Hi All,
Brand new here so a big hello to you all handshakes and hugs as appropriate .
Now down to business. I have been reading in a fashion anyways as I am registered blind, but still have a huge intrest in technology and in particular that which aids the visually impaired in their quest for independance.
So to get my own independance I am looking to get a Trinity, I live in the UK and well the £400 price tag is making me wince, so me being me got in contact with my Chinese friend and got him to find me one at £250 which I can afford. So in that lies the first question I have been unable to answer while trawling the web.
1. Is it possible to flash the phone/pda with an English version of the HTC P3600 ROM
2. Is the lower level ROM i.e. the bootloader etc in need of a flash seeing as the phone is for the Chinese market.
3. Do you have to flash the phone to an stock english ROM before you attempt to move up to WM6?
What I really want to know is that I can Englishafy the phone. As far as I know the phone is comming to me unlocked with WM5 on it.
Phew well I hope all the answers are yes and it is possible as I really need a new phone after my Sony Erricson p800 finally died after seven years of service when my dad dropped it .
Thanks in advance
Tom
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Firstly, i have just received my m5000 that i bought from ebay.
i am a novice and i do have loads of questions. i do hope, although some of the questions are likely to be stupid, that i will not insult you.
roms
as far as i understand, this is the combitation of design and software that can be installed on my device - am i correct?
Also, from reading the forum, the most popular rom is o2 exec - is it worth overwriting my orange rom? if you had m5000 - would you do it?
does this o2 exec rom have tomtom navigation? or how can i add it?
Device itself
How to switch the thing off??? this question puzzled me for the whole day - how do i completly switch off this thing to change the simcard for example??
games
Are there any good games i can download? ) What will you recommend, as it got boring at work lately
simlock
my device is locked to orange, but i use Three. Is it worth getting this unlocked at orange (i will have to contact the seller, pay 20 pounds, etc...) or would you in my place just get the orange sim for now? I know there is no exact answer to my question, but what will you do?
sorry again for some basics, i hope i did not annoy you too much!
Switching off
Hi,
You can switch your M5000 by entering the program called "Wireless Manager". In there, click on "All Off". You will notice that you mobile network, bluetooth and Wifi will stop. Then you can just power off your M5000 and wait for 10 seconds before you can remove your battery.
That's how I will switch off my O2 Exec.
Good luck!
Regards,
Johnnie
And why? I just take the battery out if I wanna take the SIM out :lol:
IGS, please respect time of people here and spend some time researching first. Read the posts from last few days, use search function, use google. All the answers are there. And only if you can't find it then ask questions like this.
To get the navigation software and hardware - you have to buy it
If you wanna use your 3 simcard, unlock the device, if not, what's the point?
ROM is like Windows on your PC, an operation system without which your M5000 won't work.
Games: there is a very good topic called GAMES FOR EXEC
Dear elite members of XDA-Developers.com:
I am new to Pocket PC Phone and New to HTC Universal, but cerntainly not new for hot gadgets, have owned various Palm and PPC unite. I've been reading there forums and couldn't come up with an confirmed answer.
My question is, can my Vodaphone be able to flash to ROMs like the Asian Dopod, O2 XDA Exec or I-Mate Jasar? If that's out of the question, am I be able to atleast flash the radio from my current 1.04.10 to the newest? I am also without the exe file to flash the radio file. Can someone kindly provide his compatible version to me here? My main concern is can I still flash the whole rom?
I find it is very trouble to unclock any kind of HTC universal currently, I am asking my UK friends to help me find a local service to see if they can unlock my phone, if that attempt failed, I am gonna give a go to www.imei-check.co.uk, just got their comfirm that they can unlock my phone but for a charge of 50GBP plus 16GBP to mail the unit back to me. Which gonna be quite a bit of money even before adding my cost of shipment to send the unit to them.
Finally, please answer my questions, I did the search but couldn't come up with a confirm answer, thank you very much.
Alex
I'll write some more info later but just so you know flashing all Universal devices from one operator rom to another is not a problem.
We have several V1640's running custom brewed ROMs or the AKU2 iMate ROMs without any issues. You will need to use the "No country ID" upgrade exe and you really would need to check the bootloader (read other threads) as bootloaders pre 1.00 can be a bit funny and most of our V1640's where running really old bootloaders and ROMs.
John
I find it is very trouble to unclock any kind of HTC universal currently, I am asking my UK friends to help me find a local service to see if they can unlock my phone, if that attempt failed, I am gonna give a go to www.imei-check.co.uk, just got their comfirm that they can unlock my phone but for a charge of 50GBP plus 16GBP to mail the unit back to me. Which gonna be quite a bit of money even before adding my cost of shipment to send the unit to them.
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There is no linkage between the SP lock and the ROM image. Even if you upgrade you will not see any difference in this respect.
Thank you for clearing my irresolute mind. I am feel much safer to flash my rom to a much newer version. Any recommandation? Good news is, I do have a bootloader v1.0, this support by what I saw from the bootloader screen, it has v1.0 at the bottom. :twisted:
Thank you jbn for the the reminder. I've been educated through out these useful forums that there is no charmer to unlock the phone via flashing rom files. Good point yo've brought up that there is no linkage between the SP lock and ROM image. Maybe that's why when I asked www.imei-check.co.uk a question that is sort of vice versa, I asked them after unlocking, can I still flash the phone to a newer software without affecting the unlocked status of the phone, that answer was a firmly 'NO'.
Thank you guys for the answer. By reading the forums, I've got a impression that the only way to unlock this phone without sending the phone out is to contact the provider, which in this case is Vodafone UK. I've called them and they said they need a phone number that come with this phone when it was purchased. I've been trying to work with the eBay guys who sold me this phone to get a phone number. But he seems unwilling to cooperate with me by agreeing to look for on-line unlocking service for me. Which I've already looked.
I am planning to call Vodaphone again see if I can get a unlock code from them without the phone number for a charge. Before I do that, is any of you guys have experience that this will work? Or is there any possibility that you can legally own a vodaphone without owning a phone number (signing contract). Because the guy did mention that he bought the phone without phone numbers, and he's selling whole bunch of them.
Thank you again
Alex
Hi all,
I just received my HTC Tytn today. Before I go loading a whole bunch of apps and all my info onto it, I wanted to check with all the experts here on a couple things: I've been reading as much as I can on this forum over the last 3 days since I ordered the Tytn to get up to date on all the issues/updates/etc... I see a lot of talk about a forthcoming ROM update from HTC that many are referring to as an AKU3.0 variant. 1) Does anyone know when this is to be released? My second question is, 2) in the meantime, which English language ROM would you recommend that I put on this Tytn? I-mate? Cingular? Keep the HTC? I guess I'm looking for the one with least amount of problems. (Who isn't... right?)
Many thanks in advance for all your help! I'd be lost without this forum!!
SP
Hi guys its been 3months now since I bought this device called Orange SPV 3100[HTC Hermes]. Since then my struggle to keep it working all the time started. I love installing apps/games & moreover the educative apps the most. I never tried to tweak much with my device as I never had time to do this. I am using SKTools retail to keep my device healthy. But I don't know after such a short period of time I am feeling so irritated with this device, I am using WM5 official ROM of Orange. Its been 4 times in the entire period that I hard reset my device to set it right but again after 1 week I don't know what happens with it,that it always starts giving me one or other problems like- short battery life, hang[most of the time I have to soft reset my device,normally 20 times a day] I do some important work of mine & the next time it stops working as if there is something very heavy going on inside the RAM. Now after 4th hard reset I tried to set everything right but of no avail, I tried using task switcher of different brands in order to have some sort of task management, but again this stupid device not allowing any of these task managers to work. What should I do avoid such hangups, crashes, less battery life? What is the answer? does it lies somewhere in changing the device or changing the OS to WM6 as been claimed by many. I need Your reply seniors I really bought this device to be a part of Forum.Xda-developers family, but now I am so sad with my experience that sometimes I regret my decision of buying a PPC device when I have lot of important works to do[I am an attorney] Seniors, technicians I Urge You to look in to this matter as an urgency otherwise it will be a last week of this device with me.
"This device is suppose to help me & not the vice versa"
Regards
Saksham Katyal
Plz help me getting an answer friends. I am going out of town by Friday morning so I to decide about it as soon as possible that what can be the most appropriate answer to the adversities I am facing..
sakshamkatyal said:
Plz help me getting an answer friends. I am going out of town by Friday morning so I to decide about it as soon as possible that what can be the most appropriate answer to the adversities I am facing..
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I think I can feel your pain. I had a Dopod 838 pro (aka Hermes).
But you've already mentioned the source of your problem: you're still using WM5 on your Hermes (???). Even now, there are still people who have not flashed the latest official WM6 ROMS?
Why don't you download the official ROM from the HTC or dopod website and take the time to flash it to your device...
I flashed mine, and the number of times I had to soft-reset the device in a week I can count on three fingers. (of course, I will soft-reset everytime I do a backup, but never mind that). It turned out to be the BEST phone/PDA I have ever had in over 10 years.
The ONLY reason I switched to TyTN II Kaiser is coz I found I needed more RAM for applications (due to my work. I'm an FX trader and part-time real estate speculator). Otherwise, for normal usage (PIMs, contact management, Internet, messaging, phonecalls), I think I would have stuck with the Dopod for a very long time..
The only tweakers I used were SKTools and Memmaid (I'm still using them). You say you never tried to tweak coz you don't have the time? I'm afraid you better find the time, friend. One Saturday evening is all you need to go thru the settings.
For me, I think it's worth the trouble, considering what the Hermes is capable of helping me to do.
As a starting point, you can go back to your vendor who should be knowledgeable enough to assist with the tweaks. Or you can try browsing thru my bookmarks here:
http://del.icio.us/Arbitrageur/PPC
Unfortunately his provider (Orange) has yet to publish a WM6 Rom for his device...
Does that matter? Take a trip to the Hermes Mobile 6 forum...
So friends, the answer lies in WM6? Can I use the WM6 posted here in the upgrading section in my Orange SPV 3100? No seniors here, I don't expect this from Forum.xda developers seniors. Plz seniors this could be last time I am posting here in this forum if no help will come through. Help me seniors..
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Unfortunately his provider (Orange) has yet to publish a WM6 Rom for his device...
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Hmm... is the device locked to Orange? Locked phones can't use the official "generic" ROM from the Dopod/HTC website?
Hope y'all will excuse my ignorance in this. My old Dopod 838 pro wasn't locked to Maxis (my provider). I downloaded my SEA-version WM6 upgrade from the HTC website. (surely there is an Indian version?)
Guys I just installed Black Magic WM6 few days back with radio version 1.40. I am very happy now with my cellphone. Really there is a lot of change in WM5 & WM6, which I couldn't fathom. Thanx everybody for Your support. I would suggest anybody facing such problems to plz upgrade their machine. Highly recommended with mrvanx.org help guide. Guys can You plz help me in finding the right version of radio. I mean I am using 1.40 is there any new version for my HTC TyTn device. it would be great...
Here you go - all the extracted Radio ROMs available for Hermes available for download. Read their respective threads if you want to know about their issues/performance.
I couldn't imagine using WM5 ever again. It would be like reverting back to dial up.
Hi there everyone Im new to this site so bare with me
[[[This problem/s has been solved. pls read below for details.]]]
Im at a lost when i "reset factory settings" on original Hp Wm6.0 and somehow my radio network "kapoof" no longer there...... Did any one of you had this problem b4, i wonder ? I went to Hp service centre in Sg but the phone was out of warranty and i was pissed when they only quoted me to replace the phone instead of remedy my network problems...
Wifi,bluetooth,gps on this 612c etc works wonderously. Could this be a ripped off from the service centre to get me to pay for my iching fingers ?
I had this same problem with my O2 atom life, i reflash with Wm5 and it works and i am happy that those blood suckers servicemen did not get my money then. I ha reflashed to Wm6 and now "MWG Wm6.5" then and it has been working in perfect condition except for the bluetooth on he atom which i dont border..... my main concern here is this half bricked 612c.
Is there any ShiFu "Master" here could tickle me to the site or a link to re-encode and load the radio signal which was lost during the reset of factory settings, i will be very gradfully to donate couple of "beers".......... Cheers to all the Shifu here, keep up the good work...........
Incidently, i have tried all the roms from Hp website which i had tried online with the HP servicemen and nothing seems to work ! Its driving me up the wall with no mercy / remedy ?
I tried also changing simcards,overseas simcard,unlisted simcard and still "NO NETWORK"
Surely there must be some flashing of the radiofirmware-rom or something like that ? isn't it, MASTER ?
Definately Hardware i am sure has nothing wrong..... bcos i had opened up the phone, check all the attenna contacts but still no network........ grrrrrr !!!
Anyone here,please anyone can help me ?
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Owned IPAQ hw6960 flashed with new rom from HP in perfect working order now with WM5.1.
O2 MWG Atom Life, Flashed with 6.5 with some bugs with bluetooth but doesn't matter.
Nokia 6220 classic. perfect working conditons.
PS. if you need any help from my working phones, let me know but i am just a beginner, you need to give me good instructions like how to backup safety. I'm into repairing computers,hardware and software so i'm willing and maybe able to help some of you guys who brick yours
write me here [email protected] if i don't reply or i am busy,pls include header XDA-developers members as a subject, we'll see...
deranche.
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Hi there guys, this is to inform All at XDA, i have found my bug and have released my IPAQ 612c.
I should kick whoever made these freaking problem with my network locked So, the problem with my IPAQ was that my IP lock the phone which i was unaware of it........
******to ulock (use enablerapi.cab to unlock it)******
located somewhere in this forum. do a search, you will find it. if you cannot find, PM me [email protected] but no spam pls. hahaha.
Thank you for your replies and concerned tho i solved myself kikiki.
Derek.
ps. God bless all, now i can install new roms and be a chef of ipaq 612c. gigigi.
deranche said:
Hi there everyone Im new to this site so bare with me
Im at a lost when i "reset factory settings" on original Hp Wm6.0 and somehow my radio network "kapoof" no longer there...... Did any one of you had this problem b4, i wonder ? I went to Hp service centre in Sg but the phone was out of warranty and i was pissed when they only quoted me to replace the phone instead of remedy my network problems...
Wifi,bluetooth,gps on this 612c etc works wonderously. Could this be a ripped off from the service centre to get me to pay for my iching fingers ?
I had this same problem with my O2 atom life, i reflash with Wm5 and it works and i am happy that those blood suckers servicemen did not get my money then. I ha reflashed to Wm6 and now "MWG Wm6.5" then and it has been working in perfect condition except for the bluetooth on he atom which i dont border..... my main concern here is this half bricked 612c.
Is there any ShiFu "Master" here could tickle me to the site or a link to re-encode and load the radio signal which was lost during the reset of factory settings, i will be very gradfully to donate couple of "beers".......... Cheers to all the Shifu here, keep up the good work...........
Incidently, i have tried all the roms from Hp website which i had tried online with the HP servicemen and nothing seems to work ! Its driving me up the wall with no mercy / remedy ?
I tried also changing simcards,overseas simcard,unlisted simcard and still "NO NETWORK"
Surely there must be some flashing of the radiofirmware-rom or something like that ? isn't it, MASTER ?
Definately Hardware i am sure has nothing wrong..... bcos i had opened up the phone, check all the attenna contacts but still no network........ grrrrrr !!!
Anyone here,please anyone can help me ?
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Owned IPAQ hw6960 flashed with new rom from HP in perfect working order now with WM5.1.
O2 MWG Atom Life, Flashed with 6.5 with some bugs with bluetooth but doesn't matter.
Nokia 6220 classic. perfect working conditons.
PS. if you need any help from my working phones, let me know but i am just a beginner, you need to give me good instructions like how to backup safety. I'm into repairing computers,hardware and software so i'm willing and maybe able to help some of you guys who brick yours
write me here [email protected] if i don't reply or i am busy,pls include header XDA-developers members as a subject, we'll see...
deranche.
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Which FW and OS have you installed ? There's a WM 6.1 upgrade on HP's site (sp40097.exe) ....
Dirk