process on Symbian phones and have done it a few times, With this knowledge in mind I thought and assumed I would need to flash this XDA Exec to an english firmware, or ROM as it seems to be called around here. I have been reading through a few threads in regards to updating and have also tried to download a new update off the o2.xda website, But it seems to keep saying I have an incorrect IMEI Number even though I have entered the correct one by typing in *#06#
I found this forum and was hoping perhaps someone would be kind enough to help me in regards to the problem I am having. I believe this device has Windows Mobile 5 and have seen and heard that Windows Mobile 6 has been released. I assume you have to purchase this much like you have to purchase a new copy of windows for a PC. Is this correct?
I had a go at the flashing process, And downloaded this EXTROM Unlocker from a buzz site? I didnt know what to do with it as its a .cab file so I downloaded KDSkamal WM5 Ultimate edition and thought well if I can at least get it to english then its a starting point at least. I double clicked the file inside and went through the update process, Then it said that it was not designed for my device, And this is where I am upto because im lost with what to do now.
Any help, information and/or advice would be most appreciated.
Thanks in advance

Hi there, whenever you try to change the ROM of one of these new Windows CE devices (all those names are the "marketing geniuses" ideas, PocketPC, Windows CE, Windows Mobile), the device verifies that you are installing the "right" type of ROM for your device, as uncle Bill would say, you cannot put anything that you shouldn't suppose to, and by "suppose to" I mean anything that they don't want you to do, I think it's enough on politics.
Anyway, if you try to change the languaje of your ROM, the bootloader will not let you to do so, so we use an special (treatened) kind of upgrading tool.
It is normally inlcuded in the ROM.
If you read the wiki, you should be able to find the whole process, well explained, right now I just can't remember the exact name of this file (something like noIdUpgrade, MaIdUpgrade, or something like this), normally all our programming gurus supply it with the cooked ROMs.
I know how frustating it is at the begining (also considering that you know Symbian), but consider that these questions arise too many times and people get the idea that you come and ask the same question that literally have been answered thousands of times and you don't even want to make some research work.
Again, read the WiKi, it's the perfect place to start with your device, when you get to know some of the jargon, you'll begin to understand many of the things discussed here.
cheers and good luck

Thankyou for the reply, I shall indeed read the wiki. Since I posted that I managed to get hold of an o2 update ROM which I tried to install, as it was doing it where it says do not disconnect it came up with ERROR 101, and that the cable had been removed when it had not. I also tried again and the same thing, Now the PDA wont turn on at all. If I try to press the hard reset buttons it says press 0, but then does nothing. At the moment it seems to be stuck on the bootloader I think you people call it. And wont come out of it :-( looks like I broke it already

Ok, quick udate after alot of messing about and research I finally flashed it, Its now on the newest version of the o2 firmware. Though now its full of o2 rubbish. I tried to install this custom one I pointed a link to in a previous post but when installing it says its not designed for my country. I assume this is in line with your reply but I tried a search for that program and it turned up nothing.

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Ok, quick udate after alot of messing about and research I finally flashed it, Its now on the newest version of the o2 firmware. Though now its full of o2 rubbish. I tried to install this custom one I pointed a link to in a previous post but when installing it says its not designed for my country. I assume this is in line with your reply but I tried a search for that program and it turned up nothing.
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Yes, O2 is full of crap. Try this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=320116
As I suggested in it. KDSKamal's ROM is the best. Better than official ROMs. You can find links on how to upgrade in that thread too.
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Hey i had exactly the same problem as you, just bought an O2 Xda Exec in China, and all in Chinese but now I changed my Chinese WM5 to the KDSKamal's ROM, it works perfectly, and it seems stable.

Excellent, Thanks for the replies! I had a good play with it last night web browsing and such, I must say its so much easier than a Nokia N95 I love the software and such on it, Now if only there was a PDA/Phone that had the specifications of an N95 that would be great! I know there is the HTC Tytn but that only has a 2MP Camera I believe.
Anyway I really am pleased I got it working thankyou to everyone.
Now I know the basic process I would like to take it a step further and upgrade to Windows Mobile 6. Is there a way of doing this? I assume I need to get hold of another ROM, I admit I had a look around and found some dead links I assume due to copyright issues with Microsoft but im not sure.
Another question I had, Was I was looking around games you can get games like Riven (Myst series) And Age Of Empires which look just like the PC Version! Wow im overwhelmed by all the stuff you can get. On some of the games I have been looking at it says you need a certain graphics chip or higher in your device, May I ask what is in the Xda Exec? And if its a 3D Graphics chip thats good at running games.
How would I find out if the device is unlocked? Just popping in a card and trying? As I have a contract with T-Mobile where I get free internet, So it might be worth using my T-Mobile sim card on it instead of on o2.
The case isnt in the greatest condition, The screen and keyboard are perfect but there are a few scratches and blemishes on the case of the PDA, Is there an easy way of changing this and buying a new one to swap it with? I know it involves taking the machine apart which im comfortable with doing, Preferably getting a non o2 one would be great.
I hear about the radio and such, Does this device have a radio built into it?
Also is there anywhere I could either purchase a copy or download a copy of the manual? Im not sure how this device actually turns off, It seems to just go into standby mode when I press the power button.
Other than that, Thankyou very much so far!

again check the wiki my friend.... all answers to your questions are already posted there...