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MDA Replacement from Tmobile

It seems like Tmobile is replacing its Wizard Version (MDA) with a newer HTC device namely HTC Atlas.
The news seems to be true as Tmobile US has taken MDA off of its website.
More on this Here

hmm interesting.. theyve been offering me a new phone because ive already had 13 mdas.. maybe they'll offer me this next time i call into warranty.. thatd be sweet lol

Win Mobile 6 software upgrade to MDA?
Is Tmobile going to post the ROM update (WM6) on their site so we can grab that and put it onto our MDAs ???
Does anyone knows this for sure???
Thank you!

pathfinder7 said:
Is Tmobile going to post the ROM update (WM6) on their site so we can grab that and put it onto our MDAs ???
Does anyone knows this for sure???
Thank you!
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I talked to a guy from t-mobile when setting up my replacement mda to be shipped, and asked why mda wasnt on the site anymore, he told me about the new mda with wm6, but there will be no rom update for mda, just the dash.

I am really disappointed with T-Mobile...this is going to be their 4th pocket pc here in the U.S. (excuse if I am forgetting any of the others)...the HTC Atlas looks nice and all, but it's lacking the speed that Cingular, Sprint, and Verizon pocket pcs have...my friend even told me that the replacement of the vx6700, the vx6800 is come out with over 600mhz processor...I might just buy a 8525 from one of my friends that have Cingular...

What's wrong with the HTC HD locked to Orange UK??

Greetings to you all.
THis is my first post here, and I would appreciate any help.
I am considering buying an HTC touch HD from eBay. I found that the cheapest ones are those listed in eBay.co.uk, and locked to Orange UK. However, the price difference compared to the phones which are factory unlocked made me think whether there is something wrong with the Orange UK phones.
To be specific, I have two questions:
1- Do Orange UK HTC-HD phones have different specs compared to other HTC-HD phones?
2- Are Orange UK HTC-HD phones guaranteed to be unlockable? If yes, could they be re-locked again after a ROM upgrade? will they work (after unlocking) on all GSM networks worldwide?
Again, any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot in advance.

To Orange or not to Orange!
eng_asa said:
Greetings to you all.
THis is my first post here, and I would appreciate any help.
I am considering buying an HTC touch HD from eBay. I found that the cheapest ones are those listed in eBay.co.uk, and locked to Orange UK. However, the price difference compared to the phones which are factory unlocked made me think whether there is something wrong with the Orange UK phones.
To be specific, I have two questions:
1- Is the Orange UK HTC-HD phones have different specs compared to other HTC-HD phones?
2- Are Orange UK HTC-HD phones guaranteed to be unlockable? If yes, could they be re-locked again after a ROM upgrade? will they work (after unlocking) on all GSM networks worldwide?
Again, any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot in advance.
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1- I believe the Orange hardware specs are exactly the same. It's just the ROM/software that they play with.
2- Every phone should be SIM unlockable. I have seen many reports in this forum that they can be. You can easily replace an Orangised ROM with a cooked one or WWE stock ROM to remove any unwanted Orange stuff.... all you'll be left with is the little orange logo on the back. There is no need to SIM unlock the phone to upgrade the ROM. Check out the HSPL / USPL threads to see what must be done and how easy it is to ROM upgrade.
I have an Orange HD (still locked) running the non Orange HK 1.19 ROM

I have a Orange handset, i use orange so im not bothered about simunlock, ive removed the orange software and put Duttys 1.7 on at moment.
i believe there are a few vendors that can provide guaranteed (or your money back) unlock codes for around 18euros

I've had an Orange Touch HD for almost two weeks now and it seems fine. I flashed it with Duttys ROM and that improved things like RAM usage and stuff, but added its own little annoyances.
Go with the Orange, you wont regret it!!

I have an orange sim locked one... but as I am an orange customer I am happy.
Dutty's v1.7 rom is the current flavour.

Thank you all for your quick response. this will definitely help me out ...
One last question before I actually make a bid: Has anyone unlocked his/her Orange Touch-HD phone and used it on a different network outside UK?

Bought a HD ORANGE (UK) on ebay, unlocked it with code (htccode) and now im usin it in slovenia

Thank you so much
I will start bidding.. will let you know if anything went wrong!

I bought an Orange one from eBay a few weeks ago. Got it for £370 with a Best Offer. I had previously won another one which was described as 'brand new in box' but had a scratched screen and obvious signs of use!
Make sure you get what you payed for!! I had to do a PayPal dispute as this person was adamant they hadn't used it... despite the pouch being fluffy, the earphones having the furry covers on, and various scratches! Needless to say, they had it back on eBay as BNIB the next day again!
Anyway - my second one arrived still with the original screen warning protector, and I got a best offer on the unlock code on eBay for £14. The code came through within a few hours, and I typed it in twice and it worked perfectly. I then updated the ROM to Dutty's - as the Orange one was a bit naff - and stuck in my O2 SIM card! As with Dutty's ROMs on my old Diamond, it instantly knew it was an O2 SIM I'd put in, and asked me if I wanted to install the settings - which I did. A simple soft reset and my WAP / MMS settings etc were all sorted!
Orange phones are definately the cheapest, as people are taking them as a free upgrade and selling them on - because they're probably the phone thats worth the most at the moment!! The only downer is the naff Orange logo on the back cover which won't come off no matter what I scrubb it with! Their old ones wiped clean with some label remover or paint stripper

Can someone please take a picture of the Orange logo on the back? How big and gawdy is it?

i dont really like the orange logo on this one either, since the back cover is the same microsatin finish as the touch dual i had, its not gonna be possible to remove it.
its not very big, but a sudden orange square kind of spoils the "blackness" of the device.
im assuming there is no free unlock solution yet....
anyone know the cheapest place to get it unlocked? if its on ebay, could you give a link to the seller? im a bit cautious cos i've had some dodgy ones in the past thanks!

Orange HD Upgrade
I got my HD free as an Orange upgrade through mobiles.co.uk this week. Was very happy to find that Orange had not been let near this phone. Haven't even got the silly logo on the back and it's unlocked. I think they get them direct from HTC.

ModernMuseum said:
Can someone please take a picture of the Orange logo on the back? How big and gawdy is it?
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It's 1cm square or 1 square cm!

Damn....looks like I'll be looking for an un-branded phone then....

cant u just buy a new back cover off ebay and get rid of the logo that way?

My orange logo is less than 7mm squared!
I bought a replacement battery cover from eBay about a week ago, and it just arrived the other day. It was an 'original htc HD cover' from Hong Kong for £15.
It certainly looks original, and all the stuff inside is the same - but its missing the volume buttons, the power button, and the speaker grill bit. It also comes with the camera cover as a seperate bit you need to glue on!
A waste of £15 if you ask me - unless I can send it back to Hong Kong (which will probably cost me heaps anyway!!)

I got a fairly good deal with mine on Orange (£20 /month 500min, 100txt 3 magic numbers and phone for £95) so i dont see anything wrong with buying from orange. The phone works fine and specs are the same.

I have a Orange HTC HD as well...not anymore, new ROM(original HTC) and new HTC battery cover from expansys.com. Works fine...I'm on O2, I hate Orange very much gf using orange, poor customer service and poor reception, I give them a F with a - as a Mobile Network Provider.
My baby HD works and looks great after I got it back to the original HTC look thanks to the guys at xda-developers.com
See pic of Orange logo on the back of the phone, you also get a I must admit nice Orange splash screen which I removed when installed my new original HTC ROM678

Thanks for the photo. I'd rather do without the orange logo if I had a choice.
I'm currently looking for one, but all the UK sellers require a verified UK paypal address, which I don't have. I have a UK Aramex address, but of course it's not verified since I'm abroad.

Just buy the battery cover HTC original after you buy your phone. I think I payed for mine £23. Looksa good, from HTC or expansys.com.
GL!!

want an unlocked htc magic

can anyone provide me a link as to where i can buy the magic unlocked? i want to own this phone asap!
Any sellers?? pls help!

http://phones.shop.ebay.co.uk/items...honesQQ_sacatZ3312QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em301
£375 and up (plus shipping). That's 568 USD or 417 Euros.

vodafone UK phones are not locked.

thanks guys i'll check it out

Howto Unlock
How do i remove my simlock from my htc magic. Is there special hardware equipment needed.
I understand that the simlock mechanism is separate from the firmware mechanism.
Can somebody give met technical details?

They are already unlocked.
Vodafone edition of the HTC Magic works with all carriers, so no need to unlock

does that apply to germany as well?

celester340 said:
can anyone provide me a link as to where i can buy the magic unlocked? i want to own this phone asap!
Any sellers?? pls help!
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celester340 - if you are in the USA you can get an unlocked Magic from ImportGSM.com - thats where I got my Rogers Magic and using it on AT&T with full 3G. If you are not in the US, the Vodafone units are the way to go..many on-line places to get those.
Regards - John

And if you are with T-Mobile US, your only choice is the Google Ion as of now. By month end, T-Mobile will release its version of the HTC Magic (myTouch 3G).

i got my phone from ebay UK YAY!!!!

magic from operator 3 in sweden also not locked

Get a locked one and get it unlocked.
The simplest way

oh thats great!
one of my friends picked up a htc vodafone magic for me from the UK.Im gonna be gettin it tomo.Im sorry for being daft but when u say sim unlocked,does it mean it will work on any network in the world? Or just diff networks in the country u bought it in? Im askin cause im in india and i hope it works here
Thanks guys!

hello
ferraripassion said:
vodafone UK phones are not locked.
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How do i remove my simlock from my htc magic
I need technical details

Everyone is saying that the UK Magic (Voda) phones are unlocked but I have one and mine will not accept any other sims apart from Voda

XebozZ said:
no they are not, mine asks for code when i put in telfort sim card
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ferraripassion said:
Get a locked one and get it unlocked.
The simplest way
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for free?
your kidding right

i'm selling my HTC Magic at ebay with all acessories i have.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...89812&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_500wt_1154
If you'd like to have it please let me know.
warranty in HTC portugal is for 2 years so HTC provides internacionaly 2 years warraty.
Reason of selling, i got tired of the phone and want something better. Nexus one problably
Beside the phone beeing rooted in portugal the warranty works without issue, you just have to put the original SPL at least and everything will be OK.
Has original plus 3 extra battery
1 USB cable
1 hearjack
1 external charger
16GB Class 6 MicroSD memory
its a 32A
its almost as new the phone, just small scratches on the backplate, you cant see but is normal of the use.
Never was overclocked.
if you like to have it let me know

Hero or wait for pulse ?

Hi everyone.
Im about to take the plunge with my first android based phone. I have just returned the compact 5 / Diamond 2 to tmobile as I wasnt impressed with it. Ive had windows mobile before but just couldnt get on with it on the diamond 2 and the phone did not ring anywhere near loud enough unlike the hero that I have had a play with.
So phoned tmobile today to order the g2 / hero and tmobile tell me there will be a 3rd android phone as in the pulse. Also instead of using my upgrade, I could put my contract sim in the pulse and buy it outright for 174 pound.
Bar a larger screen, hardware looks identical. I am aware the hero is a high end device, but when you look at the specs of the pulse which is supposed to be a low to midrange handset, there only looks to be the camera resolution thats different.
Any news on the tmobile firmware update as yet please as well?
Any satnav software that comes with any recommendations, and hopefully free.
Your thoughts and advice please ???
Cheers
Paul

Get the G2/Hero.
The new firmware should be available for it in a few days. T-Mobile have set themselves a deadline of 28th September to have it avaialble. I know this from official posts on the UK T-Mobile official forum.
Free SatNav? You could try AndNav2 but it's still very much a work in progress. CoPilot Live 8 is reasonably priced and a good product.

[Q] hd2 in mumbai(india) help

please friends help me
Here in india mumbai i am not getting an hd2 .please suggest me a phone with dual booting options.in which phones dual booting is possible.i want to use different roms i a phone like mango,android etc. pls help
and yes the phone is i guess available on amazon online but i am scared about the genuinity and dnt knw how to buy from overseas.

Help me buy a hd2 online pls
how and which trusted seller from do i buy

I bought a T-Mobile HD2 off the US Ebay site, and someone brought it to me. If you can, do that. Else get the Indian version HD2 - the difference being it has 512MB ROM as against 1GB ROM in the US version.

hey bro u can purchase from ebay india,u can found new as well old ones....
go to this link
http://mobiles.shop.ebay.in/i.html?...ble&_osacat=14409&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313

hi,
In Alpha in vile parle here in mumbai, I saw HD2 being sold for less than 19K more than one month ago. Ofcourse, these are without bill but new.
I was tempted to get another piece for myself